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Old 10-21-2012, 03:53 AM
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Originally Posted by terrasmak
Yup, and I just can't seem to get in the zone yet while driving a car. Figure it will probably happen a while after I go W2W racing. Sportbikes, when I raced them, I just slipped into the grove and could just run perfect laps, even while going by lapped traffic.
i do weird stuff like that all the time when im not even in the zone. my MO is not paying attention when getting to a red light and trying to take off from 4th lol
Old 10-21-2012, 09:36 AM
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Put some flat center caps on from my friends old porsche wheels.
Old 10-21-2012, 09:59 AM
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taywan-those brakes are beautiful. picking my mouth up off the ground still from that stopping and wheel setup. looks amazing!

I played around with switching reflector colors (have been running the JDM clears for a while now). Debated going back to ambers for a while, but eventually settled on some black ones!

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Old 10-21-2012, 10:04 AM
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^love that splitter! taywan more pics!
Old 10-21-2012, 11:08 AM
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Thanks a lot

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Old 10-21-2012, 11:34 AM
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Originally Posted by EmpireDude
taywan-those brakes are beautiful. picking my mouth up off the ground still from that stopping and wheel setup. looks amazing!

I played around with switching reflector colors (have been running the JDM clears for a while now). Debated going back to ambers for a while, but eventually settled on some black ones!
Willing to sell your JDM clears? I'm interested...
Old 10-21-2012, 12:18 PM
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Old 10-21-2012, 12:45 PM
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Old 10-21-2012, 06:25 PM
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Washed it. Clayed & wax "top parts" like trunk lid and hood. Took out stock wheels & tires from the garage and washed them really well to prep for black PlastiDip for winter season wheels. I keep reading they look cheap, but meh... they're just for a couple months in the winter.
Old 10-21-2012, 06:58 PM
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Nismo V1 CF Bumper (replica) installed. Extreme Dimensions brand.

Fitment isn't that great. from a far its not so bad because its black. there's a decent size gap under the passenger side headlight and bumper. and on the driver side - i got another decent sized gap between fender and headlight. but overall - not that bad considering i bought this via craigslist for $350.
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Old 10-21-2012, 07:07 PM
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Looks nice a clean, EmpireDude.
Old 10-21-2012, 07:43 PM
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got bored, decided to plastidip my wheels
looks decent
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Old 10-21-2012, 10:09 PM
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Originally Posted by JaE35z
^love that splitter! taywan more pics!
Thank you me too!!!
Originally Posted by zswickliffe
Willing to sell your JDM clears? I'm interested...
The ones I had in it were a set of LED clear reflectors, and were the ones I have used multiple times to develop my products. They show their age, and are cracked in a couple places so I don't feel comfortable selling them I will send you a pm about another set I have though!
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Originally Posted by Godzirrra922
Looks nice a clean, EmpireDude.
much appreciated, thanks
Old 10-22-2012, 07:48 AM
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Nothing to mine, just helped out Pro_350Z with his, swapped out and adjusted his traction arms, power steering lines, changed the front camber and set his toe. Completely different car now.

Back to mine tomorrow, air duct to the oil cooler and set up the brake cooling ducts in the bumper. Probably will not have a splitter for the SOW event in a couple weeks.
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Originally Posted by terrasmak
Nothing to mine, just helped out Pro_350Z with his, swapped out and adjusted his traction arms, power steering lines, changed the front camber and set his toe. Completely different car now.

Back to mine tomorrow, air duct to the oil cooler and set up the brake cooling ducts in the bumper. Probably will not have a splitter for the SOW event in a couple weeks.
Awesome, which splitter are you going with? Are you making your own? A rear diffuser is also great for downforce and air channeling, rear canards as well. They greatly reduce the vortexes generated by the air that exits the rear sides of the car. Do you have a short shifter on your Z?

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Old 10-22-2012, 10:05 AM
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Originally Posted by terrasmak
Nothing to mine, just helped out Pro_350Z with his, swapped out and adjusted his traction arms, power steering lines, changed the front camber and set his toe. Completely different car now.

Back to mine tomorrow, air duct to the oil cooler and set up the brake cooling ducts in the bumper. Probably will not have a splitter for the SOW event in a couple weeks.
Can you take some pictures of your progress for the splitter and brake ducts? Especially if you are running a Nismo V2 bumper again. I'd like to get some ideas... I'm noticing my brakes aren't working as well as they use to as I get faster/more experience.
Old 10-22-2012, 10:42 AM
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Just bought an uprev and laptop. Curse me for having apple product.
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Originally Posted by TWM Performance
Awesome, which splitter are you going with? Are you making your own? A rear diffuser is also great for downforce and air channeling, rear canards as well. They greatly reduce the vortexes generated by the air that exits the rear sides of the car. Do you have a short shifter on your Z?

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Building my own, 1/2 inch ply and fibreglass to mount on the V2 bumper and extend to the cross member. No rear, just the V2 add ons and a bumper tuck. I need top tally up my points for TT-B before i do much else for aero.

No short shifter, but may look into one. Between shift **** height and maybe throw i need to figure out a way to make it easier to shft with the race seats installed.

Originally Posted by Voboy
Can you take some pictures of your progress for the splitter and brake ducts? Especially if you are running a Nismo V2 bumper again. I'd like to get some ideas... I'm noticing my brakes aren't working as well as they use to as I get faster/more experience.
Will do, only hard part is the mounting to the chassis. So far im planning on hooks to my front GT Spec bar (only thing its good for) then mounting comming off the chassis in front of the sway bar mounts, outer bumper beam straight down and the forward ones from the bumper beam to support the front lip.

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Old 10-22-2012, 12:18 PM
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Just changed out the MTF with the OEM stuff. Car shifts like buttah. Exciting times.
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Originally Posted by terrasmak
Building my own, 1/2 inch ply and fibreglass to mount on the V2 bumper and extend to the cross member. No rear, just the V2 add ons and a bumper tuck. I need top tally up my points for TT-B before i do much else for aero.

No short shifter, but may look into one. Between shift **** height and maybe throw i need to figure out a way to make it easier to shft with the race seats installed.
Sounds legit! When you have your seating configuration set in stone, shoot me a PM or email me (sales@twmperformance.com). Maybe an extender would help with your shifting comfort, let me know

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