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Nick911sc 03-09-2012 12:20 PM
Glad to hear about the windshield.

I'm still trying to decide cosworth vs k&n

alcheng 03-09-2012 12:24 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by ImportConvert (Post 1590042)
Safelite installed my new Nissan OEM windshield with OEM Nissan foam airdam at the base at 607 miles.

It cost me $500 (comp. deductible, no glass coverage in my state).

I am picky as hell. Super picky. Absurdly.

They let me watch the entire job, and the guy doing the work did a flawless one.

-NOTHING was torn, cracked, broken, scratched, or lost.
-The pinch-weld was primed very well.
-The bead was a "V" bead as is OEM, and was "tied" where it was joined. It was very healthy looking and I find the concept of it leaking improbable.
-There is no squeaking or wind-noise at all.
-Everything went back together with no way of anyone being able to tell it was ever apart.

Aside from the receipt in my glove box, it never happened.

I cannot endorse Safelite, however. I CAN endorse the tech's who did my work (the manager, who has experience doing Ferrari circuit cars did 95% of it). To endorse an entire chain is ridiculous. However, if you are in the Shreveport/Bossier LA area, I CAN! endorse Joe Goodwin and HIS Safelite location as competent, polite, and understanding of OCD.


Oh...I also installed my Cosworth drop-ins. Just blowing through them with my mouth, they flowed a bit freer than my OEM filters. They also have less pleats...hrmmm...

Either way, just cranking, the car has a bit of "hiss" to it now.

Next up...re-tint down to the AS1 on the new windshield.
Congrats, Congrats!! :icon17:

alcheng 03-09-2012 12:26 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Nick911sc (Post 1590076)
Glad to hear about the windshield.

I'm still trying to decide cosworth vs k&n
Hey Nick, I have a set of K&N drop-in for sale, since I installed the short-ram, I have no use of it.

It only has about 200 miles on it, since I don't drive in Winter.

Still have boxes and the +20hp-Stickers!!!

:tup:

ImportConvert 03-09-2012 12:33 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Nick911sc (Post 1590076)
Glad to hear about the windshield.

I'm still trying to decide cosworth vs k&n
But he was interested in MY K&N's. They are new in the wrapper. Stickers/boxes included. :roflpuke2:

waaaasabi 03-09-2012 12:34 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Nick911sc (Post 1590076)
Glad to hear about the windshield.

I'm still trying to decide cosworth vs k&n
Honestly, I think whatever is cheaper will do. Sure, you'll have to clean and re-oil the latter at 30K intervals (but it's really nbd), and if you buy the former you can tell everyone at the meets that you have a Cosworth (part in your) 370Z, but really whatever you can find for a lower price should do :)

Nick911sc 03-09-2012 12:36 PM
Yea but if one breathes better than the other I might gain +/- 1/2 hp! LOL

Alchemy 03-09-2012 12:44 PM
I wish they made a Cosworth that would fit on the Gen 3.

Nick911sc 03-09-2012 12:52 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Alchemy (Post 1590138)
I wish they made a Cosworth that would fit on the Gen 3.
Curious as to why? Don't like the oil?

Alchemy 03-09-2012 12:57 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Nick911sc (Post 1590163)
Curious as to why? Don't like the oil?
Recently I have been hearing bad things about K&N. In the tests I have seen posted by people of the forum it doesnt filter as well as you would think. Seems like the Cosworths do a better job.

kenchan 03-09-2012 12:57 PM
hey so my wife said she wills top by walmart today to pickup 2 jugs of mobil1 silver caps (5qt) and 12oz of valvoline DOT3 during her lunch. :tup:

so i dont have to go. weee~ :icon17:

tonight im going to remove the car cover off the Z, take her off the flat-stoppers and prep for the first drive of the season tomorrow. :excited:

then in the afternoon im going to do my G's brake fluid change and swap to SSR's. :p
will wash her as well since i dont want any reminance of brake fluid remaining on the car.

