abarclay

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First off I need to thank dkmesa350z for the fine bumper, z1auto for the great customer service and timely shipping with the underwings, and John at Holt Wheels Import Collision Services in Marietta for the sick paint job!

Replica Nismo V2: grille, canards, and lip are Matte Black
Veilside V1 underwings: Matte Black
Volk GT-S: lips are Matte Black, spokes are Nissan Smoke K11...

Orginially my spokes were a hyper silver, almost white, and I wasn't very happy with them. I wanted to go with some sort of a Titanium Gunmetal, but after looking at tons of factory paint swatch booklets with John, we decided that most of those types of colors would come off looking like a crappy paint match to Silverstone. John suggested Nissan Smoke K11, and I think it is the perfect color for my car. What I really like about the Smoke is that it is definitely darker than my car, not black, and kinda has a hint of the blue/greenish hues that Silverstone has.

And fyi, I've got an Alliance Powder-Coated Red BBK coming in next month and I'm hoping to have enough saved up for a TS Rear Diffuser by the end of the summer and have my headlights painted black.

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I'm thinking it might look better if I have some of the grille cut out for the tow hook area?

bommart

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nice

GT47R

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Very nice, I agree about cutting the area of the tow hook.
Any plans for the rear?

Ahmad350

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Very nice

JDSMotoring

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looks good man

davidc81

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i think it would like nicer w/o the time attack stripe on the rims but besides that good job.

Lee R

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Very nice but I agree, lose the time attack stripe and do the rear.

abarclay

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Thanks everyone for the comments. I think the TA stripe will look a lot better once I have my red BBK on, otherwise I would probably lose it. As for the rear, I'm pretty set on the Top Secret Rear Diffuser, I've just got to save up for it.

synth19

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Lose the time attack stripe. Looks way too played out in 2010.

black_03

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Like them rims it looks nice

TheFarmer

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Very nice!

can'tZme

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++1

Voboy

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if you painted the front grill black it'd look better too. overall i like what you've done

verdict.

Lookin good!

abarclay

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I appreciate the constructive critisim, but I'm probably going to leave the stripe. I feel like there needs to be something that visually seperates the lip from the tire. I'm not too sure about the grille, I had wanted to go black first, but I kinda like the contrast now, thoughts?

POWUH

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is it just me or is your right side headlight really dirty

Waiz

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Looking great, I actually like the TA stripe on these wheels.

+1 on the painting of the grille.

lgear080

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chargespeed bottomline rear or - dare i say a v3 rear bumper.

properly painted either will look smash.

the wheels look good - however i liked them more in white (imo far more original)

keep updating. you're doing well.

Nemo7

paint the grille
and put the hamburger emblem back on the front imo
and you probably already know but fix your headlight
but other than that I think it looks good the time attack strip doesn't look bad
Great Job!

abarclay

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It's just condensation from the night before