My Stable
 

Have the Tahoe in the garage for some brake upgrades and though this would make a good picture opportunity. (the Tahoe is black too!)

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Beautiful Collection :tup:

NICE!! How do you decide which one to drive?!! :icon17:

The Z4 is a girl's car, so my wife drives it.
The corvette has show car paint, so it only comes out on nice days
The Z is my track car, and car I drive to the airport for my main job
The Tahoe is the car we mostly drive around, because we are always hauling packages and boxes and stuff for my powdercoating business.

Nice mike! Ohhh just an FYI I will be bringing my stuff over to get powder coated but have to wait till the blow off valves and waste gate bunges are welded on. Ohhh and I'm gonna get the cross member coated too :)

keep em lookin clean mike :tup:

richie rich here! power to ya! very nice, very very nice!

I'll take one of each please.

Your whip collection is very nice sir!
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Love how it's all black too! :yum:

Very cool, Mike. BMW needs wheels and then you'll be set. :)

I'll take a pic of the tahoe tomorrow, as I just finished up the brakes on it today. btw, don't shop at streetbeatcustoms.com. Long story, but just take my word for it, even if they have some nice looking air dams for the 370.

i ordered from them YEARS ago and they were fine. idk what went wrong this time for you.

BMW goes back to the lease company Jun 1st. We may get another one in September, doing Euro delivery when we go to Oktoberfest, but now I am thinking of possibly getting a used Ferarri or maybe even ditching the C6 and getting a Lambo. Probably won't do either, but its nice to dream!

You can get a mid 90s F355 Convertible for under 60 now.

are your Z brakes red? if so do you have closer pics?

AWESOME - that's one way to describe it. Not too many people have a modded Corvette and a 370Z in their garage ready to be driven. You've got best of both world.:tup:

My ultimate garage will be my 370z, a Jetstream blue corvette and Alpine White E92 M3! :drool:

YES! :tup:
I'm going to have to agree on the AW E92 but idk about the jetstream blue...
Corvette's are such underated sportscars! :shakes head:

Do you mean overrated? I always had a weakness for the LSX engines. The torque produced by those engines are ungodly. The 'vette is pretty light (lighter than the Z). I think with aftermarket suspension, it should be a fun car. ("should" because I have never driven one)

They are burnt orange, or more correctly, a 2005 C6 Corvette color, Daytona Sunset Orange Metallic, as are the lips on my wheels. Although, during track season, I run satin black brembos, and track season starts in two weeks!!!!!!:happydance: carbotech sends me my new pads tomorrow!


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Sweet!!!! I love JSB!,
I have always cycled through cars fairly quickly, never having one past the payoff. I actually paid of the corvette, so I figured there was no reason to get rid of it when I got the 370.

It was supercharged at one time, but ran too hot on the racetrack, so it now only has a measly 390 to the wheels.

Its a 2005 with an aftermarket front bumper, aftermarket cf hood, and factory front and rear Z06 fenders, all painted Chrysler's Crystal Black Metallic with 5 coats of clear, plus Z06 calipers and OZ Racing Superleggera III wheels, with of course, my own powdercoated touches thrown in on the brakes and wheels.

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Here is the deal.
I wanted upsized rotors and caliper brackets. I did a froogle search, and they were the cheapest, at 380 for the front set. I ordered the rears from another place and had them in no time.

I ordered on the 20th, and on the 26th, I got an email notice saying shipping pending, and ship date 12/31/1969. I chatted online with them and they said they shipped on the 26th, so, since they are in MN and the manufacturer is in NY, I figured I would have them by the 29th at the latest. They never showed.

On monday, I chatted again, was on hold on chat for about a half hour and then they asked what number they could call me at. They told me I ordered the wrong part, and the correct one was 590, but they could give it to me for 550. I had a little bit of a cold and wasn't feeling well, so I said ok. Then I looked at my order, at their website and at the manufacturers webiste and saw that I did order the correct part numbers, and they had raised their price in the last couple days. Apparently, they had the price wrong, and didn't want to honor it. Plus, they weren't going to ship until the 5th, and I already had the truck apart because they told me they shipped last week!

I cancelled the order and ordered them from Summit for 430 yesterday, they got here today with $13 shipping and the truck is back together, and stops on a dime!

This looks like one happy corvette!! :tiphat:

thats no good! i wish you were closer to me, i'd have you powdercoat my calipers, your work looks phenomenal!

I do have an exchange set of sport calipers. 99.9% of my business is mail order.

Ill definitely keep you in mind if I ever decide to go ahead and do it!

The Z4 is a girl's car, so my wife drives it.
The corvette has show car paint, so it only comes out on nice days
The Z is my track car, and car I drive to the airport for my main job
The Tahoe is the car we mostly drive around, because we are always hauling packages and boxes and stuff for my powdercoating business.

Mike,

You sure you don't work for the Secret Service or better yet a funeral home with all those black vehicles! :icon17:

Seriously nice looking Stable! When I had my 06 Corvette and my 03 350Z people would ask me why I had such different cars, and of course daily drivers for my wife (minivan) and I (SUV) too. I just like cars I would tell them.

Sold the Vette and bought a 370Z last November so now I have two Zs. Overall I just like the Zs better than the Corvette. I would have liked to have kept the Corvette too, but I just couldn't get rid of my 350Z and I don't have the room or the money to keep them all.

BTW your Vette looks awesome! I especially like what you have done to your wheels and brakes. I do miss my Corvette occassionally though.

someone likes black........and red.

Very nice. And no backseat drivers

Thanks! I know you from both my350z.com back in the day and corvette forum. I am corvette pilot over there and was 2003z on the other z car forums.

Thanks Mike. I thought you were Corvette Pilot on the CF forum.

3 continents covered there...nice stable