started working on the front end, it doesn't had the front absorber foam so i had to buy it, didn't have the bottle neck to fill the wiper reservoir either and the coolant reservoir was cracked and leaking, also no radiator cover baffle...

the headlights are in terrible shape this guy painted black by hand and probably both had the clear lens cracked and replaced ghetto style, they look really bad so they will be replaced with OEM ones.

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great job and welcome

regarding the interior, the dashboard was in really bad shape it was cracked and discolored (maybe this guy used to clean it using bleach i guess) so it was removed to install another dashboard. The seat belts were locked so we had to disassemble the whole interior to fix them.

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the new dashboard installed also i decided that i will do a nismo conversion, so i started to collect all nismo stuff that i could, already the car starts to look nice, new steel shift knob and nismo red stitches all around. Also got a nismo cluster

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the front bumper almost finished sanded, repaired and primed almost ready for primer and paint

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i never liked the stock wheels so i got a good deal on rmk wheels i like them a lot they fit perfect on the Z. also got nismo center caps

When i was swapping the tires i found another surprise, NO TPMS!!!! none on any wheel so i had to buy 4.

when you put aftermarket wheels you have buy new lug nuts so i did, but found another issue....

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changed the intakes for some titaniums

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another issue was that when i removed the stock wheels the ones in the back had spacers to make the rear wheels sit flush, the problem was that the previous owner used 1.5 thread spacers instead of 1.25 so he ruined the rear studs. so i had to replace 10 studs

another issue was that the stance of the car was too low so i bought the stock springs and removed the aftermarket ones, our roads are really bad so is stupid to be that lowered.

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got a set of OEM headlights and started to fit the front bumper...

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more surprises!!! the previous owner decided that OEM xenon sucks and decided to delete it and put Chinese leds instead, in the process he mangled the headlight harness so i had to get another harness for the driver side, the passenger side was repairable, also the driver side ballast was toasted. My OEM headlights didn't come with sockets, bulbs, ballasts and covers so i had to buy all that stuff.

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for the nismo conversion i got the front and rear dampers so i installed them. The rear nismo damper brace was a little rusty so i sprayed it black.

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i got a nismo shifter trim, it came from an AT i didn't know that AT and manual trims are completely different so there's no way to attach the boot so temporary glued it but I'm thinking of changing the stitching to red so I'm going to remove it again and give it to the upholsterer soon

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got a grimmspeed shift knob, looks insane i'm going to install it soon...

or leave the first steel knob? what do you guys think?

it was a really pain in the *** remove the stock shift knob, i had to use 2 vise grips and a plumbing tool, unbelievable

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the car arrived to the shop on June 5th, 2 months later on august 10th everything is aligned and ready for paint

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Lots of progress! Fun build thread!