Purchased a Hotchkis front sway bar.

Fabbed a bottle holder tray for my detailing cart. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...444a362f8c.jpg

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Cleaned & re-oiled the K&N filters on my Stillen Gen3, Cleaned MAF sensors and throttle bodies. Doing it all while the front bumper was off to clean the air filters made it a pretty easy job

The pink and blue gallon jugs look like polish and glaze, fill and glaze by 3M. Used that stuff in the 70's and 80's.

This pink stuff smells like bubble gum. I never thought I'd get sick of the smell of bubble gum until I used it for claying lube...

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Yesterday I decided to do a muffler delete with my local muffler shop. I ask myself, why doesn't Nissan give you this option as well as a CAI, it makes the car sound like it should. Even my wife loves the growl :driving:

Probably because mufflers are required by law.

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That is the first inquiry I did as Taxachussetts requires yearly vehicles inspections. The law reads: No person shall operate a motor vehicle on any way which motor vehicle is equipped (1) with a muffler from which the baffle plates, screens or other original internal parts have been removed and not replaced; or (2) with an exhaust system which has been modified in a manner which will amplify or increase the noise ...
Unfortunately for MA the inspection stations are run by kids who either overlook these muffler deletes or think that the sound of the car is what the car should sound like as I did the inspection right after I left the muffler shop and all I got was compliments from all the "techs" in the shop. BTW I had plan "B" as I asked the muffler shop owner if he knew or had a shop that would pass my car in case it was too loud...hahaha :driving:

That's all well and good for you. But I think his point was there's no way Nissan would ever offer an illegal option and hope that all of their customers' inspection stations overlook it.

I was going to make a joke ab having to spend more $ on your new car to get it functional and in compliance, but then I thought "CMAK... oil cooler..." and realized it wasn't funny anymore.

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Yes indeed but it all depends on which country the vehicles are sold. I was in the Philippines for a month and due to health reasons I had to come back, fortunately for me, the guy that I tried to sell the Z didn't come thru. So over there some new vehicles come without seat belts just as an example and it's perfectly legal not to wear them. I'm sure if they sold vehicles with no catalytic converters there it would be perfectly legal as the pollution is so bad, therefore the reason why I'm back, asthma sucks and over there is 100% worse..anyway back to the topic on hand, thanks for reading :driving:

I put the "Sport" in Sport Utility Vehicle. :D

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...19586c2a_k.jpg

That's one way to lower your car. :tiphat:

It was some tasty, tasty reverse rake :yum:

Got my redline oil in today, time to install my 25 row Stillen oil cooler this weekend.
I’m excited, saw just over 195 just lightly cruising to the store and back today. Ugh.

Edit: which is 7 miles from my house btw

Things I learned taking the Z out for a nighttime test drive:

1. New Craftsquare mirrors are awesome - until you notice that the passenger mirror is slightly off and there's no adjusting it while driving. Then they drive you insane. There's also a lovely whistling noise. Going to take the weather stripping from the stock mirrors and put them on the Craftsquares tomorrow.

3. Bugs are drawn to a freshly detailed car because **** you. #science

4. Tried to log WOT in 3rd/4th and the handbrake and traction indicators lit up. Thar be aiiiiiir in my ABS module.

5. Touchscreen stereos are short bus retarded. I'm getting one with a knob.

6. Hitting an oncoming car with 165 combined watts of 6000k HID Hella goodness will make them either a) turn off their goddamn brights or b) drive off the road in a blind panic (see what I did there?).

7. 34 row oil cooler is STUPID COLD. 70*F ambient at highway speed and couldn't break 174*F oil temp - that's with three Hella FF75s in the bumper mouth limiting airflow.

8. AIT is still at 7*F above ambient even with DEI gold wrap on the Z1 intakes. Maybe the gold will help combat heatsoak. If not, whatever, I still have $$$ golden intakes, b*itches $$$

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I really dont like the look of the locking CS mirrors but F me if that passenger side mirror gets knocked out of position. Ive never noticed any whistling from my mirrors. I got that going for me, which is nice.

