Just read my sig

lol yeah and your avatar!

That's BS, too! Haha

bought it like this :bowrofl: limited 40th and a half edition:tup:
TODAYS my 40th's 1 Year Birthday =) #935/1000

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I guess I'm in this club. Although I have a head unit. Does that still count for stock?

ˆSTOCK BABY!!! Congrats!

no mods here. Aftermarket wheels actually screw up all the hard work and development the manufacturer puts into the car and wreck the handling and suspension.....and this is the most common mod people do next to fart cans. I can understand the reason for an exhaust that adds 20hp, but I rarely run the car to 7k RPM anyway, and with other priorities it doesn't make sense for me to keep throwing money at a car - I'd rather keep it in the money market/ru2k fund/favorite investment and earn 10% on my money to buy the next car, or trip to drive around Europe, or whatever.

.....WTF? :ugh2:

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I would feel the same if 1) this is a rental car or 2) this is a company car. If either of the two I would keep it stock and beat the every living hell out of it!!! I could only imagine!

the car is beautiful as is, that's why i bought it! trying to make something more beautiful usually ruins it =\

Well it would seem that we all have love for the Z in common. I'd guess that most of us are "car guys" (or girls), and really appreciate performance, design and innovation of all kinds of cars. That group could be divided mainly into purists and modifiers (those who don't fit into either category and bought the car for some other reason won't modify it or care about the work that went into design and performance). The purists focus on the design and engineering that went into the car and seek to preserve it. The modifiers see the stock model as a starting place for changes and seek to make it their own, squeeze more HP out of it, make it handle better for their use (e.g., tracking the car).

For those of us who are modifiers, we often believe that the manufacturer knows that the car will be changed, and leaves the door open for unlocking performance and HP. I think Nissan left us with fewer performance opportunities, especially with the VVEL being locked down.

So maybe this thead is more about purists vs. modifiers?

I agree. Factory cars are VERY well balanced and to improve upon them EVERYTHING must be improved upon. Since 2005, I have only driven OEM cars except for tint, a wrap, and non OEM oil and air filters and tires (not DR"s, just non OEM rubber).

I will always modify my cars. I have since I was 16....9 years later, my modifications just get bigger, better, and more expensive. Haha

I'm only interested in go-fast parts. :D