Thank you Ken San... I would like a matt finish too... but I will look into both before I pull the trigger... :tup:

:tup: gevening, ms.pint! :hello:

sounds good, mr.alcheng. :tup:


here's a new front pict... :p

http://www.the370z.com/members/kench...ismo-front.jpg

needs a lil drop, otherwise looks decent!

nah... I believe Mr.kenchan will not consider a drop, but I say 10/10 on the wheel-well, very flush!! :tup: :tup:

I killed a cone.

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-0...0/IMG_2450.JPG

nismo wheels. nice!

i finished installing my rebuilt kw's, z1 25 row oil cooler, stoptech ss brake lines, and front caliper swap (my driver side caliper paint got chewed up from a rock stuck in my wheel, replaced the entire caliper) today! only used 1 and a quarter bottle of motul though. should i have bled them more? didnt really see any air in the lines after a while so i stopped bleeding them

Thanks, mr.alcheng! :tup:

Thanks, chops! :D. Yah, of you see no air bubbles and brakes are firm, should be okay.

GoodAM everyone! :hello:

Cone Killers Unite!!! :tup:

GOODAM, Mr. Kenchan!!!!!!!

:tiphat:

:tup:

:icon17:

oh, so he is one of those form over function... tis a shame..

:tup: have you had a chance to get on her since you installed the oil cooler?

Good Monday morning, fellas. Well, as good a Monday morning as possible. :hello:

No, like me, he drives where you destroy your car if you are dropped. I went back to stock suspension after incurring over $1,500 in damage.

In this case, it's function over form, or better yet, common sense over vanity.

Good looking rims, mr. kensan.

Good morning all! :tiphat:

Morning fellas! Getting ready to :driving: the Z in to work. Blah, work.

I don't know about that...

I am sitting here, farting around on the forum, drinking coffee, eating banana nut bread and looking out the window to Battle Lake in the backyard. One last thing to do here before I go home -- taking care of 200 rounds of .40 over at the farm with my brother in law (FBI guy) and cousin. This particular Monday is not so bad.

ewww!!! 1500$ damn.. where in H-town do you live? when I was there, the area I was in roads where beautiful

:tup:

Only 200?! :p

P.S. I can't believe they let you keep that arsenal! 200 rounds of ammunition? Who needs that much!

I got like 10,000 rounds.... whatcha gonna do about it.. :bowrofl::bowrofl::bowrofl:

That's it? :bowrofl::bowrofl::bowrofl:

I don't have room for anymore.. :roflpuke2::roflpuke2::roflpuke2:

It really doesn't take up that much space at all!

my blazer doesn't have a lot of storage with the .50cal in there.. :bowrofl::bowrofl:

Plastic dip the rims and handles.

http://www.the370z.com/attachment.ph...1&d=1343658540

:tup: have a safe flight, mr. onzedge! :tup:



hi mr.gurney- thanks! :hello:

my G is my dressup car so ive lowered her and have 3pc SSRs. she sports prokit, d-specs, front and rear stillen swaybars, stillen heim joint camber rods ($), ARK Ti front strut bar ($$$), powergrid endlinks. she came out of the box with large wheel gap on the front and slow steering. she looks pretty now and drives tight...that's the way i like my G. she has no clearance issues on most of the roads here as long as i take it slow and on an angle.

as for my Z, she looks great at stock height and i dont sense she needs suspension upgrade for the roads around here so no plans lowering. i might do sway bars down the road if someone (powergrid) offers adjustable endlinks front and rear for the 370Z.

i want to be able to take the roads with full spirit, not slowing down over man-hole lids like cars that were tuned incorrectly for street. lol :rofl2:

lowering a car just because everyone does it is wat naive folks do. unless specifically needed, no need to mess with the suspension on the Z.

good morning, pint and mustang! :hello:

dude, those handles look great!

my Z is an inprogress track car, so lowering and stiffening is needed...

but the occasional jaunt around town is fun! :p

happyz- where's your car in the pict? :confused: ;)

did my pic not show up?

I miss my G some days but I only had a sedan. Morning Mr. Kenchan! Any new returns/ordering today? :p

:icon18: hahaha! yah, no returns but i do have a new intake on order for my G. i took off the 350Z-tube and pop-charger last year as i was tired of noise, but my mpg went to craps (from 17-18mpg to 10-12mpg on surface roads :eekdance: ) so going to put that back in and enjoy improved throttle response, mpg, and slightly more power. :p

my G runs pretty rich when stock... not enough to have carbon buildup on the rear bumper, but my mpg shows.

Museum District/ West University area. The way the streets are set up, every driveway has a very steep approach. Broke both fender liners getting in and out of the driveway. Even with the lift back to stock, I have to back out of my driveway. Just cracked the right fender liner by taking to steep of an approach into the driveway last week.

The crowning blow came when I hit an uncovered access hole (mini manhole), blew a tire and cracked all the paint on the front bumper when the car slammed to the ground and caught a ripple in the street. That was on Bissonnet between Kirby and Buffalo Speedway.

This is the reason I stay away from Houston! Every road I've been on has been horrible in the 350.

YES. although im a bit worried. i purposely left it in low gears while sitting in mild traffic this morning. ambient temp is about 60-65 degrees and in 3rd, revving around 3-4k by the time i got to work (20miles) my oil temp was just about 180-190 degrees. normally id easily be at the 220 mark by now. should i be worried about it being so cool?

During the week, the lot is full all the way back to where I parked my Z! It's crazy! Oh, and nobody give a hoot about other vehicles. I have witnessed so many guys backing their truck into a spot until they nudge the car behind them. :shakes head:

Used to live down there. Roads are all horrible. Westheimer and Richmond are the worst lol. Moved up north a out of the loops, much smoother roads.

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For the record, I respect Mr.kenchan too much for me to disrespect his property like that. Now some of the other people on this forum.... ;)

I like the night vision camera setup. All controllable via smartphone is wicked!

GoodAM Mr.kenchan, agree on the no-need drop for Z.

I had a slightly different experience on drop when I was driving the bmw where it gave me some serious issues on both F&R cambers, well, rear camber arm and front camber-plate solved the problem but 4-wheel alignment had to be done all the time and the tires were feathered like crazy... :icon14:

Same reason as Mr.gurny stated, I feel the ride on the Z is firm enough for DD, no point to stiffen it or lower it for now... :icon17:


Mr.onzedge :tiphat:

Have a safe return flight :icon17:


Or function over form? LOL, I think he is kind of both, but definitely ken-san has a very high standard/demand.

Luckily I am not his optician... :ugh2: jk jk :bowrofl:


Good Day Mr.Steve... :tiphat:


My lowered bmw didn't get me a $1500 damage physically on the car itself, but the extra $$$ I spent on replacing tires+camber arm+camber-plate+4-wheel alignment is about that amount.... :icon14:


Ms.Pint, same boat here, drive the Z to work, everyday, work=:icon14: drive the z=:driving:


dude... they pay you to do all this!!!! :bowrofl: :bowrofl:

goodAM, mr.gale! :hello:

it's good to have a crap dd in such situations. thus ive been looking for a cheap box to get. winter/shopping mall/airport extended parking/crappy parking for downtown/rural field parking dd. :p

Looking good Mr.kenchan :tup: the Nismo's have a nice concave look to them in your photo.