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Old Mar 15, 2009 | 07:02 AM
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UPDATE ON PAGE 5 AFTER 3 YEARS!

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What's up guys. I don't post much but I visit my350z.com pretty much almost every day. I'm 17 years old and I am truly blessed to have such a great car at a young age. Yes, my parents bought my 2004 base model 350Z used for $13,500 with 57,000 miles BONE STOCK. I buy my parts with MY OWN money and it's truly a work in progress. Here are pictures from the first day I got her to what it is now. I hope you guys enjoy the pictures. Thanks.

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2006 OEM Front Bumper Conversion
Genuine Nismo Front Lip
HID Lights
Nismo Carbon Fiber Shift ****
Seibon OEM Carbon Fiber Hood with Sparco Hood Pins
Carbon Fiber Fender Emblem Kit
JDM Clear Sidemarkers
Cusco Strut Bar
Power Enterprise Short Antenna
Cross Drilled Rotors
Tein S-Tech Springs
Bronze Nismo LMGT-4 Rims
Falken FK-452 tires (245 front) (275 back)
Power Enterprise Short Antenna
HKS Single CF Ti-C Exhaust with 3" Piping all around
JWT Pop Charger
Motordyne Iso Thermal Plenum Spacer Kit
Helix Test Pipes
Strup Polished Headers




















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Old Mar 15, 2009 | 07:04 AM
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very nice man. car looks so much better with the bronze wheels then the black ones.
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Old Mar 15, 2009 | 07:15 AM
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You must finish the body kit or fail the DB club!!
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Old Mar 15, 2009 | 07:20 AM
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You must finish the body kit or fail the DB club!!
Sides are Rears are shipped already and coming in on Tuesday, March 17.
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Old Mar 15, 2009 | 07:28 AM
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Looks really good with those nismo wheels!
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Old Mar 15, 2009 | 07:28 AM
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For 17, you built a really nice tasteful ride dude. Just drive safe and be one of the smart teenagers with a nice car..
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Old Mar 15, 2009 | 07:30 AM
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Your car looks great.
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Old Mar 15, 2009 | 07:38 AM
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nice work so far man...looks good
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Old Mar 15, 2009 | 07:38 AM
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Originally Posted by dave079
Nicely done, but stating your age here doesn't really help you out trust me.
Thanks for the comments everyone. I just stated my age just to let people know what kind of taste I have, nothing else. But thanks for the heads up bro. Appreciate it.
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Old Mar 15, 2009 | 07:44 AM
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Spacers and drop. Nice ride.
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Old Mar 15, 2009 | 07:50 AM
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looks good. nice exhaust.
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Old Mar 15, 2009 | 07:50 AM
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good job

how much of a drop you got with the springs? and its stock shocks right?
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Old Mar 15, 2009 | 07:52 AM
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Now if only you had bought the car yourself I would have a little more respect for the work you have done.......
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good job

how much of a drop you got with the springs? and its stock shocks right?
Spacers are shipped already too & are coming in on Tuesday as well. As for the drop with the Tein Springs, I noticed a difference in the drop in the front wheels, but in regards to the back wheels, there is so much of a gap that I wish I had bought the Eibach Pro-Kit instead. & yes they are on stock shocks. I believe they only dropped .5" or 6" inches from stock height compared to the Eibachs which would drop +1"? (correct me if I'm wrong) Hopefully I can find patience to be able to save up my money to buy some nice coilovers though.
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Originally Posted by NISMO_558
Now if only you had bought the car yourself I would have a little more respect for the work you have done.......
Well here's the story. My very first car was a 2005 Honda Civic LX Automatic. It was my sister's car for about a year and she ended up handing it down to me. It had 65,000 miles on it and I was lucky enough to sell it to someone for $10,000.
With that $10,000, I asked my parents if I used that money to buy the 350, if they could spot the rest. So lucky enough, I was able to find my 350Z in a nice price range for my suiting. Thanks for the comments though everyone. Appreciate it.
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Originally Posted by angryCOWofDOOM
Spacers are shipped already too & are coming in on Tuesday as well. As for the drop with the Tein Springs, I noticed a difference in the drop in the front wheels, but in regards to the back wheels, there is so much of a gap that I wish I had bought the Eibach Pro-Kit instead. & yes they are on stock shocks. I believe they only dropped .5" or 6" inches from stock height compared to the Eibachs which would drop +1"? (correct me if I'm wrong) Hopefully I can find patience to be able to save up my money to buy some nice coilovers though.
The Eibach Sportlines put me at almost 1.5
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Old Mar 15, 2009 | 08:12 AM
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nice car bro,drive safe
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Originally Posted by angryCOWofDOOM
Well here's the story. My very first car was a 2005 Honda Civic LX Automatic. It was my sister's car for about a year and she ended up handing it down to me. It had 65,000 miles on it and I was lucky enough to sell it to someone for $10,000.
With that $10,000, I asked my parents if I used that money to buy the 350, if they could spot the rest. So lucky enough, I was able to find my 350Z in a nice price range for my suiting. Thanks for the comments though everyone. Appreciate it.
You can't afford the extra $3k, but you can afford all these mods?

Hmmmm...something isn't adding up.
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At the time, I wasn't working. I got my Z in April 2007. I just recently started getting paid last fall. All these mods, from stock to what it is now, is from July 2007 to now. With regards to my CF hood, with the small accident in the very first picture, my body shop offered to give me a free CF hood because the cost would be the same as it would be buying an OEM hood and painting it. They also hooked me up with the 06 front bumper conversion. Also, with regards to my bolt ons, I do every install myself, with the help of my friends, so the cost of everything is a little cheaper.
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