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Old 02-16-2012, 08:26 PM
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This is my first show off for the Z so let me introduce myself. My name is Ryan and I reside in Houston, TX. I picked up the Z in November of 2011 so only had for a few months. I am far from a noob at modding since ive been working in and out of garages for several years but finally settled down in an office career until i finish college. Mods are coming slow since im making payments and paying for school and yada yada yada lets move on to the pics.

NEW WHEELS ON PAGE 5!!

Its a 2006 MT Interlagos Fire Metallic 350z Touring, wasnt a fan of the color but with the low miles i just couldnt pass up!

When i first brought the Z home from the Dealership, i had it towed since i didnt want anyone else to drive



By the end of the week i made my first purchase of beginning mods such as intake, hood dampers, nismo shift ****, and mishimoto diversion panel



My next step was that i needed to get rid of the 4x4 height and get some springs, i wouldve opted for coilover but i have other mods planned before i go that route. Also went with SPC rear camber kit, front kit will come whenever i put on the wheels



Next was a little audio setup, nothing crazy but just 2 10s in a plain jain z box wrapped in black carpet. (no pic) mounted the amp in glove box behind passenger seat, oh and all kenwood, cheap and effective!

Next step was to put a double din screen, and my number one choice was pioneer, but my dumbass let the screen drop on the shift know

so.... sold that and kept the bose stereo for now. You can see the scratch on the right side of the screen in the middle



so with that headache out of the way since it took me 3 weeks to find a buyer for the screen i could move on to bigger things!

Christmas time and ordered myself a present!!!



Motordyne plenum spacer/ mrev2/ ART pipes/ and TDX V2 exhaust!!!

Got it installed 2 days later



Next up was a little cleaning of the engine bay, since im used to the honda world where wire tucks are the creme de la creme i had to apply it to the Z!



Started by removing both upper and lower plenums and "tucking" the wires,



worked late into the night, but thank goodness this isnt my daily so i could take my time with it!!

Finished Pic with Rare JDM wire cover




Where it sits now



Current Mod List:

Suspension
Eibach Sportlines
SPC Rear Camber Kit

Engine Bay
Rare jdm (usdm) Wire Cover
Full Engine Bay Wire Tuck
Custom Coil Pack Covers
Translucent Copper Powdercoating Upper Plenum


In Car Entertainment
kenwood 1000 mono amp
kenwood 10inch subs x2

Go Mods
Osiris Tuned by Jtran of Houston
Motordyne Mrev2
Motordyne ART pipes
Motordyne TDX V2
Motordyne 5/16 iso thermal spacer
Fujita Short Ram/ 06 Intake Box
Mishimoto Air Diversion Panel

Exterior
Chargespeed BottomLine Sides
Rear Wiper Delete Plug

Interior
Okuyama Shift ****
Black suede headliner
Status Ring GT-X Red Cloth FRP
Kirks 4-point with X-Brace


Wheels
Work Meister S1r 19x9.5 +22 19x10.5 +15 Bronze Annodized
Hankook Ventus V12 245/35r19 Front 275/35r19 Rear

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Looking good so far, sub'd for future progress..
Old 02-16-2012, 08:54 PM
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Looks good
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nice work and clean car
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i like the wire tuck. nice engine bay.
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nicely done sir and welcome.
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Welcometo the site enjoy the car man!
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very nice work so far. love that color btw.
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Thanks for the kind words guys! As far as the color, I really didn't like it at first but it grew on me after washing it for the first time lol

Tonight is another step, removing visors and headliner to be dropped off for wrapping in black suede on Saturday!! Gonna do my interior first then next step is wheels!

Teaser pics of what I'm doing to the interior will be up by next week when I get the first shipment!!!
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Looks good
Old 02-17-2012, 11:13 AM
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i see your wasting no time with the mods... cars coming together great. theres very few interlagos cars on here, and even fewer modded ones at that. keep it up!
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nice progress so far
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Are you planning on getting the car tuned any time soon?
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Originally Posted by raf84ny
Are you planning on getting the car tuned any time soon?
Still debating on whether to get the osiris standard, or the osiris tuner. Hopefully I can do this in the midst of doing my interior. Do you recommend a tuning software?
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Looks good so far. Polished wheel would look dope.
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great choice in mods thus far, keep up the good work
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Originally Posted by graffkid732
Looks good so far. Polished wheel would look dope.
Yea that wheres I'm leaning so far. I'm most likely going with SSR, and I would love to get the wheels that you have!! they look awesome!!
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headliner and visors are out!! taped up the visors so i can paint the plastics black, and the headliner is going in tomorrow to be upholstered!! so excited





this is just one more step closer to having my interior complete.

still waiting to get some tracking info so i can proceed with phase 2 and 3 of the interior!

I know some of you guys would worry about wheels first, but im very big on interior since thats all you see when you're driving the car. stay tuned!!
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Finally its done!!! But for some reason i wasnt as happy after it was all finished, dont get me wrong the guy did a great job wrapping the headliner, but when i look at it doesnt seem like i did anything. It looks as though that i bought the car like that lol oh well heres the pics

Visors painted, i know its a cheap shortcut but i have yet to see any nicely wrapped visors and i didnt want to take the chance of paying to get them wrapped and me being **** about it.



Interior pieces all painted





and the finished product!



Now that is out of the way i can move on with the second phase
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more pics on the headliner? what kind of suede is that? and what kind of paint did you use?

sorry, I'm getting ready to do mine and I didn't know if the faux suede was worth it or not.


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