thanks gale :) i cant sleep at all... its buggin the hell outa me LOL.... the bracket part i think i figured out.... i know how i can get away with it.... now the hood... i hate messin with FG the rain gutter channels even look so beautiful to cut....

Being original takes hard work!! Great job Buddy!

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my top bars arent mounted yet... i just wanted to how everything mocked up.. man it looks beautiful.... i especially love the pic with the vents opened....

Are both bars out at the top? The drivers side looks really off.

both bars tremendously off at the top.... i woke up early to try flippin them around and this ^^^^^^ is the best fitment i can get any other way it gets worse and wont even close the hood at all

They look great regardless!!! nice work!


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And people say replica parts have fit issues. :stirthepot:

JK :roflpuke2::roflpuke2::roflpuke2:

:bowrofl: messed up... LOL

:owned: :rofl2:

Edit: On another note I think you have THE most expensive engine bay/dress up of any 370z. :tiphat:

thank you i appreciate it....

Engine bay is absolutely gorgeous!!

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well here is a picture of my issue... you guys can see what i mean by its wayyyy off.... i should be able to fix this problem though ;) i had given up hope and was thinking of cutting the bars to fit and re welding them.... i asked one of my most experienced master welder friends to come by at my shop, after he saw it he said dont cut it... there is no way we can replicate the burn and on top of that titanium doesnt like getting welded twice or getting heated at all "insert boring welding talk between me and my friend here"

so i was back to square one... sad and frustrated at my bars that it would not fit.... so i called one of my machinists over and showed him my problem... after he looked at it... and in about 15 mins he goes... boss we can make this work... i looked him and said how there is barely no space for a bracket the studs are only like a inch and a half long and if we bolt down a spacer it would rise and my hood wont close... not to mention the plastic cant cover anymore...

the man leans over and says... well just take this piece out boss.... brothers i never knew that there was a factory spacer on the mount for the studs :eek: "insert boring convo with my machinist here" viola a SS spacer which will bolt onto the studs like the factory spacers and will have build in studs for the top secret bars, the man is an absolute GENIUS... lol now its just time for the waiting game... i needa wait for my dad to go vacation again and then me and my machinist will fabricate that bracket ;) :happydance: im freaking stoked.... as for my varis hood... i figured a way to cut the rain gutters... some fiberglassing and it should clear... alot of work ahead of me though.... :ugh2: but i should be able to keep both the loves of my life.... varis and top secret lol

Is he going to machine 2 brackets? ;) :tup: :bowrofl:

indeed my man ;)

Dat bar doe....so nice

I always come in here looking for goodness and never leave dissapointed. Sucks about the fitment but looks like you got a plan!

Horrible the fitment...it boggles my mind at even at that level of product fcuk ups can be had...

This thread is blowing the doors on alot of unicorn parts!

:tiphat: thank you very much fellas...

on another note my amuse r1 y pipe is on guam :happydance: im so stoked even if i cant even install it yet lol

The worse part was the TS bar was originally sent to Houston years ago and was reported back to TS that it had fitment issues but they never fixed it and just sent more out the same way. :shakes head:

I am all for having unique parts, but it seems some of the famous JDM companies have stopped innovating and just producing parts because it makes them money now.

i completely agree with you.... i am just relieved that my guy says he can fix it... i would have been screwed if i had no choice to cut and weld it

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powerhouse amuse :) my pinky is holding up the y pipe... ;) :happydance:

This is why I dont really care for JDM parts, they always have quality issues and then you can never do anything about it cause there is no way to communicate with them. All my experience with JDM parts have been extremely bad unless its come directly from the NISMO factory.

That being said and out of the way, these pieces do look gorgeous from your pics. I just wish, for you, that these companies actually sold quality controlled parts, you shouldnt have to deal with this for such a beautifully crafted piece of art! They are suppose to go on your car not on a wall lol

i agree and disagree with you reaper.... i agree with you that they have horrible communication and completion dates but as far as quality .... they have not let me down at all.... from my mines wing to all my top secret parts (except the strut bar) everything fit flawlessly.... :tup: (as far as my experience goes...)

and for everyones reference i knew about the fitment issue of the bar before i purchased it.... it was something i was prepared to fix prior to the purchase... i will admit though i was somewhat hopeful they were wrong

You just had to have it didnt you :tup:

I hope your fabricator can get it bolted on for you! What's next??

:tup: indeed brother haha

im thinking of getting the amuse exhaust next... we will see.... i am holding my breathe on that rumor that event horizon said... the ben sopra kit my god... i would be all over that...

Btw your mirrors came in today :tup:

:happydance: lets show some JDM love then and mount those babies on your Z man ;) im thinking of getting another set of craftsquare mirrors though btw :bowrofl: i really miss them :facepalm:

Haha they are already bolted up. After 5 years of building this car myself...I really know how to take this thing apart and put back together in a jiffy! Even in 100 degree F humid chicago summer day. :tiphat:

well i couldnt wait till the weekend to go to my friends shop and use his lift for changing out the y pipe... so i just did it at home ;) man was it TIGHT in there lol.... one thing i hate about our z's is how low they are to the floor and not to mention the damn amuse sides being so low also.. :shakes head: but the hour spent cramming myself under there was totally worth it... i knew that a y pipe would make my z sound louder but MAN... it made it LOUDER...when you first start the z before it was like click click pussy sound now its like a click click growl.... but it gets quiet when the motor warms up... i cant wait to hear my motor when its under load :happydance: and my mind is going bonkers right now imagining how the real amuse exhaust will sound (the one with one resonator dual exit) rather than the POS stock exhaust i have right now... should sound crisp.... i was gonna take a picture of the y pipe installed... but the ugly burnt to a crisp stillen high flow cats totally ruined the site of the beautiful amuse.... im thinking of still replacing those one day... maybe some central 20 high flow cats.... to definitely keep the JDM love under there ;)

and ill leave this teaser for everyone here..... as many of you know im parting my ways with all my kevlar.... ALL of it... except my handbrake that will be rewrapped again by tony in black twill cf... :tup: now one other reason why im selling my kevlar other than my seats in the future... ive always wanted the real version of the cf steering wheels from japan.... they are padded and absolutely gorgeous.... im hoping i can get one of these by christmas.... :bowrofl: lets keep our fingers crossed... i keep hinting my other half to get me a top secret titanium tow hook or a top secret fog lamp.... but she just showed me the middle finger :bowrofl::roflpuke2:

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Jon, you've been holding out on me! I didn't even know that steering wheel existed.

Second that... You know about all the good stuff


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pm me lol... :tup: the CFE steering wheels are sex..... but these steering wheels is like sex X100 hahahahah

2 month wait time ;) if you guys want i can try getting us a package deal... :happydance:

this is where the whole "flat bottom" really originated ;) ill just leave this in here for everyone else.... i coulda stayed kevlar....

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they even offer like silver carbon and stuff pretty neat stuff

Do it :tup: . I was going to get JPM coachworks to make me one.

nice man that was bullits own guys right? man his interior was hella clean.... im still trying to figure out whose gonna do my door inserts... the upolstery shops here are... ummmm :shakes head:

I think its safe to say that your engine bay alone is worth more than my bank account.

How much did you pay for the ts bar? I was gonna get one until i heard the fitment issue from another friend

with shipping and paypal fees a was like a lil shy to 2k.....