Actually moving to Houston, Tx

andbui05

Since you're located in Downtown I suggest looking west and onwards. I live in Clearlake area which is Southeast Houston and I always go west (Galleria, Memorial, Washington, Midtown, Montrose, etc) to meet up with friends. There's barely anything on east side and to be honest I find it a bit uncomfortable driving over there.

Not sure if anyone has tried AwesomeZ but I'm planning to take my Z there to get it lowered and other stuff done to it.

As to what Chuck said, forget the Cowboys, we are Houston Texans. (But I do have a pair of Colts flip flops)

guru

welcome! i have those headers and i love them. u wont be disappointed. jtran did my install and they did a great job!

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this is an extended stay location about 15 miles outside of downtown:

720 N. Sam Houston Pkwy. E.

http://www.intownsuites.com/location...ontinental-xhi

thinking about just going ahead and locking this up for 1 week just to see if the commute is ok during the first week.

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Chuck33079

It's a little far if you're going downtown every day. It's ok for a little while, but it would get old. Plenty of people do it, but I'd be looking closer in.

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Eighties Meta

Lol go figure. Mine still looks totally stock.

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Maybe one day during the week of 8/5. I wa dowtown today getting fingerprinted and all that good stuff.

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Been here about a week. Job starts 8/5 but its taking the backgrounds checks along time for some reason. I mean my last two places I worked: USDA and the library of congress both more stringent background checks than this job but ill live.

As for this area its seem im the only white guy around here, literally id like to see at least 1 other white dude but I don't.i will be moving closer in as suggested. Gonna drive down to jtran tommorow since its only 10 miles away to check out theirspeed shop.

This extended stay blows.ho9efully after moving into a regular place in a neighborhood that doesnt have prison bars and bulletproof shields in almost every store ill feel better about being here.

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Chuck33079

I'll talk to a client of mine and see if she knows a good apartment locator. There's a lot of areas in Houston you don't want to be in.

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Chuck33079

Go ahead and PM me your contact info and what you're looking for and I'll get you in touch with someone who can help you find a place.

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andbui05

As mentioned in an earlier post I was going to stop by AwesomeZ to have springs and camber installed on my Z however they are booked until Aug 12th and are closed on weekends. Our buddy Chuck here referred me to South Side Performance (SSP) on Beltway/West Little York and Baker Nissan North instead. Jason at SSP did a fantastic job installing the springs and camber and their shop is packed with GTRs. Baker Nissan aligned my wheels within an hour on a busy Saturday.

I would highly recommend both these locations if you're looking to have work done on your car. Thanks Chuck for the good pick! I can't say much about JTran since I haven't been there but as of now my first choice is SSP.

Chuck33079

That's because Jason kicks ***. He's the first person I recommend for anything.

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So far kozmic is my first choice. They are thus far the only 1 of the shops that responded to my email query. I'm real big on thatbecause im anal I guess. Initial pricing is reasonable and fair although I think they r a little high on the uprev retune. They also brought up ceramic coating the z1 headers and wrapping them which I honestly hadnt thought about but even though an additional expense this makes sense to me. I didnt ask if they had a dynojet or not. So far it seems like theyll get mybusiness. I tried to stop by ssp but my god there was no place to park and that was a real turn off especially when one of their guys was outside and saw me tring to find a spot and just ignored me so I scratched them off my list.

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Chuck33079

Don't write off ssp based on that. Jason is the man. Also, Polydyn is in Houston so all your coating needs are taken care of. Lastly, I've got someone who would be happy to help you find a place to live. Just shoot me a pm with contact info and what you're looking for and I'll get her in touch with you.

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andbui05

Lol it was the complete opposite for me. I called Kozmic for a quote and they said they will get back to me. They never did, which made me cross them off my list. SSP answered my questions straight up and throws charity car washes.. win =)

Eighties Meta

Haha... guess its all in the timing

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