That depends on the price of equally as good wheels there. about 600-1k here will get you replica wheels and nothing special. Repairing your rays might be worth it especially if you already do like the look of them. if your going to do it right and put good rims, then the cost will far exceed the cost to repair your current rims. Have you shopped around for different prices to get them fixed?

The stock Sport/Nismo wheels are very high quality wheels. So if you like them then spend the money. $150 per wheel is a fair price. You're complaining about repairing all 4 wheels for 2/3 the cost of a single wheel new.

But if you replace them, don't get some cheap a$$ replicas. With some patience you could probably find another set of stock wheels in better condition than yours for under $1000. Then sell yours to offset the cost; even rashed up Rays often get $800 for a set.

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Got them mounted today. I'm liking them so far! They feel a little softer than the stock tires. Have to get some time on them to really get a true opinion.

You know, it's not a bad thing for the oil to get up to 220* or a little past for a bit. That's how moisture boils out of the oil. Keeping the oil temps below all the time will just accumulate more moisture (water) which isn't a good thing.

Unless you're tracking your car all the time, I don't really see a need for the cooler. Mine barely ever sees 220*, and I'm just running the stock oil cooler. Then again, I just do normal street driving with some redline hits every so often throughout the day.

Tried putting my Z in captivity for the first time today. It liked it!

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Re050a are good tires for summet applications. Yes they loud and suck in rain or cold but they are more summer oriented.

Indy500s are imho beat bang for buck performance tire that can be used in cooler applications and wet. Plus they have very similiar tread pattern to ny favourite discontinued.

Installed 18" resonated F.I. pipes i bought off a forum member to replace my non-res. Pulled the W brace, sanded off some rust and repainted those spots as well. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...0911e7e680.jpg

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My no-wheels mod. The weight reduction is HUUUUUGE. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...b88dd15804.jpg

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That's what, a 200lb reduction in unsprung weight? I bet it's a night and day different from driving with wheels.

All I need is an xbox and a projector and I have myself the world's most expensive driving simulator.

Left in parking lot and took a Lyft home after it sputtered to a stall and won't restart after 1.5 hrs on the highway and 1/2 tank fuel...........AGAIN!!

Phuuuuuuukkkk!

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Watkins Glen opening weekend
 

Took her down to Watkins Glen for opening weekend :tup:

$25 gets you 3 "pace-led" laps but they're pretty laxed about it... still able to pull some pretty good speed on most of the track (depending on who's in front of you :icon14:)

Blew me away that we hung there for about 2.5 hours after we did our laps and I didn't see a single other Z :confused:

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You probably have a broken hat on the fuel pump. Phunk has the fix (CJM). :tiphat:

After a very long drive home from work last night, I realized that I should really have my car dyno'd.

Why?

Gave her a good bath & polishing...including using the 3M kit to freshen up my head lamp lenses. Ah, the things you can accomplish when you're unemployed.

Because of a certain chain of events that happened last night (four times in a row in fact), on a specific "secret" closed course, the outcome was the same... Very much in my favor.

I'm not joking about this being a secret closed course either. A buddy of mine builds hot rods, has for many years, owns a LOT of land, and on this land he has an actual 3/8 mile track. Yes, 3/8 mile. It's out in the middle of nowhere in a neighboring town.

At any rate, he's working on his wife's new daily driver, a 2018 Mustang GT manual. About two weeks ago he just installed a Roush catback active exhaust including x-pipe as well as Roush intake. Still on the stock tune, exhaust manifolds and cats.

He contacted me at work yesterday afternoon and asked if I wanted to come out to his place since I haven't been there in a couple years. In his garage/shop, he has a mint '32 Ford, a '49 Ford pickup, and a '55 Chevy that he's currently working on. He also mentioned something about acquiring a '67 Hemi GTX. (my personal favorite since I was a wee kid)

Anyway, he asked me if I wanted to run on "his track" against the GT. Track?!?! I've known this guy for over 10 years, been out to his place like two or three times, and never knew about this track. Sure as heck, it's a track! Turns out it's a left over landing strip from some old, long defunked airfield from back in the 40's or 50's. Over the years, he's repaired, patched and resurfaced it and uses it for testing. I'm one of four people that now know about it, and told to keep its location secret.

