She even failed at that lol. Looks like a repaint of the rear bumper and if it can't be polished a powder coat of the wheel.

Mandatory yearly testing of all drivers over 60....... :stirthepot:















Wait... that's me in 2 years....:eekdance:

LOL....I do think at 70 there should be testing at minimum every 2 years. She ended up being 75 years old. She didn't mess up the actual bumper but it needs to be painted again. Looks like the marks on my wheel can be polished out. $659 in damage so pretty minor overall.

My parents are in their 80's and are still driving. Well, Mom doesn't drive as much, usually only once a week. Dad does all the driving, and I just have to make sure when I go visit, I'm not in line with the garage or near where they might back up. :eekdance:

Good to know that there wasn't much damage, just sucks that you have to pull the bumper to have it painted. :p

We all know what Saturday is...right? :pics::tup:

Well, I have been out of the loop for a while... On a side note. Starting to budget for some wheels and probably ordering EBC slotted rotors with red stuff pads.

Let me know how those are as sometime in the near future I'll be looking at brakes. Not sure what direction to go yet though. My only purchase coming up is new rear tires. Looking to try the 305 route with Michelin Super Sports.

Will do... and on that note, I am running Bridgestone S-04 pole position tires. They are quite nice. I feel as if it has more grip than Hankook and the stock tires

So are we gonna meet somewhere and roll into SCTO together like cool kids?

:driving::rofl2:

So I have decided on a set of SSR GTV03 19x9.5 +20 and 19x10.5 +15 in black. EBC Slotted rotors with red stuff pads. Now just waiting for PM back from a vendor so I can get things going.

Edit: So I may have also found a fix for my Tomei not sitting right. Apparently, I don't need the clamps and springs on at the same time so I may be able to fix it so that I can have my brace bar back on my car. Love the help from the forum! Also has anyone replaced their rotors? I hope it isn't too hard of a task.

Rotors are pretty easy provided you're patient and don't start to torque too hard on stuck bolts. I've done them on a lot of cars prior to the Z.

here's a Z specific DIY: http://www.the370z.com/diy-section-d...ent-front.html

370Z Tune in KC
 

Is there a place in KC that can provide a good tune for our cars?

Modified by KC is the only shop that I can think of that does tuning. However, I have heard that some people have had issue with them.

Also I don't have any air tools... would someone like to help me switch out my rotors sometime in April? Your choice of beer will be included :D

i can help. i switched mine out to stoptechs without air tools and with the aid of beer as well

side note: who wants to go to the f&f premier tomorrow night?

I might be down if I can get over this damn jet lag.

Alright! I'll let you know how things play out. And I would be if I was in town.

I'm planning to attend. Their FB page is showing over 500 people going. Should be a good time.

You can also get an e-tune. Z1 has this option, and a good e-tune can be just as good as a dyno tune provided the tuner knows his stuff. dynos are for people who care to know the numbers more than anything

Meh, not exactly true.

i personally feel a road tune is the most ideal because a dyno simulates perfect conditions and you rarely get that. e-Tunes are road tunes that take longer because a person isn't in the car with you. I've never let a tuner solely give me a dyno tune...it's always road then touchup low end and redline fueling a bit on the dyno

I don't disagree as a general statement, but the Z/UpRev doesn't have a usable air/fuel or the ability to record the knock sensor.

Also an eddy current dyno allows you to properly simulate road load coefficients.

Agreed. I did this with my first turbo charged Z and it was a nightmare. You only receive a basic tuning screen and unless you know exactly what you are looking at they can screw up your car and they will not be held responsible. You really need a real tuner to see what is happening and what he is feeling. It was hard to describe some of the things happening unless you do it every day not when you are road tuning it for the first time. Hell, when I put it back to stock and loading the stock tune it almost screwed up my car because we forgot to remove the larger injectors. Leave it to the experts when it comes to tuning. Trust me.

http://i.imgur.com/SLrLzwXl.jpg

A little preview

no chatter from this page in a bit. Anyone planning on going to the autox race this weekend? race 1 of the season!

Alright, well I have to rotors on and the brake pads on. Just gotta get tires on the wheels then mount up and align them. Hopefully the bed in for the brakes are too much of a hassle. I spun the rotors after putting them on and it seemed like it was uneven. Hopefully that is just because it hasn't seated completely due to there not being tightened all the way.

Did you put enough lug nuts on to keep the rotor straight? If not, then that's why it felt uneven. ;)

Put the wheels on, put the lug nuts on snug (don't torque yet), put the car on the ground, now torque to proper value. Press on the brake pedal a couple of times to seat the pads against the rotors before you start the car and move it. As long as you didn't get grease on the rotors when you assembled the caliper and pads to the bracket, you should be fine. I'm sure there are steps people take to 'bed' the pads, but in my experience, it's not really necessary. That being said, I wouldn't go out and try to go from 60 to zero in 3 seconds... :stirthepot:

Yeah, I put the wheels back on so I can drive to the shop. They straightened out. And I plan to just daily drive to bed them in. There is not many places i can go from 60 to 20 constantly in KC.

Freeway ramps on i70 would work just fine...I used them for this purpose.

There are some pads/rotors that don't need a bed in process, and some really do. If yours do and you daily drive it without bed in, you'll notice some discoloration that looks like warping on the rotor. The only thing it will do is age your rotors faster (how much is arguable). If you ever track the car you'll notice some pedal vibration that will feel like brake fade, but isn't.

Alright, well here is the finished product. Also has anyone added a fog light to their Z yet? I'm thinking it would be something cool to add but looks complicated with all the wiring needed to be done.
http://i.imgur.com/ci9vSejl.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/TO7hQD6l.jpg

Looks really good dude.

The fog light is easy. You just need to pull one of the tail lights. There is a DIY floating around on here that shows you which wires to tap. Just get a couple of high quality, insulated in-line wire taps and you won't have any issues.

Hmm, so I'm entertaining the idea of selling my Tomei and going for a full replica partial carbon Zele and custom exhaust, If the guy hadn't sold it yet. My question is how much do you think it would be to get it painted? Unfortunately my car is not silver so would like to know before I make any decisions.

Hmmm. I've still have a REAL rear ZELE rear never installed. I will almost give it away to get it out of my house. Hell, I will even deliver it...if it isn't to far.


When I had the front Zele installed, it cost me about $500 for them to paint the front. I also preinstalled it before giving it to them. That way they couldn't charge me for installation or fitment issues.

Hmm, well I would be all over that however I have a tomei that just would not fit unless some things were done to the bumper.

easier to mod the exhaust than the bumper. There have been several people around the forums to make their dual tip into a quad to fit the Zele rear

Well I have a Tomei so I don't think that would work so well :P

I thought the idea was to do the exhaust AND the bumper???

He just gave you an authentic solution for half the problem at a fraction of what you would pay for a fake...........

I think I might have missed something... I was saying that if I got just the rear from Tower74 it wouldn't work because I only have a single exit on my car. If I had a dual exhaust I would go for Tower74's authentic Zele in a heartbeat. Then mod my exhaust to be quad tipped.

https://www.facebook.com/kctrends/ph...type=1&theater


shall we roll out in style to this one?

Since I have a new gf :tup:, who absolutely loves my car :tup::tup: I'm in. Where do you want to meet?