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kenchan 03-06-2012 09:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Nick911sc (Post 1585169)
If I spent as much money on my Z as I did on guitar as a teenager I'd have a twin turbo setup lol

:icon18: hahaha. yah, music is a pretty expensive hobby too if you get into it.

did you look into doing overlay for your fang/rear valance yet?

kenchan 03-06-2012 09:28 PM

nick- cobb..

http://www.the370z.com/parts-sale-pr...maf-tubes.html

Nick911sc 03-06-2012 09:29 PM

I'll probably do a front lip in black and leave the fangs stock color (I like the color contrast between the black strip above the fangs, pg fangs and then black lip). At one time I was thinking of getting a rear diffuser.. But was sort of hesitant to just start putting parts on my car. I'm too indecisive... lol

yea, I saw those earlier haha

kenchan 03-06-2012 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Nick911sc (Post 1585197)
I'll probably do a front lip in black and leave the fangs stock color (I like the color contrast between the black strip above the fangs, pg fangs and then black lip). At one time I was thinking of getting a rear diffuser.. But was sort of hesitant to just start putting parts on my car. I'm too indecisive... lol

yea, I saw those earlier haha

hahaha. yah, i think best you first set your budget and find bits you can put on the car without getting into trouble. :)

time for some hagdaz. :yum:

Nick911sc 03-06-2012 09:35 PM

The next thing I probably end up doing is a fog light tapped into the license plate

Nick911sc 03-06-2012 10:14 PM

I'm off to bed...

Hey Kenchan, when you get a chance check your rep...

370zproject 03-06-2012 10:28 PM

took it to nissan had been feeling a vibration apon heavy breaking... long story short 2 warped rotoers up front got em turned for 130$ also the had a blue gtr on the lot ... i wanted it badly

ZMan8 03-06-2012 10:33 PM

today it was 68 in chicago! March what? still salt all over the place... but rain this weekend to wash the roads and 50's from here on out is looking good.

kenchan 03-06-2012 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Nick911sc (Post 1585205)
The next thing I probably end up doing is a fog light tapped into the license plate

that fog lamp is pretty bright... sometimes annoying bright at night if lit all the time. it's very visible in foggy/down pour situations though. :)

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Originally Posted by Nick911sc (Post 1585297)
I'm off to bed...

Hey Kenchan, when you get a chance check your rep...

hey we cool, nick. thanks. :tup:


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Originally Posted by ZMan8 (Post 1585327)
today it was 68 in chicago! March what? still salt all over the place... but rain this weekend to wash the roads and 50's from here on out is looking good.

lol, yah, we're kinda in the same situation i suppose. hahahaha. :icon17:

think im going to get some 5qt jugs soon to do my oil changes. :p

ZMan8 03-06-2012 11:07 PM

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Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 1585340)
that fog lamp is pretty bright... sometimes annoying bright at night if lit all the time. it's very visible in foggy/down pour situations though. :)



hey we cool, nick. thanks. :tup:




lol, yah, we're kinda in the same situation i suppose. hahahaha. :icon17:

think im going to get some 5qt jugs soon to do my oil changes. :p

yep I am ordering some red line tomorrow so im ready next week

Waiz 03-07-2012 12:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Waizzz (Post 1527554)
Went to pickup my friend from his house and the street he lives on was really, really bad but didn't see how bad until I went through it and ruined my bumper:

Closeup of the damage with a sticker temporarily holding things up:

http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/u...y/f63d6cf1.jpg

I will be calling the city he lives in tomorrow and insisting that they pay for the damages since it was their fault for not smoothing out the street after recent repaving.

Update for those of you who remember this previous post.

I just received the check tonight from my insurance which should cover the repair for the damage and they have ruled it not my fault so my insurance will rate not be affected, I will end up not coming out of pocket at all for this repair since I have friends with bodyshops.

My insurance is also pursuing a claim with the city to get back my deductible so hopefully they can come through and I will actually make some money off this lol

alcheng 03-07-2012 12:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Waizzz (Post 1585447)
Update for those of you who remember this previous post.

