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Old 05-07-2011, 05:29 PM
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Cool Official jduet z thread

So I finally decided to start a thread devoted to my z. I'll update with pics and mods as they trickle in. As always, constructive criticism and praise are always welcome.

The car is a base model 2008 350z painted K23

Mods as of 05/07/2011:
-Stance GR+ True Coilovers
-SPC camber arms
-Battleversion toe arms
-Megan Racing Radius arms
-Greddy SE exhaust
-Volk GTS Mercury Silver
-Muteki lug nuts
-Falken 452 tires
-Veilside V1 c/f lip
-Fujita Short Ram Intake
-Aerosync c/f strut bar
-Cooling plate/ diversion panel (company slips my memory)
-Nismo floor mats
-Nismo c/f shift ****
-LED interior lights
-Window tints
-Clear Reflectors
-Titek c/f air duct

A few days after I picked her up in July 2008...




Spacers, c/f strut bar, window tint and tail tints were the first mods (I took off the tail tints after a few days)

before


after



Evo-R c/f spoiler came next:



Finally I picked up some aftermarket wheels, 18"x10" +18 Work XD9's and some Tanabe DF210's for a drop.



before drop:


after drop:



Warning: Poser grass pic


Next came a greddy SE exhaust:





Next was some stance coils:





Veilside c/f front lip and Volk GTS, 19"x10.5" +18 and -2






How she sits today:







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New shifter finisher:





Sound Clip of Greddy:


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Nice, do you have any other shots with the GTS' to show the fitment of the wheels?
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Nice, do you have any other shots with the GTS' to show the fitment of the wheels?
I just put some up from today
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Looks good... I've never been a fan of the V1 wing though.
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Meh, It's a love/hate relationship with me and the V1 wing.

I want to get sides and rears to make the wing flow more, but at the same time I love the stock lines on the z when it's lowered and don't want to mess with perfection.
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Car looks great!

Only gripe is the one nostril! You have an HR, why not get the other intake duct piece? I doubt it makes a difference.
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wow looks damn good man. what size spacers did you have on the stocks? still got them? interested in selling?
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So sexy!!! Subscribed!!! (Why only one intake duct btw? Let it breathe!!!)
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Also, any more pics of that greddy muffler?
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Looks great, always love the GTS
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Originally Posted by jduet
Meh, It's a love/hate relationship with me and the V1 wing.

I want to get sides and rears to make the wing flow more, but at the same time I love the stock lines on the z when it's lowered and don't want to mess with perfection.
I totally understand... I have a V3 and I like it sometimes.
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Beautiful Z!! Keep up the good work.
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Very nice bro! that last pic has the best background and you have her soooooo shiny lol. Looking clean bro! Look forward to finally meeting you at some meets
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Originally Posted by KingBaby
Car looks great!

Only gripe is the one nostril! You have an HR, why not get the other intake duct piece? I doubt it makes a difference.
Originally Posted by brandon3434
So sexy!!! Subscribed!!! (Why only one intake duct btw? Let it breathe!!!)
I honestly purchased the Titek air duct for astethics back in the day, at that time a single was ~$60 while the double ducts, which were new, cost about $250. I'll have to check if prices went downsince then.

As far as the actual effectiveness of the air duct... I won't claim any butt-dyno gains but I will say this; on cold mornings when there is ice on the hood, the side with the duck keeps ice much londer than the other side. Take that for whatever you will.
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Originally Posted by brandon3434
Also, any more pics of that greddy muffler?
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Originally Posted by SirSpeedyZ
Looks great, always love the GTS
Originally Posted by Diesel350
Beautiful Z!! Keep up the good work.
Originally Posted by Z_enthusiast
Very nice bro! that last pic has the best background and you have her soooooo shiny lol. Looking clean bro! Look forward to finally meeting you at some meets
Thanks guys!
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I like it, looking good
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Originally Posted by jduet
I honestly purchased the Titek air duct for astethics back in the day, at that time a single was ~$60 while the double ducts, which were new, cost about $250. I'll have to check if prices went downsince then.

As far as the actual effectiveness of the air duct... I won't claim any butt-dyno gains but I will say this; on cold mornings when there is ice on the hood, the side with the duck keeps ice much londer than the other side. Take that for whatever you will.
Dang, that greddy exhaust looks really good! Gonna get that for my mom's z...Also, what size tires are on the volks? (Sorry if I missed that somewhere...) Also, since you have short ram intakes on your HR, I guarantee that they will make a difference. Its shooting fresh, cold air directly into your intakes vs not so cold air into your intakes...
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The SE is perfect IMO. It maintains the sexy VQ exhaust note and makes it even nicer.

The Volks are 19"x10.5" +18 front with a 255/35 tire and 19"x10.5" -2 rear with a 265/30

Next tire change I might go with 265/35f and 275-285/35 rear


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