What did you do with your Z today V (ON TOPIC DISCUSSION ONLY)

TreeSemdyZee

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

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abm89

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.

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EZT

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.

Averying

Tell me your engine has OG gallery gaskets…


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abm89

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.

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EZT

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

Tractionless

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.

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Tractionless

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?

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EZT

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.

Tractionless

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.

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gbrettin

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

Tractionless

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.

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abm89

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.

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abm89

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

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Tractionless

Looks like the OP in this thread notes Megaphone usage on line 5 of post #1.
Complete Custom 3.5'' Exhaust 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.

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