2013 sport build

carlitos_370z

Nice info about the canards dude!!!

synolimit

Thanks.

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sixpax

canards actually look good ... good job.

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Limeybastard

This thread is hardcore.

Is the center lower bumper plasti dipped or was a plastic piece fabricated and put on ?

Super Werty

Can you post up a picture of your loop to bypass factory oil cooler coolant lines. Thanks!!

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ModBargains

Thats one hell of an exhaust! Loving it

synolimit

Whole cars dipped.

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synolimit

I'll try to.

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synolimit

Made this months ago, finally got around to installing it. After cutting out the factory grill which I thought was to restrictive, I made a frame and installed some grating so my radiator and stuff is protected from rocks and such. It's very nice!

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carlitos_370z

looks good

synolimit

Decided to paint my whole car with rattle cans! The car was originally metallic silver (I wanted white but hate pearl white! Next to real white, pearl looks yellow) but after an accident where I had to replace the passenger quarter panel, it came primered black, so instead of having the quarter panel painted to match the car, I decided to just paint the whole car with plasti dip matte white.

The plasty dip looks good, has held up okay and is easy to fix with dip fix but when you touch up a spot with spray cans, the over spray makes fuzz on the car. And if you mask off sections to protect from over spray you get a clear raised line. With plasti dip you need to paint a whole panel after a fix and white needs like 100 coats to cover! I'm just tired of fixing and the last reason is I just miss smooth gloss!! If you want to plasti dip pick a dark color!!!!!!!!!!!



Ok to start...red scotch bright pad to scuff the clear coat off of your less than 1 year old car.






Next, primer after you clean the surface with acetone. I did about 3-4 coats. First ones lighter, then to heavier ones. After several hours I wet sanded with 600 grit paper till it was baby smooth.

After 48hrs to harden I then cleaned the primered surface with isopropyl alcohol. Then I sprayed about 3-4 coats again light to heavy with original Chrysler white from duplicolor. It's the 4th white I tried and whitest white I could find.

After another 48hrs I wet sanded with 2000 grit paper. You can see all the orange peel which is why I had to. You want to sand out all the shine till its 100% dull.




Still shiny



Just right




Then I used Maguires rubbing compound with a rough wash cloth. You can already see a night and day difference!








Then I used Maguires polishing compound and a micro fiber rag. Looking very clear!!






Last I still need to wax it with Maguires carnauba wax after its hardened a few weeks. Not bad if I say so myself. The rest of the panels will be done one at a time.

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synolimit

Decided to change out my cai system that uses the OEM MAF section. It's only 2.35" ID which matched the throttle body. Now that my TB is 2.48", I need to have the piping bigger. From the way I understand it, your intake should taper down in size and not up. Tapering down would increase air flow like air going through a compressor on a turbo. I'm going with 2.75" OD pipe or about 2.63" ID. That should have the system bigger than the TB and really help. I bought new MAF housings and they showed up today. Only $40 on ebay. I'm still waiting on the pipe. I'll post pics soon.

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carlitos_370z

great choice i use the same wax

synolimit

Ok all done.

Instead of running the CAI like the Stillen I had before, I decided to change it up a bit. Since my piping is now bigger I also want it to flow faster and better. So I took out the 90* bend the pipe took to sit behind the bumper and kept my 45* coupling and ran the filter down into the wheel well. Bigger, better, faster, more power!!!!





Since I won't be able to drive to the tuner with the new MAF housing I modded the system so I could drive there with the OEM MAF housing and right on the dyno I can swap it out to the new MAF housing. August 8th can't come soon enough!






Here's everything I took out. I even re-ran the AOS lines which saved some weight haha

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