350Z reincarnation.

[docwra]

A little while ago, I had a bit of an incident involving a 350Z, a roadsign, a ditch and a hedge (in that order). The poor old thing didnt come out of it looking too good:

 

 

 

Ouch.

 

So anyway, I decided that it needed fixing. OE Nissan Parts would have cost more than the car was worth, so I spoke to Mr Dan at SRB and ordered up a Chargespeed Type 1 kit - front and back bumpers, skirts and a carbon diffuser.

 

Next I decided that Id treat myself to some new wheels, as my missus had already nicked the Gram Lights you can see in that picture for her Onevia. I found a set on ebay, but unfortunately lost them at the last minute

Fortunately, the guy who won them is a mate of a mate (now a mate of mine too) Nick at Nickson Motorsport couldnt fit them so got in touch and offered them up to me. Nice one.

 

Except when I finally got hold of them, I found that they were rather larger than I had thought, particularly at the front. Unfortunately due to the enormous dish, they also wouldnt go anywhere near clearing my Brembos. Arse.

 

They did look awesome when test fitted to the (still bent up) car though, so I manned up and decided that it was now death or glory. I contacted Will @ Streetoptions and after a bit of a chat decided to go for it. The boy done alright, dont you think??

 

 

 

 

Shitty phone pics, but Badass. I got great pleasure yesterday from sitting in my living room, watching people nearly fall over from staring at it, probs trying to figure out what it is

 

Ill be doing a proper project thread once Ive cleaned it a bit, and it is going to be going lower so dont start, but Im pretty damn chuffed

 

Oh, and 10J ET -41 front, 10J ET -43 rear. :cool:

[UNABASHED]

love the chargespeed rear with diffuser

[BladesGrant]

Nice work loving the new look. I too love the chargespeed rear with diffuser. The only thing is I would want to fill the holes where the tailpipes come out and then have a lambo style central exhaust in that gap. Just have a massive single tailpipe to be different!!

[docwra]

It should actually have been a carbon diffuser but we decided that the black would look better with the blue - if anyone wants a carbon diffuser let me know

 

It looks absolutely immense from the rear - you'll see once Ive got some proper pics up

[Walbertonio]

Love it, nice to see it brought back to life!

[Harman350z]

Nice work getting it back to life..!

 

The arches looks too big for the wheels tho IMO.

[CaptainSensible]

So anyway, I decided that it needed fixing.

Good decision! Looks very

[introspect]

Wow, quite a transformation. Love the rear bumper with the diffuser . Those arches look MASSIVE! The standard arches aren't exactly small, but those are beasts

[geoff-r]

Well done mate, you gotta be pleased with how it came out as well!

[alessandro]

Awsome job and mentalm wheels !

 

Well done

[rtbiscuit]

very different, noot seen those arches before, some thing tells me the car needs a FOBW to finish the look off at the back

[alilongden]

Those arches make it look like an old style porka!

[yokomo]

top work , how the heck did the shop get those arches like that !

[rich5259]

very

[martinopy]

Jeez those arches are HUGE!!!! I'm not sure that the sideskirts go that well with the larger arches. Good to see an azure with the chargespeed rear, always wanted one of those.

[ianp]

Really nice! A lot of work has gone in to that

 

What are you going to do about the front plate? The standard fitting looks naff (imho) and would really spoil yours.

[bronzee]

Looks really cool. And it's unique too.

[docwra]

Cheers guys - Im really pleased that nearly all of the feedback has been positive.

 

The car needs to go down an inch or two, and the arches are perfect for the rims - they will tuck nicely. Unfortunately due to the protrudey front bumper its going to be a big NO for speedbumps, but it will look the tits.

 

Ive had a couple of people suggest a FOBW (its a BGW round my way - Big Gay Wing) but Im not sure ......... same goes for the front numberplate, I just dont know how Im going to mount it, but Im thinking a square plate down on one side.

 

The guy that did the work is Will @ Streetoptions - the arches are all fabbed out of metal and he reckons are tough enough to be rolled if I need it - shockingly good work.

 

Couple more stage pics from the build - Ill do a full project thread once Ive got some pics of it clean

 

 

 

[Carbon Coops]

wow, that looks like a lot of work

But well worth it looks great mate Bet the arches cost a few £

Coops

[Stew]

Te new rear arch lips look very 370Z!

 

Different and a hell of a lot of work gone into it.

 

Looks like first class work!

[yokomo]

well youve got the car to pull off the BGW/FOBW , photoshopping time me thinks.

[Number86]

Well. I think it's a little OTT for my tastes. I'd like something like that, maybe maybe shrunk down 10%.

 

I still however appreciate it looks bloody good, and almost OEMish in a way. Nicely done from what I can see in the poor quality pics. Well fitted as well. Looks tricky in those pictures!

 

Certainly no Failside!

[docwra]

More pictures look! Its actually clean now

 

 

 

[rtbiscuit]

good effort on the arch work, most impressive.

 

i've just put a wing on mine, if i get home in daylight hours i'll try and take a pic of the car, otherwise it will have to wait till the weekend.

 

maybe something like the nismo v2 spoiler would balance it.

 

not quite as big as something like the veilside V3 spoiler. but enough to balance the rear out. i think the ings low mounted carbon wing would do nicely, but they aren't cheap.

[ersen.o]

lower it!!!