I'm thinking he was out foraging for food since he's getting ready to hibernate.

Done for the night. Zaino products used: Fusion, All-in-One, Z2, ZFX Z6, Sling for my arm.

Tomorrow: Z2 x2, ZFX, Z6, Leather-in-a-Bottle, Sling

Drove the Z to cars and coffee this morning. Loving the cooler weather.

On the drive home was thinking really hard about parting out the z and moving on at the end of the season. Decisions decisions

I just wanted to give a shout out here to a couple of excellent vendors that I have had and opportunity to purchase some new stuff from. Today I ordered a new O9 - 14 Nismo bumper from Juan at Fontana Nissan AKA Nissan Race Shop. Juan provided me we excellent pricing and a quick delivery time. I also have purchased some Swift Springs for my Fortune Auto 500 coil overs and a brand new set of Enkiei's from Josh at Kamispeed and he his pricing and sevice was just as outstanding. I have problem recommending them as a vendor and I will definitely be using them in the future.

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Something showed up today, and will be getting bolted up on the car tomorrow, along with the HKS exhaust finally!

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Well, the HKS got installed, but not the Motordyne, due to time constraints and technical difficulties - a.k.a. - those blasted "demon" bolts. A 1/2" breaker bar nearly 3 feet long, four 1/2" extensions which came to about 48" in length, a quality impact socket and plenty of heat and PB Blaster. Those Mother Effers would not give. After about the fifth try, the head started to rounded off.

I'll have to go back and we're going to pull the exhaust manifolds off so he can either cut or drill though those damn bolts. Wish I had some extra cash for the some headers at this point! I'd take them to him to install since we're pulling the stockers anyway. Oh well.

In other news, the HKS went on without a hitch. It sounds and looks great! It's nearly silent at idle, has a smooth, mellow deep tone under light throttle input, then opens up and wales under WOT. Inside the car, absolutely no drone at all. In fact, very little sound at all inside. Just that mellow deep smooth tone, and no more interior panel rattles! It's just loud enough to still cover that awful sound of the motor coming through the firewall.

Anyway, a few pics...

Stock with AAM Short Tails
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The HKS system installed, just before the tips were installed
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And on the ground
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I think I'm going to push in those tips a bit more also
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I like how my tips stick out lol

Picked up roof cap today. :yum:

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Did a a/v/nav install this evening. First one in some time now. I have to say I was surprised how easily this car comes apart. Now I have a dash cam looking forward, and a rear view camera to get out of parking spots! The blind spot is real. Also I can't forget a map to annoy my lady with because "we already know where we are" http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...65cd34a336.jpg


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Found my tip fell off the hanger. Gotta adjust my exhaust:( good thing I got a little and jacks). Yay for Friday evening project

Ohh yeah, I just picked up my Z from the mechanic. Had a laundry list of goodies installed. Whiteline front sway bar, spl font end links, Z1 rear diff cover, quaife rear diff, energy rear diff bushings, nismo s-tune struts/springs, nismo body brace kit, FI cbe.

Pushed the muffler section in a bit and lined them up. Tighten the crap outta the clamp. Seems good... maybe lol

Moving right along... As I wait till the beginning of next month to get the cats removed and the ART pipes installed, I went ahead and ordered the Z1 CAI this morning, in all black.

I'm also talking with Sebastian at Specialty Z about the EcuTek. I don't know if he answers emails on the weekends or not, but it's not like I'm in any major hurry either. Whenever he gets back with me, I'll be ordering the kit though, with or without the "custom tune" package for data-logging.

Good luck to you, sir! :tiphat:

I was also stopped by those effing demon bolts last night. Got to the last one and the bolt was completely stripped. Had to put on the other stock cat that we took off and sadly put the car back together...

These things are on so tight we even bent one of our breaker bars. Considering getting one of these to help with the stripped demon bolt https://amzn.com/B000QW6K8I but at this point, I'm about ready to bring it to a shop that is willing to help. :(