Akebono Upgrade, Headlight Retro Complete, & Side Blades On

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A few weeks back, a buddy of mine, who runs Axis Automotive Lighting in the Tulsa, OK area, and myself opened up my headlights for a simple retrofit. The housing was colormatched, STI clear lens installed, and TRS's new products, RGB Demon Eyes and XSB LED Switchback Flex-Strips were put in. We placed an 18" and 3" in the headlight.





Unfortunately, after testing the strips to make sure they were good, installing, and mounting them in the car, they were turned on just to find out the 18" strip in the driver's side headlight did not work.



Finally, this past weekend (3-4 weeks later), we got the headlights all finished up with all LED accessories functioning.





We spent most of the day, however, installing the Akebono sport brakes.
After purchasing the calipers used off of a G37 and ordering the rest of the kit from Z1 Motorsports (amazing service and shipping time), I painted the calipers and added the 370Z lettering to them, before they set in my closet for two weeks before getting around to install..










Size comparison. Also all the money I have left after modding my Z... lol




Front Rotor Comparison




Rear Rotor Comparison



Anyway, brake install went well with bleeding taking more time than we both expected. My CF side blades from Fly1 (also great service and faster turnaround than expected) were applied after the brakes and headlights were completed.





Enjoy the pics and thanks to all the fellow members here that have contributed to the page and made my Saturday go by a lot easier!

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"Let me tell you something. Anyone who owns a car like this (370Z) has something wrong with them in the head." My Grandpa who has owned 4 Z's in his day.