G Fo12ce: New Member From So.Cal

G Fo12ce · 12-15-2009, 09:14 PM

Warning: long, read when bored lol. I wrote it when I was...

Alright, so finally getting around to this. I used the site to gather info before purchasing my car and contributed along the way. The site has a lot of great info and members and I'm glad to be a part. I decided to pitch in and become a premium member. I haven't taken pics of the car as of yet so I'll try to add those soon. I'll throw in a few pics of previous cars though.

I live in Southern California, South Orange County, Mission Viejo to be exact. I'm a big hockey fan. And no, I'm not a Ducks fan

. I've been following the NHL since before they existed and am an L.A. Kings fan! In fact my brother and I always say, our favorite team is the Kings and our second favorite team is who ever is playing the Ducks lol. Despite my age (mid 30's) I've been know to nerd out on the occasional video game. What can I say, I'm from the video game era. I do play some PS3 and some World of Warcraft (unless there is impending wife aggro). My gut suggests like most people I like to have good food, especially with family and freinds. Of course, I'm also a big car enthusiast.

In fact, I used to work in the aftermarket/high-peformance industry for about 10 years. For the last 5 years though I have worked for the County I live in and it has nothing to do with cars. I worked for Stillen where I did Customer Service, Technical Support Liaison between R&D/Service and the customer then finally Purchasing. I also helped out Mainstream Productions (Import Showoff) for a short time. I went on to work for HKS for about 4 years where I did Sales and Tech Support and continued to judge a few Import Showoff's here and there before I stopped. Then finally I worked for Sparco mainly handling the tuning and racing lines of product. I really enjoyed myself and am thankful for the knowledge and experiences I had while in those positions. I've been out of the scene as an insider for a while but I still have a passion for cars and will be participating here on the forums and at what ever events my work schedule will allow.

On the last couple cars I've had I was able to get some nice upgrades relatively fast. What I would do is sell the car and use the equity to put down or buy then next car. Then the parts I had I would sell separate and use the money as my fun fund for wheels and suspension or whatever. This time around I had to use my equity and fun money to put down on the Nismo Z I bought in order to get the payment where I needed it. So this car will be a much slower built up

I sort of promised my wife I'd chillax for a bit too.

So here are the cars I've owned, I'll try to be breif. My very first car was a Nissan:

NO PICS:

-It was an '87 Sentra. What can I say, my parents bought it for me. Through part time jobs I was able to put some cheap Enkei wheels on it, Suspension Technique springs, Tokiko shocks, a cat back exhaust, fog lights and a stereo system.

-I then had a '93 Sentra SE-R. It had Ground Control suspension, Work wheels, full exhaust, intake, stereo system and Jim Wolf tune. This car became a sitter when I pulled the engine to do a Pulsar GTI-R swap (SR20DET) before I had it all ready to go. I sold it years later unfinished. Lessons learned...

-Toyota Corolla GTS (AE86 notch back) Only had cat back and intake. The Hachi-Roku was a fun car, and all before I knew of Takumi (Initial D Fans will get it

)

PICS NOW:

-'92 240SX S13 Coupe. It was one of the few cars in the early days of the swap that had a successful SR conversion. Done by a group of enthusiasts, one of which was well off and had a shop to support his love of cars called V-SPEC. Couple guys you may know from there were Ricky Chu (Super Steet and Wayne from Phase2Motortrend (awesome GTR now, so jealous). This car looked like a sleeper but had many HKS bolt-ons. The swap was featured in Super Street, article by Brent Romans HERE

I'm the only non-asian guy there:

Before I put the HKS suspension on (the SR is so much ligher that the KA the front is high after the swap!)

More pics on the link above.

-After realizing I could get something cooler with the build up/money I had planned in my mind for the 240 I got this Supra (featured in the Apr '03 issue of Super Street Maganzine (I'll link the article later):

[IMG]

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To make a long story short this car had all the HKS upgrades and then some lol. This is the only car I regret selling but I was starting a new chapter in my life getting married and buying a house and I thought it was the best thing at the time. I made a killing on it though and it paved the way for future cars/upgrades.

