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Old 07-24-2022, 08:27 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Zoren did the same thing. Sold his Z and got one of these.
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Zoren did the same thing. Sold his Z and got one of these.
didn't he have the silver one and sold it over a year ago, maybe more?
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didn't he have the silver one and sold it over a year ago, maybe more?
Yea, it was silver. Don't know if he sold it or not. Haven't talked to him in a while. With his crazy wife. You don't know what he will do next. He might be low money and needs to do more anal probes.
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Yea, it was silver. Don't know if he sold it or not. Haven't talked to him in a while. With his crazy wife. You don't know what he will do next. He might be low money and needs to do more anal probes.
Im ok with all of this...yep!
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Kit looks really nice, love the rear diffuser.

I went your original route (picked up a used manual V10 R8 in 2018) and the sticker shock is real on that side too. H&R springs weren't too bad, but stepping up to Ohlin coilovers came with an $8k price tag (nearly X4s the price of the 370Z set up). Plus not a ton of options for cosmetic changes. After a few performance parts and a set of refurbished 3-piece Work wheels (that I'm still waiting to correctly lip) i felt the same mod itch as you.

Ended up giving in and picking up a used BMW 335 as a daily 2 weeks ago. Looks like I can get 500 WHP on that thing for less $ than the intake and exhaust on the R8.
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Kit looks really nice, love the rear diffuser.

I went your original route (picked up a used manual V10 R8 in 2018) and the sticker shock is real on that side too. H&R springs weren't too bad, but stepping up to Ohlin coilovers came with an $8k price tag (nearly X4s the price of the 370Z set up). Plus not a ton of options for cosmetic changes. After a few performance parts and a set of refurbished 3-piece Work wheels (that I'm still waiting to correctly lip) i felt the same mod itch as you.

Ended up giving in and picking up a used BMW 335 as a daily 2 weeks ago. Looks like I can get 500 WHP on that thing for less $ than the intake and exhaust on the R8.
I would avoid artisan if they make parts for the Gen1 R8. Have to say it! Its amazing how super expensive suspension parts are when moving to a different level of car.

You did what I was tempted to do, hah. Pick up something cheaper so modding is less of a hit to the wallet. I got my wife a 22' SQ5 instead of getting me something fun and cheaper to mod. In all fairness, she would have been fine with a base Q5 but I wanted the blacked out version and the S. Gotta mod her old 2014 nissan rogue lol. Tint and powder coat the wheels lol.

I finally returned my capristo exhaust that I bought for the 2018 R8 I was SUPPOSE TO get. That and sold some of my collectable cards. Im right there with ya on the wheels. Sadly, the LC is so damn big, I had to go with 22" wheels and the cheapest I could find that were still decent quality were Rohanas. In perspective though, the Works for the Z were more expensive when comparing the value of the car to the wheels. Id have to buy $15k wheels to equal that value in wheels to car price for the LC.
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Its funny because the tuning on a Lexus is exactly I didnt get one. Feared the same with the Supra. I didnt really like it anyway and now those are pushing over 800Hp easily. Well, by easily, I mean for a fair price. I ended up with a C8 and found out it too would have a non hackable system. DOH! Supposedly that will not be true soon, but we will see. The guys at Late Model Racecraft have unique ways they trick the system on C8s to have them pushing out over 1000hp with a Fueltech solution. Maybe give them a call? Im on a couple lists for Supercharger systems that will be using some kind of flash to the ECU which im more comfortable with.

Your car is super clean I hope you can find a way to upgrade its performance.
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Its funny because the tuning on a Lexus is exactly I didnt get one. Feared the same with the Supra. I didnt really like it anyway and now those are pushing over 800Hp easily. Well, by easily, I mean for a fair price. I ended up with a C8 and found out it too would have a non hackable system. DOH! Supposedly that will not be true soon, but we will see. The guys at Late Model Racecraft have unique ways they trick the system on C8s to have them pushing out over 1000hp with a Fueltech solution. Maybe give them a call? Im on a couple lists for Supercharger systems that will be using some kind of flash to the ECU which im more comfortable with.

Your car is super clean I hope you can find a way to upgrade its performance.
Yeah, its really a matter of how much time I want to invest into my daily driver. Sending it off to a shop, out of state. Im not against that idea I think Id have to know its a certainty it could happen.

I really dont think Ill have the car for more than another year or so. Its a fun car and definitely sticks out but its sad that its really only missing one thing....well, I think we all know at this point. Ride around on my new wheels being made and cross my fingers I see tuning become available in the next year.

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Im over here wanting it to be a bit more aggressive too. Whats crazy is its like $15-17k to get any more drop and to bring in a tad bit of negative camber. Suspension parts are nutty expensive for this damn car.
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