z350boy

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There are alot of people that love their Z and want to personalize it, but they may not know what they should be looking for and how to minimize the expense. are

The following is to be used as a guidline:

IMHO here are some guidelines to SUCESSFULLY modding a car:

(1) Envision what you want the car to look like
Try to figure out what type of car you want; Fast & Furious (extreme bodykit,graphics, wheels etc), JGTC (track based), GT ( Gran touring style), or wild custom and choose your mods based on this "master plan".

(2) Pick no more THREE COLORS for your color scheme
Try to achieve balance in the cars look with your color theme. Don't use too much of one color, and keep the shading of your colors consistent (although you can play with shading if you do it right) .

(3) Be very selective in what you add to the car
Plan out your mods BEFORE you spend ca$h. Avoid the "put as much crap on my car as possible" syndrome. Spend time researching what you want to mod and how it will fit with everything you have already done. Sometimes choosing one mod precludes you from adding another. Try to make mods an evolutionary thing instead of having to remove one thing to add another.

(4) Buy the best quality parts that you can afford.
Once you decide what you are going to do, do it right the first time!!! Don't try to save cash with some lame ebay pos just so you can brag about your latest mod!!! Remember it costs MORE to redo something the second time around (and don't forget the additional labor costs!!!!!). "Name Brands" should not be your priority; quality parts should be...the two ARE NOT always the same!!

(5) Mods should improve performance,safety and/or style.
Why waste your ca$h otherwise?? If a mod doesn't offer some improvement in performance,safety and/or style over stock DON'T DO IT!!!!!

(6) Everything should work together.
IMO the object should be to make the car the way you think it should have come from the factory. Mods should be an improvement over stock.


Additions to this guidline will help the entire Z community.

Greedy4nismo

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hmm...helpful tip for making helpful tip threads:
check to see if there is a sticky thread that says basically all this stuff already -
https://my350z.com/forum/exterior-and-interior/111820-new-350z-owners-read-this-before-doing-any-modifications-to-your-z.html

z350boy

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^^OOOOPPPPPSSS!! Just trying to be helpful.

medstudent25

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TurboTom

iTrader: (8)

this is helpful but yea there is already a sticky on it

SweetDreamZ

iTrader: (6)

clear your inbox....it's full

Greedy4nismo

iTrader: (2)

^ who?

The Captain

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Here's a good one.

Never settle for ICW (I couldn't wait) items. You will almost always disappoint your self and others.