FI order confirmed. Now a 4-6 week + shipping + finding a day to get the shop to install.

Dear Fast Intentions. Please put maximum effort and resources to get this bad boy to me by yesterday.

Jk... quality is not rushed

Do both types of CS mirrors having locking hinges? Maybe that's why the knockoff Evo r ones are so crappy. They move at the slightest breeze from only locking the top part of the mirror itself and not the necks.

Consider yourself lucky. When I placed my order in late 2018 it took 3 months.

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By locking hinges do you mean a ball and socket joint?

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The goose necks themselves if that makes any sense.

You're talking ab how the ball joint on Evo-Rs screws into the goose neck?

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Yea. How specifically do the CS mirrors lock into place? The ball joint on mine is constantly loose and the top lock on the top of the mirror is tight, but the mirror still wobbles. Want to make sure whe I get the CS, I get the type that'll be secure and locked properly.

The EVO-R mirrors are just a shitty design. You won't have any problems with the CS mirrors regardless of the neck type you get :twocents:

lol mine work fine.

Well, I've seen several sets that had the problem where they wouldn't stay in position. I sold Lein that set at a loss because of the quality. I guess some are ok and some aren't. Typical EVO-R...

Yeah I could see that. I think me and two other people from Houston got a decent batch. Other than the rattle (thanks solid motor mounts -_-) I prefer the viewing angle of those more than the OEM mirrors.

I do switch to the stock ones in the winter b/c i like putting my hand against the heated mirror. I may get some MCR glass to replace them so i can get the wide angle on both sides.

Their fog light, however, sucks. I am contemplating going back to the OEM fog light or going Top Secret.

The ball/mirror body piece is one piece. You can see the protuberance on the part touching the mirror, it screws directly into what I believe is a fastening plate behind the CF.

Also the instructions are in Japanese. I had a friend translate some of them, will post up in a standalone threadhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...0d007b6669.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...5d4da6a1d5.jpg

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Hurts my back just looking at that. Love your tag!

lol :iagree: :rofl2:

Craftsquare mirror adjustment
 

Okay. Here's the procedure for the CS mirror adjustment.
1) Loosen 10mm locknut with ignition wrench.
2) Cinch down allen bolt with 3mm Allen wrench.
3) Tighten locknut.
Easy peasy.

Finished the SPL FUCA install. Wont be able to get an alignment til next week though. took her out for a quick spin, steering feels much more solid, not that there was much slop with OEM... or maybe it's all in my head..lol

Changing the caster settings will definitely result in a different steering feel, so it's not in your head.

Way different than the Evo-r ones. These have a flat non-bolt like ending to them that you tighten down with a flat head screwdrivers directly into the goodneck. You then have a small 8mm nut on the outside of the goose neck you supposedly tighten down to lock the neck into place. Then the top of the mirror has an Allen key lock for keeping the mirror assembly in place for rotations.

So this came today, courtesy of redondoaveb... tried to install it, ended up going to the ER with a case of prolonged erection lasting more than four hours :happydance:

Seriously though, it's beautiful.

Glad you're happy with it. :tiphat: Maybe a little too happy.

I showed the adjustment for the tca-f which doesn't have the long goose neck.
https://www.rhdjapan.com/craft-squar...tca-f-z34.html

I've been working on installing my FI HFC. I tackled the demon bolts tonight, and believe it or not, they came out relatively easily. I soaked them with Liquid Wrench for a few days, and that seemed to do the trick.

I figured I was home free, but noooo. I have the Tanabe Medalion Y pipe, and the nut that's close to the bend is being a pain in the ***. I can't get a deep socket on it properly, because the space is too tight.

I tried a regular sized socket, but the stud was making it "bottom out." So, I used a wrench, but I didn't have enough leverage. Now, the nut is starting to round. Should I pick up a pass-through socket set, or pick up a set of crow's feet?

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Crows feet and get a new nut.

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