Project Sapphire: My 370z Build Journal

gotzkill · 10-24-2012, 03:19 PM

Hey guys,

So I've had my 370z Sport for a couple of months now, and it has been a great build so far!

Absolutely loving this car!!

gotzkill · 10-24-2012, 03:34 PM

Alright so I am a huge audio enthusiast as well as a car enthusiast, so first things first, i had to get the car to sound right.

I wanted an extremely well balanced sound system, not just everything vibrating off the car. Hate that!!

So I took the car to Cartronics here in Miami, and had them do their magic.

Components:
-Pioneer AVH-P8400BH Head unit
-Alpine PDX-M12 (Subwoofer Amp)
-Alpine PDX-4.100 (Speakers amp)
-Morel Integra Speakers (Trunk Speakers)
-Morel Hybrid (Door Speakers)
-12" JL Audio W7 Subwoofer
-Lots and lots and lots of DynaMat!!

Cartronics built a completely custom Subwoofer enclosure in the trunk
The inclosure also holds the 2 extra speakers I had them add to the system.
They also ripped out damn near my whole interior and DynaMatted EVERYTHING!

Vibrating parts is absolutely unacceptable

gotzkill · 10-24-2012, 03:45 PM

So now that the car was sounding right, It was onto the wheels and stance of the car.

The car will be going on a custom Air Bag suspension by Slammered Inc., but for the mean time the car is riding on some H&R lowering springs so that it wouldnt be monster trucking!!

Then I took the car over to ISS Forged to get my wheel game right.

I have to say working with ISS Forged has been the best experience i've ever had dealing with a wheel company.

VJ from ISS was very informative about everything going on with my wheel build, and kept me in the loop during each step

I even got to walk into the back of their facility and watch my wheels getting cut on the CNC!! Too cool out that thing just eats metal like its butter!!

So the wheels I went with is actually ISS Forged's Prototype Complex-5 Konkav. Its the very first one of its kind and i'm in love!

The wheels are 20x10 in the front and 20x11 in the rear running Hankook Evo V12s, 275s in the front, and 305s in the rear

The finish is ISS's signature Dark Vader tinted clear on the faces and polished lips, and body color matched inner barrels

gotzkill · 10-24-2012, 03:55 PM

So i had the wheels and stance right (well the stance is right at least for now

)

so onto the body work!!

The day I saw the Amuse Body kit i fell in love with the car all over again!

So i contacted the guys over at AeroJacket and had them send me over their Amuse front/rear bumpers and side skirts, as well as their V1 fenders in Carbon fiber!!!

Then the car went to the only body shop in Miami that i trust to do anything paint wise to my cars... Miami Autoworks, and holy **** did they do their thing on the paint

They put together the whole kit, and painted the car in the OEM Monterey Blue so that it would keep that natural pearl in it, and then did a matte clear coat over the car...and it came out perfect!!! Exactly what i wanted!!!

gotzkill · 10-24-2012, 03:57 PM

So here is when i debuted the car with ISS Forged at Hot Import Nights!!

gotzkill · 10-24-2012, 03:59 PM

I actually won some awards at HIN Miami

-Hottest Paint & Finish
-Hottest Mild 2 Door 3rd Place

Representing for the 370z community!!!

TerribleONE · 10-24-2012, 04:01 PM

looks great man. you should have gone with the amuse wing to go with those aggressive fenders IMO. how does the w7 sound in the hatch? can imagine it hits great

gotzkill · 10-24-2012, 04:03 PM

So heres how she sits now

The latest photoshoot from ISS Forged

ISS Forged Amuse 370Z on 20" Complex 5 - K by Iss Forged, on Flickr

gotzkill · 10-24-2012, 04:04 PM

The next step in the build is the Air Bag system

I'm currently talking to the masterminds over at Slammered Inc. who will be building the whole system for me.

Should be getting that into the car in about a month!! cant wait!!!!

speedfreek · 10-24-2012, 04:09 PM

They did good work on it. I really like the matte clear coat finish. Looks sick. I think it looks great with the big wing. His objective to go lower so keeping things closer to the ground will help with that effect.

