lol, you're about to get yelled at for not posting in the dedicated thread, but that a good setup. It's not too far off from mine.

Yeah. I know, but after fifteen years, I took a chance. :icon17:

What are your numbers?

19x9.5 +22 and 19x11 +22. Full specs are in that signature link if you have any other questions.

Finally got replacement resonators and flex joints welded into my Invidia Gemini exhaust since they were rattling and leaking. BUT now I have a real annoying drone from 1800-2500 RPM. UGH. I didn’t think that swapping resonators, despite the new ones being aftermarket & slightly different size, would cause a drone like this. The pipes did need to be forced into alignment more than usual and I relied on the bolt clamping at the flanges to “pull” it all together… I wonder if the extra tension/preload on the exhaust is causing some drone?

My setup is Invidia Gemini + non-res test pipes but the car is still fairly loud during normal driving. Actually considering a cheap OEM exhaust to see how I like it paired with test pipes. This would probably make me lose some power with my supercharged setup though…

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Went to my 5th track event with the Z at Thunderhill Raceway. Definitely fun and learning more with the car.

Nice track pics!

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Full track Autoslalom

I would love to take my car back out on the track, but I’ve retired it for now. It’s a super daily I never drive because motorcycle lol.

I didn’t forget about the pics of the headlamp beam pattern so I apologize. I’ve been busy with work lately and just too tired.

lol, did y’all see Z1 revised their CSC delete kit? Looks like they went the route of Zspeed

Looks like a good kit. :tup:

Great shots of the Z!

Rather than spending a boatload of money on new wheels, I got mine repaired and repowdercoated.
I'm pretty stoked. There was a lot of pretty major curb rash and they got rid of all of it. Pretty amazing.

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^^Very nice! Are those from a different model Z? They look different.

They're S-Tune Nismos (Basically Nissan aftermarket)

Interesting! Those look bitchin! :tup:

Nissan quit selling them in 2011, which is when I bought them from Z1. They’re made by Rays.

Those S-Tune Wheels are worth refinishing. Keep them as long as you can!

I am jealous of the new NISMO wheels that came out with the RZ34 (LMRS), but i have enough multispoke wheels. already lmao.

256K miles. Time to upgrade the suspension.

BC BR true coilovers
Z1 sway bar end links
Z1 rear traction arms
Z1 rear toe arms

Was nice to finally get rid of the factory strut and tein spring combo I had for 200k miles. Now just need to further adjust dampening to my liking and cut a hole in rear panels for ease of access.

Tell me your engine has OG gallery gaskets…


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Installed my Winters Quick Change, which made me hate life on the weekend.

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Mine does at 153K haha. I have a whole bunch of parts and gaskets sitting in a box in the garage for when it decides to finally give up.

It sure does believe it or not. Those along with a water pump are on my maintenance schedule soon.

So bad news on the light pattern photos. i found out that one of my LED projectors on the driver side is not adjusting with the rest of the unit, so the beam is messed up. I'm working on an RMA right now. I will report how well the process goes.

What resonators did you replace? Those that came with the Gemini or OE?

Wow just going back to fresh oe would probably be a big difference with that mileage. I bet it's back to driving like a dream!

Other than the items listed above are all of your rubber suspension bits still OE and in good condition?

Wow very impressive, looks like a lot of fab needed for that swap!

My hands hurt just from looking at the work you had to do. :icon18:

I believe it if the oil pressure is at spec FSM values! The issue has been blown way out of proportion on forums, mostly FB etc. to the point where potential buyers demand it has been done and if not it's now an immediate necessity without any investigation. Seems like a push by those offering the parts and labor. :rolleyes:

I replaced the resonators that come on the Gemini y pipes. They were rattling and all warped on the inner perforated core.

Currently in the process of clamping on Vibrant bottle resonators to further tame the exhaust. They’re going on the Gemini mid pipes where there is the long straight sections of pipe


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I wonder if anyone has messed around with megaphones on the VQ. I saw this video and I can't help but be curious:

Gotcha, are the Gemini resonators not available?

Looks like the OP in this thread notes Megaphone usage on line 5 of post #1.
http://www.the370z.com/parts-sale-pr...5-exhaust.html There's parts lists and videos down page. You have to thumb through the first video's at the top right of the player to get to the ones with the exhaust. Way too high pitched for me.

Other than that I found Apex'i uses a megaphone inside some of their mufflers and ISR uses megaphones in their Y-pipes when using a search engine entry of "370z megaphone exhaust".

The video noted a megaphone typically produces a higher pitch exhaust note, not something I'd personally want with the VQ's engine exhaust characteristics as demonstrated by the forum video's I linked above.

I finally got around to installing brake cooling ducts. I was pondering a super detailed job, but in the end I settled with a pretty simple solution. I just routed two pipes (not too large, around 2,5" diameter) right next to the splash tray and over the sway bar towards the middle of the wheel. It's not super accurate and it's probably not as efficient as it could be, but I'm sure it will be better than stock.
I also cut the entrance of the tubes with a long V on the bottom side, so it's a wider entrance area but also so that rocks and trash wouldn't get scooped up that easily. It's not much, but for now it will be enough.

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They were going to sell me new Y pipes for $400 + international shipping. Not the resonators on their own. It was cheaper and much faster to have aftermarket resonators welded in.

HOWEVER, the resonators I chose were slightly different in size, and this caused some drone, unfortunately.

First drive tonight with the new Vibrant bottle resonators and the sound is tamer. No drone at all. I like it a lot. Even though the Gemini is “quiet”, it’s still a loud car since I have non-res test pipes, so I’m happy to add these resonators and make the car a bit more drivable. There’s an annoying rattle at WOT because my W brace is off and the heat shield isn’t fully fastened. Once that is back on, I’ll get a better sense of the sound at WOT

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Glad it worked out and at a lesser cost than replacing with same branded units!

Those are OE still and not in the best shape. That’s also part of the soon-to-be plans. Fresh bushings, aftermarket LSD, subframe collars. Our fantastic economy has slowed down some of my progress.

In my experience subframe collars are a great upgrade and a much easier install than replacing the entire bushing. So far the only bushing's (other than rear end) I've replaced on my '10 with 101k are the front upper a-arms as my camber was beginning to get out of range.

The replacement headlight came in early last week and it is definitely much better. There's a sharp cutoff on the low beam with a decent spread of light. (Pics to come later)

I did however get some sound clips of the car:

picked up a set of tires for autocross and lapping days: Nankang Sportnex CR-S
275/35R18 front and 295/35R18 rear . Replacing old R888 that were mostly for lapping.

I've heard Nankang has a good line of track tires. I've seen them on GT Porsches at the shop frequent.

In street tire class, Grassroots Motorsports has rated them up there along with Bridgestone RE-71RS For endurance and speed. Everyone I know that use them only have good things to say