Alchemy 03-09-2012 01:00 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 1590176)
hey so my wife said she wills top by walmart today to pickup 2 jugs of mobil1 silver caps (5qt) and 12oz of valvoline DOT3 during her lunch. :tup:

so i dont have to go. weee~ :icon17:

tonight im going to remove the car cover off the Z, take her off the flat-stoppers and prep for the first drive of the season tomorrow. :excited:

then in the afternoon im going to do my G's brake fluid change and swap to SSR's. :p
will wash her as well since i dont want any reminance of brake fluid remaining on the car.
Have fun tomorrow Ken:tup:

Nick911sc 03-09-2012 01:01 PM
Alchemy- That's also why I'm debating cosworth drop ins...

Kenchan- Congrats! I'm sure you're excited to get that car back on the road. Surprised you use Mobil 1 though (not trying to start a great oil debate)

ZMan8 03-09-2012 01:07 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Nick911sc (Post 1590184)
Alchemy- That's also why I'm debating cosworth drop ins...

Kenchan- Congrats! I'm sure you're excited to get that car back on the road. Surprised you use Mobil 1 though (not trying to start a great oil debate)
:stirthepot:

kenchan 03-09-2012 01:10 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Alchemy (Post 1590180)
Have fun tomorrow Ken:tup:
hey thanks, mr.alchemy. :tup:


oh yah, i installed that clutch helper spring last weekend. forgot to post that. lol the pedal returns to about the top where it was originally, i thinks.

hummm...wat to do with the stock helper spring... :icon17:

Quote:
Originally Posted by Nick911sc (Post 1590184)
Alchemy- That's also why I'm debating cosworth drop ins...

Kenchan- Congrats! I'm sure you're excited to get that car back on the road. Surprised you use Mobil 1 though (not trying to start a great oil debate)
thanks. :tup: hey, does cosworth actually make those filters per their specs or is that a rebadge from someone else? :confused: not that im getting a pair.

mobil1 is good stuff for newer engines imho. been using it for like the last 10yrs or more. :tup: ive looked at purple power and redline, but for my driving mobil1 is sufficient. if i do MT fluid change though (on my G), im going to use redline.

kenchan 03-09-2012 01:11 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by ZMan8 (Post 1590199)
:stirthepot:
oh? :icon17:

alcheng 03-09-2012 01:12 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 1590176)
hey so my wife said she wills top by walmart today to pickup 2 jugs of mobil1 silver caps (5qt) and 12oz of valvoline DOT3 during her lunch. :tup:

so i dont have to go. weee~ :icon17:

tonight im going to remove the car cover off the Z, take her off the flat-stoppers and prep for the first drive of the season tomorrow. :excited:

then in the afternoon im going to do my G's brake fluid change and swap to SSR's. :p
will wash her as well since i dont want any reminance of brake fluid remaining on the car.
Mr.kenchan, sounds like it's going to be a fun-packed weekend for you!! :tup: :happydance:

kenchan 03-09-2012 01:13 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by alcheng (Post 1590212)
Mr.kenchan, sounds like it's going to be a fun-packed weekend for you!! :tup: :happydance:
hi mr.alcheng. :tup: yeess... finally can spend some time with my girls. :tup: (no not man boobs).

Nick911sc 03-09-2012 01:18 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 1590207)
hey thanks, mr.alchemy. :tup:


oh yah, i installed that clutch helper spring last weekend. forgot to post that. lol the pedal returns to about the top where it was originally, i thinks.

hummm...wat to do with the stock helper spring... :icon17:



thanks. :tup: hey, does cosworth actually make those filters per their specs or is that a rebadge from someone else? :confused: not that im getting a pair.

mobil1 is good stuff for newer engines imho. been using it for like the last 10yrs or more. :tup: ive looked at purple power and redline, but for my driving mobil1 is sufficient. if i do MT fluid change though (on my G), im going to use redline.
That is an excellent question! Going to try and find the answer

alcheng 03-09-2012 01:21 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 1590215)
hi mr.alcheng. :tup: yeess... finally can spend some time with my girls. :tup: (no not man boobs).
Mr.kenchan, I bet you will have some Häagen-Dazs Coffee tonight or tomorrow as being part of the celebration, right?? :yum: :yum:

