so whos brought out the z for spring already?

 

I did... I'm in Edmonton though, does that count? (I might be moving to calgary in a couple months)

 

ya thats close enough lol. just got mine insured yesturday but still to much crap on the roads here.

 

im in edmonton also!! but i had to put on some mich alpins a couple months ago since my winter ride was on its way out.

so the z has been riding dirty for a couple of months. It will be getting some bodywork tlc to reverse the damages of the winter but it was no problem getting around- it was actually quite fun.

at first i was hating the idea of subjecting the Z to edmonton winter but then i said, fuggg it its a car and i bought it to drive it!!! plus i will be able to justify a fresh paint job to make it better than new sooner than if it was the garage queen.

so with that said if any of you western canadian guys are upgrading to a body kit and have your front bumper cover taking up space let me know i would love to have a fresh one for summer and my current one for winter-

 

i have a front mask for sale if your interested in that instead?

 

lucky350,
Out of curiosity, what winter tires did you use?
You guys have some great driving roads up there. That is, west of Calgary.

 

I had mine out yesterdy I just got my new wheels on so I had to go for a little dive.

 

i think we should start an alberta picture thread

JWT TT!!!

 

You start all add my 2 cents.

 

sure i'll start. these are quite old. i'll get update ones sometime this week.

 

Your car looks great!!! Lets start a new thread for pictures of Alberta cars. I have to figure out how to use photo bucket or I would start a new one

 

I do sneak out with my Z whenever it is dry and no ice on the road. Your car looks nice I will post my when I take the picture.

 

i went with michelin pilot aplins, unfortunately they did not have the proper sizes in PA3's so i have a pair or pa2's, and a pair of pa3's to match the stagger, but they are the same speed rating and similar thread (cant remember which are on front or back at the moment).

i think the alpin's are great for the winter but i have heard local guys say how bad they sucked compared to the blizzaks (not local Z guys, just from a local forum), from my experience i like them but if had more time to shop around i may have tried to source out the blizzak lm22 in my sizes.

I agree about the nice roads west of calgary, it is a very nice ride up through the mountains and that new bridge close to golden gives some good uphill runs to let the car scream!!!

 

The first picture has my new wheels 19x10.5 & 19x12" HREs the other ones are with my old GT-S. I will get around to some better pictures soon.

 

19x12's?

whats the offset on the rears?