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ImportConvert 02-22-2013 09:31 AM

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Originally Posted by UNKNOWN_370 (Post 2179025)
Good luck with that... Hope they did a good job.

Indeed.

ImportConvert 02-22-2013 06:03 PM

Picked my car up.

-I noted some SMALL amounts of trash near the edges of a couple of panels, but otherwise the paint and matching was flawless. This is very minor, literally one pebble-ding and "more damage" would be present than that. I have seen new cars with similar on show-room floors (C6 'vette).

-Body panel alignment is excellent except for one side of the rear-bumper which they readily agreed to fix this Tuesday.

-One TPMS sensor is dead. It was new, and arrived that way, and none were available to replace it with in this area. It will be replaced at the same time the bumper is adjusted.

-Just looking at the car, the front tires/rims look to have more camber to them than I remember, and the car pushes a lot less in corners than I remember (A product of driving a Kia Optima for a month?). I really like how it feels, and I think it feels a lot more neutral than I remember it, again, maybe just in my head. Whatever the case, it reminds me a little of my old Z06. The front end feels "lighter" than I recall and weights up nicely in a corner and doesn't push. I like it.

-The Michelin PSS tires are what this car should have come with. Potenza's are pure junk compared to these. Very pleased. Maybe that's also part of the handling improvements, I bet so. Very good tire.

-Unless I discover something horrible, I'm keeping my 370. They replaced everything with OEM Nissan parts, and the paint job matches flawlessly as best I can tell, it would be stupid to flip the car 1 year into ownership when I don't have any equity in it and am trying to move later this year.

m4a1mustang 02-22-2013 06:38 PM

Welcome to the PSS club. They make everything better.

Tazicon 02-22-2013 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Davey (Post 2116336)
I owned an AP2. I know you have an AP1, and the steering racks are different, however the complaints go back to the AP1 as far as I know.

The commentary about the S2000 is out there. All you have to do is google "s2000 numb steering" and look at the pages of results and discussions at a variety of motorsports sites. Have you done that yet?


I had to Google it as I was thinking about one for a track car...................wow there is a lot of feed back about S2000's not having feedback! lol

Tazicon 02-22-2013 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by cossie1600 (Post 2158774)
Lotus depreciate fast everywhere. The car is not reliable, not practical, not super fast and not affordable. The whole idea of lightweight, great handling BS wears out pretty quickly unless you spend a lot of time at the track

But I tell you what they are a blast to drive! I wouldn't DD one but heck I would own one for the right price!

UNKNOWN_370 02-23-2013 06:39 AM

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Originally Posted by ImportConvert (Post 2179806)
Picked my car up.

-I noted some SMALL amounts of trash near the edges of a couple of panels, but otherwise the paint and matching was flawless. This is very minor, literally one pebble-ding and "more damage" would be present than that. I have seen new cars with similar on show-room floors (C6 'vette).

-Body panel alignment is excellent except for one side of the rear-bumper which they readily agreed to fix this Tuesday.

-One TPMS sensor is dead. It was new, and arrived that way, and none were available to replace it with in this area. It will be replaced at the same time the bumper is adjusted.

-Just looking at the car, the front tires/rims look to have more camber to them than I remember, and the car pushes a lot less in corners than I remember (A product of driving a Kia Optima for a month?). I really like how it feels, and I think it feels a lot more neutral than I remember it, again, maybe just in my head. Whatever the case, it reminds me a little of my old Z06. The front end feels "lighter" than I recall and weights up nicely in a corner and doesn't push. I like it.

-The Michelin PSS tires are what this car should have come with. Potenza's are pure junk compared to these. Very pleased. Maybe that's also part of the handling improvements, I bet so. Very good tire.

-Unless I discover something horrible, I'm keeping my 370. They replaced everything with OEM Nissan parts, and the paint job matches flawlessly as best I can tell, it would be stupid to flip the car 1 year into ownership when I don't have any equity in it and am trying to move later this year.

