Perf.Des' Build Thread
 

Ive had my 09 370Z Sport Touring 7AT for about 3 weeks now...and now its time to start modding.

First on the list are:
Bride Vios seats (swapped from my Eclipse build), repainted.

Evo-R rear fog light

GTR Start button

Interior re-upholstry

Evo-R rear diffuser

Evo-R side skirts (modified)

Wheels

Eibach springs

Full body respray.

The color on the seats looks killer, you should definitely post more pictures!

Can't wait to see more

In for updates.

Interesting color on the seats.

Ill post more pics as I get these few parts installed. Not enough hours in the day to get it all done lol.

Ill post up more pics of the seats as I finish the airbrushing and gold leafing. I should have something to show by tomorrow night.

Ill also be dropping it on the Eibachs tomorrow.

nice

cool, can't wait to see the finished product! and welcome to the forum!

Well I didnt get the seats as far as I would have liked to today. However I did get the Evo-R rear fog light installed (smoked lens, flash during braking).

But I did get the Eibach springs in, suspension polished, and a few parts painted.

here be pics:

Well, I painted my new wheels (masking took 4 times longer than actual painting). Got the Z1 hose kit installed...great products by the way. And here are some pics of the seats in progress.

It also won its first car show trophey today.

That's fast but nice going

Its been a long work week so I havent been able to get as far as I would have liked to...but oh well, doesnt pay to rush builds like this. Maybe tomorrow Ill be able to finish the seats.

Nice work still waiting for those seats =)

Congrats, you deserve it!
:)

Got the gold leaf on yesterday (thats harder than it looks to do), airbrushed the details. And finally cleared them tonite.

As soon as my brackets get here, Ill get put them in.

So Im in the process of stripping the car for paint and lots of carbon fabrication....what a pain in the ***....

You move fast...

Big Update!
Been spending 40 hours per week the past month working on the paint and carbon stuff.

Almost done buffing the paint and such, carbon roof is done.

Installed the nitrous tanks after painting them (using a Zex system but not the Zex bottle...opted for a pair of OBX bottles due to their size).

Carbon fabrication of the door pulls, window switch covers, door sills and interior panels are just about done.

....Im going to need a vacation after this lol....

wow

That looks like a sick colour

holy....fast build. color looks awesome so far, wanna see some shots in the sunlight already!

Nice color!

loving the work so far! colour is amazing!!

awesome mods so far, may i ask what rims are those?

nice color :D

Really nice airbrush work, looks like you've got some experience with that.

I also really like the way that personal wheel looks! If I wasn't so attached to my airbag and steering wheel controls, I'd be all over that!

hm.. maybe when the Recaro seat goes in.

the wheels are Ruff Racing that I painted. Hopefully i can get some outside pics tomorrow. The weather has been sooooo crappy lately, this weekend was the first nice weekend in 2 months.

body paint is finally done...172 hours worth of work.

finished making the carbon door sills, interior sills and kick plates, shifter surround, and guage pods.

tomorrow ill start on engine brightwork

Today I finished the engine brightwork...polished the timing cover (which is a pain), painted all the brackets, and polished all the aluminum lines.

Also finished the carbon guage pods and shifter bezel.

Tomorrow Ill thermal wrap my intakes (temporary until I install my super charger this winter). Also on the list will be to layout how Im going to do the fiberglass/carbon trunk inlay.

Update:

The build is pretty much finished for the summer. Here are the pics:

that's so sick man :D <3

WOW you sir are an artist!!! May I ask what type of paint you used on the rims? Every shop I take it to is scared to paint. I dont like the look of powder coat I want paint!!!!

I used a House of Kolor Kandy for the wheels over a machined surface. The black was powdercoat.

The body color is Nissan magnetic black faded into Createx Chameleon Flair Gold/Red, with a Kustom Shop urethane pinstripe

Skillz :bowrofl:

Realized I havent posted any pics since mid summer. Have a few tweaks to do over winter. Hopefully a supercharger as well.

Just ordered a Stillen front lip to use as a mold to fab a carbon fiber one.

thats a sik f*cking color man!!! awesome!!!

WOW! :tiphat:

Thanks.

Winter mods are Ark exhaust and cat-backs. And then supercharged....but my big debate is Stillen vs GTM stage 1. Decisions decisions.

Here is the marker rendering I did as the project concept. Unfortunatly Axxis discontinued those wheels.

GTM all the way.. Awesome car man

Hurray...my Stillen lip arrived. Now to use it as a mold to make a carbon one. Still debating the Stillen vs GTM supercharger.
Ark exhaust is due soon.