Jo3ly Posted May 18, 2012 Posted May 18, 2012 Hi guys, thought i would post up a build thread as ive been on here since late last year and the mods are starting to take form now! Saved up my pennies and bought a completely standard 2009 (58) Black 350z GT in November 2011. Had 28k on the clock, 1 owner from new, FSH and still in warranty so snatched it up! Here she is the day i picked her up... Stayed the same way for a few months while i decided the plans for it. Original plan was a TT kit but after looking into the costs involved and its already not the cheapest car to run as a daily, i decided against this! Plus the cost of a years insurance and a years road tax in January left me a bit short. First thing on the list was a new set of tyres. The car came with 4 brand new Alpha's on it, however a looming trip to the Nurburgring in April 2012 forced me to swap these out for a set of Yokohoma AD08's. Dropped the profile from 45 to 40 too. A set of Injen Cold Air Intakes was next on the list... Fitting with my private plate Off to Abbey Motorsport for a pair of Berk De-cat pipes and an up-rev gave me a healthy 303whp if you take a stab at about 40hp loss through the gearbox, that gives me a very nice 343bhp at the fly! Will update shortly with pics etc from my Nurburg trip sorry about the poor picture quality, dodgy phone pics! Quote
Jo3ly Posted May 18, 2012 Author Posted May 18, 2012 i bought a silly numberplate for the car so put this on just before the trip to Germany along with a full service and a set of Ferrodo DS2500s. Few track pics from the ring below... got about 6 laps in and managed to keep them all under 10 minutes a lap (apart from the snow lap) so i was happy enough with my first trip in the Zed. Quote
Tomy Redeye Posted May 18, 2012 Posted May 18, 2012 Liking the photos mate! I'm heading to the ring at the end of August! Quote
The Bounty Bar Kid Posted May 18, 2012 Posted May 18, 2012 Recognise the plate. Seen u b4. can't remember where, but yeah nice car. I'm pulling ~330bhp with berks HFCs. Nice to see I could do more with decats and different air filters. Quote
rabbitstew Posted May 18, 2012 Posted May 18, 2012 Why So Glow???? Y SO SLOW I think he knew that and was just being funny! Quote
The Bounty Bar Kid Posted May 18, 2012 Posted May 18, 2012 Why So Glow???? Y SO SLOW I think he knew that and was just being funny! So difficult to read jokes. Quote
AK350Z Posted May 19, 2012 Posted May 19, 2012 Why So Glow???? Y SO SLOW I think he knew that and was just being funny! But srsly, at first I thought you were trying to spell a welsh school! Quote
Jo3ly Posted May 21, 2012 Author Posted May 21, 2012 haha thanks guys. i tried to get Y SO 5LOW but it was taken. Had to make do with a 6 (and a carefully placed numberplate cap when the police arent looking) ive just lamin-x'd the front headlights and fitted black badges all round so will get pics up of this shortly. bought a set of D2 coilovers and a new set of wheels at the weekend too so photos of these will follow too! Quote
bronzee Posted May 22, 2012 Posted May 22, 2012 The black badges sort of look mirror like, if that make sense. Cool. Quote
Jo3ly Posted May 23, 2012 Author Posted May 23, 2012 cheers coilover and wheel project pics to follow soon Quote
Jo3ly Posted May 29, 2012 Author Posted May 29, 2012 new wheels and stretched tyres stripped and ready to be sent off to BJV engineering for a dip Quote
Stew Posted May 29, 2012 Posted May 29, 2012 Sweet. Looking forward to seeing them! Any mad colour or anything? Quote
Jo3ly Posted May 30, 2012 Author Posted May 30, 2012 I think im decided on black chrome. Everything else on the car is black but i didnt want to just gloss black them. They should really pop when the sun catches them and look glossy black in the dark. Quote
Jo3ly Posted June 1, 2012 Author Posted June 1, 2012 right so i got the windows tinted yesterday before the tints... after the tints - i went for medium at the back and light on the front two windows Quote
bronzee Posted June 2, 2012 Posted June 2, 2012 Extra bonus to your tints, people can't see in the back, unless looking from the front of the car. Quote
Jo3ly Posted June 25, 2012 Author Posted June 25, 2012 Picked myself up a set of D2 coilovers for the car few pics fitting them... and the end result - Quote
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