The weather forecast is saying it's going be warm and sunny in Toronto Saturday & Sunday.... for now....:eekdance: You know, weather is just like mood of gf or the stock market... :icon14:

I hopefully can have some Z :driving: these couple days too :tup: :tup:

kenchan 03-09-2012 01:28 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Nick911sc (Post 1590239)
That is an excellent question! Going to try and find the answer
yah, cause i think those were only made so fanbois can say they run cosworth and put stickers on their cars like some ricor from the early 2000's. :rofl2:

Quote:
Originally Posted by alcheng (Post 1590254)
Mr.kenchan, I bet you will have some Häagen-Dazs Coffee tonight or tomorrow as being part of the celebration, right?? :yum: :yum:

The weather forecast is saying it's going be warm and sunny in Toronto Saturday & Sunday.... for now....:eekdance: You know, weather is just like mood of gf or the stock market... :icon14:

I hopefully can have some Z :driving: these couple days too :tup: :tup:
oh every night is hagdaz night for me. :yum: ;) i need to do some car work to burn off some calories... :ugh2:

lol at weather fluctuation and inconsistency. :icon17: one would really need to know patterns to guess wat it might be like the next day. hahahaha.

although my weatherbug app has been pretty damn accurate. :tup:

Nick911sc 03-09-2012 01:32 PM
Evo X guys showed dyno's with Cosworths boasting nice numbers.

bbigby64 03-09-2012 01:33 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Nick911sc (Post 1588219)
They shut down the center of town and the streets are lined with 100's of cars. Everything from Honda Civics, Z's, Ferrari's, Lambos, American Muscle. Anyone can bring their car, 5 dollars to park and all the restaurants in town are open so you can either hang out with people or go grab some food. I'm not sure when it starts up, but when it does, it's every thursday starting at 5(when they first shut down roads) until whenever they decide to open them back up again (10?).
Wow! That sounds really progressive! I'll have to drop by when I'm on the Island visiting my folks. :)

happytheman 03-09-2012 01:37 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by alcheng (Post 1589852)
Hey happy, bought the tires yet???? :hello:
Not yet man, still wool-gathering on what to buy. Truth be told, I've been super busy and have yet to find some time to myself.

Nick911sc 03-09-2012 01:45 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by bbigby64 (Post 1590302)
Wow! That sounds really progressive! I'll have to drop by when I'm on the Island visiting my folks. :)
Check out the North East section, We'll have a thread going in there when the shows start up again.

happytheman 03-09-2012 02:33 PM
Trading out Ester for Mobil 1 today. :tup:

Dembflyr 03-09-2012 02:40 PM
I ordered my RE-11's today. One more step to getting her back on the road. :tup:

onzedge 03-09-2012 02:42 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by happytheman (Post 1590403)
Trading out Ester for Mobil 1 today. :tup:
Good move. Ester is junk.

happytheman 03-09-2012 02:42 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Dembflyr (Post 1590420)
I ordered my RE-11's today. One more step to getting her back on the road. :tup:
oh hay, what did you go with, stock sizes and...if you don't mind my asking (feel free to pm me) how much did they run, where did you buy? :)

happytheman 03-09-2012 02:43 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by onzedge (Post 1590428)
Good move. Ester is junk.
Yah, been thinking about it for a little while now. :tup:

bbigby64 03-09-2012 02:52 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Nick911sc (Post 1590328)
Check out the North East section, We'll have a thread going in there when the shows start up again.
Okay. I'll keep an eye open for shows. I'm looking forward to my first. I guess this means that I need to mod something before I go? I'm thinking about white rims. :excited:

Dembflyr 03-09-2012 02:54 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by happytheman (Post 1590430)
oh hay, what did you go with, stock sizes and...if you don't mind my asking (feel free to pm me) how much did they run, where did you buy? :)
I went with 255/35/19 front and 285/35/19 rear.

Got them through a member of our club. INI - Indiana Nissan Infinity.

