Picked my wheels up from powdercoat

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WOW - Thay Look Good! :eek: You PCed A Set Of Alcoas?

Looks like they did a good job, not my cup of tea but can appreciate good workmanship.... lets see them on the car.

Nice!!!

Went to Vortex Motorsport last night to get the coilovers and ride height tweaked a little, and an alignment. Ride quality is a heck of a lot better now, though those spring perches in the rear are still a little noisy at low speeds.

Before shots (to take advantage of the sweet sunset lighting)...

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During and after. Will take better outdoor pics later, but lowered about an additional 1/4" all around. Still retaining a fair bit of "rake"...

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Bold option, shoot pix once installed.

Ian B

Digging the powder coated Ray's...I should have done this for mine... maybe I will...hmm

Will do, should have them on by next weekend.

Got her washed today, cover all on the tires and sitting at work in this Texas heat now.

Ian B

Had my tune done this morning and loving the way the car feels now. It was suggested I run uprev since I’m N/A which included the no-lift shift, rolling anti-lag, and launch control. It’s been a fun day playing around with all of the new features. Oh an the 8k redline is nice too. Ended up making 315hp and around 255tq

Finally got to install the CS Nismo '15 side skirts.

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My custom Speedhut AFR gauge came in, just a quick test with a 9 volt battery. Still waiting for the matching boost gauge.

How do you like it?

It looks nice sitting in the box. 😁 My car is still in the shop for sc upgrades. I had to fabricate a new cubby panel that will now hold 4 gauges. AFR, Speedhut boost, Zeitronics ethanol content and my SPA techinque combo water temp/oil pressure.

You have Speedhut don't you? How do you like them?

my nitrous pressure gauge is nice. No issues with it after a few years.

Looks great Raf!

Love the SpeedHut gauges. :tup:

You're putting the gauges in the cubby cover? You might want to rethink that. The gauges on the right side will be facing away from you. Making it harder to see.

That's good to know, they seem to be well made.

Grassy A$$ Scott.

Thank You! That was a clean day. :tiphat: Purchased 2013 last year with 22K on vehicle. Had the bumper license plate mount. Before I had 5K on car, a 35 lb raccoon took out my bumper. Hit it at about 45 mph, took hit in front of drivers wheel. Oh well, that is what insurance is for. When replaced, I told them not drill holes and mount plate.

Found this on eBay. I like the look so much better. Front Bumper Tow Hook License Plate Mounting Bracket Holder For 13+ Nissan 370Z

Love the color!

Nice gauges, looks good. The cover I made is flat so I won't have an issue with them facing away from me. Plus the gauges that will be on that side are the ethanol content (not a critical gauge) and the combo water temp/oil pressure gauge and it's digital (easy to read, even with my old, bad eyes). :icon14:

Replaced brake fluid yesterday at 48K, not sure if it had ever been done. I had picked up a vacuum bleeder from Harbor Freight (Sale for $19, found cheaper on eBay). Opted to just use the adapter because of the nice bleeder connection.

Pneumatic Brake Fluid Bleeder Tool with 4 Master Cylinder Adapters 90 to 120 psi

Disconnected the ABS connector vs disconnecting battery. Bleeding order is different than RR, LR, RF, and LF. Followed FSM and did RR, LF, LR, and RF. End to end, a little over an hour to complete.

Pretty dirty, glad it is done. Pedal was good before, but is noticeably firmer.

Found out i have employee discounts for nissans.... fk time to price a nismo!

Damn! I do brake and clutch together ever 10k km.

the reaper
 

So I'm braking for a speed table in a residential neighborhood and suicide squirrel goes for it <bump><bump>. Street pizza. First kill with the car. (bugs don't count)

The best is the ting you hear when they bounce off your exhaust from underneath.

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Paid $30 bucks worth of gas for weekly dd to work.

Ian B

Just wait. When you hear the critter rolling under the Z. :eek: After he passes out the back. You look and have a CEL. :eek: Stop the Z and look under it. You see 2 broken O2 plugs hanging down. :shakes head:

I drove it.

Ian B

This one works well?

Ive been looking for one that wont break the bank... and go back and forth, the link you embedded didnt work, did you need anything in addition to this kit to complete the job?

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Just WOW...

A previous member powder coated his wheels a similar red and admittedly I was incorrect, that looks amazing, R1talian, my apologies..

So clean! Love the +15 nismos in the white.... DREAM !

Had the wheels, door handles and calipers painted.
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Booked an appointment with a dealer for 530. Waited 26 min from the appointment to finally see sales rep.

Sign deal in 15 min.

Told need to wait about 10 min to see finance manager.

30 minutes past. Fk that.

Find sales rep to pull deal.

Manager comes over. I say i waited over 25 min on a booked appointment. And then 30 min on financer? Don't waste my time.

"Anything i can do?"

"Refund my deposit and let me be on my way.

Tells me hes sorry and shakes my hand.
Me: no, sorry for your loss.

Sales rep approaches me as we leave appologetic.

Nope. "You had an easy win. All you needed to do was sign and not waste my time ."

Tells me it hurts him personally too and how sorry he is.

Nope. "You messed up."

Get into the car and leave. (After being blocked in).

Rip pls any toronto dealer want my money? Lol

And yes. I realize i may be picky but i am not here to waste time. I respect that and expect the same in return.

I would have done the same thing. Don't reward bad business. True wealth is not having to put up with jerks.

+1, keeping a customer waiting like that shows apathy at best and contempt at worst. They don't deserve your hard-earned.

Dude... I'm gonna come up there and mug ya for that car.... :yum::yum::yum:

What have you put on the spoiler to make it look like that?

Looks good!

Thanks! Just vinyl wrapped the top half of it!


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150 mile round trip today which included the installation of both upper and lower ported intake manifolds, throttle bodies which were bored out to 65mm, and the DRL wired to work all the time, including with the headlights on.

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