-Next up was an '03 G35 Coupe. It had a Brembo upgrade, Volk LE37T's. HKS Suspension and Exh, a JWT intake, and Gialla Corsa Grill:

After the G I got an IX EVO MR. Mostly HKS Bolt-ons, wheels and suspension:

-Lastly before the new Z I had an E46 M3 SMG. Again a few bolt-ons, suspesion, wheels and some exterior accessories:

I'm going to try and wash the Z this weekend and get some pics up in the new owner section. I got a 2010 PW Nismo and I'm very happy with it. I promised the wife I'd keep it for longer than the last car so I should be around a while lol! I hoped you enjoyed the read.

NYBladeZ · 12-15-2009, 09:39 PM

congrat man and welcome to the forum I'm sure with your expertise you'll have a lot to add to the forum.

G Fo12ce · 12-16-2009, 12:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NYBladeZ

congrat man and welcome to the forum I'm sure with your expertise you'll have a lot to add to the forum.

Thanks!

gladeslvrcoq · 12-16-2009, 12:40 AM

SUPRA.......

Trips · 12-16-2009, 01:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NYBladeZ

congrat man and welcome to the forum I'm sure with your expertise you'll have a lot to add to the forum.

G Fo12ce · 12-16-2009, 01:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Triple's

Domo Arigato Gozaimasu!

G Fo12ce · 12-16-2009, 12:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gladeslvrcoq

SUPRA.......

^ has a nice supercharged 350Z.

LOL nice signature image, you're a nerd

See you at work.

phelan · 12-16-2009, 12:37 PM

supra...DO WANT.

and your avatar makes me confused everytime

Trips · 12-16-2009, 12:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by phelan

supra...DO WANT.

and your avatar makes me confused everytime

I know who your talking about. lol DUDE!

G Fo12ce · 12-17-2009, 06:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by phelan

supra...DO WANT.

The Supra was a great car, again the only one I really miss. Had crazy reliability power on the stock engine, looked great, handled good, had a small back seat, and best of all the targa top was lot's of fun to take off.

I had some pretty rare parts on it too like that HKS Kansai carbon strut brace, the front lip from the high speed ring HKS Supra, real TRD hood and lots of other custom stuff.

motoextreme · 12-19-2009, 12:23 AM

Dig the Supra, thought about getting one for quite some time now but I know I would spend a mint on it so I've backed off.

If I was to list all the cars I've owned in the last 10 years I'd need my own site. I think I'm over 25 by now. I just lose interest before you know it but I'm really digging this car so far. Payment is low so I dont notice it, it's only in the shop when I put it there and not because of some stupid issue and most important...the mod parts are reasonable compared to exotics.

Looking forward to shooting the sh#$ in Cerritos if I don't have to fly out of the Country, hopefully I'll know soon.

Thanks for the read...something to do when the wife passed out.

schrute · 12-19-2009, 04:06 AM

Nice cars. Love the Supra. A guy at work has a black Turbo, looks a lot like yours. Me want.

ricky bobby · 12-19-2009, 04:18 AM

nice cars.

BLUESLATE · 12-19-2009, 04:31 AM

Quote:

-'92 240SX S13 Coupe. It was one of the few cars in the early days of the swap that had a successful SR conversion. Done by a group of enthusiasts, one of which was well off and had a shop to support his love of cars called V-SPEC. Couple guys you may know from there were Ricky Chu (Super Steet and Wayne from Phase2Motortrend (awesome GTR now, so jealous). This car looked like a sleeper but had many HKS bolt-ons. The swap was featured in Super Street, article by Brent Romans.

I would love to see your S13. And oh man that Supra looks straight up money!

I'm surprised that you haven't owned a S2000 in the past.

G Fo12ce · 12-19-2009, 06:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BLUESLATE

I would love to see your S13. And oh man that Supra looks straight up money!

I'm surprised that you haven't owned a S2000 in the past.