VQ37PWR · 10-24-2012, 04:23 PM

Your Z is clean and mean! Very good job man, You didn't overdo anything it looks perfect! The bumper's are a great and the Blue Matte color is amazing! When I'll get my Z I'm looking forward doing something similar as you! GL with your build, I got to see you AirBags :-).

shadoquad · 10-24-2012, 04:24 PM

Pretty hot!

gotzkill · 10-24-2012, 04:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TerribleONE

looks great man. you should have gone with the amuse wing to go with those aggressive fenders IMO. how does the w7 sound in the hatch? can imagine it hits great

there is a wing on the way as well, but its not the Amuse wing

The W7 sounds great! perfect for the size of the car

not too much, not too little, just right

Trips · 10-24-2012, 04:46 PM

Great build

6MT · 10-24-2012, 04:48 PM

That is sweet

10-24-2012, 03:19 PM	#1 (permalink)
gotzkill Base Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: miami Posts: 35 Drives: 370z Rep Power: 13	Project Sapphire: My 370z Build Journal Hey guys, So I've had my 370z Sport for a couple of months now, and it has been a great build so far! Absolutely loving this car!! Last edited by gotzkill; 10-24-2012 at 04:08 PM.

10-24-2012, 03:34 PM	#2 (permalink)
gotzkill Base Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: miami Posts: 35 Drives: 370z Rep Power: 13	Alright so I am a huge audio enthusiast as well as a car enthusiast, so first things first, i had to get the car to sound right. I wanted an extremely well balanced sound system, not just everything vibrating off the car. Hate that!! So I took the car to Cartronics here in Miami, and had them do their magic. Components: -Pioneer AVH-P8400BH Head unit -Alpine PDX-M12 (Subwoofer Amp) -Alpine PDX-4.100 (Speakers amp) -Morel Integra Speakers (Trunk Speakers) -Morel Hybrid (Door Speakers) -12" JL Audio W7 Subwoofer -Lots and lots and lots of DynaMat!! Cartronics built a completely custom Subwoofer enclosure in the trunk The inclosure also holds the 2 extra speakers I had them add to the system. They also ripped out damn near my whole interior and DynaMatted EVERYTHING! Vibrating parts is absolutely unacceptable Last edited by gotzkill; 10-24-2012 at 04:08 PM.

10-24-2012, 03:45 PM	#3 (permalink)
gotzkill Base Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: miami Posts: 35 Drives: 370z Rep Power: 13	So now that the car was sounding right, It was onto the wheels and stance of the car. The car will be going on a custom Air Bag suspension by Slammered Inc., but for the mean time the car is riding on some H&R lowering springs so that it wouldnt be monster trucking!! Then I took the car over to ISS Forged to get my wheel game right. I have to say working with ISS Forged has been the best experience i've ever had dealing with a wheel company. VJ from ISS was very informative about everything going on with my wheel build, and kept me in the loop during each step I even got to walk into the back of their facility and watch my wheels getting cut on the CNC!! Too cool out that thing just eats metal like its butter!! So the wheels I went with is actually ISS Forged's Prototype Complex-5 Konkav. Its the very first one of its kind and i'm in love! The wheels are 20x10 in the front and 20x11 in the rear running Hankook Evo V12s, 275s in the front, and 305s in the rear The finish is ISS's signature Dark Vader tinted clear on the faces and polished lips, and body color matched inner barrels Last edited by gotzkill; 10-24-2012 at 04:07 PM.

10-24-2012, 03:55 PM	#4 (permalink)
gotzkill Base Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: miami Posts: 35 Drives: 370z Rep Power: 13	So i had the wheels and stance right (well the stance is right at least for now ) so onto the body work!! The day I saw the Amuse Body kit i fell in love with the car all over again! So i contacted the guys over at AeroJacket and had them send me over their Amuse front/rear bumpers and side skirts, as well as their V1 fenders in Carbon fiber!!! Then the car went to the only body shop in Miami that i trust to do anything paint wise to my cars... Miami Autoworks, and holy **** did they do their thing on the paint They put together the whole kit, and painted the car in the OEM Monterey Blue so that it would keep that natural pearl in it, and then did a matte clear coat over the car...and it came out perfect!!! Exactly what i wanted!!! Last edited by gotzkill; 10-24-2012 at 04:08 PM.

