Whoa, what a cool silver!!!

 

well... sinced the convertible is being dubbed as a 2004 model, I guess that means there will be no Brickyard convertibles.

That sucks!

I was all ready to trade in my current Z for a droptop, but was wanting to keep the same model and colors. I LUV THE BRICK!!! I can live with changing from a Performance model to something else, but now I'm going to have to choose either Brickyard or Droptop....

 

Wow, real sexy.

 

Will this new Liquid Silver be replacing the current Chrome Silver, or will it be an additon making three different Silver options?

 

I hope it is replacing a silver... a third would be crazy...and for the most part pointless...

 

That freaken sucks crap for us CS owners. If the liquid silver looks anything like the show car paint, the CS is going to look really dull in comparison. Its really unfortunate that they didnt have that silver available the first year.

 

Put ME on TOP of the LIST!!!!!!!

That was blatant false advertisment. The had that paint on the promo car, they called our paint "Chrome" which implies shiny bling bling. And now we find out we've been shafted. I think I would have waited another couple of months for this color, and also maybe avoid some of the first production year problems.

 

ALMOST guys, it can not have that exact same appearance, that is a VERY expensive paint job that takes weeks to do. they can try and match it, but it wont be identical, it cant be. the question is how close can it be? only time will tell, Im betting no where near as close as people here are probably imagining in their minds...

need nismo news now tho.

 

Yo, Jman, thanks for the follow thru on the Brick color question.

Nissan discontinuing the color won't hurt my feelings!

 

That car looks almost like a mirror finish in the top picture, is it really like that? I am not going to pretend that I know of a specific law, but I have always heard that "mirror finish" or polished body cars were illegal. Perhaps, like tint, it's a certain reflectivity that is illegal? Could just be an urban legend, but I sure thought it was true.

It's gorgeous either way, sure would expect it to cost more if they do release it, surprised nobody has asked/mentioned that.

My total guess on the NISMO news is a turbo, but I am guessing it's something visual since JmanZ told someone to hold off on the R-tune kit in another thread. Perhaps a factory/dealer installed bodykit option for 2004?

 

Give us one hint please. Does it involve a part that has not yet been announced?

SCC magazine had a one liner about Garrett research developing a turbo for the 350Z with NISMO. This information was part of a long table of upcoming Garrett applications so it was not obvious.
What was unsaid was whether or not this unit would be street legal or for "off road" use only.

 

Someone mentioned elsewhere they had heard NISMO was going to officially have a presence in the US, guessing at dealers, and the parts would be warrantied and available for installation at dealers.

 

Dupont has a paint called Liquid Silver 1400, it's a kind of variation on chromallusion (chameleon paint) Anyways, one of the companies that dupont now owns is Standox, a german paint manufacturer. Well Standox now offers Liquid Silver, I had looked into painting over my CS with Liquid Silver to make it different but we'll have to see what comes out later this year. I'm not sure that this is the standox version of the paint, but i do know that this has the Spectraflair 1400 pigment in it. which is the same pigment used in the Standox Exclusive line Liquid Silver.

 

I read that NISMO would ONLY be available through nissan dealers.

 

Thank god I waited. Now, if they only offer liquid silver with burn orange leather, I am set.

 

I was told that the 350Z show car with burnt orange seats was painted " 02 Nissan sentra MOLTEN SILVER" not a custom color.

Do you guys know how long it takes a car company to approve color? Longer then the Car it's self.

The show car was painted a stock nissan color, and additional clear coats were added...

I will post the e-mail from NNA later in this post.

As for Brickyard going away... GREAT makes it the exclusive color i had thought it could be... Bravo to all Brickyard owners that had the ***** to order such an outstanding choice...

( No Flames) i love all the Z colors, But my FIRST delivery EVER was a brickyard, Bright Sunlite day with Ricardo. See my site for the pics..

As for additianl 04 info?? As long as the Roadster is made in REDLINE i;m happy customer.

As a dealer, i hope you all get what you want out of this most exciting car.

 

That's true. I hadn't really thought of that one! What can you do, though? A class action suit? I don't think it would be too worth it. They are pretty much stuck.