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Old 02-19-2017, 04:37 PM
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Originally Posted by amr_electron
Installed a homelink mirror with compass, Perfectly matches the interior illumination of the Z


looks great
Old 02-20-2017, 05:28 PM
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I drove it for the first time in 6 months!

After having the ZSpeed CSC and Wilwood master cylinder installed. It's a rocketship compared to anything I've driven for months. So in love again!

(Don't mind the 4x4 wheel gap in the rear. My driveway looks flat but isnt!)
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Old 02-21-2017, 04:03 AM
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Originally Posted by slow7
looks great
I installed the same one in my '08. One of my favorite mods, and I put on in my old BMW 635, too:

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Old 02-21-2017, 04:03 AM
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Old 02-21-2017, 04:05 AM
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Old 02-21-2017, 12:10 PM
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subframe bushings.. and gave it a good cleaning

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picked up a quaife from Savanna Little last year, time to install..

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Got my Caddi CTSv Brembo six pots machined and finished finally. Will need to swap the cross over tube and bleeder locations still, but all set.

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Old 02-22-2017, 11:23 AM
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I took the day off yesterday and cleaned and re-dyed my factory black leather driver's seat on the left bolster and other friction points. It now looks about 9 years better.
Old 02-22-2017, 11:24 AM
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Originally Posted by dcains
I installed the same one in my '08. One of my favorite mods, and I put on in my old BMW 635, too:

I did that the 2nd week after I owned the car. I hate that the Touring model didn't come with a compass.
Old 02-22-2017, 12:15 PM
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I think the orange display ones are from a Subaru, and they're harder to find than the ones with the blue/green display.
Old 02-22-2017, 12:29 PM
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Originally Posted by zakmartin
I took the day off yesterday and cleaned and re-dyed my factory black leather driver's seat on the left bolster and other friction points. It now looks about 9 years better.
Any particular kit you used for that?
I was gonna order a patch and refinish kit off eBay for a small hole in my driver bolster. But both bolsters are showing wear.
Old 02-22-2017, 01:02 PM
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Originally Posted by the rook
Any particular kit you used for that?
I was gonna order a patch and refinish kit off eBay for a small hole in my driver bolster. But both bolsters are showing wear.
I use a leather re-coloring balm that I ordered out of the UK several years ago. It's made by a company called Furniture Clinic. It appears they now sell the product on
<b>Amazon</b> Amazon
. <-- Click for link.

This is my second application in about 5 years. The stuff really does a great job and a little goes a VERY long way.
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Originally Posted by dcains
I think the orange display ones are from a Subaru, and they're harder to find than the ones with the blue/green display.
Nope, it's the exact same one I got from Nissan. I bought it from the dealership as a 2009 Nissan Rogue SL OEM part (my wife's Rogue that we bought on the same day as my Z had the Homelink + Compass that I wanted, so I swapped out the part and tested it on my car before I ordered it.) My original Homelink-only mirror has been sitting in a parts bin since just after I bought the Z.
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Originally Posted by zakmartin
I use a leather re-coloring balm that I ordered out of the UK several years ago. It's made by a company called Furniture Clinic. It appears they now sell the product on
<b>Amazon</b> Amazon
. <-- Click for link.

This is my second application in about 5 years. The stuff really does a great job and a little goes a VERY long way.
Thank you for the info :-)
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Old 02-23-2017, 11:47 AM
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Got off lazy duff to yank my "fancy Enkei" whills off car. (And to take them in for new rubber M&B next week)



Did so to re-install the whills I took out of the "old Volks home".... Geddit? Geddit?? (I'm very sorry for that.)

Went from this look...


...to a tamer, calmer look.


I like. Guess I keeps dem now.
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Old 02-23-2017, 02:13 PM
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Looks nice! What are you going to put on the rpf1's?
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Comp turbo came in!!!
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Originally Posted by BigBlue
Looks nice! What are you going to put on the rpf1's?
Hey Blue! The wheels above, aren't RPF1s. They're AME TM-02s. They're designed by Kyoho, a pretty high end/luxury wheel maker in Japan, and built by Enkei using the same MAT technology as Enkei Racing and Tuning series wheels. Essentially, they're known as "upscale RPF1s"; hence why I call them my "fancy Enkeis" or my "faux Enkeis". Heh.





It's an older wheel... I think they were big from around '08 to '11. I've never seen another set around here; that's why I had to have 'em!

Pulling off a near new pair of Bridgestone RE050As (about 300 miles when I got them last month) and tossing the fronts (about 25% left). Going with a set of Kumho PS91 255/285-19s. Put a set of these on my Z34 Niz wheels for my son's car and they're actually quite good - for a budget Max Perf tire like my Sumitomo HTRZ-3s. Going to test 'em out for the heck of it on mine.

Oh, right, mandatory specs.... 19x9.5 / 19x10.5 +22, 20.1#/20.9# F-R


Decent rear fit.

Downside to my alloy n' rubber fetish... my main garage is overstuffed yet again... sigh...



Cross I guess I gotta bear.

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Old 02-23-2017, 07:15 PM
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Originally Posted by MicVelo
Hey Blue! The wheels above, aren't RPF1s. They're AME TM-02s. They're designed by Kyoho, a pretty high end/luxury wheel maker in Japan, and built by Enkei using the same MAT technology as Enkei Racing and Tuning series wheels. Essentially, they're known as "upscale RPF1s"; hence why I call them my "fancy Enkeis" or my "faux Enkeis". Heh.





It's an older wheel... I think they were big from around '08 to '11. I've never seen another set around here; that's why I had to have 'em!

Pulling off a near new pair of Bridgestone RE050As (about 300 miles when I got them last month) and tossing the fronts (about 25% left). Going with a set of Kumho PS91 255/285-19s. Put a set of these on my Z34 Niz wheels for my son's car and they're actually quite good - for a budget Max Perf tire like my Sumitomo HTRZ-3s. Going to test 'em out for the heck of it on mine.

Oh, right, mandatory specs.... 19x9.5 / 19x10.5 +22, 20.1#/20.9# F-R


Decent rear fit.

Downside to my alloy n' rubber fetish... my main garage is overstuffed yet again... sigh...



Cross I guess I gotta bear.
Sounds like a nice problem to have if you ask me. Lol. I'm a shoe junkie as well. Just bought wheels and I'm saving for another set now. The wife doesn't see the sense in it but I try to come up with new and interesting excuses. Keeps her on her toes.
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Originally Posted by the rook
Sounds like a nice problem to have if you ask me. Lol. I'm a shoe junkie as well. Just bought wheels and I'm saving for another set now. The wife doesn't see the sense in it but I try to come up with new and interesting excuses. Keeps her on her toes.
What's really bad is if someone were to ask me how many sets I have, I have to think forever or count them and lose track while counting because in addition to the main garage, I have another grajj plus a side yard....

Old 02-23-2017, 07:54 PM
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Originally Posted by MicVelo
What's really bad is if someone were to ask me how many sets I have, I have to think forever or count them and lose track while counting because in addition to the main garage, I have another grajj plus a side yard....

I am green with envy.

You just became my next excuse!!!! Lol

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