10-24-2012, 04:01 PM	#7 (permalink)
TerribleONE A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Socal Posts: 10,203 Drives: WOT Rep Power: 5850	looks great man. you should have gone with the amuse wing to go with those aggressive fenders IMO. how does the w7 sound in the hatch? can imagine it hits great __________________ 638WHP 541WTQ @ 13.5PSI Build thread

10-24-2012, 03:57 PM	#5 (permalink)
gotzkill Base Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: miami Posts: 35 Drives: 370z Rep Power: 13	So here is when i debuted the car with ISS Forged at Hot Import Nights!!

10-24-2012, 03:59 PM	#6 (permalink)
gotzkill Base Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: miami Posts: 35 Drives: 370z Rep Power: 13	I actually won some awards at HIN Miami -Hottest Paint & Finish -Hottest Mild 2 Door 3rd Place Representing for the 370z community!!!

10-24-2012, 04:03 PM	#8 (permalink)
gotzkill Base Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: miami Posts: 35 Drives: 370z Rep Power: 13	So heres how she sits now The latest photoshoot from ISS Forged ISS Forged Amuse 370Z on 20" Complex 5 - K by Iss Forged, on Flickr ISS Forged Amuse 370Z on 20" Complex 5 - K by Iss Forged, on Flickr ISS Forged Amuse 370Z on 20" Complex 5 - K by Iss Forged, on Flickr ISS Forged Amuse 370Z on 20" Complex 5 - K by Iss Forged, on Flickr ISS Forged Amuse 370Z on 20" Complex 5 - K by Iss Forged, on Flickr ISS Forged Amuse 370Z on 20" Complex 5 - K by Iss Forged, on Flickr ISS Forged Amuse 370Z on 20" Complex 5 - K by Iss Forged, on Flickr ISS Forged Amuse 370Z on 20" Complex 5 - K by Iss Forged, on Flickr ISS Forged Amuse 370Z on 20" Complex 5 - K by Iss Forged, on Flickr sfearl1 likes this.

10-24-2012, 04:04 PM	#9 (permalink)
gotzkill Base Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: miami Posts: 35 Drives: 370z Rep Power: 13	The next step in the build is the Air Bag system I'm currently talking to the masterminds over at Slammered Inc. who will be building the whole system for me. Should be getting that into the car in about a month!! cant wait!!!!

10-24-2012, 04:09 PM	#10 (permalink)
speedfreek A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Huntsville,AL Posts: 1,724 Drives: '12 370Z PW 6sp Rep Power: 18	They did good work on it. I really like the matte clear coat finish. Looks sick. I think it looks great with the big wing. His objective to go lower so keeping things closer to the ground will help with that effect. __________________ Tomei\|Berk\|Takeda\|ZSpeed\|Fortune Auto\|Swift\|Eibach\|SPL\|Carbotech\|Motul\|Powertrix\|Stillen\|Aerojacket\|Z1\|Forgestar\|Enkei\|Project Kics\|Nismo Ti\|Llumar speedfreek's journal

10-24-2012, 04:23 PM	#11 (permalink)
VQ37PWR Base Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: NY Posts: 13 Drives: 2010 Maxima Sport Rep Power: 13	Your Z is clean and mean! Very good job man, You didn't overdo anything it looks perfect! The bumper's are a great and the Blue Matte color is amazing! When I'll get my Z I'm looking forward doing something similar as you! GL with your build, I got to see you AirBags :-).

10-24-2012, 04:24 PM	#12 (permalink)
shadoquad A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: . Posts: 42,608 Drives: . Rep Power: 3885	Pretty hot!

10-24-2012, 04:46 PM	#14 (permalink)
Trips Administrator Join Date: May 2009 Location: Disneyland, Ca Posts: 8,728 Drives: 🔰 Rep Power: 10	Great build __________________

10-24-2012, 04:48 PM	#15 (permalink)
6MT A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2009 Location: ITU Zone 2 Posts: 22,459 Drives: Reliant Robin Rep Power: 1789	That is sweet __________________ Andrew 2009 370Z Sport/Touring 6MT sold 2013 Honda Civic Si coupe D/D

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