Base and mods or nismo?

billaJ · 05-15-2018, 03:48 PM

Base + Sport it is then. I am going to really enjoy beefing this car up NA. I really have a lot to learn about all this! I appreciate the help on making a decision.

-James

Nixin · 05-15-2018, 04:09 PM

Good luck with your mods billaJ. Just remember, the SEARCH function is your best friend on this forum. Cheers!

2011 Nismo#91 · 05-15-2018, 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Nixin

Good luck with your mods billaJ. Just remember, the SEARCH function is your best friend on this forum. Cheers!

Well Google search this forum. Works much better. And enjoy.

JM1911 · 05-15-2018, 05:26 PM

I went with the Nismo partly based on reasons Gomer stated above. Personally I have been down the heavily modified body route with a previous Z and didn't care to walk that road again. The Nismo gave me the aesthetics that I really wanted without wanting to change much. The same can be said with the interior. You get the Recaro's plus a handful of Alcantara thrown about the interior with lots of red stitch accents.

From a performance standpoint you get quite a few struts and braces that are not on the the other models. If you can find a picture of the undercarriage of a 15+ Nismo its a bit more obvious. You also get a true dual exhaust which has an H pipe instead of a Y pipe and the HKS Nismo muffler. Personally I changed these parts eventually anyways so it likely wont matter if you plan on getting an aftermarket catback. I think the Nismo is laughably quiet stock and was the first thing I changed. Besides that like everyone else has said most the differences are purely cosmetic.

370z2Fast · 05-16-2018, 11:22 AM

I bought the sport and added an oil cooler, stillen Gen 3, lowering springs, HKS cat back and got a good tune. I also added the new front Nismo bumper as well as the Nismo back.
I love the look of the sport package rims with the new Nismo conversion. Definitely lighter and quicker than the actual Nismo package.

05-15-2018, 03:48 PM	#16 (permalink)
billaJ Base Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Fl Age: 37 Posts: 15 Drives: 370z Rep Power: 15	Base + Sport it is then. I am going to really enjoy beefing this car up NA. I really have a lot to learn about all this! I appreciate the help on making a decision. -James 2011 Nismo#91 and JM1911 like this.

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05-15-2018, 04:09 PM	#17 (permalink)
Nixin A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: GWN Posts: 3,488 Drives: Goodbye Z! Rep Power: 19833	Good luck with your mods billaJ. Just remember, the SEARCH function is your best friend on this forum. Cheers!

05-15-2018, 05:26 PM	#19 (permalink)
JM1911 Base Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Southern California Posts: 7 Drives: 2015 Nismo 370Z Rep Power: 10	I went with the Nismo partly based on reasons Gomer stated above. Personally I have been down the heavily modified body route with a previous Z and didn't care to walk that road again. The Nismo gave me the aesthetics that I really wanted without wanting to change much. The same can be said with the interior. You get the Recaro's plus a handful of Alcantara thrown about the interior with lots of red stitch accents. From a performance standpoint you get quite a few struts and braces that are not on the the other models. If you can find a picture of the undercarriage of a 15+ Nismo its a bit more obvious. You also get a true dual exhaust which has an H pipe instead of a Y pipe and the HKS Nismo muffler. Personally I changed these parts eventually anyways so it likely wont matter if you plan on getting an aftermarket catback. I think the Nismo is laughably quiet stock and was the first thing I changed. Besides that like everyone else has said most the differences are purely cosmetic.

05-16-2018, 11:22 AM	#20 (permalink)
370z2Fast Base Member Join Date: Apr 2018 Location: Idaho Posts: 28 Drives: 2015 Nissan 370Z Rep Power: 3362	I bought the sport and added an oil cooler, stillen Gen 3, lowering springs, HKS cat back and got a good tune. I also added the new front Nismo bumper as well as the Nismo back. I love the look of the sport package rims with the new Nismo conversion. Definitely lighter and quicker than the actual Nismo package.