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ROFL! I'd be like...thanks for the fair warning you stupid car!

No real updates for a few weeks? Sorry, been busy. And I did take a little break from my usual pace of working on the car. Here's some imagery from the past few weeks...

Got to try on several pairs of shoes just to narrow down what I wanted to put on the Z.

Watanabe RS8. Now I can say a Wat has been on my car.


And these gigantic things. They were very, very light forged 15x10's if I remember right. A little big for me, lol. Not the look I'm going for either. They also rubbed like crazy every time I turned right on a short test run around the block.

But this is what I finally ended up going with.

Many bothans died getting these images...



The only fitment problem so far is that the left rear wheel can't be tightened down. The stupid twice pipes exhaust sticks out too far into the wheel well. I knew that was going to be a problem, sooner or later... Good news is that my brakes now have gobs of breathing room, and it doesn't look like the rims will rub on the spring perches at all, even with tires on (so I hope).

I'll take some better ones once I get the tires mounted.

This post has been edited by Oddmanout84 on Jun 25 2009, 12:17 PM

ive always liked Watanabes on 240's Autostrada Modenas will fit nicely too.

its supposed to do something else??

OM NOM NOM!

Comparison of the old wheel and the new. Stock wheel is on the right. Srsly.

Dropped a large wad of cash today on tires, brought them to the shop I used to work at and installed/balanced them myself. I'd never done this sort low profile before though, so I had to get another set of hands to help with the mounting process a couple times. Truck/suv/stock wheels-- so much easier to do. And two of my wheels definitely set the record for the most balance weights I've ever added to one wheel. I blamed the wheel, but one of the guys there told me it was most likely the Yokohamas being a b*tch of a tire when it comes to balance. We'll see.

Still working out clearance issues with the exhaust system, tomorrow is crunch day. I have a ton of prep before this car show, even if I don't even consider my Z anywhere close to being a show car. Exhaust is the biggest issue, but I'd really like to roll/cut/weld the "inner" fenders a little just to give me a little more breathing room. I hope these tires grip as good as they look.

Yokohama S-Drives, 235/40/17 front, 255/40/17 rear.

New shoes!!! Looks good.

Looks great from what we have seen! Get some god shots of the car for us, your hiding your new wheels.

Ok, I give in...


Here's a picture taken by someone n the CT Z car club at the Orange County Choppers Nissan/Infinity car show, which was yesterday.


I'll get some better shots whenever I find time. Being after dark, my lighting sucks so I really can't get a good pic of the wheels.

OMG you car is so f**kin' hot!

It looks really good, I love orange/black Zs!

First time Ive looked at this
The car looks good

i see you have a Z and now were is the barack birdo?

Actually haven't ran into anyone that's outrun the Z since I got the wheels. I have a friend in the club who has an RB25DET powered Z that's painted flat black, but he could have kicked my ass in a second. Last thing I raced was some guy in a Chrysler Crossfire who tried to race me after entering the highway. He couldn't keep up, which is sad because my car is still pretty slow...

Very nice, the exhaust is a bit crooked though lol

I never thought I'd like the mud-flaps coupled with the zg flares...but i LOVE it!

I think im hooked when I get down to doing flares on mine.

The exhaust is very crooked. Its extremely difficult to position since its one pipe-into-two pipes-into-two pipes. I've taken that thing apart and put it together back at every angle, even cut a small chunk out of one pipe to shorten it. The pipes are simply mandrel bent in all the wrong places. I'd like to get under there and really fix it, but that's going to take some tools I don't have at home, and possibly new pipe.


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I still need to install the fronts. The rear flaps were easy, but the front flaps will require some trimming to fit under the ZG flare.

Dude, I gotta say props to you, that is about one of the best looking Z's I've seen. It looks exactly how I wanted to make mine look before I sold it. I'm even digging the fender mirriors on it, I generally hate those things but they look good on yours for some reason. Maybe the color combo. Anyway, car looks badass man, congrats. Now it's time to make it run like it looks

She corners very nicely with the new wheels/tires, the only thing I really need to improve is a couple of strut bars and coilovers. And somewhere down the road a camber kit. At the same time though... I need to figure out a better route for the exhaust before I lower this car at all. It already scrapes on just about everything, and its strapped as high as it will go under the diff (can't route the stupid twice pipes any other way without seriously f**king up the already messed up angle the exhaust tips are at). I've rolled the fenders some more since the 4th of July with a (westwood?) rolling tool, which is fine for now. But if I plan to lower the car I'd probably be better off cutting and welding for clearance. Or trying to pull the fenders even more, which has already been a hassle.

You guys won't see any major cool shit for a while, sorry. Just little improvements for the next few month while I save and prep for the Z's BFE (Big F'n Engine) transplant. Maybe I'll make a video or something.

UPDATE: My brake booster is failing, motherf@#ker...

I would dump the dual pipes and just run 2.5" single pipe, or 3" if your future engine swap will require it

I'll run a thicker pipe, maybe with the dual tips I currently have welded on the end. My Z WILL NOT have a fart can on it. Ever. I'll do anything to avoid it. I'll reroute the exhaust through the cabin, or have it dump out just below the engine before I'd even consider a OMGWTF HUGE single pipe. Even if it is better for flow..... no.


No offense.

Each to his own However, I wasn't saying not to run dual tips, just thank a large single pipe may be easier to route under the car than the dual pipes.

Oh yeah, definitely. I can't wait to route a bigger single pipe for the exhaust instead of these two annoying ones. My only concern is that going back into the dual tips might produce a bad amount of backpressure. I'll wait until the engine swap to do this though, lest I end up modifying the exhaust several more times.

Not if you size them right. 3" down to 2 2.5" tips wouldn't affect backpressure in the least IMO.

I say go single, but you have already stated your opinion on it.

In that case, have you thought of a side exit. Im not sure how you feel about that option but its always up in the air.

I've seen it done. It looks totally awesome IMO, and I considered it for a while. But the guy who did it said its ridiculously loud, in a bad way.