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Old 02-12-2013, 10:30 AM
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Ok, so I was planning to sell my Z, I took most of the mods off the car to sell it, but it was never sold for a fair price. Decided to keep it and mod it again since it's fully paid off. And this time with better parts. Trying to stay away from knock-offs unlike last time.

Here are some pics of what I have bought, most of them are not installed yet other than a 3.53 pumpkin off a 6MT G35 with vlsd (The 5AT comes with a tall 3.3 pumpkin)

These are what's left from my older mods. I had BC 264 cams...

Front and rear Z emblems


A mishimoto thermostat



And a Hayden tranny cooler LOL


My bumper had a Titek air duct and some wear and tear that I didn't like, so I purchased an 06+ bumper and an 07+ hood



I ordered some JDM clear side markers for the 06+ bumper off ebay, $55 for a pair of sidemarkers



Bought some brand new front & rear genuine OEM mud guards off ebay


And time for a full repaint








Closing the holes on the fresh bumper




Side skirts takin some work


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Old 02-12-2013, 10:55 AM
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After 10+ days its done!



Side skirts


Mud guards and rear wing looking nice and fresh


Rear wiper deleted for good


It came out to be a decent paintjob




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Picked up a Fujitsubo Legalis-R Y-pipeback exhaust



Didn't like the sound, it was way lower than the OEM exhaust, decided to take out the midpipe resonator




Resonator out!


3 inch straightpipe replaced it


Added a 3'' nismo y-pipe


Didn't like it, sounded VERY raspy above 3.5k rpm. Those who have the Fuji know that it has that high rpm rasp which I found extremely annoying.

Before resonator delete vid:

After resonator delete vid:

Got rid of the Fuji soon after for a Borla, and I'm lovin it!


Meanwhile bought some Stillen Ceramic coated headers from a forum member here called pchio
They came in very well packed





Engine oil cooler


Some other goodies...UR underdrive pullies, Z1 polished intake pipe, HKS oil & rad cap


Z1 motorsports Radiator hoses

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Looks alot better!!!! Keep us posted
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Originally Posted by silvertouringz
After 10+ days its done!

Looks really nice. Did you paint it yourself or did you pay for someone to do it? How much did you pay if you let a shop paint it?

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Before:


After:


Tips lookin nice and shiny as they should


Got a lil bored this afternoon
Before


After (I don't sell Motul stuff LOL)


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Old 02-12-2013, 11:27 AM
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Originally Posted by sradenton
Looks alot better!!!! Keep us posted
Thank you, I will add pics as I get more parts in
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Originally Posted by Zmandriving
Looks really nice. Did you paint it yourself or did you pay for someone to do it? How much did you pay if you let a shop paint it?
Thank you, I am currently abroad, it was painted by a shop, it cost me $700
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Is that intake manifold stock? Did you use that polisher to make it look like that!?
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looks good dude just need 06+ headlights/tail lights
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Looks good , I wouldn't install the crank pulley on a daily driven car. Then just remove the idler.
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Originally Posted by terrasmak
Looks good , I wouldn't install the crank pulley on a daily driven car. Then just remove the idler.
I have the lightweight (stock size) crank pulley from UR and it's fine?
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Cool polished plenum

Originally Posted by justin60222
Is that intake manifold stock? Did you use that polisher to make it look like that!?
If you are interested in a polished plenum,Crawford Z in Nashville is a great source.They did mine for $100 plus sending mine back for a core exchange.
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nice setup you got there you think you will ever make a video of how the new borla sounds i'm very interested in hearing what it sounds like.
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nice. I'm not sure if i missed it but whats that final color gonna be? your doing a lot of work kudos
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I love it!
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Originally Posted by ehaalandtluk
I have the lightweight (stock size) crank pulley from UR and it's fine?
The pulley likes to crack the crank over time. Stock pulley is best for a daily driver vehicle.
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Originally Posted by terrasmak
The pulley likes to crack the crank over time. Stock pulley is best for a daily driver vehicle.
I'm glad you said this. I was going to get some from Z1 but that changed my mind.
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Originally Posted by terrasmak
The pulley likes to crack the crank over time. Stock pulley is best for a daily driver vehicle.
A lighter crank pulley with the same size and less rotational mass will put more stress on the crank?

Doesn't make sense, since the crank is the one driving the pulley.
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Originally Posted by ehaalandtluk
A lighter crank pulley with the same size and less rotational mass will put more stress on the crank?

Doesn't make sense, since the crank is the one driving the pulley.
Harmonics , the stock pulley is actually a harmonic balancer. The aftermarket aluminum pulleys are not.


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