Leather, nav, Bose

This thread will never end

Ever...


I vote put the Nismo badges

I vote put the GT500 Cobra emblem.

:iagree:

For the hard core Top Gear fans, I want a Trumpchi badge

I did a full Nismo conversion and I installed an eBay Nismo emblem! But I don't give a DAMN what others think about that, it's my car and it looks sick. LOL

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7041/6...816e808a_b.jpg

You don't have a Nosmo you bastard!!! They didn't even come in blue!!!
LOL

Nice Ride!

lol, I want a Captain Slow Badge!
http://www.officialproducts.co.uk/sh...slow-front.jpg

i vote to put the nismo badge up-side-down: ow2!u

now THAT will get the attention you want, scruffy. :rofl2:

A fully loaded touring with nismo exterior and 40th interior will be epic...that's unicorn and you can put whatever badge on it you want....custom make a batch "Nismo 40th 1 of 1"

Holy crap a lot of people are looking at this thread right now

haha, you're such a trouble maker

Trust me, I planned to do that at the point where I ordered my car, i found out that the Nissan in Europe had the Magnetic Black (I didn't care for the hint of purple paint) 40th anniversary edition w/ Nav. I had high hopes and even called Nissan HQ only to disappoint.

I would have converted that 40th to a Nismo. all I had to say was, WHY?!?

I also led to thinking, hmm, which badge would I keep?!?

Lol, at that point, I'd badge that bitch to high hell, Nissan Datsun 370Z Fairlady Z 40th Nismo with ALL the damn placards! (With one mod)
The Nismo would say 0001, and the 40th would have to say 1 of 1 bitch

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If only the nismo was actually faster than a regular Z, then that fancy body kit would make a lot more sense. Save your money OP, or drop in a turbo kit so that body kit will have some use.

And make sure you hang a stuffed animal on your exhaust wahaha

I troll

I think if a true nismo conversion is done, adding the badge is fine. But not if it's half mixed with other parts. ie Amuse front, stillen sides and Nismo rear. LOL Keep it real or get out. LOL

oh yah, scruffy, you're going to need factory nismo wheels too. :D

that's the only nismo bit i have on my car.

Trollololol

I'd love to, but lately i'm finding myself tracking a lot more and would like to get another set of 18" aftermarket.
And my fiancee already powdercoated my Sports Rays wheel...ekk.

I guess I can't rock a Nismo badge with Sports Rays. haha :driving:

scruffy, no no no... you WANTS authentic factory nismo wheels to match your nismo body. :icon17:

(now kenchan playing games)

He got the girly version of the s2000

s2k all girly. :stirthepot: ;)

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Crowdsourced 370z
 

Similarly, the Crowdsourced 370z - converted from a sport version 370z to a Nismo Body kit didn't badge it with anything, not even the 370z on the left side.

http://images.thecarconnection.com/l...00418835_l.jpg
http://images.thecarconnection.com/l...00418836_l.jpg

Does it look kinda empty without any badges?
Compared to:
http://www.webwombat.com.au/motoring...0z-nismo-2.jpg

Then he didn't want a Nismo in the first place end of story.

I would put it on if I were in your position scuffy!

Not true at all. I wanted all the luxuary features with amenities just like the one straight from Japan. If you do a search on the JDM Nismo 370z, they even have a front 180 camera as an option.

http://i358.photobucket.com/albums/o...psf889e0eb.png
http://i358.photobucket.com/albums/o...ps8bc7f9e1.png

I just decided to convert a Fully loaded Sport/Touring/Nav one to Nismo rather than to spend my first 3 years driving in a bare minimal standard features as my daily driver.

I've actually researched a lot to see what separated the Nismo trim from all the other Base/Sport Models and how much I would have to spend in both situations, created BOM of parts I need to order, etc.

Turns out most of the Performance related stuff even if I have gotten a NISMO 370z, I would have thrown most those things out and have upgraded it. (I.E. Suspension -> KW V3, Sways -> Whiteline, Exhaust, etc, etc)

Back in 2008 when I first saw the 370z in the car show room floor. I fell in love with the Alcantara/Leather seats with the integrated Climate Control to the nav. I'm not trying to talk down about the Nismo but the Nismo they sold here lacked all of those features.

Like I tell the G37 guys that put Skyline badging on their cars.................We don't live in Japan.

Then next, you didn't want a Nismo because you would have thrown the performance parts out, once again you didn't REALLY want a Nismo.

Why does this thread even exist?

Would I put Nismo badging on my Sport because I wanted the auto instead of the 6mt? No, not even if I went to all the effort to make it a Nismo wannabe.

Wow, you're a pretty closed minded person. If I did really wanted a Nismo and actually bought one, I would still throw out all those performance parts as I would want to upgrade to better ones. It doesn't mean I didn't want a Nismo version. People mod their Nismo 370z with the same mods I have on my car ALL THE TIME.

You're not making any sense anymore. Did I get an AUTO? It's like IF I did started off with a NISMO 370z and started putting all the Touring Package stuff back in (because it wasn't offered) then are you saying I never wanted a Nismo 370z to begin with? What I really want is a Touring + Nav and not a NISMO? - That makes no sense at all.

I wanted both the Nismo body kit and the Touring package, in the end of it, regardless of which car I would have started with, it's the same result.

Honestly OP, I wouldn't do it... There are to many badges and emblems on the Nismo Z as it is. I debadged mine, so if you really want it I'll sale it to you, lol.

hi scruffy- i think the nismo is more of an all driving car, not a daily driver type...meaning, bare minimum convenience things and light as possible. i would not have been surprised if they released a stripped version like the s2k CR with a/c and basic stereo as an option. :)

your goal is to have all the luxury of the touring and the nismo styling. it's one of a kind.

mr. gurney converted his 40th to nismo body kit with nismo wheels. looks fantastic. :tup: very original.

now going back to the nismo badge... that's completely up to you.

Maybe I will take it. The back of my Altima could use dressing up. ;)

Do it, who cares what the others say.

:tup:, I was going to put in on my Tacoma just to see if anybody would say anything.

In that case, maybe I will just pick up a "Type R" badge from ebay. Maybe even get one for the Z at the same time.:tup:

Thank you mr. kenchan, but my car is not a 40th; it's a 2011 Sport Touring. My rims are painted 40th Quartz (KAV). :tup:

Your car scruffy, your call. My opinion? No badges. Take the opportunity when they paint your bumpers to shave the hamburgers.

Monday, Wednesday, Friday put the Nismo badge on. Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday take the badge off. Sunday take a break, put the z away and take your family with your mini-van do grocery shoppings. Problem solved.:tup:

I do know what you mean when it comes to the dedicated purpose of the Nismo 370z. I am about function too, but when it comes to weight, I don't think the weight difference of the Nav or additional electronics would have killed the performance of the Nismo. Unless it's a full blown race car, and I can say >95% of the Nismo 370z owners actually care about the stripped out stereo and turn it into a dedicated track car. They drive it daily/weekends and would prefer a nicer radio, a/c, possibly heated seats, integrated garage door opener, some maybe even automatic seat adjustments.

Maybe this is a stretch, but if you consider the GT-R for a second or a ///M3, they too have a standard Nav (GT-R w/ that PS3 display too) with all the bells and whistles. But then again those cars are a lot more expensive so one would expect that stuff to come std. I think it comes down to what the general market's willing to pay and what kind of customers they can attract.

A stripped down bare bone interior Nismo 370z at $42K, one would already question if it's really worth it. If they did try to market the JDM Nismo 370z in US, it would easily be another ~$7K-$10K. At that point, they'll realize that the market is very slim and they'll go back to what the general market would pay for and can live without. In the end I believe it's cost. This same goes with the 40th Anniversary edition, aside from US, outside market have the option to get it with a Nav. If you look at what they're already asking for the 40th Anniversary edition, we're already looking at $40K+ MSRP for the same car that's a lot less.

Thanks for the advice, but I already have a Magnetic Black 370z with Dark Gunmetal wheels and dark tint...the last thing I want is to have black pearl emblems or shaved emblems and make the car completely blacked out.

I would prefer to have the silver Nissan emblems just for some contrast in color. I actually kinda miss the Hyper silver wheels look sometime.
HAHA, maybe I will just do that. Right now I'm leaning towards not putting on the Nismo badge, just not sure if I should put the 370z emblem too. But who knows, maybe I will put the Nismo emblem on....i dunno