CarbonFZ 2013 Sport Build Thread
 

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Hey all just wanted to introduce myself name is Chris been a lurker for quite some time, always loved Z's when I graduated high school in 2009 I started saving for a 370z was so excited to get it!

My first car was an 2002 Acura MDX my dad gave me it had 190K miles on it and loved that thing until a drunk driver hit it


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IMG_3487 by Nemo210nem07, on Flickr


at this point i was still sharing a car with my dad who used the car to pick up my nieces and nephews from school so I was forced to put my dream car aside and i purchased a used 2010 Nissan Maxima S only car i liked that i could afford on a part time job, couple months later my dad stopped using the car and i got offered a full time position so decided to do some modding then the mod bug bit hard haha


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IMG_3564 by Nemo210nem07, on Flickr


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IMG_3565 by Nemo210nem07, on Flickr


within a year the car went from stock to this


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Front by Nemo210nem07, on Flickr


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Rear2 by Nemo210nem07, on Flickr


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After owning the car for only 2 years decided to part out and give the maxima to my dad and on September 5th 2013 i purchased a USED 2013 370Z base with sport with less than 4k miles (can you tell i like white? lol)



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photoZ by Nemo210nem07, on Flickr


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IMG_8966 by Nemo210nem07, on Flickr


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IMG_9051 by Nemo210nem07, on Flickr



More to come!!

Parts list
Exterior
-Shine Auto Rear Add Ons
-Evo-R Carbon Side blades
-2013 Varis Carbon Fiber Front Lip
-Painted Headlights
-Wrapped Roof
-Wrapped Diffuser
-Aerojacket Mines Spoiler
-Evo-R Diffuser

Interior
-AppRadio 3 Done
-GTR Start Button Done
-10" JL W6 with Zenclosure box Done


Suspension
-BC Racing Coilovers done
-SPC Rear Camber Arms purchsed
-SPC Front Camber Arms purchsed

Exhaust
-Motordyne E370

Wheels/Tires
19x10.5(F)
19x13(R) (FAILED haha)
Kics Project R40 Neo Chromepurchsed
Work Meister S1 3P
19x10-2
19x11-7

Debadged! Off to a good start. :tup:

Here are some pics of the mods ive done so far...

Blacked out headlights with carbon fiber wrapped reflector.

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Headlight2 by Nemo210nem07, on Flickr

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headlight3 by Nemo210nem07, on Flickr

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Headlight1 by Nemo210nem07, on Flickr




Stereo
Got a AppRadio 3 with Hertz speakers and a 10" JL W6

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Headunit by Nemo210nem07, on Flickr

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Sub by Nemo210nem07, on Flickr


and heres the Wrapped roof, Diffuser and AAM Short tails.

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z1 by Nemo210nem07, on Flickr

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z2 by Nemo210nem07, on Flickr

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z5 by Nemo210nem07, on Flickr

Very nice touch with the headlights!

:tup:Very nice!

BC Coilovers came in yesterday!!
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coilc by Nemo210nem07, on Flickr

Nice....

looking good! sweet list you've got there:tup::yum:
post pics when they're on:tup:

You will love the BC coilovers.... Ask Jason, They ride WAY better than stock.

Was going to wait until they were on the car and fitted but here we go!

SSR Agle Stusse
19x10.5 (F)
19X13 (R)

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photo (1) by Nemo210nem07, on Flickr

those rears :yum: :tup:

Nice looking wheels... Not enough tire for my taste. But they will look good!

this build is gonna be sick!

sub'd!

Not a huge fan of that much stance, but the rest is perfect and tasteful. Awesome job in for more pics!

im drooling for the wheels !!!!!

thanks guys! trying to get them mounted this week not sure if i can should recieve my front and rear camber arms before thursday and getting those and coils installed saturday

thanks guys!!

Ran into some problems ended up test fitting the wheels and found out the front faces dont clear the bbk :shakes head:
so i had to buy a 25mm spacer so now my fronts will be a 19x10.5-25 :ugh2:

here are the rears

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testfit2 by Nemo210nem07, on Flickr

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Tstsfit by Nemo210nem07, on Flickr

Get new rims bro!
Don't run spacers like that...

