Gone.

I was doing really well managing my wheel addiction selling/giving away two sets and hadn't bought anything new in, oh, I dunno, six months or something. But then this really nice set of V3s came along and.....

Had to turn in my one month badge.

Oh, and have to correct something I mentioned earlier about running my Volks with spacers. I had them on the Niz with a set of 15mms in the rear but then moved those to my '03 and it bugged me last night that I didn't remember putting them on when I swapped; so had to look.... No spacers...


...and found the unused set in my tool box.


Whups....

 

peeling wrap , ready for pearl satin white.




ordered a Keys wheel.




added a new hood.



started gutting the car for removal of the speaker bar and cubby area above gas tanks.

 

^Your is looking great! One BAD boy!

 

Just bought my Z about 2 days ago. The next day after, El Nino hits with the biggest storm Cali seen in 10 years. I come out the next morning to my driveway only to find my Z flooded inside half a foot deep. In just 2 days I have to go through all this already

 

replaced the belt.. still looks new after 26k miles and 9 years..

installed z spec engine bolt kit, although I broke the hood bolt (now I have to have a shop weld a new bolt on)

 

Thats rough man. I honestly have nothing helpful to provide, but this is nice.

 

Does the hood hump up more than the DE hood? I've been curious to see it on a z. Looks cleaner than the previous hood.

IIRC the cubby area does provide some structural rigidity. There was a schematic outlining its purpose a while back.

 

Completely agree. Nice choice, Brian.

 

Heh nice one. Well I was able to use wet/dry vac to get most of the water out and a hair dryer to dry it out. The only thing I'm worried now is potential mold or rust that might grow in the future from spots that I missed. Someone mentioned something about shampooing the carpets but how do I do that?!

 

Little elbow grease on the exhaust this morning.

 

damn. That's brutal.

 

Thanks I am still in the debating phase... Im leaning towards 20mm slip on spacers with arp extended studs, because I like to punish myself, and make more work.

 

finished with most of the wiring stuff for my car

so burned out and lazy thank god i am like 95% done with my entire build.....hopefully by next week my car will be on the dyno for tuning

one of my biggest pet peeves about doing an engine build is having to order small stuff and wait.....and wait....

no big deal though once my entire twin turbo build is hooked up second time around its all a matter of pulling out and putting back in no more hassle with installation since all the lines and plumbing are all where they need to be....

 

Did you already replace the diff bushing? If you haven't, that'd well blown out.

 

Just got my yearly inspection.. And dundundun

 

Oooooowoooohoooo

 

Finally finished installing the sound barrier. The doors were the last step.
I added 31 pounds total to the car by doing this, but not really a concern for what I use the the Z for. I only weigh 145 pounds, so unless you weigh less than 176 pounds, you can't criticize me (heh heh).
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That was smart to cut out holes for the bolts. You're going to need to get to all of those when the window motor finally buys the farm and you need to get it out.

The door sounds a lot more solid when you shut it now, doesn't it?

 

Yes it does. I haven't had the car out Yet, , but hope to in the next few days, so I'm anxious to find out how much diff this makes.

 

Painted some of the tire letters