.c2's 2009 Magnetic Black 370z

.c2

*Updated* April 28th, 2013 [Looks like I've reached my picture limit for both of my first two posts in this thread Sorry guys, you'll have to scroll to page 4 and keep going from there for updates now. Amuse kit is now on ]




Mods so far



Picture below is how the car was when I first bought it! It's an 2009 370z base model with the sports package, in 6mt of course. Had 23k miles on the odo when I bought it, previous previous owner imported it from the states. Came with some nice plastidipped wheels and emblems.. I'm not a big fan of black on black but at the time I thought it looked decent. Finding this 370z for only a few grand more than an 03-06 350z and a few grand cheaper than the ap2's, I wasn't going to complain about the small details



A few weeks ago my gf's family also purchased a 370z Brand new from Morrey Nissan, with the sports and touring package! Jellly



Second day at home with my hybrid (which my mom wanted to sell but ended up keeping so far to make small trips every now and then), and my winter beater eg




Started moving some things from my hybrid to my Z, leds first..



Double din swapped over, thanks to Keith @ Aria



Shortly after I bought the Z, came across an awesome deal on a used Invidia Gemini catback from Keith @ Aria and jumped on that. Also got some revscene stickers



Removed the black plastidip on the emblem but then ended up respraying it black with a metalizer on top, thanks cho for the metalizer plastidip



Have to have the minime on the dash!



490g Blox neochrome limited shift knob! Love the feel of it The weight makes shifting feel a lot better



6k hids from Lumena



My (friend's) new wheels lol :megusta:



KW V1 coilovers in thanks to Billy @ TS Auto Design! Kind of regretting it now and should of went for V3 like he suggested, but they'll do for now until I learn more about suspension Also added 20mm spacers in the front and 25mm spacers in the rear. Plastidip on the wheels came off as well, which at that point I found out that the plastidip actually hid a bunch of curb marks..



First time tinting my own windows... The small side windows went on okay but messed up the rear big piece on the rear windshield thing kay:



Ghetto way of blacking out the letters on the plastidipped emblem




Impulse buy on a lip kit. Shine auto front lip and rear add ons, Evo R sideblades/splitters. Was going to buy an Evo R rear diffuser as well to go in the middle of the rear add ons but didn't have enough money at the time, and I ended up wanting more performance and handling so didn't bother with the diffuser in the end lol. Definitely going to buy it in the future though!
Carbon fiber gooodness


Once again thanks to cho, and also Andrew @ Lotus Autobody for the paint and install





Fairlady emblem



The joys of having a front lip with ~8cm of clearance and a sloped driveway.. Still scrape a tiny bit going in but it works. 8ft of wood



Pretty much the clearance I get all the way through the ramp, except the part where I scrape



Beginning of sound deadening the cabin.. road noise is insane in the cabin



Invidia test pipes to add to the noise, lool. Definitely feels noticeably quicker with these on! Makes me want to shift before 2k rpm and cruise at around 1.5k or 1.8k rpm though because of the drone lol.. GF hates it and I hate the drone as well, but not sure I want to give up the power by putting the stock cats back on Looking into getting some resonated test pipes but then that's a lot of money wasted for no reason :/



Almost forgot.. there were useless dummy switches on the base model 370z's from the states since they don't come with heated/cooled seats. 2 of the switches are for the seats, while the middle switch is for the soft top on the convertible Z's. Completely useless on mine, so I decided to take it out one day and fiddle with it. Ended up making a little storage bin for my phone since the only place for my phone would be the cup holder, which would be gone if I had a drink in the car.
Before


After



Routed my iPhone AV/USB cable there so I can charge my phone while still being able to keep it in the storage bin without having the cable in sight. It connects to my double din so I can use my double din as a screen for my iPhone, or just stream music



Finally got these on the car..

Hotchkis swaybars (front and rear), corners sooooooo much better now and I can finally turn hard without scraping my lip

Also fixed my exhaust rattle today.... a hella expensive fix :| Lol t1r catback


Sound clip of the T1R catback with Invidia test pipes



One week after the test pipes were installed, swapped the stock cats back in. Paid $240 in total for just the labor work on the test pipes in total, just to toy around with the stupid sound =_= The cold start with test pipes + this catback was way too loud and raspy (makes my parent's room shake in the morning when I go for work before they have to wake up). It also increased the drone on my already droney catback and also killed the clean exhaust sound I was looking for. After I put the stock cats back in I felt a huge gain in low end torque and power below 3k rpm, but a huge drop in power above 4k rpm Also lost the VQ growl that I LOVED with the test pipes which made the car sound more exotic :fuuuuu: Probably going to keep stock cats for a while since winter's about to hit, and then in the spring I might go for some ART test pipes that have a separate resonated chamber to reduce the drone and volume but still free up the flow giving me back that awesome growl.
A lot of say about this but no pictures lol. Here's a video with the stock cats though

Clean sound, and you can hear the growl a bit in the video. Sadly I can't really hear the growl when driving

Finally started to work on my Z again

Ripping out the interior and prepping for fatmat application, with insulation on top. Going to cut out a carpet to line the floor of the trunk afterwards since I'm not planning on putting the spare tire back in


In order to fit my jack underneath.. I need to go up 2 pieces of 2x4s. And my jack still barely clears :/ Need to buy a low profile jack lol


Nice and stock, not for long though!


Strut bar, engine cover, and headlights are off for paint! Bumper's off for intake install


AEM ETI (cai). Lots of acronyms lol, in a nice gunmetal color


And they're on!

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