danegrey's 370Z Journal

blackcherry20

Nice. Merry Christmas!

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Grand Sport Corvette Arctic White

danegrey

nice day and took the Z out for a spin, felt good again...
but tires kept breaking loose, time for tires have put it off for almost a year.
also since having the recaro's put in, the seat is a tad higher, being about 6' 3", have to bend the head a bit

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the Z needs to be driven and driven hard for the car lives for it

danegrey

took the Z out for a little drive, been some time, needed to get the battery charged up again, felt good driving it again, came back and cleaned it up... just looking at it reminds me, why I love this car...

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the Z needs to be driven and driven hard for the car lives for it

danegrey

Build List 1st cut
Stillen Short Throw Shifter
KW Variant Coilover Kit
370z(Sport) Brake Upgrade Kit
Whitelin/Hopkins Sway Bars
370z/G37 Oil Cooler Kit
370z/G37 CSF Triple Pass Rad
JDM Fairlady Rear Fog Light
JDM Fog Light Harness
MA Motorsports 370Z Harness Bar
Takata 4 point Harness
Takata 6 Point Harness
In-Mirror Univ Backup Cam
Tune (FINALLY)

Only items I am debating not doing is the oil cooler and radiator, reason is I have a Nissan gold maintenance plan and I need to find out what happens, or what additional costs I will have, since my oil changes are included until 100,000 mile

excited

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the Z needs to be driven and driven hard for the car lives for it

danegrey

just a comment, stop at my Nissan dealership to setup an appoint for 60 month maintenance. they had a 2017 GTR, which looks good with the new front end. They also had a 2017 Z Nismo, which was read, bunch of little updates that I did not remember, most of the switches are all blacked out, and the steering wheel had a red stripe so you know where center is. But it was an automatic, and look like the touring/tech package. Just to pricey for me at about 47000+. The item I really did like was the wheels, they did not look like the old Rays. Just did not like. Just my 2 cents

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the Z needs to be driven and driven hard for the car lives for it

danegrey

Build List 2nd cut
Stillen Short Throw Shifter
KW Variant Coilover Kit
370z(Sport) Brake Upgrade Kit
Whitelin/Hopkins Sway Bars
JDM Fairlady Rear Fog Light
JDM Fog Light Harness
MA Motorsports 370Z Harness Bar
Sparco 4 point Harness (red)
Sparco 6 Point Harness (red)
In-Mirror Univ Backup Cam
Tune

when added it all up, just not enough money for the radiator and oil cooler...
will have to save a bit more,
this should be finalize this week, with target of getting the car in the shop first week in march

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Lots of Changes
the Z needs to be driven and driven hard for the car lives for it

danegrey

everything has been set for the build to start on March 6th, excited....
now have to start looking for a new set of tires....

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Lots of Changes
the Z needs to be driven and driven hard for the car lives for it

danegrey

Past week has been a bit exciting, scheduled a bunch of events to take the Z today

4/21 PORSCHE EXPERIENCE TOUR PRESENTED BY MICHELIN, Grassroots has a day event go to the Porsche center in Atlanta, then a drive to the MITTY at Road Atlanta, the some Parade Laps, -- check it out https://www.themitty.com/activities-...ed-by-michelin

5/6 wannagofast in Clayton, GA, 1/2 mile to see if I can break 124+ from a couple years ago. All day event to see how fast you can go, only 135 cars allowed. Just going Saturday

5/18 to 5/21 ZDAYZ 2017, Fontana, NC. This is an easy drive from where I live via the tail of dragon...

going to be an exciting 6 weeks

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danegrey

Attending the first autocross of the year on Sunday, just going to try to have fun and not drive with my right foot. Also need to get some new tires, these are about shot....

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danegrey

well did not make autocross, seems the battery decide enough was enough...
Took to advance auto, battery still good, left for a 3 hour charge...
now have to find out how to keep a battery charged when you do not drive the car a lot
nice problem to have (I think)

Update, well they charged the battery, but it was going bad, cranking power was down, so I bought a red optima battery, partly for the car sits so much....
but its done and running again

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the Z needs to be driven and driven hard for the car lives for it

danegrey

Dropped the car off yesterday and build starts,
also order new tires going with what I got last time, but a bit smaller in the rear michelin pilot sports 265/35/19 front 295/20/19 rear

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danegrey

Just got the Nismo headlights that I order about 2 weeks ago, and now I understand why they were so expensive.... because it is a plug and replace unit, has all the bulbs and wires and everything else, just take off the old and put the new in

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Also the shipping boxes were a lot bigger than I thought.
So when I decide to sell my old ones, will keep the boxes for they are the shipping containers nissan uses...

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NorthStyle

Where'd you order the lights from? I've been searching for a set and the cheapest I found was Courtesy Nissan @ $750/ea.

danegrey

Cannot help you there, I went thru
JUAN VARGAS
FONTANA NISSAN
FONTANA, CA

Who has a thread on this, and no, they were 1525 shipped.

The only thing I can say, is that it has everything, take off the old and plug in the new.
didn't want to pay it either, but it was simpler for me vs other items.

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the Z needs to be driven and driven hard for the car lives for it

danegrey

The build is in process...
KW Variant Coilover Kit
Whitelin/Hopkins Sway Bars
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Going to be a fun summer

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Lots of Changes
the Z needs to be driven and driven hard for the car lives for it