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By the time you prep and powder coat the wheels your more than 1/2 way to a decent set of wheels. Enkei RPF1s in satin black I've seen used on here for a $1000 with tires. NT03s are about the same price. Both are light weight (~20lbs) and strong. IMHO this is a better route to go.
Wow....
ok here are some tips to get that Z made the right way(or fix it):
1. Ditch the wheels, find new ones with correct offsets, or get spacers.
2. Either whole car is satin, or metallic, not both.
3. I like black Nismo stickers on satin (for some reason)
4. Take off those headlight covers.
5. TAKE OFF THE REAR WINDOW LOUVERS ASAP (this is MOST important one)
6. Get some side skirts. Front lip and rear bumper add-ons are ok.
7. Wing is ok, actually one of my favs.
EDIT: The satin looks good, i like it with the subtle gloss Nismo stickers.
Oh, and welcome to the forum.
ok here are some tips to get that Z made the right way(or fix it):
1. Ditch the wheels, find new ones with correct offsets, or get spacers.
2. Either whole car is satin, or metallic, not both.
3. I like black Nismo stickers on satin (for some reason)
4. Take off those headlight covers.
5. TAKE OFF THE REAR WINDOW LOUVERS ASAP (this is MOST important one)
6. Get some side skirts. Front lip and rear bumper add-ons are ok.
7. Wing is ok, actually one of my favs.
EDIT: The satin looks good, i like it with the subtle gloss Nismo stickers.
Oh, and welcome to the forum.
You baught it and now you have a lot of work to do man...rear and front bumper and the spoiler are gloss and that nismo sprayed on to the side is god awful.
I could definitely see something good coming out of this car though..you just need to give it some love.
I could definitely see something good coming out of this car though..you just need to give it some love.
Last edited by zerafian; Oct 5, 2009 at 07:36 PM.
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oh for sure it needs some work ha ha ha, prob start with spacers and removing the "rice" from it. it will give me a good platform to start with. I really purchased the car because of the good mods like full nismo susp and nismo exhaust, and the flat black look.
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You need to quit the metallic/flat combo stat. It -can- work but it's really hard to get it to look nice. I'd go pure flat- it'd probably cost less. While you're at it, you should probably check the fitment of some of your pieces. And everyone's right about those louvers and headlight covers. They really gotta go... Fix those things and you'll have a magnificent improvement.
???
He stated the car has Nismo catback and full Nismo suspension... Along with plans to add Nismo skirts to compliment Nismo rear bumper add-ons.
I think this warrants some Nismo decals if he so desires... and they look much better than the normal black/red Nismo vinyl imo.
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???
He stated the car has Nismo catback and full Nismo suspension... Along with plans to add Nismo skirts to compliment Nismo rear bumper add-ons.
I think this warrants some Nismo decals if he so desires... and they look much better than the normal black/red Nismo vinyl imo.
He stated the car has Nismo catback and full Nismo suspension... Along with plans to add Nismo skirts to compliment Nismo rear bumper add-ons.
I think this warrants some Nismo decals if he so desires... and they look much better than the normal black/red Nismo vinyl imo.
Nice car congrats! Why are the bumpers painted in gloss though? Is it just how the pics comes out? Seems like they cut the satin short on the front bumper and disregarded the entire rear bumper and wing.
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ebay motoring is good though ha ha
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****Just as a reminder none of these mods were done by me so dont shoot at me ha ha ha. I think its a very good start to a mean looking ride.......it might just be me on this
edit: so far removed the panel covers, headlight covers and looking at spacers, shoot pics asap laters guys and thanks for the honest opinions keep em comin!