The S13 was featured on a swap article in 2000 or 2001 maybe? In a black and white Super Street article. It was like a genral step by step. It was pretty much stock on the outside except the exhaust. It was a real sleeper. If I can find the article at home I'll get it scanned. I actually had a stock S14 as well and was amassing parts for the RB25DET I had but that project didn't make it either. I couldn't afford to have that project and another car at the same time so had to give it up. Would have been cool though.

Funny thing is I was looking at AP2 S2k's but decided on the Z route instead.

Thanks for all the nice comments guys!

12-15-2009, 09:14 PM	#1 (permalink)
G Fo12ce Premium Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Socal Posts: 996 Drives: Sold! Rep Power: 52	G Fo12ce: New Member From So.Cal, Intro & Previous Cars Warning: long, read when bored lol. I wrote it when I was... Alright, so finally getting around to this. I used the site to gather info before purchasing my car and contributed along the way. The site has a lot of great info and members and I'm glad to be a part. I decided to pitch in and become a premium member. I haven't taken pics of the car as of yet so I'll try to add those soon. I'll throw in a few pics of previous cars though. I live in Southern California, South Orange County, Mission Viejo to be exact. I'm a big hockey fan. And no, I'm not a Ducks fan . I've been following the NHL since before they existed and am an L.A. Kings fan! In fact my brother and I always say, our favorite team is the Kings and our second favorite team is who ever is playing the Ducks lol. Despite my age (mid 30's) I've been know to nerd out on the occasional video game. What can I say, I'm from the video game era. I do play some PS3 and some World of Warcraft (unless there is impending wife aggro). My gut suggests like most people I like to have good food, especially with family and freinds. Of course, I'm also a big car enthusiast. In fact, I used to work in the aftermarket/high-peformance industry for about 10 years. For the last 5 years though I have worked for the County I live in and it has nothing to do with cars. I worked for Stillen where I did Customer Service, Technical Support Liaison between R&D/Service and the customer then finally Purchasing. I also helped out Mainstream Productions (Import Showoff) for a short time. I went on to work for HKS for about 4 years where I did Sales and Tech Support and continued to judge a few Import Showoff's here and there before I stopped. Then finally I worked for Sparco mainly handling the tuning and racing lines of product. I really enjoyed myself and am thankful for the knowledge and experiences I had while in those positions. I've been out of the scene as an insider for a while but I still have a passion for cars and will be participating here on the forums and at what ever events my work schedule will allow. On the last couple cars I've had I was able to get some nice upgrades relatively fast. What I would do is sell the car and use the equity to put down or buy then next car. Then the parts I had I would sell separate and use the money as my fun fund for wheels and suspension or whatever. This time around I had to use my equity and fun money to put down on the Nismo Z I bought in order to get the payment where I needed it. So this car will be a much slower built up I sort of promised my wife I'd chillax for a bit too. So here are the cars I've owned, I'll try to be breif. My very first car was a Nissan: NO PICS: -It was an '87 Sentra. What can I say, my parents bought it for me. Through part time jobs I was able to put some cheap Enkei wheels on it, Suspension Technique springs, Tokiko shocks, a cat back exhaust, fog lights and a stereo system. -I then had a '93 Sentra SE-R. It had Ground Control suspension, Work wheels, full exhaust, intake, stereo system and Jim Wolf tune. This car became a sitter when I pulled the engine to do a Pulsar GTI-R swap (SR20DET) before I had it all ready to go. I sold it years later unfinished. Lessons learned... -Toyota Corolla GTS (AE86 notch back) Only had cat back and intake. The Hachi-Roku was a fun car, and all before I knew of Takumi (Initial D Fans will get it ) PICS NOW: -'92 240SX S13 Coupe. It was one of the few cars in the early days of the swap that had a successful SR conversion. Done by a group of enthusiasts, one of which was well off and had a shop to support his love of cars called V-SPEC. Couple guys you may know from there were Ricky Chu (Super Steet and Wayne from Phase2Motortrend (awesome GTR now, so jealous). This car looked like a sleeper but had many HKS bolt-ons. The swap was featured in Super Street, article by Brent Romans HERE I'm the only non-asian guy there: Before I put the HKS suspension on (the SR is so much ligher that the KA the front is high after the swap!) More pics on the link above. -After realizing I could get something cooler with the build up/money I had planned in my mind for the 240 I got this Supra (featured in the Apr '03 issue of Super Street Maganzine (I'll link the article later): [IMG][/IMG] To make a long story short this car had all the HKS upgrades and then some lol. This is the only car I regret selling but I was starting a new chapter in my life getting married and buying a house and I thought it was the best thing at the time. I made a killing on it though and it paved the way for future cars/upgrades. -Next up was an '03 G35 Coupe. It had a Brembo upgrade, Volk LE37T's. HKS Suspension and Exh, a JWT intake, and Gialla Corsa Grill: After the G I got an IX EVO MR. Mostly HKS Bolt-ons, wheels and suspension: -Lastly before the new Z I had an E46 M3 SMG. Again a few bolt-ons, suspesion, wheels and some exterior accessories: I'm going to try and wash the Z this weekend and get some pics up in the new owner section. I got a 2010 PW Nismo and I'm very happy with it. I promised the wife I'd keep it for longer than the last car so I should be around a while lol! I hoped you enjoyed the read. Last edited by G Fo12ce; 02-28-2010 at 12:43 PM.

