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Old Jan 1, 2009 | 08:14 AM
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Default Head-to-head pics: 05 350Z vs 370Z

My 05 sits about 1" lower than stock.

Otherwise, I think these pics show some of the differences between the two.


I think the lines on the shed behind the two cars show how the 370 had to "blow up" it's front end. ( -to fit the larger motor, I guess.)
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A better look at the same thing...
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From the other side. My Z hiding behind the 370...
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A couple from the front(s)
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Baby got back?
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Old Jan 1, 2009 | 08:30 AM
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man that 370Z looks way hotter than your 350Z!
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Old Jan 1, 2009 | 08:37 AM
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I think people overexaggerate when they say the 370Z is so much smaller than the 350z, looking at the pictures they look pretty close in size.
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Old Jan 1, 2009 | 08:40 AM
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Those front fenders are huge.
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Old Jan 1, 2009 | 08:47 AM
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the stock 370 rims look NICE!
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Old Jan 1, 2009 | 08:51 AM
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the 370 looks like a hyundai....i think the 350 is gold
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Old Jan 1, 2009 | 08:51 AM
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Is your car lowered? Also, the wheels on the 370 look bigger than yours.
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Old Jan 1, 2009 | 08:53 AM
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Originally Posted by nick123
the 370 looks like a hyundai....i think the 350 is gold
hyundai? no way man, it looks more like a mix of s2000 and aston martin db9
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Old Jan 1, 2009 | 09:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Clipdin
Is your car lowered? Also, the wheels on the 370 look bigger than yours.
Yes. I mentioned that my Z sits about 1" lower than stock. (The difference between the two looks more like 2" inches though.)

My Z has 17's and I think the 370 in the picture has the 18's.
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Old Jan 1, 2009 | 09:04 AM
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Even the older plain 350s look better than the 370z. Those huge flat spots on the fenders really look hideous.
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Old Jan 1, 2009 | 09:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Z1NONLY
Yes. I mentioned that my Z sits about 1" lower than stock. (The difference between the two looks more like 2" inches though.)

My Z has 17's and I think the 370 in the picture has the 18's.
The 370Z doesn't have 18's there buddy, it's sitting on 19's.
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Old Jan 1, 2009 | 09:14 AM
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Originally Posted by Z King
The 370Z doesn't have 18's there buddy, it's sitting on 19's.
yes it does, those are the stock 18 inch wheels in the picture the Rays are 19 and part of the Sport Package
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Old Jan 1, 2009 | 09:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Z King
The 370Z doesn't have 18's there buddy, it's sitting on 19's.
The one in the show room had the 19's. They look different than the base wheels here.

http://www.the370z.com/wheels-tires/...s-tcs-abs.html
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350z looks classy, 370 looks boy racerish IMO.
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Old Jan 1, 2009 | 09:34 AM
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I'd love to see some pics of 06+ 350Zs with the 370Zs. The front bumpers and headlights make the 06+ look a lot newer than the 03-05s. I may try to find a 370Z today and take some pics.
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350z > 370z
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Old Jan 1, 2009 | 09:56 AM
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Damn the 370 Z looks wide.
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Old Jan 1, 2009 | 09:58 AM
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Great sharing!!
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Old Jan 1, 2009 | 10:37 AM
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Interesting... Thanks for posting those. It confirms what I have been ranting about all along - the 370z is bigger than the 350 in almost every aspect. The people who say it is way smaller are fooled by the very clever optical illusion that Nissan has built into the car - such as that large flat spot on the fenders that I despise so much - a styling cueue from their sentra, versa, and mini-van. Those flat-spots are just a way to break up the very large expanse of sheet metal in an attempt to make it look smaller when it's not. The body panels (Front and rear bumbers and rocker panels are very rounded too so it appears smaller when you are up next to it.

I think this is a result of taking the new FM or whatever platform, which is larger than the previous and trying to strap a sports-car body to it.

Not hating, you 370z fanboys don't need to flame me. I still like it. In fact one of the things that I liked about the 350 was how big it was. Really. I don't want to be driving a coffin on wheels like a miata.

I think Nissan is full of ish again when they say the car height is reduced from the 350. marketing BS once again. I could tell the hood was much taller when I stood net to one. The problem I have with the marketing BS is that when you try to lie about things like weight and dimensions and acceleration, you start to not trust them.

I suppose they did not outright lie, but the say some very misleading things.

"Smaller, Lighter, Faster"

We are seeing the "smaller" aspect in the pics above. Maybe some measurements are smaller, but it's not smaller like a lot had hoped - especially sucks when it has less interior room and less trunk space.

"We were able to remove 200 lbs of weight from the car compared to the 350"

But they were not straightforward with how much weight they had to add back into it!!!

Ooh... and they managed to "reduce the 0-60 by .5 seconds from the original 350z due to the increased power and reduced weight". But what they don't say is that they also used a shorter final drive to get the performance gains because it's not much more powerful, nor much lighter weight.

Oh, and the 350z 0-60 times they were using were from a 2003 350, not the most recent iteration, with the HR engine.

But 90% of the population thinking they are buying a smaller, lighter, faster Z because Nissan said so. I mean it is faster, but I think mostly due to gearing.

I wish they'd just tell it like it is. I really like the fact that it can corner with .97-.99 g's and that it can brake from 60 MPH in 106-101 feet.

They just think we are idiots and will take everything at face value.

Reminds me of the same kind of marketing BS that DSL used to say about cable broadband - "DSL is faster because every person gets their own line and cable customers all have to share the same line". Anyone with any network engineering sense knows that is BS.

Also, with HD cable providers: Cable versus satellite. I heard One of the satty providers talking about their ALL digital content versus is superior to cable's analog content. I don't know which is better yet because they are so nebulous about their details, but we know that signal transmission via any medium MUST be analog in order to transmit. I watched a satty HBO movie on a friends new LCD HDTV and while the main subjects in a scene were very detailed, the back grounds had so much digital dostortion, splotching, and dithering, it was really annoying. Probably some compression algorithm used by the satty cable provider to try to get all that extra signal on an old satellite design. I mean you can't take a satty use for 480i and replace all those channels with 1080p - something's gotta give. evetyaly they'll build and launch new sattys, but that'll be a while.

But I guess marketing perceptions always sell better than reality so I should just forget it.
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