What did you do with your Z today VI (ON TOPIC DISCUSSION ONLY)

jpkirk · 06-01-2015, 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by need4speed255

Performed first oil change at 1,153 miles. It did take a while to figure out how to jack up the front end. I know I saw somewhere in the manual where to jack up the car other than the side locations but after searching through the manual multiple times I never could find it. I ended up driving the front wheels onto some 2 x 12 and 1 x 6 to raise the front end enough in order to fit the floor jack under the car. I ended up using the aluminum cross member behind the engine for a lift point.

Installed a larger than OE Bosch oil filter that happens to be used on my '99 Eclipse and the GTR. Win, win with one filter for both cars. Started investigating other brands of filters at some autoparts stores and found that the Bosch inlet holes are smaller than the OE filter. Same amount of holes but smaller. The outlet holes in the filter don't have as many as I would like to see either. The Mobil 1 and K&N filters looked very good. May switch up on the next change.

OE oil was still fairly clean looking in color.

Purolater PureONE PL14610 filter seems to be the filter of choice for many. That is what I have been using.

differnt pureone oil filter models

did I really just do this?

onzedge · 06-01-2015, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by jpkirk

Purolater PureONE PL14610 filter seems to be the filter of choice for many. That is what I have been using.

differnt pureone oil filter models

did I really just do this?

That is a nice choice.

I like the K&N HP-1008...

mishuko · 06-01-2015, 10:59 AM

amended my maintanence to include swapping the brake/clutch fluids to RBF 600 before my road trip... 2.5 more weeks!

:excited :

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Originally Posted by FairladyZ10PG

...took a total of 4.5hrs but it's done!

stillen g3 intake...

The end result is a very positive one & I must admit that I'm very proud of myself right now

Throttle seems more responsive and the

dyno approves! It also seems to have made my car louder by some measure

After I took this pic I noticed one side seemed to stick out more than the other so I pushed the other one in to make it more even

( Click to show/hide )

not bad! did you do it yoruself? Took me just under 4 hours to do with a friend... mind you taking the front facia off was the hardest part!

JARblue · 06-01-2015, 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by mishuko

amended my maintanence to include swapping the brake/clutch fluids to RBF 600 before my road trip... 2.5 more weeks!

:excited :

not bad! did you do it yoruself? Took me just under 4 hours to do with a friend... mind you taking the front facia off was the hardest part!

I'm still not understanding how it took some people so long. And the front fascia being the hardest part?

The front bumper shouldn't take more than 10 minutes to remove lol

Z_ealot · 06-01-2015, 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by JARblue

I'm still not understanding how it took some people so long. And the front fascia being the hardest part?

The front bumper shouldn't take more than 10 minutes to remove lol

Pretty sure someone mentioned an amuse front fascia being involved

FairladyZ10PG · 06-01-2015, 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by mishuko

amended my maintanence to include swapping the brake/clutch fluids to RBF 600 before my road trip... 2.5 more weeks!

:excited :

not bad! did you do it yoruself? Took me just under 4 hours to do with a friend... mind you taking the front facia off was the hardest part!

Yes! all by myself

If I had to install these again, I'm sure I can do it much faster!

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Originally Posted by JARblue

I'm still not understanding how it took some people so long. And the front fascia being the hardest part?

The front bumper shouldn't take more than 10 minutes to remove lol

Try having your car as low as mine and not have access to a low profile jack.

The regular jacks just don't fit under my car with the amuse (rep) side skirt, thus I had to remove the side skirt first before I can actually jack up the car to start removing the front bumper. It doesn't help that these side skirts have like 10 bolts and screws that needs to be undone so its very time consuming.
Plus I didn't have the correct rotary tool for this job so making the vents larger to fit the pipes took longer than it should have.
Instead of cutting I had to grind the air vents, which led to friction that caused heat that melted the plastic. I had to remove the plastic residue off the rotary tool every 30 seconds

The stock bumper at stock ride height I'm sure I can take it off in 10 mins

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Originally Posted by Z_ealot

Pretty sure someone mentioned an amuse front fascia being involved

kenchan · 06-01-2015, 01:00 PM

just backup on grass and ur bumper will come off immediately!

