Looks like Greg is on fire tonight :rofl2:

haha yeah yeah yeah... ANYWAYS... its looking like we may be doing a Spring install mod at my place, with food & beer, ONLY 2 cars will be worked on.. mine & Tonybui. Details have yet to be finalized.

I have been going to D&V for almost 5 years now! They do Great work!.. You can't go wrong.

Yeah I'm having them seal up my emblems while they have the car up on blocks.
Kevin is great.

Mark, when are you gonna be in my neck of the woods so I can see all these upgrades?

Yeah, the knob looks good but it sit too high

Next week. D&V has it right now.

Just got off the phone with Len at Figure Finishing regarding my wheels. They have to special order the lazer crystal powder from Oregon and it'll be here Fri.

They're going to do all 4 wheels in lazer crystal, the nismo inlays in hand-painted red/white enamel (with hardener) and then finish the whole thing off with a satin clear coat.

The car should be ready Mon/Tues at the latest.

I have to talk to the guys at Daedalus when they get back from vacation regarding the headlights.

Really stoked about the wheels. They're gonna be sick.

Where is this place you're getting the wheels done? I thought you were gonna send them to Mike the powdercoater.

D&V has a shop and I got to check their work (they were hauling in some lambo wheels while I was getting my lights done). This saves me the fairly huge expense of shipping my wheels and being without a car. D&V is storing the car plus is took care of removing the tires plus mounting/rebalancing afterwards. Just way more convenient.

I wanted to use Mike and if I lived anywhere near Georgia, I would have. Shipping calipers around is one thing, shipping your wheels off is another animal entirely.

Yup makes sense. Can't wait to see how they turn out :tup:

So here's the shop's website that's doing my wheels:

Client Photos – Figure Finishing

Check out the crazy GT-40. This guy does some really crazy things with powder. Pretty cool.

Oh and with the enamel inlays and additional clearcoat the price ended up being significantly more than what Mike would have done it for so if you can live without your wheels, Mike is still the best bang for your buck out there.

D&V is going to call the powder shop tomorrow and "work on the price" a bit. Seriously, I'm really in love with D&V.

That Ford GT is sick, sick, sick

lol. I wonder how much this cost:

http://figurefinishing.com/wp-conten...ain/texas4.jpg

lol too much

The level of detail is retarded considering that's all powder:

http://figurefinishing.com/wp-conten...ain/texas6.jpg

""Black Jack" base with "Astatic Red" and "Bright White." High gloss clear powder top coat. Liquid blue base/clear center caps. Plastic bolt heads were discarded, and the holes were drilled/tapped and received real chrome 12-point bolts."

Where might I get s set of those floor mats? Who makes them? I need something that fresh that I can also just hose off. I have to drive home with my shoes off after work so as not to ruin my pretty carpet ones :tup:

Oh, the work is fantastic. I'm just not sure I'd want these Texas Flag Rims on anything. :icon17: But if it makes the owner happy, then great.

That's exactly why I bought them.

Weathertech® Floor Mats Floorliner Nissan 370Z 2010 2011 Black | eBay

Those weathertech badges peel right off (no heat needed). I relocated them to the top/center of each mat.

I then bought these:

2 x nismo Motorsport Car Badge Sticker Emblem s13 14 GTR R34 350Z Pulsar Skyline | eBay

...and put them where the weathertech badges were. Wish they were a little bigger but whatever.

Weathertech also sells actual rubber mats but they aren't that interesting.

That's what she said...

Kevin at D&V said they're going to take lots of pics of the wheels/install once they come back. Wouldn't be surprised if they end up on D&Vs site

Yup, thats probably gonna happen.

Wheels are almost done. Apparently a fly landed in one of the enamel inlays before it could be baked so they had to re-do one wheel.

Wheels will be delivered back to D&V by 9am tomorrow.


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....exciting..

Better than a fly in your headlight :icon17:

:iagree::iagree::iagree:

I keep begging for pictures. The guy at figure finishing says they "look killer" but no photos yet. I'm like a 8 year old on Christmas morning.

I believe it... :roflpuke2::roflpuke2: Im in for pics..

Dude Len is the sh*t when it comes to powdercoating in the DMV area. I've had parts coated by him in metallic gloss black and the finish on them is flawless. Really nice guy who takes pride in his work. The multiple Vipers and the Ford GT I've seen in person at local car meets and pictures just don't do his work justice.

You'll be blown away once you get them this week!

I bought a black metallic flake powder he didn't have from Prismatic Powders (recommended by Mike) and had it shipped to him. The enamels he had in his shop.

Man, these wheels better be the sh1t, all this hype...I guess we'll soon find out.

http://www.the370z.com/members/dmhen...63-wheels3.jpg

http://www.the370z.com/members/dmhen...62-wheels2.jpg

http://www.the370z.com/members/dmhen...61-wheels1.jpg

They're actually black but the metallic flake is reflective and he has them in direct sunlight in the pictures. Ownage.

Those look great Mark :tup:

Looking good!!! :tiphat:

Yeah I'm really pleased. Pictures don't really do them justice.

love it!!! :tup:

Looks like you got your money's worth!

Kevin said he's going to do the center caps in a satin black and mount/balance the wheels this afternon and take some pictures.

Yup, they look pretty cool.

Pictures of the finished product here in a sec. Kevin said he was emailing them to me. He has the center caps done, tires re-mounted/balanced and just finished putting them back onto the car.