Glad you're keeping a positive outlook. Definitely could have been worse! All that would just make me not want to drive my car anymore...

 

Thanks Brian, definitely means alot coming from you since you had your own horrible experience with your Z and now "Ruined Z" is one of the cleanest I've ever seen

Just got back out to Indio for Coachella Weekend 2, snapped this pic at the house I'm staying in

 

Update: Yesterday Matt and I got a list of maintenance done
- oil/oil filter change
- TYC fan shroud swap
- TBW aluminum undershroud install
- 8.8 to 10.9 bolt swap
- coilover height adjustment

Up on all 4's:


Result of working a month in the desert for Coachella/Stagecoach:


TBW undershroud installed:


Also made it out to the monthly Cerritos meet, it was great to catch up with people I hadn't seen in months. Snapped this pic omw home:

 

why stock front end?? just curious

 

^^^ Shredded tire on the 10 omw out to Indio destroyed my previous fiberglass bumper a couple weeks ago, so it was back to stock for me

 

Damnit I was wondering why you didn't have the C-West bumper on, didn't see that you "Ruined" it

Your luck reminds me of my own, I am on bumper setup #7

 

^^^ Shaddup Waizzzz.

Sold my ARC V1, bought a classic Motordyne single from a forum member (thanks Matt). Installed last night (thanks other Matt), back to that raw exhaust note

 

Damn you sold the ARC??? Who to? I need to keep tabs so eventually I will has!!!

Looks good.

Chris

 

^^^ Yeah... I scratched the bottom of one of the tips while backing out of my driveway once and I was emotionally distraught and I missed the raw sound of a single exit exhaust.

Lol I sold it to a G owner in FL so you may see it around

and lmk if you ever sell your stubby Craftsquares! So much want *droolingemoji*

 

From nice exhaust to nice exhaust...

 

^^^ Thanks King, the exhaust wrap definitely reminded me of your Nismo. May eventually go PPE LTH as well to really let it scream

 

Damn, i bet that exhaust is loud as hell lol.

 

^^^ Yes, yes it is. I love it

Little difficult to take pics that properly show details of the exhaust without some heavy editing (on an iPhone 5) but I did what I could; easily Top 3 favorite exhausts I've ever owned

 

 

Over the last week my friend John has been meticulously wrapping my Z.

I wanted to go with a clean, subtle color so I chose Gloss Light Grey. The color looks almost white in the sun and pops under artificial light/semi-darkness (such as in a parking structure)

Here are some progress pics he sent me and the end result:
















Before:


After:


I also swapped my aftermarket OEM-style bumper for an 05 OEM (fitment was 100x better and I prefer the grill design) and deleted my antennae.

Thank you John for your attention to detail, never disappoints

 

That wrap looks great! Congrats on the project.

 

Wrap job looks great. However I can't see how you prefer the 03-05 bumper over the far superior looking 06+. Guess it's just opinions though. Looking good regardless

 

Said the guy with a nismo bumper...

Looks good Petey.

 

That guy John seems like a pretty cool guy. Wrap looks great!

 

You don't know how many times I've considered switching back to the Oem bumper setup and just doing a lip lol.