Do more modding and you'll see marked handling improvements. You think the car feels better now? Add sways, endlinks,swifts and spacers. You will be in awe. :tup:

It doesn't take a lot of money to make handling excellent. You just don't listen to us. lol

ImportConvert 02-23-2013 09:44 AM

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Originally Posted by UNKNOWN_370 (Post 2180333)
Do more modding and you'll see marked handling improvements. You think the car feels better now? Add sways, endlinks,swifts and spacers. You will be in awe. :tup:

It doesn't take a lot of money to make handling excellent. You just don't listen to us. lol

I just don't care that much. I'd rather buy another suppressor, or AK47, or something else. Also warranty, as much as it breaks, I do not want to void it. 370Z isn't very robust in my experience. Best to not give Nissan any more excuses other than my CBE.

Mike 02-23-2013 10:40 AM

Glad you are happy with the repairs!

DLSTR 02-24-2013 08:37 AM

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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang (Post 2179821)
Welcome to the PSS club. They make everything better.

Its the single most effective addition one can make to the Z. The rest do not give nearly as much effect so immediately.

ImportConvert 02-24-2013 09:32 AM

Well, the brakes are messed up again. I doubt the wreck caused it as much as me just driving the car every day and getting used to it as it progressed and then being out of it for over a month, I can immediately tell after my first abrupt slowing from highway speeds that the rotors are warped again. I'm going to have Nissan just replace it. They turned it down a LOT last time to get all the warp out of it. I have literally never seen a rotor this pathetic. That's the one thing I do keep missing about my 'vette. It was made to stand up to AT LEAST daily driving duties :(

*sigh*

Glad to have her back, but annoyed at the constant piddly repairs that this thing has to have to remain enjoyable. Yes, I'm keeping it, but no, I'll never subject myself to another Nissan product. WAY! too maintenance intensive. Definitely getting extended warranty on this car. I recommend it to everyone who owns one of these. I'm still waiting for my power-steering to go out. Groans like some of the old donks I see on the bad side of town, but Nissan says "Normal". Oh, well, wait until it goes TU and have it replaced. *sigh*.

Yeah, frustrated. Sucks. Hate all the corners Nissan cut on such a beautiful vehicle.

cossie1600 02-24-2013 07:10 PM

Rotors rarely warp, it's pad deposits.

Red__Zed 02-24-2013 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by cossie1600 (Post 2182319)
Rotors rarely warp, it's pad deposits.

Yep. The stupid low dust OEM pads make cleaning easy but leave deposits like a mother

cossie1600 02-24-2013 09:47 PM

The key is to bed your pads in properly. If you are lucky, you might be able to remove them by running the brakes really hard and basically re-bed them. You have to either smell the brakes or fade the brakes to a point where you don't have a pedal anymore.

Z_ealot 02-25-2013 01:07 AM

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Originally Posted by ImportConvert (Post 2181573)
Well, the brakes are messed up again. I doubt the wreck caused it as much as me just driving the car every day and getting used to it as it progressed and then being out of it for over a month, I can immediately tell after my first abrupt slowing from highway speeds that the rotors are warped again. I'm going to have Nissan just replace it. They turned it down a LOT last time to get all the warp out of it. I have literally never seen a rotor this pathetic. That's the one thing I do keep missing about my 'vette. It was made to stand up to AT LEAST daily driving duties :(

*sigh*

Glad to have her back, but annoyed at the constant piddly repairs that this thing has to have to remain enjoyable. Yes, I'm keeping it, but no, I'll never subject myself to another Nissan product. WAY! too maintenance intensive. Definitely getting extended warranty on this car. I recommend it to everyone who owns one of these. I'm still waiting for my power-steering to go out. Groans like some of the old donks I see on the bad side of town, but Nissan says "Normal". Oh, well, wait until it goes TU and have it replaced. *sigh*.

Yeah, frustrated. Sucks. Hate all the corners Nissan cut on such a beautiful vehicle.


Had my 2011 sport package Z for a little over a year and have no idea what the heck you're talking about as far as rotors warping. Have had to stomp on the brakes more than enough living in southern california and never had any problems with the brakes afterwards.

ImportConvert 02-25-2013 08:53 AM

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Originally Posted by cossie1600 (Post 2182319)
Rotors rarely warp, it's pad deposits.

I said the same thing until the shop had to turn one of my front rotors TWICE and take a ton of metal off of it to get it "true". I read all the same Stop-Tech articles or whatever, thought just what you are saying. I may still be wrong, but they couldn't clean it up without turning it down a lot. So who knows?


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