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Old Aug 24, 2005 | 06:12 AM
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Just seeing what everybody has planed for the down time this winter? Not what you want to do but what your going to do!

Me its finnish my interior
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Old Aug 24, 2005 | 06:20 AM
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Good question, just order my first mod a popcharger, but i'll have this installed before then. I'd like to work on the interior as i screwed up using armoral vinyl protectant and now the inside is about 10 different shades of black
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Old Aug 24, 2005 | 06:32 AM
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Purchase a house with a larger garage.
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Old Aug 24, 2005 | 06:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Dildorado
Good question, just order my first mod a popcharger, but i'll have this installed before then. I'd like to work on the interior as i screwed up using armoral vinyl protectant and now the inside is about 10 different shades of black
I know everyone here hates Armor all, but I personally have no problem with it.

The cure for the patchy look is this:

Drench the door panels and everything else plastic in it and let its soak out of the sun. Come back after an hour and drench it again. Leave it over night and next day wipe down with a dry towel to remove greasy film.

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Old Aug 24, 2005 | 06:33 AM
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Buying snow tires......yaaaaaa.......god i wish i had a beater
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Old Aug 24, 2005 | 07:31 AM
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exhaust, intake plenum, cf enterior, clean the garage so more stuff fits in it.
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Old Aug 24, 2005 | 07:43 AM
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Hopefully suspension and I should be getting my test pipes next week. Then it's on to headers, pulleys, exhaust, etc. . Thank God for a company car, haha.
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Old Aug 24, 2005 | 07:47 AM
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I won't do any engine mods in the winter as I would want to take the car out to test right away instead of waiting until the spring to see if anything was not working right.

Hopefully the varis air duct group buy will go though and I can install that in the winter. No need to test that mod.

PS: I use armourall and I don't see these "different shades" you are talking about.
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Old Aug 24, 2005 | 08:03 AM
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I use armor all too and have never had anything weird happen to my interior.
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Old Aug 24, 2005 | 09:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Fletch69z
I use armor all too and have never had anything weird happen to my interior.

I did at first. It had to do with different absorption rates causing glossy spots, and non glossy spots. I just kept on soaking them until they were all uniform.
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Old Aug 24, 2005 | 09:03 AM
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Buying snow tires......yaaaaaa.......god i wish i had a beater
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Old Aug 24, 2005 | 05:24 PM
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NISMO GROUNDING KIT, Stillen Series 1 carbon fiber hood, STILLEN EXHAUST, STILLEN INTAKEStillen Stage II super charger, ATC CLUTCH & FLYWHEEL, Stillen Strut Tower Bar, AutoMeter Boost Gauge and A-Pillar Single Gauge Pod, Camber/toe kit front & rear, NISMO SUSPENSION KIT, KurumaZ Front Fascia, Stillen Series 1 Rear Spoiler, Series 2 Rocker Kit and Series 1 Rear Valance, AF Engineering CF gauge pod insert, AF Engineering CF Door Barrel inserts, AF Engineering Battery/Fluid CF Cover, AF Engineering CF Cooling Plate, AF Engineering CF "Z" Emblem, Clear Corners Tail Light Conversion, Clear Corners Signal Light Conversion, Clear Corners Sidemarker LED Conversion.

Whew...gonna have to sell the wife to save money after I spend what this is gonna cost!!! LOLOLOLOL

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Old Aug 24, 2005 | 05:37 PM
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a car cover...
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Old Aug 24, 2005 | 09:55 PM
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we don't have winter here usually........now downtime for me, just more driving the Z.
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Old Aug 24, 2005 | 09:57 PM
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a car cover for chicago's snow conditions.
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Old Aug 24, 2005 | 10:33 PM
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Install Tilton and the 3.9 FD. Get some Tomei Cams, Crawford Headers, NISMO Exhaust, Suspension, Tires. Id also like to get my wheels Powcoated. Thats it for now.
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Old Aug 24, 2005 | 11:01 PM
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It doesn't really snow in Portland, Oregon (where I am.)

Question for the masses: I'm new to the Z, how does the Z do in the rain (because I lead a very wet experience in Oregon winters)? Does the rear end breakaway progressively when gassing? I have stock 17"s and the viscous lsd.

Curious because, I just came back from showing some buddies my car. I did an inertia drift around a perfectly paved but off camber 90 deg bend in parking lot and scared the shizzle out of my homies. The other homie outside says "do another another one, that was sweet!" and the passenger homie replies "get me the F out of here." It was fun and primordially gratifying to compensate for bad angle of entry with shear torque on demand.

Boo-yah!!

The rear-end breakaway was smooth like butter but fast. Scary-fast? [Evil pinky rises to evil mouth.]

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Old Aug 24, 2005 | 11:56 PM
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Originally Posted by PumpedVA
Just seeing what everybody has planed for the down time this winter? Not what you want to do but what your going to do!

Me its finnish my interior

My mod list for this winter includes nothing but saving for my down payment in Feburary:-D

Next winter all my mods will already be done:-D
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Old Aug 25, 2005 | 08:18 AM
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Anyone recommend any covers? That'll be a mod as well..haha

Popcharger, exhaust, headers, and a lip. Then saving for the TE37's begins...
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