FairladyZ10PG · 06-01-2015, 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by kenchan

just backup on grass and ur bumper will come off immediately!

Yes! Permanently!

mishuko · 06-01-2015, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by JARblue

I'm still not understanding how it took some people so long. And the front fascia being the hardest part?

The front bumper shouldn't take more than 10 minutes to remove lol

trying to bend the liners without breaking them / not knowing how flexible they were plus little mechanical experience was my biggest road block

and then the couplings that came with the g3's were a bit tight and difficult so i decided to use the OEM ones with no problem

4 hours is probably a bit generous. more like 3... started after 9 and was done by 12 when i did it lol

JARblue · 06-01-2015, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Z_ealot

Pretty sure someone mentioned an amuse front fascia being involved

Oh yeah my bad ...

I should have clarified I was really referring to Mishuko because I think he has OEM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FairladyZ10PG

Try having your car as low as mine and not have access to a low profile jack.

The regular jacks just don't fit under my car with the amuse (rep) side skirt, thus I had to remove the side skirt first before I can actually jack up the car to start removing the front bumper. It doesn't help that these side skirts have like 10 bolts and screws that needs to be undone so its very time consuming.
Plus I didn't have the correct rotary tool for this job so making the vents larger to fit the pipes took longer than it should have.
Instead of cutting I had to grind the air vents, which led to friction that caused heat that melted the plastic. I had to remove the plastic residue off the rotary tool every 30 seconds

The stock bumper at stock ride height I'm sure I can take it off in 10 mins

Sounds like you need to invest in a low profile jack

Do you really have to lift the car to do the install? I know you can remove the OEM front bumper without lifting the car.

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Originally Posted by mishuko

trying to bend the liners without breaking them / not knowing how flexible they were plus little mechanical experience was my biggest road block

and then the couplings that came with the g3's were a bit tight and difficult so i decided to use the OEM ones with no problem

4 hours is probably a bit generous. more like 3... started after 9 and was done by 12 when i did it lol

You have OEM front bumper I thought ... so no excuses lol

Yeah I'm always wasting time somehow or another. 30 min jobs turn into an hour easy

JARblue · 06-01-2015, 03:54 PM

Made a reservation at Fontana Village for ZDayZ 2016. Except there are no cabins or lodge rooms available. I am on a wait list for both. Thought I would at least be able to book a lodge room

b15 · 06-01-2015, 04:39 PM

Home on a Monday and the sun finally came out. Took the Z for a quick spin. Also took off the wheels and cleaned the inside. Been meaning to do that for awhile. They look much better!

Waiz · 06-01-2015, 04:54 PM

Finally got my new car cover in, now I can finally wash my Z after the 3 weeks it's been sitting

We're under strict water restrictions in SoCal so we have to be really careful with our water usage

kenchan · 06-01-2015, 04:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Waiz

Finally got my new car cover in, now I can finally wash my Z after the 3 weeks it's been sitting

We're under strict water restrictions in SoCal so we have to be really careful with our water usage

griot's spray on car wash

no water needed.

TaroBaapG35 · 06-01-2015, 08:12 PM

Installed EVO-R Fog Light with help from a buddy @ Best Buy

Installing:

Installed:

Now just have to wait for FI Exhaust..:/ 3 weeks left.

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kenchan A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: N/A Posts: 76,801 Drives: N/A Rep Power: 141521	just backup on grass and ur bumper will come off immediately! onzedge, jpkirk and mishuko like this.

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JARblue A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Austin, TX Age: 43 Posts: 36,450 Drives: 11 Z34, 98 E36 M3 Rep Power: 2684440	Made a reservation at Fontana Village for ZDayZ 2016. Except there are no cabins or lodge rooms available. I am on a wait list for both. Thought I would at least be able to book a lodge room b15 and Memphis370Z like this. __________________ 2011 370Z 6MT Sport Gun Metallic \| ARC \| CJM \| Ecutek \| FI \| Fujimura \| R2C \| SPL \| Stillen \| TWM \| Z1 \| ZSpeed \|

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