12-15-2009, 09:39 PM	#2 (permalink)
NYBladeZ A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: New York Posts: 2,158 Drives: Lotus Exige S Rep Power: 20	congrat man and welcome to the forum I'm sure with your expertise you'll have a lot to add to the forum. __________________ 2009 Carbon Fiber/Red 370z aka Trish: Sports Package, Meisterschaft full catback, Fast Intentions Longtube Headers, Injen Long Tube Intakes, UpRev Tune: Sold 2008 Lotus Exige S Club Racer aka Bella, always leaves me smiling

12-16-2009, 12:37 PM	#8 (permalink)
phelan A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: CA Age: 38 Posts: 9,513 Drives: Scoobaroo Rep Power: 3406	supra...DO WANT. and your avatar makes me confused everytime __________________ 凛 ('Rin') - 2009 Nissan 370Z With silence comes peace. With peace comes freedom. With freedom comes silence.

12-19-2009, 12:23 AM	#11 (permalink)
motoextreme Track Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Chino Hills, CA Posts: 971 Drives: Nismo NO MODS! Rep Power: 369	Dig the Supra, thought about getting one for quite some time now but I know I would spend a mint on it so I've backed off. If I was to list all the cars I've owned in the last 10 years I'd need my own site. I think I'm over 25 by now. I just lose interest before you know it but I'm really digging this car so far. Payment is low so I dont notice it, it's only in the shop when I put it there and not because of some stupid issue and most important...the mod parts are reasonable compared to exotics. Looking forward to shooting the sh#$ in Cerritos if I don't have to fly out of the Country, hopefully I'll know soon. Thanks for the read...something to do when the wife passed out. __________________ Fast Intensions / NST / Mishimoto / Alpine / JDM / Volk / Brembo / Rotora / Seibon / Stillen / Password: JDM / KW / MR Works / RAW / Sun Auto / B&M / Amplified Motorsports

12-19-2009, 04:06 AM	#12 (permalink)
schrute Track Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: utah Posts: 781 Drives: my z every day Rep Power: 17	Nice cars. Love the Supra. A guy at work has a black Turbo, looks a lot like yours. Me want. __________________ my journal \| 2009 370z touring \| 6mt \| platinum graphite \| my album second skin \| mr works \| fast intentions \| ssr \| eibach \| hotchkis \| spc \| toyo \| bluebatmobile \| v-led \| jwt \| ventureshield \| tinted tails

12-16-2009, 12:40 AM	#4 (permalink)
gladeslvrcoq Base Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: everglades of OC Posts: 115 Drives: 55 Rep Power: 15	SUPRA.......

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