Snowseph Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 (edited) Hi all, As some of you already know I've recently bought Pierre's '54 plate Azure Blue 350z GT. I fell in love with it as soon as I saw it at Tradelink and put a deposit down with the intention of picking up a week later. I've owned the car for two weeks now and I love it even more, it's great to drive and it's my first RWD experience too. It was hard for me to part with my previous car, my '95 Civic EG (some of you may know me from Civiclife.net). I've spent the past two years on dedicating my time and money to it, converting it from a 1.3 carb engine to a 1.8 Type R VTEC engine fully kitted with Skunk2/Spoon Sports parts. I'll show you some before & after pics below, from when I first bought it to how it was before I broke it for bits. It's emotional, even now haha. But that's the last pictures of the finished product really. BUT, moving swiftly on to the more important subject, my current project below: The spec is exactly the same as how Pierre had it, and I can tell it's been really well looked after. Glad I've bought it from someone off here, really was aiming for that. I've got no major plans for it right now so won't be dealing with turbo's etc, but for now my plans include: - New exhaust system (would love a genuine Nismo system, but more likely gonna be Tanabe or Milltek) - Nismo bodykit mix & match (most likely gonna go for a full v1 kit, but tempted to get the v2 front bumper) - New alloys (badly want some genuine Ray/Volk's TE37's, anybody know of somewhere that'll import them?) - New lowering springs or coilovers Thanks, Joe Edited April 14, 2014 by Snowseph 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arran Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 Not normally a old school civic fan but that looks like some serious work and effort gone into that which I can appreciate. Looks great! Now onto the Z which is another ball game best colour for sure and the plans sound good just to improve it a bit more but I warn you it wont stop there haha. If you want to some inspiration of what to do on an azure z take a lool at my journal fella theres quite alot done Looking forward to keeping track of this 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hensh65 Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 You missed stubby! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowseph Posted December 28, 2013 Author Share Posted December 28, 2013 Not normally a old school civic fan but that looks like some serious work and effort gone into that which I can appreciate. Looks great! Now onto the Z which is another ball game best colour for sure and the plans sound good just to improve it a bit more but I warn you it wont stop there haha. If you want to some inspiration of what to do on an azure z take a lool at my journal fella theres quite alot done Looking forward to keeping track of this Haha thanks man, I've read all through yours now, very inspiring. I know I'll end up doing the same haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhackyWill Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 Nice looking Zed, Does look a bit like a dodgem without a stubby..! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buster Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 :thumbs:nice base to start with .....look forward to see what you do.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowseph Posted December 29, 2013 Author Share Posted December 29, 2013 (edited) You missed stubby! Nice looking Zed, Does look a bit like a dodgem without a stubby..! Haha yeah I badly need to buy a stubby, it's the first thing on my list! :thumbs:nice base to start with .....look forward to see what you do.. Thanks man can't wait to get started on it. Edited December 29, 2013 by Snowseph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhackyWill Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 WhackyWill, on 28 December 2013 - 16:52, said: Nice looking Zed, Does look a bit like a dodgem without a stubby..! Haha yeah I badly need to buy a stubby, it's the first thing on my list Get the Honda CRX one, far better reception, Traders on here sell them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJF Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 Oh hai Looking forward to seeing what you do with this Joe. The EG was awesome.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowseph Posted January 2, 2014 Author Share Posted January 2, 2014 Oh hai Looking forward to seeing what you do with this Joe. The EG was awesome.. Why hello there haha, knew there'd be someone on here I know! Thanks man, I miss the EG dearly, but the Z will be even better aha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowseph Posted January 28, 2014 Author Share Posted January 28, 2014 Well I've officially made two changes to the 350 now, and they're the most critical changes ever... - Not too sure what the next mods that I'm gonna make will be, most likely lowering springs or coilovers, I'm mainly focusing on the exterior/interior bits and bobs for now as the performance won't be touched for a while, but hey I've made a start! Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flex Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 (edited) More shots with your arms wide open! Edited January 28, 2014 by Flex 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowseph Posted January 28, 2014 Author Share Posted January 28, 2014 More shots with you arms wide open! B-boy stance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buster Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 down hill from here on m8 :lol: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowseph Posted February 7, 2014 Author Share Posted February 7, 2014 Thanks to the @*!# weather we've had recently I haven't had the car cleaned in what feels like months (probably was), feels good to have a LONG overdue clean done! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattross1313 Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Looks nice matey. Best colour too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R35LEE Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Car looks good, I look forward to seeing the updates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowseph Posted April 7, 2014 Author Share Posted April 7, 2014 Well, I haven't done an update in a while so here's some more progress! This weekend I decided to finally get around to cleaning my exhaust up. Ever since I bought the car I noticed the exhaust had heat marks/rust/grit which ruined the look of the rear end to me. It only took 2 hours of elbow grease but here are the results: Before: After: Both tips have come up REALLY nice haha, so glad they're shiny again and look proper. I polished up the resonator too but didn't get any pics, but tbh it was shiny already so now it just looks even better. In case any of you wanted to do the same, I used the following products: - Autosol 75ml Metal Polish (Paste) - Autosol Metal Polish (Liquid) - Wire Wool Pads (Buy a few, you'll use at least 4) - 2x Microfibre Cloth Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowseph Posted April 7, 2014 Author Share Posted April 7, 2014 (edited) Some other little new additions too: Also bought 5L 5w-30 Fuchs Titan Race Pro S to top up on oil and got 1L free! I checked the coolant/water levels recently and they're all good so she's being well looked after . Pretty sure the droplinks and rear brakes need doing soon so most likely gonna have to cover the cost of that before I buy any more mods or anything but I do want the Nismo fuel cap/oil cap and gear knob so those will be next if I can afford them all mwahahaha. Joe Edited April 7, 2014 by Snowseph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Bradders- Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 Looks good man! what is it with us civic owners moving to 350's and azure ones too lol! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjf1985 Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 Looks good man! what is it with us civic owners moving to 350's and azure ones too lol! I was about to write the same thing haha! Lovely car man, you chose the best colour 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Bradders- Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 My Civic is going tomorrow, So i'll be picking up a Z soon! and i wont buy one unless its black or azure lol 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJF Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 My Civic is going tomorrow, So i'll be picking up a Z soon! and i wont buy one unless its black or azure lol I said that... Good luck finding one that has been looked after 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevoD Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Mr Tanfield you good friends? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowseph Posted April 9, 2014 Author Share Posted April 9, 2014 Mr Tanfield you good friends? Indeed mate, pretty much one of the first people I met when first bought my Civic way back when lol, good friend'o mine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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