Convince me to get a Nismo 370z.

spearfish25

Base with sport is faster than a Nismo. If that's not convincing enough, then I don't know what is. Unless you want to spend money on Nismo stitching and garish front and rear fascias...then get a Nismo.

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frost

I had both of my seats custom done in leather with the Z logo for $1k. Seems like a better deal.

Minicobra1

Test drive both, see if you think it's worth it. IM0 performance is very close, I would say go with the Nismo if you prefer the looks, body kit, wheels, wing, etc.

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DirtyDave

Care to enlighten us as to what exactly makes a base with sport faster than a Nismo. I respect a lot of the opinions that say a Nismo may not be as good a value as a base/sport but let's not get carried away.

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1slow370

actually depending on who did the testing the nismo either handles marginaly better, the same, or marginally worse than a sport package. when it comes to suspension you scarifice ride quality with the nismo being stiffer yet track testing has shown there is almost no gain at all in actual performance. The car has a hair more power than a sport and yet it still runs nearly identical times on the track. The only place a nismo really beats a sport is in a straight line in which case u should have bought a camaro or a base+sport+HFC's and exhaust. You do not have a hardcore race tuned machine, you have a riced up sports package with a shatty stereo. Look at the difference between a regular 350z and a nismo 350z it makes the nismo 370 look like a fricken rip off for 39k plus change you should be significantly faster than my 8,000 dollar less car, I spent 4,000 so far in the aftermarket and i have a better stereo, more power, and a faster handling car than someone who paid double what i did for those same upgrades but worse.

Edit: and I am NOT jealous of a nismo because i almost bought one until i realized it really is just a bunch of flash with no real substance for an extra 30% of the price of the car.

DirtyDave

Dude, all I asked was for Spearfish to justify his statement. I can go all day without your rants.

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1slow370

sorry if it's rantish but it's justification. All of the magazine tests (as well as others) show no more than a .1G improvement on the skid pad if that I have four or 5 different ones laying around my house if you don't want to read it online. Identical part numbers on the brakes and pads unless you opt for the nismo race compound (note car and driver drove one into a wall thanks to the nismo not being equipped with upgraded pads) so the brakes are the exact same as the sport. and many forum members have posted up audio and exhaust threads that have more power and better quality. For the price of a nismo you could even have a KW set of coilovers added then there would be no comparison.

Edit: just read the one xfrgtr posted when road and track did the nismo the results go up and down between the two for the whole test.