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Up to date mod list:

Interior
team Voodoo pearl shift knob
cf steering wheel
cf window switch plates

Exterior
stillen lip
TSW nurburgrings
blacked out fangs
fairlady badge

Engine
Injen intakes
CNT cat back
Test pipes (unres)
Dyno Tuned
(326whp, 268tq)

Suspension
Swift springs
Ichiba 15mm rear spacers (type II)

gettin quite a few mod threads stackin up so i figured it was about time to start one of these...

So i bought the z about 4 months ago after some heavy debating between that, a cayman s, and a 335i bmw. I absolutely love the look of the z and wouldnt trade it for anything after owning one. Well enough with the chit chat. when i bought it, it had tsw nurburgrings, Injen intakes, and test pipes.

this is the week i bought it:

http://www.the370z.com/members/edub3...-52-02-761.jpg

the overall rasp really bothered me so i purchased a CNT catback about a month and a half later . The quality of such an inexpensive system was AMAZING imo and has so far been my best bang for the buck purchase.

http://www.the370z.com/members/edub3...-packaging.jpg

http://www.the370z.com/members/edub3...t-back-car.jpg

http://www.the370z.com/members/edub3...zing-welds.jpg

then i decided the stance needed a little work so i dropped it on some swifts.

http://www.the370z.com/members/edub3...6-droppies.jpg

the drop was good but spacers were definately needed. so i picked up some ichiba 15mm type II's for the rear. and this was the result :tup:

http://www.the370z.com/members/edub3...nce-i-goin.jpg

http://www.the370z.com/members/edub3...acers-rear.jpg

also, at about the same time that i bought spacers i spotted a stillen front lip that i REALLY liked, so i decided that had to go on as well... small, clean, nothing too flashy.

http://www.the370z.com/members/edub3...-front-lip.jpg

so this is where i currently sit.... not completely finished, but definately starting to take shape the way i want it to.

http://www.the370z.com/members/edub3...ped-swifts.jpg

Sorry for the crappy cellphone pics!

Still more to come. any ideas you guys have or any thoughts on the direction this car should go just let me know!

Definately not finished, but i really like the start of this project. :happydance:

nice! What site are you using to upload the pictures from your phone? Everytime i upload mine to photobucket it makes my images small..

I just dump them from my phone to my pc, then upload them to an album i created on this site

I think some black side blades and blacking out your fangs and valence would look really good. Nice, clean, simple....

Looks really good. Those spacers were definitely needed, sits perfect! Third from the bottom is the best shot BY FAR. If that don't make the calendar imma be pissed! Lol

Some awesome locations

thanks guys. took all those when i was bored this past sunday. kc really has some beautiful areas to take pics.

wonder if the blacked out evo r rear diffuser would go nicely with that stillen front lip

http://www.the370z.com/members/edub3...shift-knob.jpg

got a team voodoo pearl shift knob with a z toys shift boot collar

Nice ride, and the exhaust is sexy..

just threw on a fairlady z badge. christmas present courtesy of the the girfriend!

its the little things like this that i like. makes i different, but still subtle :tup:

http://www.the370z.com/members/edub3...dy-z-badge.jpg

just got the z dyno tuned by chad at mkc.

and... i didnt get a baseline (dummy me) :facepalm:. BUT ended the day with 293whp and 243tq.. while i was there he was doing the last couple runs. picked up about 3whp in the last 2 pulls.

Now, i wasn't chasing a whp increase as much as i was wanting to pick up some response and a little low end torque. both of which were addressed. and may i say, that taking out that STUPID electronic throttle delay was the best thing EVER!

wish i woulda thrown some 93 oct instead of 91 so i coulda had a better chance of breaking 300whp.

however, even without the baseline, this does give me a good starting point for future mods

edub370, your car looks really nice & I definitely like what you have done with it. Nothing is overkill, but just right big guy.

Very nice subtle mods edub. It's nice it came with a little goodies from the start.

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Originally Posted by cgmg21 (Post 1671768)

edub370, your car looks really nice & I definitely like what you have done with it. Nothing is overkill, but just right big guy.

Quote:

Originally Posted by LakeShow (Post 1671839)

Very nice subtle mods edub. It's nice it came with a little goodies from the start.

thanks guys. i didn't wanna "overdo" this car. i cant stand when i see cars that woulda been nicer if people would have just left them the hell alone lol.

thinking only other mods i will do will either be LTH or an MD mani. something that i can add to the car, and throw some 93 octane in it to break 300whp.... just cause..

btw, anyone know if bumping from 91 to 93 would even make a difference?

so got some 3m di noc carbo fiber this weekend and gave it a try on the window switch panels...

got the first one done in about an hour. took a little bit to figure out how to strecth/heat/manipulate the material so you dont have any wrinkles. The second one only took me about 45 min

http://www.the370z.com/members/edub3...-09-10-957.jpg

re-installed:

http://www.the370z.com/members/edub3...-42-31-674.jpg

http://www.the370z.com/members/edub3...-43-17-581.jpg

the hardest part was definately wrapping around those tight radius curves at the front of the panel and figuring out what to do with the inset area for the window switch. just ended up trimming a nice line around it. trying to form 1 piece down inside that are was impossible

i have a ton of this stuff left, so might try it on some other pieces. not sure which ones would look decent

Nice wrapping.... I might wanna do that as well budget mods.:)

http://www.the370z.com/members/edub3...43145591-o.jpg

MERRY CHRISTMAS Z

installed pic

http://www.the370z.com/members/edub3...-40-33-271.jpg

man cf is addicting. now i'm not gonna say i will be the next simota or anything, but i am definately getting some more accent pieces done

New dyno today. Went to a dynojet as opposed to a mustang. new numbers, 326whp, 268tq. Original numbers were 293whp, 243tq on a mustang

http://www.the370z.com/members/edub3...57117-dyno.jpg

super stoked with the numbers

Blacked out the fangs last week. lovin the new look.

http://www.the370z.com/members/edub3...-dip-fangs.jpg

now time do a black roof wrap

lil early spring cleaning today

http://www.the370z.com/members/edub3...g-cleaning.jpg

Thinking about doing my strut tower brace in brilliant silver and doing the jdm pw cf covers around the engine. not sure i'f im sold on them yet tho... i have read about some fitment problems they have.

anyone have these that can chime in?

NINJA EDIT: decided to go ahead and order brilliant silver spray rattlecan and go for it. here are the results vvvvv

http://www.the370z.com/members/edub3...tlecan-ftw.jpg

http://www.the370z.com/members/edub3...e-out-good.jpg

Switched out the dinoc on the switch panels to the real stuff last night

http://www.the370z.com/members/edub3...lo-real-cf.jpg

Thanks again to Tony at CF element

Been a minute since i've updated anything so here is a little under hood addition. next is silicon PCV hoses to get ride of the ugly stock boxes by the intake tube. slowwllly but surely making engine bay progress

http://www.the370z.com/members/edub3...1308-552-1.jpg

That steering wheel is FN beautiful:yum:
I want one....where did you get it lol

contact CF element and talk to Tony. he does amazing work