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Old 02-17-2014, 05:26 PM
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It took me close to a year, but I bought my dream car! Got lucky finding this little gem.
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Old 02-17-2014, 05:27 PM
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Congratulations! Looks good.
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congrats. nice pickup
Old 02-17-2014, 05:41 PM
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Thanks guys! I really appreciate it!
Old 02-17-2014, 05:43 PM
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Feel free to make suggestions and constructive criticisms on it!
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Can we start with the 1970s photo? Did you park it in a mall photo shop in front of a pull down wall asking what city in which you wanted the Z parked?

I'm surprised you aren't standing outside it in a knitted sweater.


(jk OP, nice car.)

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Old 02-17-2014, 06:26 PM
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Originally Posted by RMichael
Can we start with the 1970s photo? Did you park it in a mall photo shop in front of a pull down wall asking what city in which you wanted the Z parked?

I'm surprised you aren't standing outside it in a knitted sweater.


(jk OP, nice car.)
LMAO
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Originally Posted by RMichael
Can we start with the 1970s photo? Did you park it in a mall photo shop in front of a pull down wall asking what city in which you wanted the Z parked?

I'm surprised you aren't standing outside it in a knitted sweater.


(jk OP, nice car.)
I pulled the photo from my instagram, hence the filter ahaha. Well played though. Made me chuckle. I was more so leaning towards comments about the car itself and not my photography skills. Jezzz, you guys are rough on here.
Old 02-17-2014, 08:56 PM
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I'd ditch those ugly azz wheels, damn those are hideous. Fix the front bumper as well, obviously the PO didn't know how to drive it. God only knows what kind of condition the interior is in, far from a "gem" IMHO.
Old 02-18-2014, 02:55 AM
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The wheels are pretty gross, but I have seen worse before.
Old 02-18-2014, 05:15 AM
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Originally Posted by illphildawg21
Feel free to make suggestions and constructive criticisms on it!
Remember, you asked for it.

+1 on new wheels. They aren't the worst thing I've seen on a z but they aren't the best either.
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Congrats, now ditch the wheels.
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Those wheels are nauseating.
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Nice Z,horrible rims...
Old 02-18-2014, 09:14 AM
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congrats on your purchase, welcome to teh forum and let the modding begin.
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I knew the wheels were bad guys, ahaha, you guys didn't have to remind me. I picked up some 18x9.5 g8 square wheels. so much better.
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Oh! and the interior is great! Normal scratches on the center but I plan on repainting that. The car only had 46k miles when i bought it, not to mention, a clean title and a 100% florida car. So yeah, I'd consider it a gem since i payed less then 15k for it.
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Nice 350Z, agree with other comments about the rims though.
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Here's the car with the new wheels. They're the 18x9.5 G8 square wheels. The car needs to be dropped a touch more, it's already lowered somewhere around an inch and a half. not 100% sure.
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I feel like a 19" wheels would prevent you from feeling like you need to lower it more but either way it looks much better now


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