He works at a local tire shop. Got them for $1300 installed.

kenchan 03-09-2012 04:05 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by happytheman (Post 1590403)
Trading out Ester for Mobil 1 today. :tup:

cool! :tup: are you doing the change yourself? :)


i need to do coolant drain/fill again on my G when i do oil change in a week or so...can't believe it's already been 2yrs since the last time. time goes by too fast.



Quote:
Originally Posted by Dembflyr (Post 1590463)
I went with 255/35/19 front and 285/35/19 rear.

Got them through a member of our club. INI - Indiana Nissan Infinity.

He works at a local tire shop. Got them for $1300 installed.
nice! :tup: 255/35 is kinda thin on the profile side, but that's ok? i think i wouldve done 265/35 on the front.

kenchan 03-09-2012 04:27 PM
just got a note from wife that the dot3 i wanted was out of stock. wtf walmart, your store locator showed IN-STOCK at the particular store. :shakes head:

this is why i hate working with fail. lol :icon17: guess i will pass on the brake fluid change until next time. :p

onzedge 03-09-2012 04:29 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 1590610)
just got a note from wife that the dot3 i wanted was out of stock. wtf walmart, your store locator showed IN-STOCK at the particular store. :shakes head:

this is why i hate working with fail. lol :icon17: guess i will pass on the brake fluid change until next time. :p
Hmm...

All I can say to that is "Juke" (tomorrow at 10 AM).

Alchemy 03-09-2012 04:36 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by onzedge (Post 1590614)
Hmm...

All I can say to that is "Juke" (tomorrow at 10 AM).
:tup: Did you also say something about Koni's this weekend as well???

MightyBobo 03-09-2012 04:39 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 1590610)
just got a note from wife that the dot3 i wanted was out of stock. wtf walmart, your store locator showed IN-STOCK at the particular store. :shakes head:

this is why i hate working with fail. lol :icon17: guess i will pass on the brake fluid change until next time. :p
Why are you going w/ DOT 3?

alcheng 03-09-2012 04:44 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by onzedge (Post 1590614)
Hmm...

All I can say to that is "Juke" (tomorrow at 10 AM).
Quote:
Originally Posted by Alchemy (Post 1590625)
:tup: Did you also say something about Koni's this weekend as well???
Mr.Alchemy, I think Mr.onzedge won't be able to pronounce "Koni's" until next week... :bowrofl:

kenchan 03-09-2012 04:46 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by onzedge (Post 1590614)
Hmm...

All I can say to that is "Juke" (tomorrow at 10 AM).
nice! :tup: congrats mr. and dr.onzedge. :tup: i luv new cars. i need to get me a new car someday soon. :p

Quote:
Originally Posted by MightyBobo (Post 1590632)
Why are you going w/ DOT 3?
it's DOT3/DOT4 actually. this is for my G (dd) and i dont need the high boiling point...just manufacturer recommendation. :)


hey, but my wife did pickup the 2 jugs of silver caps. :D

MightyBobo 03-09-2012 04:50 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by kenchan (Post 1590650)
it's DOT3/DOT4 actually. this is for my G (dd) and i dont need the high boiling point...just manufacturer recommendation. :)


hey, but my wife did pickup the 2 jugs of silver caps. :D

Gotcha heh, just making sure.

onzedge 03-09-2012 04:56 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Alchemy (Post 1590625)
:tup: Did you also say something about Koni's this weekend as well???
Mr. Alchemy -- Koni Koni Koni nag nag nag Marcia Marcia Marcia -- that's all anyone has been saying to me lately. :icon17:

Koni's next week. I am burning a PTO day to get it done. The Juke takes priority tomorrow for two reasons:

1. Immediate gratification

2. Since the Echo died, my wife has been driving our 1984 F-150 that gets 10 MPG and has a certain way it likes to be handled in the mornings when cold that makes it less than user-friendly.

3. Immediate gratification

Oops, that's three things on the list -- you get the picture.

The Koni install has met one roadblock after another, but I am determined to get them on.


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