Elliot350 Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Hi guys, I'm Elliot, 21 and after building a 1.8 turbo Corsa that never got finished (due to a 'mate' letting me down) fulfilled my dream of getting a 350z. Picked up my zed from dymchurch, kent a couple of weeks ago. Made a fairly good start on the mods. Car is a 04 plate with 47k on the clock full service history silver stone grey came with gt pack and rays wheels. The day I picked it up put my Rdx aerial on it Here are some pics as collected..... Parked up with the daily driver..... First couple of mods were smd bulbs for number plate and inside Next I stripped out the centre console, rear brace cover and door grabs and dropped them to kent custom dipping for a bit of gold carbon on black base coat. All the bits ready to go! Today I took on the task of de wipering the rear, will also be removing the washer jet but halfrauds had run out of 22mm grommets (Rubber grommet is only temporary getting a password JDM item soon) And my hz altezza carbon lip arrived today as well, quick test fit. Is a very tight fit have to be careful when fitting it! Please excuse the poor quality pictures! Overall the car is very clean apart from bad paint on the bonnet and little corrosion patches on the edges.... Have a import rear bumper and secondhand corrosion free bonnet for it. The car has also suffered from a few car park dings and condensation marks from having a cheap car cover on it. As a mate of mine owns his own bodyshop it's booked in for a full spray to freshen it up in November. Out of 4 cars I've owned this will be the 3rd to be resprayed (some may say I'm a perfectionist) :/ Lots more plans to come... Suspension Exhaust Wheels Couple more carbon bits Engine bay dress up Gloss black door handles and mirror baseplates (whilst in the bodyshop) Next year plan to vortech charge it Hope I haven't bored you guys too much comments appreciated! Will post pictures of the interior parts installed once there done. P.s If your wondering how I afford it, I work for London Underground... Simples 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Great start Look forwards to seeing it come together. Good luck with it mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMballistic Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 As Keyser said what a great start Elliot. Whilst you've got the rear boot trim off you can also remove that boot weight ~ 1.1kg weight saving there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliot350 Posted October 2, 2014 Author Share Posted October 2, 2014 Have put it back on now! Haha when it comes off to fit the password jdm wiper blank il remove it. Guessing it's the black box in the middle? Have heard of people removing it didn't know if it made much difference? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philw99 Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Makes the boot lighter, stopped mine hitting me on the head 😃 Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMballistic Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Have put it back on now! Haha when it comes off to fit the password jdm wiper blank il remove it. Guessing it's the black box in the middle? Have heard of people removing it didn't know if it made much difference? Yep black box in the middle held on by four 10mm bolts. Absolutely useless imo. Removed mine a few weeks ago finally after meaning to do it for a year. Not really going to give me any noticeable extra power or better fuel consumption but why lug it around? As Phil mentions above is one noticeable benefit and it also stops people slamming the boot closed quite so hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike k-g Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Hurry up wth carbon interior bits lol how difficult was the console to strip out? i'm looking to do the same. Will be keeping my eyes peel as mine is GM to . Mike K-g Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliot350 Posted October 2, 2014 Author Share Posted October 2, 2014 Fair enough il remove it also need some new struts for the tailgate feel a bit weak, next order is either carbon side sills or led rear lights Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMballistic Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 how difficult was the console to strip out? i'm looking to do the same. Mike K-g This might help you Mike; http://liljerk.morpheus.net/350Z/dash_removal/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliot350 Posted October 2, 2014 Author Share Posted October 2, 2014 Hurry up wth carbon interior bits lol how difficult was the console to strip out? i'm looking to do the same. Will be keeping my eyes peel as mine is GM to . Mike K-g Easy to strip out just followed the guides on the web, only dropped the bits off yesterday so be a week or so before there done. Cost me £240 to get it all done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike k-g Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 how difficult was the console to strip out? i'm looking to do the same. Mike K-g This might help you Mike; http://liljerk.morph...Z/dash_removal/ Nice 1 GM..thanks for the link. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buster Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 (edited) nice start to your modding...imo led rear lights would/should be next Edited October 2, 2014 by buster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliot350 Posted October 2, 2014 Author Share Posted October 2, 2014 They would be but one set of tarmacs carbon side sills are in stock which I've heard is pretty rare! So they may have to come first.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy_Baton Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tatooandy67 Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Sweet mmm carbon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GIXXERUK Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 +1. Good start Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blaqkaudio Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Glad you managed to find a Zed in the end! Looking tidy mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Payco Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Good start, found yourself the best colour. Keep up the good work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliot350 Posted October 12, 2014 Author Share Posted October 12, 2014 (edited) So we have a little more progress to report.... I have now ordered from tarmac sportz the carbon fibre side sills to go with my front splitter. I have also had an update from the company that are dipping my interior parts, here are some pictures of them so far.... I also managed to get down to Jumping350's to pick up the import bumper I had bought from him, as it will be getting sprayed with the rest of the car in the body shop I have wet flatted it in preparation for paint And last but not least my password jdm billet wiper delete has arrived. Should blend in a bit better than the black rubber grommet... That's it for now folks! Edited October 12, 2014 by Elliot350 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMballistic Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 ^^ All looks good and I know from experience that carbon fibre dipped interior will make the Zed look so much better inside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty-350 Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 Great start to your prodject;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliot350 Posted October 15, 2014 Author Share Posted October 15, 2014 So this little (big) beauty arrived today! Courtesy of tarmac sportz And this is what was inside under all the wrapping! Carbon fibre side sills! These will probably be fitted after/during the cars at the body shop. Interior parts will be back tomorrow so expect fitted pictures guys! Cheers Elliot 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMballistic Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Very nice Elliot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceejay29 Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Good work; wiper delete cover is a nice touch. Will be interested to see what it looks like Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GIXXERUK Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 those CF sills look Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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