I just received the check tonight from my insurance which should cover the repair for the damage and they have ruled it not my fault so my insurance will rate not be affected, I will end up not coming out of pocket at all for this repair since I have friends with bodyshops.

My insurance is also pursuing a claim with the city to get back my deductible so hopefully they can come through and I will actually make some money off this lol


that is a good news Waizzz, congrats on the claims and also the insurance company will pursue the deductible for you. :tup: :tup:

Hope you will get it fixed very soon. :tiphat:

Waiz 03-07-2012 12:31 AM

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Originally Posted by alcheng (Post 1585467)
that is a good news Waizzz, congrats on the claims and also the insurance company will pursue the deductible for you. :tup: :tup:

Hope you will get it fixed very soon. :tiphat:

Thanks Alcheng! :tup:

Lucky for me that I had an extra stock bumper to use so I didn't have to scramble for something else in the meantime.

gurneyeagle 03-07-2012 06:27 AM

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Originally Posted by alcheng (Post 1585467)
that is a good news Waizzz, congrats on the claims and also the insurance company will pursue the deductible for you. :tup: :tup:

Hope you will get it fixed very soon. :tiphat:

:iagree:

Great news! Best of luck with the claim.

gurneyeagle 03-07-2012 06:30 AM

Good morning all. :hello:

Just another day in Paradise. At least it looks like I'll get my first Friday of the year off (we work a 9/80 two week work period - every other Friday off). Since I've been averaging about 85 hours per week, I'm do a little R&R.

Have a good day everyone.

onzedge 03-07-2012 07:59 AM

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Originally Posted by gurneyeagle (Post 1585687)
:iagree:

Great news! Best of luck with the claim.

:iagree:

Alchemy 03-07-2012 08:06 AM

Drove my Z to work today :tup: Man it felt good not to be driving my beater Explorer. Car is filthy. Went to the car wash on the way to work but the bays didnt accept debit cards, change only:( To top it off no atm either. My dirty car sits in the parking lot, shamefully displayed in front of work:facepalm:

Fire 03-07-2012 08:16 AM

Morning guys :tiphat: Alcheng I have a spoiler solutions rear wing and love it. I got mine in primer and had it painted flat black to match the rest of my body mods. I installed it myself and it wasn't hard. Congrats to those able to drive thier cars today.

Nick911sc 03-07-2012 08:25 AM

Morning everyone!

Itching to get out to the local meet tonight :)

Fire 03-07-2012 08:26 AM

You look excited Nick :bowrofl::excited:

Nick911sc 03-07-2012 08:31 AM

Hey man my avatar accurately represents my emotions at all times!

Fire 03-07-2012 08:47 AM

I like what you've done with your hair :eekdance:

WhiskeyHotel 03-07-2012 08:51 AM

Finished installed Kinetix Racing HFC's and a SS clutch line. (The tech helping me said it's the "cleanest" car he's ever seen - is he calling me OCD or does it mean something else? :) )

Fire 03-07-2012 08:52 AM

Hey take it whichever way it make you feel the best :hello:

ZMan8 03-07-2012 09:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Fire (Post 1585827)
Hey take it whichever way it make you feel the best :hello:

:iagree:

Morning everybody!

Nick911sc 03-07-2012 09:26 AM

Morning!

kenchan 03-07-2012 09:32 AM

waizzz- that's awesome! :tup: hope you get that fixed soon. :D


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Originally Posted by gurneyeagle (Post 1585689)
Good morning all. :hello:

Just another day in Paradise. At least it looks like I'll get my first Friday of the year off (we work a 9/80 two week work period - every other Friday off). Since I've been averaging about 85 hours per week, I'm do a little R&R.