And tires that fit.

They will look great after you lower the car and set the camber :tup: :excited:

What tires are you stretching?

Let me know if you ever want to sell these, ill take them off you hands! Keep me in mind!

Couldn't agree more.


Those tires and wheels are dangerous, besides looking awful.

Hit a good enough bump and those rears will de-bead and the driver becomes a passenger in the car. There's a reason there's a minimum wheel size on tires.

I love the wheel design, they just don't fit.

And the reason you never hear about this happening to people is because they don't get on the forums and talk about it.

They quietly repair the damage and convert to a normal tire size.

as of right now this is what i want to do i am looking into actual functional set ups, if i dont like the way they sit i will probably sell and buy new set up just wanted to try this out already had a huge dbate on this on a facebook group lets just say the guy was ignornant and somewhat racist towards me but its all good

i understand the hazards thanks for your concerns thought i apppreciate that you guys arent like the last guys haha

It looks like a build to compete with the top dogs here..... But i tell u now, if u don't research prior to buying........u will waste a lot on money brother.
Your Z is looking sick in the making......try not to go over board:tup:

ive been reseearching for a while now wheels fitment ill try and work but took me a while to figure out my aesthetics haha and toehr parts wheels were more of a last minute thing


if they dont fit the way i want them too ill move on but as of now i want to try and fit.

With that kind of stance you should look into getting a cup kit.

Looks like Christmas came early!!

Got some goodies for the Z

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ppackages by Nemo210nem07, on Flickr

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packages2 by Nemo210nem07, on Flickr

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lugs by Nemo210nem07, on Flickr

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cf by Nemo210nem07, on Flickr

Oh man those wheels came out a little worse than I hoped. Hope your happy though I know those puppies are not cheap.

To comment on your FB experience, you will find this forum is more mature and helpful with comments than any other I know of.

thanks man but its okay i am looking at other wheels unsure if i want to deal with major modifications because i know i want to go for a function set up at some point yet still aggressive wide set up (not so much stretched tire) so if i pull my fenders a ton to fit these i might not be able to buy wheels that are correct anymore haha

I give you a lot of **** for your choice in wheels (that won't change) but those lug nuts are seriously cool. I love how they're extended so you don't have to goof up the lug wells to get them on and off.

Where'd you get them and how much?

It's all good not everyone has this taste might go with less aggressive set and not so much stretch. Wheels came with these tires from previous owner. Too much stretch even for my taste.

Got them from b2autodesigns. They're like 275-300

Installed my coilovers and my Front and rear Camber arms.

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coiloverbox by Nemo210nem07, on Flickr

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install by Nemo210nem07, on Flickr

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after by Nemo210nem07, on Flickr


need to raise the rear a bit more to match the fronts.

only issue i have right now is that the front A arms ar hitting the fender well when i hit a big enough dip is there something i missed in the install? or is that normal?

If the spring rate isn't high enough to keep from bottoming out the suspension, you can try raising the stiffness on the dampers.

Chances are you're going to have to just raise the ride height though, considering you're almost tucking rim on the front.

thats what iw as thinking the dampening is all the way hard it doesnt do it too much anymore just when i hit a decent sized dip and at a fast enough speed.

i might take off and get a higher spring rate not sure.

Just placed order for new wheels decided to go another route since these would take more work and too much camber to fit.

Finally got all my parts on now and some temporary wheels i got from trading my SSR's just waiting for my Works and Varis front lip here are some of the pics my boy took over the weekend.

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downtown3 by Nemo210nem07, on Flickr

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downtown2 by Nemo210nem07, on Flickr

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Downtown1 by Nemo210nem07, on Flickr

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downtown by Nemo210nem07, on Flickr

IMO those wheels look perfect on your car. Which Work wheels did you order?

ordered some work S1 3 piece should be here in january

Nice work bro!!!!