We drove each other's Z's. I think the Hotchkis and Stillen are very close, but the Hotchkis seem to deliver a somewhat tighter cornering and turning experience. Like I said though, they are quite close and we did not perfome prolonged testing. I also have the Hotchkis set to medium.

Nice shots Onzedge! Looks like you all had a great time hanging out! I would love to get an opportunity to drive someone else's Z with similar upgrades. I wonder though, how are their camber setups compared to yours? That could easily account for the noticeable turn-in experience.

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Looks like fun mr.onzedge. :tup:

Motored my Z this am followed by QD. :p. Was a great drive
I think I can squeeze one or two more weekend drives in before hibernation. :icon17:

Good see Mr Onzedge yesterday, great photos will have to do it again soon and gather up a couple of more 370z's I know in our area.

Yeh I was pretty stoked when onzedge tosse me his keys after the photo shoot to drive a couple of miles of surface streets. I't s not often to get see and feel the different setup's. His Berk CBE def had the hp gain over my Nismo CBE and the short shifter is on my next mod list. The difference in sways Stillen/Hotchkis, could not really tell going straight line I was more interested in the DD driveability and they are the same contrary to what I read on this forum 1.5 yrs ago when deciding which to go with..... Michelins are smooth and quite, straight line bumps do not jarr the car because of the tighter sways...which I was surprised. My Stillens are set to stiff. Do not get to wring it out and he probably will not let me go there with his car...maybe one of these I can ride copilot while Colin drives mine for a comparo, since he has driven his dad's probably many times.

As far as camber and toe, I tested some experimental setting from Mr Kenchan and RCZ but....reverted back to the low side of OEM settings...due to the jarring on every bumb...as in toe thrown out from too close to zero on the toe...It probably has something to do with my spacers also 20/25 on 265/285 tires RE11's....dunno...Not experienced enough in that dept to give good feedback. I can say running on the light side of OEM camber/toe is perfect for me.



Long winded....sorry.


Motoring to see J Edgar this morning. Then the normal weekly grocery shopping and then football and a nap.

Man I miss the Strand at Manhattan Beach, they have redone it since I was there. Favorite for the beach cruiser and B&B watching.

Happy Sunday to all!

What's your locale Mr. Kenchan?

First pic makes the fr camber very negative.....it's not htough..it's the 10-22mm lens onzedge was using.

Second pic looks good on flushness. The red makes the other two pop in these photos. Good photos Mr Onzedge :tiphat:


Glad you cropped out the hobo couches behind your Z. Next time I would suggest Capitol Mall...the trees have probably turned colors.

Yes -- we need a better background. At least where we were we had no-one around.

Drove to the beach again, what a great end to my weekend :)

Finally won Novice autocross outright in TN region, at the last event. Up and out next year.

I heard my turbo spool for the first time in over a month...I also took my bodykit off

http://i42.tinypic.com/2vn5nhv.jpg

Why'd you do that? (remove the bodykit)

zforce- :tup: sounds like you guys had a lot of fun. :D my roads are too straight to really call for swaybar change unless i did something else with the suspension setup.


garage or music room. mostly was in my music room yesterday. :rofl2: im about 2200 miles NE of LA. i know cause ive driven it numerous times (before kids). :icon17:

Well, going out for lunch. Then headed back to the dealership to have them take a look at these stains under the clear coat. Fortunately it is only the rear hatch that is really affected, although if i look hard enough I can find it on the roof as well.

Busy day, somewhat
 

Today I changed out my transmission fluid to MT-85. Very nice shifting now. Not leaps and bounds but much better. I also put my track numbers on today. I have a two day track day at Road Atlanta on the 26 and 27th.

Big thanks to Mike for making these for me.

http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/...Numbers001.jpghttp://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/...Numbers005.jpg

http://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/...Numbers013.jpghttp://i1109.photobucket.com/albums/...Numbers018.jpg

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Waiting on the service manager to get back from lunch. While I've been waiting I watched one person do two complete circles looking at my car. First time I've seen anything more than a glance.

spohn - nice decal! :D

so this person noticed the stains and started looking for others on the car? :confused: :icon17:

I don't know. They just took it to wash it off, then the service manager is going to check it over. The only thing that bothers me is the bit on the hatch

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Now it is over to the paint shop...

wow, that was fast! are they doing a real paint job (bodyshop) or touch up type airbrush paint? :eekdance: :confused:

Well, they are going to repaint it at the body shop free of charge. The service manager said this is the first time that he has ever seen this. So next Monday, I drop it off and hopefully the problem is taken care of. From what I can tell it will be going to the body shop, although I'm not sure how they are going to take care of it. I'll have to wait and see what the results are.

Good luck with the repair. Post before and after photos when you can.

yah, if they tell you pickup the car in 3 days then it's a real paint job. (good)

if they tell you to wait for 2hrs then it's a touchup job. (bad)

What would be awesome is if they repainted the whole car instead of trying to blend it.

but it's just the hatch and roof right? chances are they will get it close enough. it's when you paint one of the side panels of the car it looks very noticable.

I'm only having the hatch done, The only way to see it on the roof is if you get about 2" from it and look at an almost parallel angle to the roof. The hatch is pretty obvious though.

did they say wat may have caused it? could it have been the adhesive from the white protective film they place on the cars priot to shipment?

They aren't sure, but other people have had the problem as well, some are worse than others though. From what i've read, it's called fallout and happens during the painting process. Although, that thing about the protective film sounds plausible too.

Took the car out to run some errands since it was a little over 70ºF. Nice day today since it has been cold, plus I had the day off.

Got a before photo in my wannabe "Build" thread as well as the official GM thread.

An Asian Canuck? I had a feeling (but only because of how soon youre gearing up for winter). Do you speak French too? :icon17:

Today? While going on a leisurely drive to the local dvd rental kiosk, I plugged the aux cable into my iPhone, tuned in some Shiny Toy Guns and before you know it I was turning VDC off. At the next lonely light it was due time (apparently) to launch at 4k, which immediately led to 5, 6, 7 AND 8k RPMs. Ahhh, but the rear end was bucking, the tires were cold, the (SHIFT NOW) indicator was blinkin' and I was well on my way to 70mph in no time!

Shoulda known better than to go with Shiny Toy Guns....it happens to me every time!

(*sigh*)

I love my Z! :tup:

I sold my front lip...and I got to kick my front bumper pretty hard.

Yup, and ALMOST very nearly sold the diffuser, eh? :tiphat:

Some freeway garbage got stuck in my grill on my way home from work. Saw my oil temp steadily climb up to 240 and decided to pull over.. that's it. :)

/\ Love yer avatar!

Hopefully!:tup:

Had the pleasure to see the car in person at ZdayZ Car Show this year, Such a beautiful car!

Sucks man, but how much damage was done that you decided to part out?

Because you did a lot of work to your car, however I understand that you probably lost love for the car, GL.

nono, i travel to Toronto often for business but im in the USA and my kids were born here. :tup: i speak some spanish (not really :icon17:)

i was brought over here by my dad originally for a 3 year business stay... but he did well (too well?) that it turned into 5yrs, then 10yrs, then a few decades. :D and he retired and moved home. lol :rofl2:

no Z action today... looking forward to :yum: at her butt when i open the garage to park my G tonight.

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