ok, im kinda new to nissans but picking it up. so far ive pretty much got that the fairlady z is the japanese name for the 350z. the g35 in japan is also the skyline... i think, dont flame me if im wrong. thats why im posting the thread. well i like the jdm craze and i really want to put the fairlady badging on my z. but i dont know what the differences are. i know that there has to be and just as a wild guess the fairlady in japan is alot faster. so basically my q is what are the differences? i dont want to put the fairlady name on my z if im going to get alot of bs for it. would i be able to put it on or is there way to much difference between the vehicles?

 

I think thier nice, and if it's something that you want to do, rebadge it. Also get the z33.

 

Hey I have both of them on my Z. I think it looks cool, plus some people who don't know anything about the Z think it's a special model or something.

 

agree!!

 

I always thought "350Z" was a little un-aspiring, I replaced my badging long time ago.

I believe the only other differance besides the LHD and RHD is the blinker side marker below the Z badge

 

Agreed! There are plenty of times when Japanese cars have been detuned for the US market, but in this case the 350Z and FairladyZ from a performance and features standpoint are identical.

One example of posing was when people were putting EVO VI badges on their Mitsu Mirages (even after putting the EVO body kit on). That's posing.

The other one that I am against is the G35 drivers who put the Skyline badge on and don't change the Infiniti logos to Nissan. It's like they're trying to use the flagship US name (Infiniti) with the flagship Nissan name (Skyline). It's one or the other, not both. Also, they need to put the 350GT logo on the car too.

I'm debating doing FairLady badges on my Roadster; I've always preferred the Fairlady name to 300ZX, 350Z, etc.

 

where does the z33 logo go?

 

awesome information, alot of people do not understand the naming of cars in Japan and the de-naming once they build an American model. Correct me if I am wrong but wasn't the first fairlady S30 built in 1969 and ran through 1974 ?? had the mirrors on the fenders.....

 

Almost all cars in the 60's and 70's had mirrors on their fenders. Also, in Japan about half the modern cars have a mirror on their left fender (factor accessory). It helps them with tight parallel parking, etc.

I just got back from the Toyota museum in Nagoya, Japan and it seems up until the 80's, ever car had fender mirrors.

 

but this never transfered to US correct ?? And the "fairlady z" was no different than any other z be it 240-260-280

 

Speaking of posing I once use Cobra emblems on a 5.0 GT Mustang and many people thought it was real too. Even some Corvette owner put ZR1 since there wasn't much of a difference in look.

 

 

Is it easy to remove the 350z emblem on the right? Are there holes behind it or just double sided tape? I think it would look cool without the badge at all.

 

Do a search, plenty of threads out there along with nice pics. Lots of pics of de-badged Z's as well.

 

it's just 2 sided tape, just pull it off carefully then use some cleaner wax or something to clear out the sticky gunk