So I drive an A, but my friend drives a Z!

[dcrew1x]

Welcome to the forums

If it's your buddy's first sports car, I'd say go easy and forget boost. Stick with or at least start with bolt ons.

Like others have mentioned, Stillen Gen3 CAI, Stillen/FI CBE should be good for starters; I'd skip headers and upgrade HFC's instead.

[kkruel55]

Hey thanks guys... Maybe bolt ons is the way to go for now. I don't want to have to buy more than one exhaust for tt though. Can I get some suggestions of exhaust? I'm trying to avoid the fast intentions exhaust, too gurgle-y lol

[iKnoYooNikka]

Strytnyne how dare you bring your Mazdaspeed3 here I already told you these guys eat your car alive?!

Well Dreamer the owner is from Houston and Strytnyne and I live about an hour east of that towards Louisiana...and yourself? If you say EP that's a good 11hr's away, ATX is 4, DFW is 4-5.

50 sounds good for the rear fog I kinda dig it myself, but 150 for the wiring! I do like that oem fitment button though and if that's the only way to get that look I'm sure he won't care.

For in-dash navi he wants to fill that spot with likely a 7"like they have here. I'm not saying he's going with that setup, but this is similar to what he has described to be looking for.

I love Pioneer in-dash navi and have never gotten to own a Kenwood unit, but I'm sure if its anywhere near their HU's it'll be on par with what he needs. His main concern is that he wants bluetooth so he can talk handsfree to his lovely gf while he's commuting...I'll let him post pics of her at his will. He's still waiting on internet he just posted from his iPhone lol

[Strytnyne]

rofl i just wanted to see what all the fuss was about XD, keith still keeping the z clean i hope!

[theDreamer]

Originally Posted by iKnoYooNikka

Strytnyne how dare you bring your Mazdaspeed3 here I already told you these guys eat your car alive?!

Well Dreamer the owner is from Houston and Strytnyne and I live about an hour east of that towards Louisiana...and yourself? If you say EP that's a good 11hr's away, ATX is 4, DFW is 4-5.

50 sounds good for the rear fog I kinda dig it myself, but 150 for the wiring! I do like that oem fitment button though and if that's the only way to get that look I'm sure he won't care.

For in-dash navi he wants to fill that spot with likely a 7"like they have here. I'm not saying he's going with that setup, but this is similar to what he has described to be looking for.

I love Pioneer in-dash navi and have never gotten to own a Kenwood unit, but I'm sure if its anywhere near their HU's it'll be on par with what he needs. His main concern is that he wants bluetooth so he can talk handsfree to his lovely gf while he's commuting...I'll let him post pics of her at his will.

Be careful what you say.
I would suggest against anything in the cubby, mainly because of fitment issues. Houston, needs to hit up the Texas section and find some meet ups. Standard one for Houston is monthly, second Sunday of each month at 10:30 at Uptown Park along I-10.

Exhaust suggestions, well hopefully soon I can recommend Berk but beyond that you have Stillen, AAM, JDM options (HKS, Amuse, etc.), and a few others.

[theDreamer]

Originally Posted by kkruel55

Hey thanks guys... Maybe bolt ons is the way to go for now. I don't want to have to buy more than one exhaust for tt though. Can I get some suggestions of exhaust? I'm trying to avoid the fast intentions exhaust, too gurgle-y lol

Well if you got supercharger you can keep your 2.5" exhaust (if it is true dual), and hopefully soon we will see how a 2.5" exhaust performs with a TT kit on the Z. I am sure if you want unlimited power (550+) you will want a 3" exhaust with a TT kit, but it all depends on what path you plan on going.

[iKnoYooNikka]

He's still a padawan when it comes to the forums but funny you mention that bc I already put that meet in my calendar, Nissans and Coffee right? I'm not sure if I will be there but I'll try to get him to go out there and socialize.

Personally to be budget, safe, and efficeint, he could just use his portable GPS unit and seat it somehow in that little cubby, but then the dumb door gets in the way so you have to remove that and then if the gps unit is NOT there then you have a huge hole in your center console for baby birds to sit and poop in. I'm going to just look at what kits there are and what custom work is done and I'm pretty good at car audio stuff so we'll figure something out for him. Portable gps' these days even come with bluetooth, but some are better quality than others. It may not look the hottest but it'll be a good temp setup to utilize.

Whatever exhaust you recommend it better be quiet as hell bc he is rev happy and practices revving his Z even when he's playing Forza 3.

[theDreamer]

Rev happy, oh I think plenty of us here are like that.
One idea for the portable GPS unit is to mount it on the left by the A-pillar, out of the way, but in clear view to use. If you do get some cubby work done please share.
Yep, Datsun/Nissan and coffee, it is a nice time to chat with people and meet other enthusiasts.

[iKnoYooNikka]

ok I can understand every now and then but no he is very rev happy like before he even presses Engine Start he mimics the revving sound of the VQ with his mouth and it actually almost sounds like the damn car already started.

Yes A-pillar is a good idea and probably better for the mic on the unit too for bluetooth calls. We'll have to experiment with that. Any kind of progress we make with that hole you will know.

I'm going to really try to make this meet...I don't have a love for coffee but I do get hyped when I'm surrounded by cars that think I'm in a stock rsx and proceed to poke fun.

[Strytnyne]

Originally Posted by iKnoYooNikka

ok I can understand every now and then but no he is very rev happy like before he even presses Engine Start he mimics the revving sound of the VQ with his mouth and it actually almost sounds like the damn car already started.

Yes A-pillar is a good idea and probably better for the mic on the unit too for bluetooth calls. We'll have to experiment with that. Any kind of progress we make with that hole you will know.

I'm going to really try to make this meet...I don't have a love for coffee but I do get hyped when I'm surrounded by cars that think I'm in a stock rsx and proceed to poke fun.

its ok, i can drink the coffee while u converse =], to his defense vq's sound pretty damn sexy... if he gets ap we can go get tuned together!

[Drift Motion]

those are nice pictures....i want a good camera like that....sigh

[iKnoYooNikka]

Strytnyne is actually the one behind the camera. You could PM him about any details about photography he's pretty helpful. On top of that he details. He actually detailed the Z in just before those shots.