I treated the Z to some new OEM air filters today. :)

Finally had SS brake and clutch lines installed :excited:

Mr Ghostvette,

Thank goodness your Belle is on the road to recovery. Bye the look
of all the photos you submitted today Belle's running around days
are near......:iagree:


Happy Holiday's forum brother -Clifford:xmastup:

I like to run them high, otherwise they wear out too much on the outside ... warm they get up to 42-44, I basically added air after driving for a while in warm weather. 9 in 10 cars on the road have less air in their tires then they should, especially front tires

my 2012 370z magnetic black warranty has expired and i want to start modding the car.

1. recommendations for exhaust (FI, armytrix, gt haus?)
2.intakes (stillen gen III?)
3. body kits ( amuse front or 2015 nismo front bumper?) (2015 nismo sideskirt) (2015 nismo rear bumper or amuse rear?)
4. place to tune up the car?

apppreciate any thoughts. thanks merry christmas!!

:tup:

they wear on the outside because the car comes with camber from the factory. by increasing the PSI over whats recommended you're reducing your own performance

About a 100 mile drive this morning. Low 40's temp and sunshine. A great time was had.

awesome!

B@t™

http://i57.tinypic.com/2ekrody.jpg
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Added ~200 miles today on a trip to find some nice photo ops in the hill country. Taking her out again tonight for some Z only photos. :tup:

Very cool! :tup:

I put a new cabin filter in my Z. Ahhh fresh air! lol

Washed her up today only to get her dirty again. Not happy.

I cheated... i took her out of storage, motored around on saturday and then packed her away again.

10*C and sunny... lol nothing like going around town grabbing lunch and driving some more. VROOM!

:driving:

I'm gonna have One Eighty do my headlights.
Most everything on my car has a factory-improved kind of look to it. After all, it seems that Nissan keeps ripping us off with the things we do to our Zs, such as red ignition buttons and brakes. Now they've added blacked out headlights to the new Nismo.

So what colour black do you guys reckon is inside the new Nismo Z headlights?
Flat, Matte, Gloss or some sort of other fancy black?

http://image.motortrend.com/f/roadte...quarter-03.jpg

gloss black to match the rims....

Awsome shot of those z's in the back ground. Little bit of everything! :yum:

And all in order Z34,Z33,Z32, Z31 280ZX

Washed, polished & waxed then took the Z for an Oceanside cruise. Even when overcast, lucky to live Hawaii!

awesome dude!!! im lucky too :p i live in Puerto Rico...

Wash, oil change, meistershaft mid pipe and y pipe finally installed.
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Great looking exhaust! How do you like the sound?

Thx, mid pipe and y pipe look so shiny compared to my dirty exhaust lol. Car sounds like a beast. Love WOT :driving:.. Thanks for the quick shipment on those parts :tup:

Oh I can imagine that your gas mileage has decreased a little due to WOT! I also know that your car has certainly made a name for itself on your local streets!

Went for a nice drive today with my wife. Today was a weird 40 degree sunny day here in southern CT. So what better to do, burn some cheap 93 octane.

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Today, I did this:

http://www.the370z.com/members/edcon...ster-apart.jpg

To get to this:

http://www.the370z.com/members/edcon...ood-before.jpg

:icon14:

Please say you did a write up.

I didn't, no, but honestly following the steps in the FSM made it extremely simple. If there was enough interest in a DIY I could do one, but really for this part the FSM is all you'd ever need.

Step 1: You have to start with the 'SR' section pages 14-16. That guides you through the steering wheel airbag removal.

Step 2: Next you use the 'ST' section, page 14. That guides you through removing the steering wheel.

Step 3: You use section 'IP' page 17. This gets the lower steering column cover removed.

Step 4: Section 'MWI', pages 103-104. This walks you through removing the instrument cluster from the car, up to removing that upper cover from the instrument cluster itself.