Have a good day everyone.

hello, mr.gurney- that's a lot of hours you're putting in :eek: i use to work about 15hrs+ per day about 6 days out of the week but lately only do 40hrs max. :icon17: i decided to let others grind for me while i enjoy life. :p

hello everyone! :hello:

kenchan 03-07-2012 09:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Fire (Post 1585827)
Hey take it whichever way it make you feel the best :hello:

good morning, la femme agent fire! :icon17: (per mr.alcheng)

dAvenue 03-07-2012 09:39 AM

Morning peeps. I presumably fixed the whistling spoiler last night. I haven't test driven it yet, so it's very possible I fixed nothing. However, considering I am past due for some good luck, I'm doubling down on it.

kenchan 03-07-2012 09:52 AM

dAvenue- did you do anything to your oem spoiler to end up with this whistle?? :confused: i have no whistle on mine even with the Mine's cf lip.

dAvenue 03-07-2012 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by kenchan
dAvenue- did you do anything to your oem spoiler to end up with this whistle?? :confused: i have no whistle on mine even with the Mine's cf lip.

Yeah, I realized the whistling began after I installed the Koni's. I remember lowering the car onto a stand but struggled with the jack's release bolt (it was pretty tight...like a virgin); so when I finally dominated the bolt, the car fell .25 inch onto the stand. Later, I heard a loose rattling in the hatch when closing it and removed the paneling to find the metallic culprit...hiding...laughing...like bolts do. I was like "WTF are you doing loose?". So I picked it up with my trusty magnetic pick-up tool, but I could not find where it belonged. So like a dummy, I ignored it.

Six weeks later, after driving myself crazy trying to identify the source of the noise, I began troubleshooting with painters tape. I taped off outside areas of the hatch to pinpoint the problematic area. Once I got to the spoiler, and taped it off, the noise was gone. Upon discovering this, I realized that the bolt from six weeks ago must belong to the spoiler. So I checked underneath with a flashlight and found an opening where the bolt used to be. I just bolted it back in last night.

Nick911sc 03-07-2012 10:24 AM

Good detective work

onzedge 03-07-2012 10:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Nick911sc (Post 1585952)
Good detective work

:tup:

kenchan 03-07-2012 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by dAvenue (Post 1585944)
Yeah, I realized the whistling began after I installed the Koni's. I remember lowering the car onto a stand but struggled with the jack's release bolt (it was pretty tight...like a virgin); so when I finally dominated the bolt, the car fell .25 inch onto the stand. Later, I heard a loose rattling in the hatch when closing it and removed the paneling to find the metallic culprit...hiding...laughing...like bolts do. I was like "WTF are you doing loose?". So I picked it up with my trusty magnetic pick-up tool, but I could not find where it belonged. So like a dummy, I ignored it.

Six weeks later, after driving myself crazy trying to identify the source of the noise, I began troubleshooting with painters tape. I taped off outside areas of the hatch to pinpoint the problematic area. Once I got to the spoiler, and taped it off, the noise was gone. Upon discovering this, I realized that the bolt from six weeks ago must belong to the spoiler. So I checked underneath with a flashlight and found an opening where the bolt used to be. I just bolted it back in last night.

huh, so you're going to ck torque on the other bolts/nuts too, right? shouldn't be loose like that. good work finding it. :tup:

kenchan 03-07-2012 10:41 AM

speaking of wind noise...i need to do some window creaking check in the master bedroom... was windy last night and each time a gust came, the window creaked. it sounded like an infant crying. so i'd wake up thinking my kid was crying... but even my youngest is a toddler so doesnt cry like that.. over and over again through out the night. messed up my head. :icon14: lol couldn't get much sleep. :yawn:

dAvenue 03-07-2012 10:44 AM

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Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 1585984)
huh, so you're going to ck torque on the other bolts/nuts too, right? shouldn't be loose like that. good work finding it. :tup:

I gave the other bolts a good beating for allowing the other one to slip like that.

Nick911sc 03-07-2012 10:47 AM

Kenchan, I think it's time to call the Ghost Busters

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oznj6AFeiRE

onzedge 03-07-2012 10:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Nick911sc (Post 1586005)
Kenchan, I think it's time to call the Ghost Busters

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oznj6AFeiRE

:tup:

kenchan 03-07-2012 10:58 AM

lol... who my gonna call?

dAvenue 03-07-2012 10:58 AM

Could be Dracula, dude...


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