95K for a GTR ? Not to ...:stirthepot:...But no way.... I am not talking about the money, but the Car..

To me, it is 35K over priced at least..

I think fire made the right choice...:tiphat:

Since no one else seems to be talking Z's, I will.

I took the 370 into the dealer for the 30,000 mile check-up. I (or one of my sons) do most of the work on my cars, but I had them do an oil change for me because my hand is not cooperative still. I gave them some ENEOS 5-30 and a K&N filter. They charge 10 bucks for labor. I also had them replace my serpentine belt -- again I provided the Gates Belt and they installed -- I think about 45 bucks. Oh yeah, cabin air filter replacement was 35 and the inspection was free.

We skipped the coolant flush which is due as we are doing this the week after next when i replace my 4 hoses with the groovy red silicone hoses from Z1. They have beeen sitting in a box since Black Friday. So I picked up a couple of gallons of Nissan coolant cheap along with wiper inserts.

While waiting I looked around at the invnetory -- 5 Z's, but all autos and 20 Jukes -- also all autos. The 2013 white GTR was drool-able -- too bad, it was an auto also. :icon17:
Two good things about my dealer – they are great folks and there are free donuts on Saturday mornings.

Congrats on the hoses onze. Sounds like you have a kewl dealer to install your parts. :tiphat: Get that hand healed and do some :driving:

Our local Nissan dealer was having a grand opening today (they built a new dealership). They had a bunch of things for the kids so I took Mini GaleForce and we checked it out. Priced out a Juke for Mrs.GaleForce had some BBQ, sat in a fire truck, got a fancy balloon, pet the ponies, etc. It was a good little guys only day. :tup:

We did stare at daddy's "race car" (Z) on our way out of the garage. That's all the Z love for today.

Hello there Mr onzedge! Hows the hand?

Ahhh you went with the red Z1 hoses. I'm curious about the longevity of the color. Thanks for keeping things on track.

I've got my appt to install my spacers tomorrow morning! :excited:

Sounds like fun. Did you let your son do any of that cool stuff too or did you hog it all?

Kewl day Gale. :tup:

Yay new thread! Nice first post, Steve :tup:

Nice selection of cars to welcome people to this thread eh? I think the moderator planned that. :tup:

Sounds great. I love the fact your meet has multiple 370's as well as that monster GT500. Very cool beans!

Replaced rear pads, went from stoptech street pads to hawk plus pads all around. I barely had any pad left!!!

Replaced the 6 spark plugs as well as the distributor cap & rotor. A very difficult job - - -

It sat in the garage all night

mmm...... this thread has somehow changed to "What did you do with your AZZ today IV"


Mr.onzedge, nice to hear your local dealer is willing to deal with the aftermarket parts you brought to them :tup:. Lots of dealers will give a sh!t load of hard time to the customers.... :shakes head:


Mr.GaleForce, sounds like you and Mini GaleForce have the weekend very well spent :tup: :tup: :tup:


Off to work now, have a new date tonight..... :excited: wish myself luck now, hahaa.

Laterzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz :tup:

re-posting for mr.gale:

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Originally Posted by GaleForce
That picture is love the set up Mr.kenchan

Edit - how fast does it roll off? 12db? 18db?


thanks, mr. gale. :hello: roll off is 12dB/octave per their spec. it sounds like those noise-cancellation headphones when you turn this on in a plane. lol

at 0dB attenuation facing the rear, the input level is too hot in the low frequencies and my audio clipped. not only did the exhaust tone clip the signal, low frequency noise from road bumps also clipped it. the physical suspension bands were doing a good job isolating bumps though.

since the mic was facing the rear there's no depth in the sound, almost sounds like putting a mic in a plastic box. my tascam recorder had great depth when placed in the cupholder. (just jammed the unit in there partially wrapped in mf towel. )

so tomorrow im going to try front facing and attenuate by -10dB. will try both flat and high pass filter. i prefer to have no roll off as it sounds more natural. in a car 40hz roll off imho is better as you can maintain the rich tonality of the exhaust. the tascam offers this and real-time input levels, but the rode is just a mic and so only offers 80hz roll off.

unfortunately the high pitched noise is still in the audio, generated by the gopro. but even with the failed attempt today, when the audio was not clipping, it sounded much better than the gopro's built-in mic.

more tomorrow.

First detail for my z!
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i like the before better than the after. or are these both after? or both before? or .. :confused:

Those were both after. Lol I accidentally posted the pic twice. I fixed it though.

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:icon18::tup: GJ!

You and Mr. Onz take all the fun out of talking about rear ends. :shakes head:



Good luck on your date!

Well, I would wish you luck, but you know the definition of Luck ?

It is the meeting of Preparation, and Opportunity...

So be prepared, and if the opportunity happens......well, I am just saying....

Giggiddy....

At my favorite sushi restaurant, Ronin! :yum:

Welcome I Ronin Sushi & Sake Bar I Daytona Beach, FL

(I did NOT drive the Z because it's still raining)

:yum: I'm hungry now.

:icon18: I could totally picture that. If Mrs.GaleForce was with us, it would have been game on!

Yep, the little dude and I had a great day :tup:

So we hook up an external mic and deal with the high pitched noise, or... use a stand alone mic set up like your Tascam for the best sounding option. Is that right?

yah, so far that is what i have. tomorrow i will see if the forward facing rode will do more justice. it's a pita though cause the power slide switch is on the back end of the mic which means i have to reach behind from the driver's seat to turn it on/off. green led's bright enough you can light your cupped fingers to determine if it's on or not. :)

Was going to meet up with some Zs but it looks like it's a no go. :(


Guess I'll take a drive instead. :driving:

I got my stillen gen 3 intake and CBE put on today! :D The difference is amazing haha I've been smiling ear to ear all day :) Drove it all around and even got a good deal on some new clothes no homo :ugh2:

Cool, now bring it down to Austin for the next meet. :tup:

Hi guys. Hows things tonight? :hello:

We just watched the last episode of Game of Thrones.

Don't know what that is onze.:confused:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_of_Thrones_(TV_series)

Oh OK I C now. :ugh2:

Hi Fire :hello: what's up? I'm watching the fights, will be going to bed shortly.

What's up all? Just got back from watching Prometheus with the little lady.

Wow! So you live under a rock then Mr. Fire?

http://robertagrondinphotography.com...53903066-3.jpg

This wasn't QUITE today, but whatever. I've been a busy boy, this weekend.

Ripped the front end off and removed my Stillen filters to give them a MUCH needed cleaning (I haven't touched them since I put the intakes on the car almost 3 years ago...). One had a good bit of oil on it from my oil cooler - I guess I'd better check my fittings since the repair shop was the one who reconnected everything since my accident. Anyway, cleaned off the filters and re-oiled them, and they look mostly like new again.

Other than that, I got tired of how much of a pain in the *** it is to get the filters in without absolutely f-ing them up royally, so I relocated my horn to another bolt that is out of the way, and I dremel-ed off the 2 little brackets with bolts that stick out toward the front of the car. They were the problem children that jack my filter. After all this, there's absolutely nothing making contact with my filters anymore, and I'm a happy guy. Although, I should probably consider replacing the one filter that is all gouged to hell.

Car definitely came alive, and my butt dyno is pleased with the results.

Hello Folks!! :tiphat: :tiphat:

The date was pretty good :tup: gonna meet again next week. :tup:


I am going to Jacksonville tomorrow for 3 days, going to visit the HQ of a contact lens manufacture. Hopefully I can check into the forum…… :tup: