What did you do with your Z today

DIGItonium · 07-28-2011, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by kenchan

oh ok!

cool. i thought you were abandoning ship to get a KIA and start taking ballet lessons or something to fulfill your dream.

lol

Haha speaking of which, the new Kia Optima was indeed our rental car to Houston. It's probably our best rental car compared to the Cobalt and Focus. People actually stop me to ask about the car, and I tell them it's a rental. Furthermore, my parent's '08 Accord was traded in for a turbo Sonata last month.

Haha... on topic, I ghetto-rigged my camera to my steering wheel (upside down) with masking tape to record various "before" videos yesterday. A good video for comparision is probably the 3rd gear pull to redline from 50 MPH.

98intrigue · 07-28-2011, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by DIGItonium

Haha speaking of which, the new Kia Optima was indeed our rental car to Houston. It's probably our best rental car compared to the Cobalt and Focus. People actually stop me to ask about the car, and I tell them it's a rental. Furthermore, my parent's '08 Accord was traded in for a turbo Sonata last month.

Haha... on topic, I ghetto-rigged my camera to my steering wheel (upside down) with masking tape to record various "before" videos yesterday. A good video for comparision is probably the 3rd gear pull to redline from 50 MPH.

Haha, I was trying to think of how to mount my GoPro to record speedometer vids...I may have to try your method.

kenchan · 07-28-2011, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by LunaZ

On yesterday's kenchan, a couple of ricer kids in a work-in-progress CRX pulled up next to me at a light and tried to goad me into a race. I did what was a typical launch for me when I'm at the front of the line and have open road in front of me; Putting as much power down as I can without squealing the tyres and quickly accelerating to the speed limit. The CRX driver dumped the clutch as he was letting off the gas and stalled it at the light.

I never could understand why ricers do the whole womp-womp-womp revving thing while... well, while pulling away from any stopped position.
They caught up to me with a ricer fly-by, hit the brakes hard and rode next to me with their engine bouncing off the rev limiter. I was quite impressed!

lol. over the weekend i had a hellaflushthetoilet MR2 following me around after my quick photoshoot. He lined up next to me and was waiting for the road to merge past this one intersection. obviously i sensed he wanted me to gun it to see if his hellaflushatoilet could smoke the living shitt out of the kenchan.

so as usual i just slowed down to let the boy pass. the light at the intersection ahead was green but suddenly we saw this hyundai running a redlight about 100ft in front of us.

doh!

if i would've gunned it a second or two earlier, that flushatoilet would've been broadsided and really flushed down the toilet.

so i saved the boy's life... yet he still floored the living crap out of his flushatoilet after we passed the intersection going well over 80 in a 35mph zone.

these kids just dont get it.

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Originally Posted by onzedge

So, Kenchan is a name, a noun and a verb. Cool.

hummm...im a busy guy.

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Originally Posted by ODEHBOY

my Z seen rain for the first time today

my G looks like a moving pile of crap right now with all the grime from the last few days of rain.

naw, she actually looks pretty clean cause rain sheets off of it thanks to my sealant... but needs a nice wash tonight fo sure.

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Originally Posted by DIGItonium

Haha speaking of which, the new Kia Optima was indeed our rental car to Houston. It's probably our best rental car compared to the Cobalt and Focus. People actually stop me to ask about the car, and I tell them it's a rental. Furthermore, my parent's '08 Accord was traded in for a turbo Sonata last month.

Haha... on topic, I ghetto-rigged my camera to my steering wheel (upside down) with masking tape to record various "before" videos yesterday. A good video for comparision is probably the 3rd gear pull to redline from 50 MPH.

in all honestly that optima looks better than any corolla and the new civic's. so KIA is on the right path. it actually reminds me of a lexus when looked at from certain angles.

accord getting its arse handed by a sonata turbo, huh? well, the current accord isn't THAT impressive so it was just a matter of time, huh?

honda's are very lacking these days as far as fun cars. i use to be more of a honda guy but now im a Nissan guy.

i probably use masking tape the most ouf of all tapes i use. it's great. unlike duct tape no residue, easy to cut with your fingers, pretty strong for temporary solution, etc.

red6spd · 07-28-2011, 12:55 PM

Woke up at 7am and spent 4 and a half hours detailing her.

kenchan · 07-28-2011, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by red6spd

Woke up at 7am and spent 4 and a half hours detailing her.

must see picts.

red6spd · 07-28-2011, 12:58 PM

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Originally Posted by kenchan

must see picts.

I'm taking a break LOL.. Soon.

FromG2Z · 07-28-2011, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by onzedge

So, Kenchan is a name, a noun and a verb. Cool.

What did I start?!?!?!?

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Originally Posted by ODEHBOY

my Z seen rain for the first time today

eeeek sorry to hear bro. My G never got rained on, had it for 7 years. Z no rain yet either... no plans to either

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Originally Posted by Mt Tam I am

GET OFF my Kenchan man!

Can't it be an adjective too. Instead of saying it is a traditional Z car, it is a "Kenchan Z car" may become a possibility.

haha....

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Originally Posted by wh1te370z

I took a ride in the stock 1M on a set of slicks with a pro driver and that car is pretty crazy. I couldnt imagine what it would be like w a couple mods.

new 2011 1M maybe be fast, but I'm sorry, that thing is fugly.

kenchan · 07-28-2011, 02:08 PM

worked on tweaking the midlevel and shadows on the picts i took over the weekend on my new macbook.

i think CLP's the way to go in the hot sun as i can get more saturation and easier to control the levels later on in photoshop.

(thanks mr.onzedge!) with just the UV filter im finding that i need to add saturation later by a slight bit as exposure is too high, camera looses definition between the shadow areas (like around the wheelwell, tire side wall, wheel spokes, etc).

cant wait to try taking picts this weekend in raw and try editing that next week...as it might be just the camera's decoding that's causing this.

98intrigue · 07-28-2011, 02:22 PM

Just dropped off my Z to have the single exhaust made. Said I should be able to pick it up tomorrow!

kenchan · 07-28-2011, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by 98intrigue

Just dropped off my Z to have the single exhaust made. Said I should be able to pick it up tomorrow!

cool!

Alchemy · 07-28-2011, 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by onzedge

Mr. Kenchan,

One never sells a Z -- unless, of course, you find yourself with a 1985 300 ZX 2+2 Automatic. If you do, the do the Z world a favor and push it off a cliff.

Lol, my first car was a 1984 300zx 2+2 MANUAL. What a rust bucket!!! I loved it though and it sparked a life long love for Z cars. Drove that girl into the ground.

kenchan · 07-28-2011, 03:53 PM

those 300ZX's were definitely cool looking cars. i have a 1/24 tamiya i made almost 20yrs ago.

even my tamiya is MT.

BeachZTT · 07-28-2011, 05:21 PM

My daughter's first car was an 86 Z31 5spd, loaded, even the "Bitchen Betty". She came home from school for xmas her freshman year and spun it into a crepe myrtle on xmas eve. She was fine but the front of the Z bent to the radiator. Kept it for two years until I found the right new home for it. Young kid in the club bought a similar car to find the engine was toast. He swapped the drive train out of ours and just got it running about two months ago. Another great save.

SPOHN · 07-28-2011, 05:33 PM

Received my oil pressure and water temp gauge.

Alchemy · 07-28-2011, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by ODEHBOY

my Z seen rain for the first time today

Itll live. Wish mine could be a garage baby. My Z has seen every storm, rain,snow & even hail since I got her in 09. Her underbelly still looks brand new. The real thing thats killin her are rock chips!!! Got a few real nice ones on the hood

07-28-2011, 12:55 PM	#4309 (permalink)
red6spd A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Long Island NY Posts: 3,277 Drives: 2010 Z Coupe M6 SPT Rep Power: 21	Woke up at 7am and spent 4 and a half hours detailing her. __________________ 2010 Base+Sport 6spd: Stillen G3, FI Non-Resonated CBE, FI Non-Resonated Test Pipes, UpRev Tuned, Custom 24R Oil Cooler, JDM Rear Fog-OEM Harness. ???Whp ???WTQ (Will find out come spring time)

07-28-2011, 02:22 PM	#4314 (permalink)
98intrigue A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Clearwater, FL Age: 39 Posts: 4,855 Drives: 2014 Viper Rep Power: 430	Just dropped off my Z to have the single exhaust made. Said I should be able to pick it up tomorrow! __________________ Ryan - 2014 Stryker Green Viper Gone - a few Vipers and a couple turbo VQs

07-28-2011, 05:21 PM	#4318 (permalink)
BeachZTT Track Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Colorado Posts: 746 Drives: '10 BC ZR T/S/Nav Rep Power: 17	My daughter's first car was an 86 Z31 5spd, loaded, even the "Bitchen Betty". She came home from school for xmas her freshman year and spun it into a crepe myrtle on xmas eve. She was fine but the front of the Z bent to the radiator. Kept it for two years until I found the right new home for it. Young kid in the club bought a similar car to find the engine was toast. He swapped the drive train out of ours and just got it running about two months ago. Another great save. __________________ '10 ZR Black Cherry Sport/Touring/Nav, Swift Springs, Stillen G3s, 15mm-F 20mm-R Spacers, SPC, Spoiler Solutions Rear Wing, Stubby Antenna

07-28-2011, 05:33 PM	#4319 (permalink)
SPOHN A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Covington, GA Age: 46 Posts: 14,844 Drives: Waiting on next Z Rep Power: 221	Received my oil pressure and water temp gauge. __________________

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07-28-2011, 02:08 PM	#4313 (permalink)
kenchan A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: N/A Posts: 76,801 Drives: N/A Rep Power: 141521	worked on tweaking the midlevel and shadows on the picts i took over the weekend on my new macbook. i think CLP's the way to go in the hot sun as i can get more saturation and easier to control the levels later on in photoshop. (thanks mr.onzedge!) with just the UV filter im finding that i need to add saturation later by a slight bit as exposure is too high, camera looses definition between the shadow areas (like around the wheelwell, tire side wall, wheel spokes, etc). cant wait to try taking picts this weekend in raw and try editing that next week...as it might be just the camera's decoding that's causing this.

07-28-2011, 03:53 PM	#4317 (permalink)
kenchan A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: N/A Posts: 76,801 Drives: N/A Rep Power: 141521	those 300ZX's were definitely cool looking cars. i have a 1/24 tamiya i made almost 20yrs ago. even my tamiya is MT.