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Old Oct 13, 2003 | 05:38 AM
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Took some pics on the weekend.... the car is with full nismo body kits now instead of mixing kits together.... also went to Japan to buy the nismo rubber lower lip for the front bumper, it looks quite different from other nismo Zs around....

Also the rear tyres are now 255/45/18 SO-2 instead of the RE series.

Enjoy the pics...

ps. sorry about the weather, I cannot help that!









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Old Oct 13, 2003 | 05:43 AM
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I like it ...now time for some wheels (with lip).

Which NISMO kit is it and where did you get it ?
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Old Oct 13, 2003 | 05:44 AM
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looks very nice and complete.

good job!

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Old Oct 13, 2003 | 05:57 AM
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Wow, I like that front plate holder.

Any way you can get one for me?

Here in Perth we use those big ugly plate holder...
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Old Oct 13, 2003 | 03:42 PM
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Looks pretty sharp,
get the 19" nismo wheels in silver, and gets some coilovers, and it will look even better
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Old Oct 13, 2003 | 03:48 PM
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Very nicely done!! cheers !!
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Old Oct 13, 2003 | 09:29 PM
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looking good... but the weather isn't
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Old Oct 13, 2003 | 11:24 PM
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Very nice. I love the clean, simple look of the Nismo kit. The factory Rays rims look very well balanced with that body kit. Out of curiosity, did you install rim spacers to push them out a little? They don't seem to be so tucked in as I'm used to seeing. Very nice.

Overall, I wouldn't change a thing. I disagree with folks who say you should lower it and put 19" rims on it. Your car looks properly balanced as it is. 18" rims with that body kit and the stock ride height is perfect.
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Old Oct 13, 2003 | 11:58 PM
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really tight! coilovers/eibach would makes it perfect
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Old Oct 14, 2003 | 03:33 AM
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Originally posted by jreiter
Very nice. I love the clean, simple look of the Nismo kit. The factory Rays rims look very well balanced with that body kit. Out of curiosity, did you install rim spacers to push them out a little? They don't seem to be so tucked in as I'm used to seeing. Very nice.

Overall, I wouldn't change a thing. I disagree with folks who say you should lower it and put 19" rims on it. Your car looks properly balanced as it is. 18" rims with that body kit and the stock ride height is perfect.
Thanks folks...... and thanks for all the suggestions! I will consider all of them in the near future, but I don't think I will lower the car as I will have problem going into my garage!

I do run 15mm spacers all around, that's why those rays wheels look a bit outwards than others!

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Old Oct 14, 2003 | 11:05 AM
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Old Oct 14, 2003 | 12:06 PM
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your car is simply elegant---balanced yet subdued . plus i like the greyday photos.
it looks beautiful with the track wheels and i agree that it is so well integrated that you dont need to change anything.
i chose to go the volk route on my SB track and while i love the gt7s i also miss the tracks (while gratified that one of our forum buds has them on a SB now)
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Old Oct 14, 2003 | 05:46 PM
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Originally posted by Z350Lover
I do run 15mm spacers all around, that's why those rays wheels look a bit outwards than others!

Ah... that explains it! I like the factory Rays rims, but I've never liked the way most factory rims always have big offsets that pull them in. With your spacers, the rims fit very nice. I see no need to replace them unless you want substantially wider tires. Very nice!

On that note, is a 15mm spacer safe? I have no personal experience with spacers, but I'm only used to reading about people getting a few millimeters here and there. 15mm seems like a lot!
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Old Oct 15, 2003 | 08:10 AM
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Very nice look!!

I like the number-plate too since that`s the size i`ll get here in germany.
please can you post some befor-spacer and after-spacer pics?

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Old Oct 16, 2003 | 03:22 AM
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As to the spacers... well.... 15mm isn't that wide because I still have a set of 25mm at home that I am not using at the moment!

They look even wider!! But unfortunately that my server is down at the moment, I cannot be able to upload any pictures.... Here is what I have got...

No spacer will look like this:







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Old Oct 16, 2003 | 07:28 AM
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Thank you for the georgeous pics of your car!
It`s hard to tell if there are spacers on these pics or not,i think 25mm spacers are the way to go.
After seeing the pics i`m happy again that i ordered a silverstone,and this after ten years wanting a bright silver car....
Btw,what do you think about the european bumper?Your number-plate should fit......
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Old Oct 16, 2003 | 07:35 AM
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omg! those auto shows pics are

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Old Oct 16, 2003 | 02:38 PM
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Very tasteful. Excellent.
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Old Oct 16, 2003 | 02:40 PM
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25mm spacers?? Wow! So let me ask this: how do those stock Rays rims with 15mm spacers compare to something like the Volk rims that are 8.5"x22mm offset front and 9.5"x22mm offset rear? Do they come out to about the same point? (I'm too lazy to make a diagram and do the math right now.)
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Old Oct 16, 2003 | 04:12 PM
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I think they come out to the same point, or actually with 25mm spacers, there might be a bit more....

okay.... I shouldn't really use my work's server space.... but in order to please you guys... here are the pics of 25mm spacers at the rear and the type of spacers I use (same as 15mm ones)...









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