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Stailey's Build Journal
Hello All!
So the time has come to put together a build journal of my Z, and I'm excited about the future for it! Current State (September 13th, 2014): http://i.imgur.com/63DTLPn.jpgThe Story:tiphat: I used to own an 03' 350Z Touring 5AT back in the day while in college in Georgia. After graduating, paying the car off... I ended up moving to New York for a career opportunity. I ended up selling the car to help aid my family during a tough time... selling it was really hard, but you have to do what you have to do.To Be Continued!!!:tiphat: |
Looks nice man... keep it going.
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Black cherry sure is a sexy color, congratulations on your purchase ! This car seems to have a promising future ahead !
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I just picked up some Satin White Vinyl from Fly1 that he had in the for sale section... I may use it for a wrap. I'm tossing a few options around in my head. I want to take a theme and run with it... so one decision is going to influence the rest. We'll see.... |
Nice! Do you have a side shot of the headlights to show more detail? Body colour shrouds with matte black housing?
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The package I got from ONEighty was: Dual Orb LED Rings Matte Black Housing Graphite Projector Shroud Graphite Turn Signal Shroud Carbon Fiber Reflector Strip http://i.imgur.com/WsAbiFZl.jpg http://i.imgur.com/6Hr3vX5l.jpg I'm going to add this info to the info above... |
Nice! Thank you! :tup:
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Install weekend (August 28th-31st, 2014):
Big Weekend! I drove down to Atlanta where I had my parts shipped to have a build weekend with one of my best friends, Joe. We cleaned up his garage, transported all of the parts and tools to his place, and got to work. It took us 2 1/2 days to do everything and everything turned out great... Oh, and we made the demon bolt our bitch - broke both off within 20-30 minutes with a regular ratchet and a shitload of extensions... not bad for a car that had 24k miles. Parts Installed: Motordyne E370 Shockwave CBE http://i.imgur.com/XGrjSqSl.jpg http://i.imgur.com/gpNUfrNl.jpg http://i.imgur.com/JmxXHzol.jpg http://i.imgur.com/11pDkwUl.jpg-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tune Day! (September 13th, 2014): Drove back up from Atlanta and had an appointment set up with Real Auto Dynamics in Oceanside, NY for my tune. These guys were great from the get go. They have exciting projects going on and overall I had a great experience with these guys. A couple shots of the day... a video Kevin made... and my dyno results from the parts install and tune. http://i.imgur.com/63DTLPnl.jpg http://i.imgur.com/9mxlqjYl.jpg http://i.imgur.com/8XYmpYBl.jpg http://i.imgur.com/GD2Ai3zl.jpg 273.5 hp - 265.1 ft/lb The UpRev tuner Rodney set the a really smooth feeling throttle curve, shorten the AT shifts and the lag time from gas to go. I was really impressed with how different the car feels - everything just felt.... smooth. |
So, I needed to update.
In December, I lowered the car on Swifts Springs and put on the Koni Shocks. Didn't take a picture, b/c I'm sure you guys have seen that setup a billion times. I will be flying to Atlanta next week to have the body pieces I purchased from Lohit at Fly1 Motorsports installed and painted by Daniel Park, a sponsor of ZAtlanta. I'm hoping everything goes smoothly. I also got connected with BC Forged Wheels and purchased a set of the HB15's which will be here in the beginning of April. I posted this shot to my instagram of the changes my car will be going through over the next month... I'm stoked https://scontent-a-lga.cdninstagram....02885491_n.jpg Can't wait to update you guys on the progress after these are done! |
Excited to see how this thing comes together. Love those wheels, great mods on the build so far brother.
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