Smasher

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YA Sure Subtle hahahahahah
You don't even have a Z yet and you have a list of mods. hahaha,

optimumarc

I thought I would not mod my Z....but.....then came guys parting out their cars and I could not resist.

Doba, you don't need to weld the Borla it is just bolt on. I got it put on for $45 at some mufflershop. Had to tell the guy what to do (good thing as he tried to use the impact on it) it works well though. Took him like 1.5 to 2 hours. Had the Engine light come on for a bit, I am assuming that the ECU was adjusting (just a guess though) - it went off after a while though.

Humm....to bad that was the last exhaust that guy but on. I called back and the guy does not work there anymore...hummmm.....wonder why?

noodleman

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cause it doesn't take 1.5-2 hours to put on an exhaust?you literally loosen 8 bolts, take the exhaust off its hanger, mount the new one with new gaskets and maybe some silicone, bolt stuff back on. Any muffler shop should be able to install a TD exhaust in under an hour.

Reality350

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Modding > Heroin..

2TH PWR

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Haha maybe... the way I see it.... would I rather have $XXXX.XX dollars in mods, or an equivalent $XXXX.XX dollar coupon off another car?
Usually seeing the benefits of saving money wins out over mods.

Doba

Yeah I know I don’t have to weld it up, but I’ve heard people complaining about Leakage and ****, and the fact that it comes in like a gazillion pieces, I thought id just give it a quick Tig make it two piece then put the sucker on myself.

lol ya, I already know pretty much what the car needs to look like, its from all the searching Ive been doing for the past 5 months

the bug already hit, its like a spreading disease

Reality350

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I think that this year, you will fold like a house of cards in a hurricane..

hahaha

optimumarc

The main reason it took so long is that my car was driven in the winter when I bought it. Since the exhaust is not stainless steel (Nissan cost savings I guess), it was pretty rusted!!

You better start up a separate account name "350Z sunk costs" so you can mode it. lol.....Toys I tell you, expensive....would not have it any other way though!!! :-)

Doba

Every car is expensive to mod, my previous 240sx wasnt cheap by any means, GOD knows how much money I spent in that thing

Reality350

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Oh boy... you are in for a BIG surplize!..
240's are wayyyyyyyyyyy cheaper to mod...

noodleman

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If you can say that with a straight face you clearly do not have the mod bug.

2TH PWR

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Well it's not that I don't like modding at all. It is fun, and I've spent a fair amount doing it so far and I haven't even scratched the surface of what's possible. It is just that $15 000 invested now will be worth $164 035.94 in 30 years.

As a side note, 15 000 invested today would be worth 126,398,822,744.90 in a mere 200 years. SOOO clearly, it's all imperative we invest.

http://www.moneychimp.com/calculator...calculator.htm

2TH PWR

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hhaa.
20 bucks invested now at 10% interest compounded monthly will be worth 422,648.29 in 100 years. coool

2TH PWR

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I will devote my life to making my first born great grandchild the richest person in the world

Doba

You know, from the prices I paid for my 240 vs these prices Im seeing online for the 350z, again depending on what mod, the difference isnt all that big.

- I paid more for the Eibech sportsline springs on my 240 than ive seen springs go for on the Z

- Borla exhaust will be a bit, but I had 3 or 4 on my 240 all custom made so that came out WAY too much lol

- Body kit will be same ball park as my 240

- Rims .. since im going with the 06 rims people sell them for 800-1000 used, I paid more for rims on my 240

- Wheel spacers.. I will make custom

- Plenum spacer from what Ive read not all that bad, ~$300

- even sway bars from what Ive seen are cheaper than for the 240sx.

- Intake LOL dont even ask, I bought my Injen Cold air intake for the 240sx about 8-9 yrs ago when there wasnt all that much out for the 240, I paid *cough cough .. ~$600... OUCH

isaacbush

wpg here

2TH PWR

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Have you noticed how much awesomer East Canada is compared to West Canada?

Seriously. The West Canada forum blows.

Doba

Yeah especially South East Canada, not North East that damn Ottawa region sucks hard too

2TH PWR

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Shoudn't you be out tipping cows Brantford?

2TH PWR

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Heeeyyyyyyy,
shouldn't everyone be posing in here by now?