First Car Purchase Was a 2012 Touring 370Z MT

BettyZ

Welcome! Depending on your cash flow, the two big initial must-have mods are a ZSpeed CMAK kit and an oil cooler - most people run some version of Z1 Motorsports' kit.

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BildoDabbins

So I have a 2012 z do they not come with an oil cooler stock? Or is the stock oil cooler trash?Also I purchased a warranty cause I'm dreading that csc problem along with the rear diff bushing. I'm pretty handy with wrenches as I'm doing the brakes myself but dropping the tranny sounds awful hopefully I can blow the csc under warranty ����

Asus_

If possible, i'd check into getting your warranty canceled and refunded if your still in time, i know i had 30days.. i wish i had.. my warranty didn't cover the csc failure and its looking like they dont cover **** lol. They make it seem like they have you covered and they cover a widelist of things, but in reality... the things they cover are listed but with a ton of vague conditions. I'd look into that list of parts and call them and ask them specific things like this as if the csc were to fail etc... would they cover it and are there are conditions to it..

Your better off keeping that extra cash, and that'll prob cover the CSC failure and more.. Don't worry too much about it. buy a CMAK(Recommended) kit from zspeed or a HD CSC which is a bit cheaper and find a decent shop that will charge you to install it, which is a few hours of labor OR do it yourself... All in all i paid about 300-400 in labor.

BildoDabbins

Now would you recommend the z1 csc delete or the zspeed one? I'm not really sure what the difference is between them. Also I appreciate the advice on the warranty I believe I have a few days left before it's been a full month I should look into it.

Quicksilvers

I highly recommend installing the Z Speed Performance CMAK preferably. Fix your CSC ASAP before you get left stranded in the middle of no where like I did.

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BildoDabbins

How much did you pay for labor on the cmak kit

Asus_

Yeah, as others have mentioned also.. the CMAK kit is good stuff, and Joe at zpeed is honestly great! Good customer service and very knowledgeable. Avoid using the clutch all the way to the floor when shifting.. i did a ton of reading into the csc issue and i found that to be a common.. it'll help, but honestly don't worry about it.. its not that expensive to get it fixed. whats going to cost you more is buying the parts. labor shouldnt be too bad

And yes, go in-depth into your warranty and see if its even worth having. A couple of my buddies told me not to bother with it but at the time i felt having the warranty was safer.. boy was a i wrong lol they almost cover nothing... and if you get lucky and find something they DO cover.. there's still another set of separate conditions to determine if they will fix it lol.. Nothing is worse than dishing out a ton of money for warranty and STILL having to pay out of pocket when something goes wrong