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Don't plan to throw it in the shop for awhile, want to just drive. |
Aye Dreamer just wanted to say I love how your Z looks now, super jealous.
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Brad was on 13psi and I was on 6.5psi and we were dead even. Must be the AT and traction. However, at our speeds, traction loss "should" not of been an issue. |
A quick update on my car since I got it back earlier this year after four months of being down from the accident. One week after I got the car someone decided to scratch my new rear Nismo bumper.
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Y...29A080815C.JPG Shortly after that occurred I had a slight belt issue, shredded. Luckily Baker had one ready for me, towed the car back to them and within an hour I was back on the road, no damage to the car. The belt was around 23,000 miles used. We had checked it a couple weeks prior when I did an oil change it looked good, probably would have to be changed at the end of the summer. Then we had some interesting weather where it went from 90+ to 30 and back to 90+ within a few days. I think this pushed the belt a little and caused a few major cracks which led to it failing. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-x...45D0542622.JPG Things improved, got to drive the car for awhile without issues which is great. Was able to make it out to a few events and C&C meets with some other Z owners. https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-I...49F24D4A08.JPG https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-b...C684DAADBB.JPG Stole this one from Houston-Streets.com https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-e...710A670BC0.JPG And then it was time for more fun, noticed my back end was sliding a bit more. Got under the car and got a nice view of my tires and the lack of tread left. Decided to upgrade to some RE-11s this time and so far they have been amazing. Hankook V12 after 25,000 miles: https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-r...2B4DAB626B.JPG RE-11: https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/--...A053D94673.JPG Birthday arrived and got an amazing gift from the girlfriend, which I spent the next 3 days playing with straight. https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-b...B60CBF5B75.JPG https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-r...A0ABAEB6B9.JPG Was time for an oil change and needed to have the rear bumper touched up. Dropped it off a Baker a couple days ago and was given this amazing machine for a loaner car. It even has SPORT mode, though honestly I have no clue what it does. https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-O...06918E493C.JPG |
Currently I am in maintenance stage with the car. New tires earlier this year, clutch is almost gone (still on factory clutch at just under 50,000 miles), brakes are starting to squeal a little now and again. With tuition on the line and parts needing to be ordered I am just going to go with some upgrades to the factory BBK this year and get the clutch done also.
Parts I am looking at ordering in the next month. Brakes: -J-Hook rotors from Stillen -Hawk pads -Goodridge SS Lines -Motul brake fluid probably -10mm spacers for the rear Clutch: -ZSpeed CSC -Spec Stage 2+ Clutch/flywheel combo |
Sport mode turns up the bass on the stereo :).
Good to see the car's been back out in the world a bit though. Some Tuesday maybe I'll see it again :) |
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We went to a new indoor paintball place last night, you definitely missed out on some fun. |
Hopefully you get it back soon Matt. Looks good though :tup:
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Yeah I saw the thread, Pasadena's not far from me either, but I've been working a lot of evenings lately.
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Glad to hear your getting a good amount of wheel time. Wish I could say the same! :(
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