Seriously looking at 370Z and need some pointers

vividracing

Welcome to JDM Sport Nation

I dont know, but they have KIT from knight rider on their home page, so they are cool in my book! hahaha

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bcoffee20

Jar, again thanks for the tip. I was able to get the free autocheck from Ebay.

Jordo!

The SRS light is probably due to removal of the airbags or at least their disabling in order to fit the quick release steering wheel...

I'd continue shopping around -- ideally you want a car that is not only well maintained with low miles, but has either no or only few prior mods like simple bot-on's (unless you are looking for a potential project car, that is...), or if it had been more extensively modded, is either back to stock or has clear evidence of being ready for service to you as DD (again, unless this is primarily going to be a track or project car).

Good luck -- maybe I'll get to see a Z cruising around on Portlandia

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Malm

what is your budget and what are they asking for it?

There are quite a few nice Z's on this forum for sale. And with that list... that is a bunch of mods to take over on.

Oh and employee car? Good chance they drove it like they stole it.

Got_Z

Idk about you OP, but I usually don't like buying a car that is heavily modded. 2 reasons for that:

1. I like to mod the car myself because it's a different experience.
2. Unless you're buying from a trusted friend/forum member the car was probably driven very rough.

Just my two cents. I could be wrong.


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kornflake7

with the info he gave took 2 seconds to find on cl 2009 Nissan 370z

bcoffee20

I am trying to stay at the 20k mark and I haven't really seen any on here for that cheap. The auto check came out perfectly clean with the 1 owner but I was thinking the same about the mods and about them driving it like they stole it. I am going to talk with him later tonight but as most of you have commented it might be safer to walk away. When it sounds to good to be true, it probably is.

kittens

give it some time. I am sure some others for under 20k will come up that don't have that weird history

madwi

Don't be in a rush to buy. Take your time and find something that you are 100% comfortable with. As others have stated, have you ever rented a car before? I have and I sure as hell would NEVER buy a vehicle that was a rental at any point in it's life. I would consider this one a rental too as its just some random shop employee driving it. The person has no reason to NOT beat the piss out of it all day, everyday. I would and I suspect most others would too.

Sounds like you are on the right track of thinking with "...if its too good to be true..."

Japanjay

It is not the service records that you need to worry to much about, could have been doing in house service. But you need to make sure to pull ALL WARRANTY CLAIMS. Service records just cover oil changes and such, not warranty work, new clutch, or if had the oil consumption issues and was an early oen and got a new long block, or a latter and got a short block.

tnav

Carfax has nothing important as far as services, only one record from 2009 for recommended service, other than that, 1 owner, clear title, no accidents.

I would stay away, there are sick clean cars in California, if you are willing to travel to CA, pick up something spotless clean

ZeroZeta

Hey bcoffee20. I think everyone else has already said the same thing but just to put this in perspective (because I hate seeing people get ripped off.)

The car you are looking at (without mods) has a KBB value of $21,582 (give or take depending on your opinion of KBB)

The mods you listed were included do not have what I would consider "top of the line" parts that might make this really worth considering.

Here is a breakdown of how much some of those mods run (note I used the most expensive options just to show higher end price)

VIS Carbon Fiber Hood $948.00
VIS Carbon Fiber Trunk 948.00
NRG Carbon Fiber Roof $649.99
VIS Carbon Fiber Side Skirts $906.00
VIS Carbon Fiber Rear Add Ons $600.00
VIS Front Lip $600.00
EvoR Carbon Rear Diffuser $349.95
EvoR Carbon Fiber Rear License Cover $174.95
5Zigen Bronze 19" Wheels $586.30 per wheel?

So basically you will invest in travel expense for a car with a questionable history, with upgrades from the middle of lower end of the quality spectrum and a SRS light on which you would have to diagnose.

I also want to point out that anybody can throw parts on a car - the part quality and quality of the installation will determine the "perceived" value.

Also from a modder's perspective - not much aside from really great upgrades like a Turbo kit installed by a reputable shop will ad "real" value to a car.

I just installed a nice carbon fiber spoiler on my car. Decent part but that doesn't mean I added value to a depreciating vehicle. Instead I probably lowered the overall resale value of my car because I was F***ing around with it.

So overall, I would recommend holding on this one or keeping an eye on our own for sale page. I have seen some very nice Z's listed over the last few months.

Good luck with your decision!

Sources at the bottom

Car Trucks Body Kit Carbon Fiber Hood Trunk Hatch Spoiler

NRG CARB-RC-42 Carbon Fiber Roof 08+ Nissan 370Z Z34

Motorsport! 370Z Exterior - The Z Store, Nissan-Datsun 240Z-260Z-280Z-280ZX-300ZX(Z31/Z32)-350Z-370Z Parts

bcoffee20

Thank you guys for giving me good feedback. I was trying to talk myself into it but I can wait. I'll keep my eye out on this forums for sale section and also on craigslist, but for now ill enjoy my saabaru for a bit longer.

ZeroZeta

Think you made a difficult but wise decision bcoffee20. I know the car looked the way you wanted it to but there were a few too many unknowns to make it a good purchase.

Also you may want to keep an eye out on the north west regional forum.

North West Region - Nissan 370Z Forum

Probably a lot of really good people/resources there to help you in your search.

DEpointfive0

Why do I feel the SOB stole my idea?

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