Anywho, to make a very long story short, we did four pulls, two rolling starts at 30 mph in 1st gear, and two rolling starts at 50 mph in 2nd gear. With the 1st gear 30 mph rolling starts, I leaped ahead by a door length and pulled steady up to the top of 4th (120-ish) with him right past my rear bumper. With the 2nd gear 50 mph starts, he leaped about a door ahead, but once in 3rd, I slowly walked past him and he was at the back of my door at the end of 4th.

We were both honestly stunned at the outcome. Yeah, I know, curb weight, gearing, etc, etc, but still, that GT is 460 hp stock. No telling what kind of numbers it makes with the intake and exhaust. It sounds excellent though!

And I asked him if it would be alright to talk about this as long as I didn't say any names or hints to location. He said he was fine with that, hence why I didn't say anything at all last night on here.

Dude, I need a friend like that!!! :)

lucky!!!

Cleaned my headlights and put a coat of Meguiars headlight coating sealant. Look great and almost as new for a 2010my.

https://www.amazon.com/Meguiars-G178...gateway&sr=8-1

Took the ole girl out onto some rural roads and bedded the **** out of my new rotors.

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You’re telling me! I got laid off in feb, and by April I dynamatted 50% of the car, heat wrapped the intakes, rebuilt and installed a 10w7, wetsanded my headlights, and installed coilovers,camber arms, and toe bolts haha

ChopsZ what performance mods do you have?

How do you feel about the Dynamatting? Two weeks ago I dynamatted and CCF'd the trunk, strut tower, interior rear wheel wells, body around the front wheels behind the plastics, and plastics themselves. Noticed much more of a difference with CCF than dynamat alone. Now I can run over a pebble and not think someone shot a .22 into my wheel well lol

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Nope

http://www.the370z.com/engine-drivet...runs-fine.html

So here’s what I’ve learned about dynamat, the thinner more dense stuff helps with chassis mounted noise, rattles, vibrations etc, while the thicker/foam type stuff helps more with “airborne” noises, exhaust, engine, road noise etc... I have a combination of the two and it works great. Though my exhaust is still very loud, but now I can at least have conversations in my car lol. (Gthaus full cat back, no resonators, with motordyne ART test pipes)

I dyno/hush matted my old car. I can honestly say the dampening of rain and pebbles against the chasis was a nice touch.

The new nismo i think has some i think... i know the exterior wheel well has a carpeted look on them... almost as if it came with the metal lined

All modern Z's have that, my 15 sport does. There are little updates that they didn't advertise.

Got corner balanced. It was way out of whack but now it's setup nicely. i'll need to re-learn the car now:
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Also found this full track build at the shop. I don't know if the owner is on here:
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Lucky... I have Berk HFCs and FI non-res catback; after I did the trunk the exhaust was even louder than before - like I'd built a sound box and the only exit for the drone was towards my ears. Ended up swapping out the non-res section for 18" resonated I bought off a member here, and can happily report that while drone still exists at highway speeds, it no longer makes me want to suck-start my Glock.

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Popped my tune cherry


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Installed some Z1 intakes over the weekend, went fairly well. Definitely noticed a sound and response difference when driving.

More details > http://www.the370z.com/members-370z-...ml#post3843685

Changed the engine and diff oil on my mom's 7AT.

I forgot how quick those damn things were.

After a 6 month hibernation, was finally able to get her on the road Saturday...if only for a few miles. Always forget how much I miss driving the Z after a long winter.

I pulled mine out for 2 weeks of sporadix driving, parked again for april til im back in town. Last i heard it snowed again lol fml

Lots O Suds went on today...

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Took a spin with other Chitown area Z/G owners https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...0161d7bb66.jpg

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It still looks wicked cold up there! LOL