370z - What to mod?
 

What should be the first things on my list of additions to a 370z I will be buying ^_^

Base model, no sports package.

depends on what you intend to do with the car. would you like to start with performance, looks or suspension/braking?

Please tell me the car is at least manual?

Depends on the amount you want to spend as well. I'd lower the car, change the ugly base wheels, replace the exhaust... the list goes on... HFC/intakes, body kit, BBK, headunit, paint headlights, speakers, tint, etc

It does say M6 under his username.

first mods based on direction you want to go imo..
Looks: springs/wheels (it is a toss up)
Performance: cbe (this is an easy one imo)

I would say exhaust, it can be a complicated and a sensitive subject because there is alot of options, opinions, performance results. I would say try to keep cats if you care about warranty and not worried about performance. But for performance get test pipes and cat back of your choice. I love how mine turned out after a few hit and miss.

and you live in Urbandale? so do I.

Stillen gen3 intakes should be your first mod without a doubt.

It all comes down to how much money you want to spend & more importantly the end goal of the car.

In spite of what you'll see from other Z owners, I say stick with the base rims. Believe it or not, I got a lot of compliments on them. Not from Z owners, but from just about everybody else. In fact, I'm of the opinion that the only better looking rims you can buy for reasonable money are second hand 19" Z rims. Most of the decent wheel options out there don't improve on the looks by that much.

If you're on a tight budget, I'm a fan of the rear fog lamp for a cheap starter mod.

Exhaust

Personally for me the non warranty things. Mostly sight and sound. Clear Bra and a nice detailing might be a good thing to do first.

I second getting a new exhaust. For me the stock exhaust was too timid. I wanted something that actually sounded like a sports car. I realize these days that isn't what a lot of people want but it was for me.

I'd pay it off first

but the most used ugrade is the sound system

saw an article that postulated we probably spend more time listening to

music in our cars than at home...

Go boost. :tup:

question, sry im new to all this. how long can a exhaust last? does it have to be like re-tuned every year or something?

A quality exhaust should last forever. No tuning required.

The very first thing you do is tint!

Still teaching myself to drive manual, but I am thinking of getting new seats, some nice two-tone black and blue suede.

I have roughly $30,000 for modifications.

My list so far
-Intake+Exhaust for sound
-Tinted windows, as low as legally possible.
-$2,000-$3,000 sound system, depending on what I need to spend to achieve ridiculousness.
-Dark Black Rims
-Custom Gauges/Colors
-Possibly change the headlights/tailights

Quality body shops and custom car shops are hard to find my area, and Nismodreamr, I live in Nebraska and spend a LOT of time in Iowa for business. Me and my uncle started a business custom building computers and selling parts/installing them to people, and we are doing pretty well, but this is mostly a loan from my buddy.

I hope theres a typo in there somewhere. You're buying or have already bought a $30k car and are taking out a loan (from a friend at that) for $30k for mods? BTW, all the mods you just listed could be done for ~$10k and thats if you go pretty high end on rims and tires.

Wheels and tint is probably what I will do first. :happydance:

I see well best of luck, not sure where you would put 30k in this car without pulling the motor, building internals, and then promptly boosting the bitch. Just my .02

Its a loan from a friend, theres no interest or anything involved.

And I said up to 30k :P

I plan on putting some real nice interior work into it. I'll put up pics when its done ^_^

Would it be reasonable to put twin turbo in the bitch?

If I had 30k I would look into a turbo set up. Instead I spent my money on a set of volks, an aerojacket lip kit, coilovers, and an exhaust.

What would you do with the other 20k or So?! Haha :roflpuke2:

That was my point, he is talking about spending money that Im not sure you could even spend without lining the engine bay in hundreds. And the parts listed up above were what I bought, I have spent right around 8-9k.