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Sorry for the long pose and possible mistakes cause i am typing this with my phone. Any opinions or criticisms are welcome. I have the car for about 4 months

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Old 08-31-2011, 03:42 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Sorry for the long pose and possible mistakes cause i am typing this with my phone. Any opinions or criticisms are welcome.

I have the car for about 4 months now and i think its time for me to start on some visual mods, follow by various performance mods.

I am kinda thorn between kits that i think looks good (personal opinion). Right now i am leaning towards the fujimura front bumper and the aero jacket rear addons. Problem is i have no idea how the combination will work, the aero jacket parts flow well if the car have all the pieces (rear addon, skirts, lip) but i am only interested in the rear addons. So what do you guys think? Will the fuji front and aero rear and possibly a different side skirt flow?

Another kit that i have considered is the amuse full kit. To me its kind of a love and hate thing so i am not sure i will consider it. I love the amuse rear but i kinda wish it is more rounded instead of cutting off in an angle (side view)

After the visual mods i am planning to get a new exhaust and the rest would be performance parts.

I am waiting for my tyres to ware so i can do the wheels/coils/rotor/calipers all at once. Then intake/cooler when i get the GTM supercharger.

What do you guys think?
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i think you should do the wheels/coils first for visual mods, followed by aero kits.

doing elaborate aero kit first with your stock 18's will look like a riced out civic with stock wheel covers. well, not that bad but you get the idea.
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Sorry for the long pose and possible mistakes cause i am typing this with my phone.

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i think you should do the wheels/coils first for visual mods, followed by aero kits.

doing elaborate aero kit first with your stock 18's will look like a riced out civic with stock wheel covers. well, not that bad but you get the idea.
Really? Will it be that bad? Reason why i am waiting is cause it would be a waste if i change them when they are this new, but i will put your advice into consideration
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I have to go with ken on this one. If your wanting to mod the exterior first, my opinion would be start with the rims. I would personally start with basic bolt ons first. It's more bang for your buck IMHO. CBE, HFC, pulleys, Headers/Intake, with a tune....then work on the body.
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Really? Will it be that bad? Reason why i am waiting is cause it would be a waste if i change them when they are this new, but i will put your advice into consideration
yes. i didnt start this hobby today... more like over 3 decades ago and there are others with even more experience that will say the same.

UTAMAV brings up a good point about using some spacers on your stock wheels to kick things off. 20mm bolt-on type should work well with your car and folks are lking the swift springs for their dressup needs.
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If I had to do it all over again.. I would engine first. Complete that, then go for Coils/suspension then body.

Plus nothing goes arounding to planned
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The 370z looks really good just with a nice set of wheels and a good drop.

If I ever get one in the future that is all I would do with it exterior-wise.
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Really? Will it be that bad? Reason why i am waiting is cause it would be a waste if i change them when they are this new, but i will put your advice into consideration
Trust me, I started out as a base plus Touring and those base 18" wheels do the car no favors. Stepping up to the Sport Package wheels is the cheapest way to get a set of very good looking quality wheels and tires.

I would also do wheels, drop, then worry about the body. In fact, this is also what I did for my car and it turned out very nicely albeit not quite as elaborate as your plans.
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Performance first, imo. But as a few have said if you are goin visual get rims first. Those base wheels would look laughable paired w an Amuse kit. There is NOTHING I hate more than a car w a full body kit rollin on stock wheels Plus, you gotta BE fast before you LOOK fast. My advice, performance mods before visual. Trust me the performance will be much more fulfilling and fun.
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If I had to do it all over again.. I would engine first. Complete that, then go for Coils/suspension then body.

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Is your set of venaci wheels still up for grabs? If so can you please pm me the price?
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yes. i didnt start this hobby today... more like over 3 decades ago and there are others with even more experience that will say the same.

UTAMAV brings up a good point about using some spacers on your stock wheels to kick things off. 20mm bolt-on type should work well with your car and folks are lking the swift springs for their SUSPENSION PERFORMANCE needs.
fixed that for ya ken, your welcome
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Alright guys greatly appreciate the advice. Wheels and coils it is. Now i still need to decide which kit i wanna do
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