All the tools that are needed are:

- Small flat plastic panel removal tool
- Small slot screwdriver
- No1 and No2 Phillips screw drivers
- T30 Security (tamper-resistant) Torx bit (removing the airbag screws)
- Impact gun (not required but makes getting the torx screws out way easier without stripping)
- 19MM Socket for removing the steering wheel nut, can use the impact on that too
- 10mm socket with extension for removing the lower column cover bolts
- 10mm wrench for disconnecting the battery
- Worklight or flashlight helps

Total Time: 1 hour, max, and that is really taking your time to read the steps in the FSM and meticulously place every screw/part in a logical sequence for re-assembly. The only thing that would add time to this is if you stripped the torx getting the airbag out or they wouldn't release. That's when an impact gun is worth it's weight in gold.

I removed the drivers seat for more room to work, not required at all, but I'm doing a big audio build and gutting the interior for it anyways so the seats were eventually coming out regardless.

:driving:

Thanks. So removing the cluster guage to get to that part was your primary objective? I guess I am trying to say to remove the ODO meter one would need to remove Airbags and steering wheel first?

Yup, you bet.

Da faq? I did that too except without removing the steering wheel. All of which was in the service man.

I need access to remove the speedo as one of my future projects. I would like to change perhaps the dial faces to the euro spec UK one.

The sequence for removing the gauge cluster in the FSM is 1) Steering Wheel (to include airbag) 2) Steering Column Cover 3) Combination Meter (Cluster).

http://www.the370z.com/members/edcon...re84019-ip.png

Edit:
Thinking back, it may have been possible (well I guess if you did it, it IS possible) to do it without removing the wheel/airbag, but there would be way less room to work. Seems like it would be easier to follow the sequence in the FSM, the wheel/airbag are only 2 bolts and a nut, a couple clips.

Fog Lamp Install
 

I took mine to a Nissan dealer to install the rear fog lamp kit and switch/harness that I ordered from the Z Store. None of the Nissan techs at the place today would touch it without Nissan-approved instructions. The Service Manager did call another tech who was off today, and he said he had "seen it done" and was comfortable that he could install it, tomorrow. So, I left her overnight and will see what happens. I should have done it DIY, but they quoted my$125 to put it in over the phone, and so I thought that beat me spending all day pulling interior panes apart and jacking with the bumpert, etc. etc. I guess I will find out tomorrow whether the can do it.

I cannot believe that Nissan has this thing as a standard on the Japanese modesl, but does not even publish installation instructions for US models. Go figure. :ugh2:

This might not make you feel better but it's standard in Canada too. Now that's messed up. You should have referred the techs to the forum.


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Ambient LED
 

Does yesterday count?? I guess with the Christmas season I am all about LIGHTS right now. In addition to the rear fog lamp debacle with the dealer in my earlier post, yesterday I decided to try the DIY replacement of the little ambient light LED shown at http://www.the370z.com/519440-post30.

I replaced the factory orange LED with a super bright blue one. The new LED is much brighter, so you can actually see the illumination of the shifter area even along lighted streets (the weak factory LED basically did nothing unless you were on a very dark road). The blue illumination of the orange factory control panel lighting adds a very cool effect in my opinion, and makes the factory panel lighting really "pop." I purchased the LED from SuperbrightLEDs.com. It requires 3mm LED (I tried a 5mm for more light but it would not fit.) I also replaced the resistor value to 470 ohm.

The DIY went pretty much like explained above on the DIY post by DIGItonium. Only difference is that his did not have a Bluetooth speaker, which made the process a bit more difficult for me as the speaker harness prevents you from pulling the black assembly down much from the headliner and leaving not much room to work, and I have to say getting the little LED circuit housing apart requires about three hands, but perserverance pays off.

See the Pic below. The illumination of the shifter and head area is from the blue ambient light LED. Please ignore the blue illumination in the footwells...well, you did not see that! (Oh, I can hear it coming!)

damn dude that catback looks so beautiful :drool:

Looked at it in the garage, thought about driving it to work, decided to ride in with the wife instead. It was a good choice.

I will drive it to the store tonight. The thirty mile trip around the block to get to the store that is a mile and a half away.

:driving:

seriously my train of thought... i could go this way... or the long way... hmmm.. VROOOM!:driving: