NickTurnon's 370z Build

TerribleONE

Looks surprisingly good! Nice work

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Hotrodz

Looks pretty stealthy too me. For a guy who says he knows little about mechanical and body work....you need to stop! You rock dude...great work, I got to come see it first hand.

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NickTurnon

Yes hahah thank you!

Bob you're gunna have the king of the streets in a little bit.

Good news is that I came in wayy under budget for what I thought I was gunna spend.. I think I still may need some of your parts... I mean, I did save up $1200 over the past...what 4-5 months?.

$305 on Rear Bumper
$118 on Front Lip
$180 Plasti-dip
$45 Paint Gun
$56 on Misc items... Tape, Plastic, Paper, Light, & Sandpaper
$15.99 on a Respirator
Free Install DIY...+2 points for experience
Total: $719.99

You can't beat that. Whole car makeover..

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Hotrodz

Very cool...just let me know. I sure we can work something out!

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carlitos_370z

Thasnk for the pic bro!!!! Catchin now you have the clearance between the floor and the lip

carlitos_370z

Looks great your ride my friend!!! nice work

NickTurnon

Photoshopped my car sitting 1inch+ lowered... I dont know if I'd like how much i'd scrape.

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wrcusic

Dude, your car is honestly the best looking one I have seen on this forum so far...I can only hope that I can make mine look as good when I get it....

carlitos_370z

looks great dropped bro!!! i said do it

NickTurnon

Hahah wow I appreciate it, but it sounds like you haven't looked at many of the other cars on here. There are some serious rides with owners that have $$ and know how to spend it. I just try to do budget friendly mods for those of us who don't have that sort of cash.

Please post up once you get yours & feel free to ask me any questions

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wrcusic

I like that though. Budget friendly, easy, and sometimes subtle mods can make a world of difference in my mind. I prefer the understated look lol. And I'll for sure be posting up when the time comes for me to get mine! lol

Catchin-Z's

Nick,

Just watched your video pulling out of the drive way and the (inevitable) lip scrape

I am considering to purchase these: Bridjit Curb Ramps - The "No Jar To Your Car", Curb Ramp Solution!

I have a super steep and high curb drop in front of my garage and already scraping stock height/no aero lip whatsoever.

So if I ever want to get anything installed looks like I have no choice but go this way.

MarlinZ

Car looks nice man. Can I ask how the Fitment was on the nismo rep rear? Did you have to put a lot of work into it.

NickTurnon

Thank you! I appreciate it.. I have never worked on body parts before. I just really like to do little projects and take on more then I know how to handle. The bumper fitment was decent. I don't really have anything else to compare it to since I haven't received an aftermarket bumper before. I say decent because it didn't just bolt up.

Here is a brief summary of my DIY for the bumper:

1) Remove interior spare tire panels. Remove spare. Remove foam. Remove Plastic.
2) Remove plastic molding near taillights
3) Remove taillights
4) Remove all clips on top of rear bumper. Remove wheel well screws.
5) Remove bottom clip under rear bumper.
6) Remove bumper from car. Remove bumper foam from car.
7) Hold nismo bumper up to the car for test fit.
8) Pull Bottom over the clip for the fog light and itll help hold the bumper on the car without using your hands.
9) Grab heat gun and heat bumper (not a hairdryer) so that it forms to the shape of the car. Make sure not to crack it. (Mine was off by about 6-10 inces)
10) Once the bumper is in the proper shape, grab a drill or dremel and start to make holes for the bumper clips to go into. Also, youll need to drill into the metal on the car. Make sure you have a drill with the proper bits.
11) There is 2 sets of 4 holes that need to be drilled with the proper length and size in order for them to click back into the body of the car.
12) Heat and hold fenders into place so that the body lines match. Grab damp cold towel and place on the bumper to mold and make sure it forms.
13) Once bumper is on, sand out all imperfections with various grits of sandpaper. I used a sanding block not a power tool for this.
14) Fill all small holes from production with bondo or body filler. Let dry and sand those areas out til smooth.
15) Depending on if you are painting factory color or not, youll need to prime the bumper and make sure its ready for proper paint. Plastidip doesnt need to be primed before.

For not knowing anything, I think I did okay. Im sure if i took it to a body shop they would laugh at the minor flaws, but for a daily driver and not spending $1,500 for the OEM one, ill take it.

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fairz

color looks crazy !!!! crazy good...