Project Bluebird: 2014 Metallic Peacock Nissan Note

Z_ealot

thanks guys, and as wais already know i also have wheel spacers on order for the rear that should be here at the beginning of next week to make them a little more even with the fender of the car and then this weekend have to take her in to get a minor tint problem taken care of on the passenger side front window, after that it's a few more weeks of waiting till Tanabe's spring test sessions comes up to get the rest of the work done on her. also probably gonna end up ordering some caps for the rims within the next month to avoid any issues with debris getting caught in the front wheel hubs, but im kinda on the fence about it as i like the look of them with the caps off, but we'll see also forgot to mention have to have the driver side rear window tint replaced as when i was transporting the SSR's back to my house one of them fell over and scratched the tint on that side although you cant really tell from the outside as always stay tuned for upcoming mods

kenchan

i had the silver type-c's on my previous cars and they looked better to me without center caps.

Z_ealot

capless it is then lol still cant wait to get a drop on this car...even with 17's as you can tell by the pics there is still a huge wheel gap

Waiz

Don't worry about not running them in the front, nothing will happen with any debris. I just think since you can't run them in the rear anyway you might as well not run them in the front

Z_ealot

minor update: wheel spacers showed up earlier than expected and were quickly installed today, stay tuned for pics once i get better lighting...to late to take pics right now with the sun already being down....cant wait for more daylight hours after this weekend

kenchan

cool! are you doing like a 5mm on the rear? on my dd im running a 5mm on the rear on stock studs as i was able to get 10mm of tread.

Z_ealot

exactly the same setup on mine and same situation, stock studs had quite a bit of thread left even after the spacers were on the rear...one thing i noticed...the car handles almost like a go kart now...just needs that last little piece of the puzzle from Tanabe

kenchan

sounds awesome! yah, light weight wheels (especially the type c's are super light) i bet you are feeling a huge improvement in vehicle dynamics.

Z_ealot

exactly...not only that, but i have die hard fans of the old versa hatchback over on the versa forum rethinking their viewpoint on the Note and quite a few of them are starting to like it more and more the more they see what can be done with it

kenchan

wow....really...dang, there is no question the Note is far better than a Versa hatch. hell, i dont even want a versa hatch. lol

Z_ealot

guess that goes to show you that all it takes is one person to see potential in a certain platform to convince others of the same thing lol....im just waiting for that one last push from Tanabe and the car will be where i want it to be handling wise, but you never know...as they say, there's always room for improvement

Z_ealot

pictures as promised

kenchan

darker wheels really tighten up the look

Z_ealot

thanks ken, wais is the one that convinced me to go with a darker wheel color as i was originally going to go for more of a brilliant silver look and i cant thank him enough for convincing me to go with darker wheels. the next thing on my agenda is getting the roof wrapped hopefully next month, but we'll see how things go with getting the car back into Tanabe

Waiz

Can't wait to see this later! SSR FTW!