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Old Jul 31, 2012 | 06:17 PM
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Just wanted to share some pics of the Z..
Car was painted at TNT auto in Sacramento
Midnight purple is the color.
Has complete front side rear SL2 aero kit
Had to extend rear exhaust tips about 6-7 inches
wheels are ame tm02's
steering wheel is grip royal
car is also on bags.
all photo's done by RH Photography












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Old Jul 31, 2012 | 06:18 PM
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God I hate that fawking rear. Other then that looks clean.
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Old Jul 31, 2012 | 06:19 PM
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that is a sexy paintjob. purple in one light, and more interlagos in another. if it wasn't quite as low it might look better... but of course thats jmo
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Old Jul 31, 2012 | 06:42 PM
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the paint looks pretty sick, but i am not a fan at all of the exhaust, looks like you have flame throwers on there.
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Old Jul 31, 2012 | 06:59 PM
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sick chameleon , sick car for sure
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Old Jul 31, 2012 | 07:25 PM
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I like some things about it...but it's boosted, so it's better than most of the cars on this site.
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Old Jul 31, 2012 | 07:28 PM
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Car looks great minus that rear bumper imo
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Old Jul 31, 2012 | 07:33 PM
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ive never seen a Z that could pull off a single color tone for that body kit, but yours does it well. front bumper looks good, but i wish the sideskirts were more oemish to the v3 and the rear is sticking waaay more than the oem too, but i guess that's part of the amuse superleggera rep

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Old Jul 31, 2012 | 07:52 PM
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color is sick but i think it needs a big wing to match the aggressive front/rear
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Old Jul 31, 2012 | 08:45 PM
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very nice, shes sooo beautiful it brought a tear to my eye


I do have one question, why would you bag a boosted Z???
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Old Aug 1, 2012 | 12:27 AM
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is that a nismo rear or sl2 rear? Rear looks awfully long for some reason
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Old Aug 1, 2012 | 12:44 AM
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Wish I could see this in person...
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Old Aug 1, 2012 | 03:53 AM
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looks good, but next time you paint the rear bumper make sure you keep it the same orientation of the car not on a horse or something straddled, this will make sure that your pearls lay the same troughout the car and you wont get that different light deflection as you have now in the rear bumper compared to the quarter pannels.
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Old Aug 1, 2012 | 05:11 AM
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You spent all that money on the exterior "looks" of the car, but you still have '03-05 headlights???
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Old Aug 1, 2012 | 05:13 AM
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bravo. i think it looks awesome. wouldn't change the rear so quickly.
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Old Aug 1, 2012 | 05:14 AM
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Sick as fawk but needs Salad Bar or Nismo wing...
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Old Aug 1, 2012 | 07:12 AM
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nice paint job and prep work that went into making that kit fit cleanly. but man. that rear bumper extension is like uber long. not quite sure why they did that..
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Old Aug 1, 2012 | 08:07 AM
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Thanks for all the kind words… The rear bumper is a love it or hate it affair. At first I was on the wall with it, but it has grown on me slightly. The car is on coilover shocks w/ bags so I can tweak driving ride height and still has a decent spring rate. Since all corners are independent, you don’t have too many issues with body roll. I also have my sway bars set to full stiff front and rear which helps as well. There are two tuning methods currently soft spring big bar or big bar soft spring. Sadly it would almost be impossible to determine spring rate of bags at X psi properly. Handling is not all that bad.

Also the exhaust, I never looked at it as flame throwers before, interesting perspective. I actually had to make a 10 inch tip extension to get the tip out past the bumper slightly. It was sunk about 7 inches prior. Main reason is to keep soot out of the rear and to make sure when my car does shoot fire, it doesn’t catch the rear bumper on fire. It is a little thick.. 1/8 inch wall thickness.. but I don’t think I can find anything else.. I was looking for a good but.

The rear wing.. this has always been an issue.. I’ve wanted to be a member of SBC club but I love my rear hatch and don’t know if I want to cut into it. I was tempted to make custom legs and have it go into the back bumper and bolt to bumper support for most stability.. but that is a lot of work and I don’t know if I want to go that route yet

This is a complete SL2 rear/side/front
In regards to the paint comment for having it off car.
The reason the color is deflected is due to the slight curvature of bumper.. even factory my old chrome silver color would always show different shades on different parts of car.

Lol.. for the 03/05 headlight comment.
Look at how many cars now use 06+… I decided to stick w/ 03-05 cause its more rare now..
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Old Aug 1, 2012 | 08:31 AM
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Love the paint. As for the rear, I don't think it would look too bad if you had a more aggressive wing. I know you stated you love the hatch, but that and the rear just doesn't go together. Also, I know you stated it was a complete kit, but the sides don't seem to flow with the front and the rear. Overall, I think the car looks great
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Old Aug 1, 2012 | 08:52 AM
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in regards to a rear wing.. this is the way i would make the stands..
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