Sargara Posted February 9, 2015 Posted February 9, 2015 (edited) I do LOVE a clean car so see below a few more 'Clean' ones of her! Great topic but Im unsure about this. Wouldnt this new number plate location reduce the engine bay airflow? You have effectively halfed the surface area that the radiator has access to? Edited February 9, 2015 by Sargara Quote
gumpy000 Posted February 10, 2015 Author Posted February 10, 2015 I do LOVE a clean car so see below a few more 'Clean' ones of her! Great topic but Im unsure about this. Wouldnt this new number plate location reduce the engine bay airflow? You have effectively halfed the surface area that the radiator has access to? Well you would think so but I trialed it there and no difference made to performance. Engine temp the same. Power output feels the same. So who knows?? Opinions much appreciated. If anything I'm saving the radiator from stone chips?? Lol Quote
Sargara Posted February 10, 2015 Posted February 10, 2015 Id say you are "getting away with it" due to the time of year and cooler temps. I reckon come summer time if you get caught in traffic you may start getting issues, just bare it in mind Quote
gumpy000 Posted February 21, 2015 Author Posted February 21, 2015 (edited) Whats next? well I purchased a carbon fibre Nismo spoiler from 'Jumping350' and had that fitted yesterday. Loving the look out of the back window. Not totally sure if the carbon fibre suits Gun Metal paint though? What are you thoughts? Next plan would be either painting the base of spoiler to match gun metal or would having the windows tinted make this better? Then I have just purchased a Nismo gear knob from Clarkie on here. Looks good. Excuse the lack of centre console but it is away at mo being Carbon dipped. Photos to follow........hehehe Edited February 21, 2015 by gumpy000 2 Quote
steve916 Posted February 21, 2015 Posted February 21, 2015 Tbh, I would colour code the whole spoiler, but that's my personal taste though. Good to see you've been keeping busy 1 Quote
pjf1985 Posted February 21, 2015 Posted February 21, 2015 I always think it seems a shame to paint over carbon fibre! I think it would look a lot better with some more black or carbon bits to help it fit in better. Like if you had black wheels for example it would compliment the spoiler more. Looks awesome 3 Quote
gumpy000 Posted February 21, 2015 Author Posted February 21, 2015 Oh yes keeping busy....debt debt debt haha. Yeah I was going for new wheels too but at mo they on hold but mayvbe get the Rays painted dark. Don't like black but maybe dark grey. 1 Quote
steve916 Posted February 21, 2015 Posted February 21, 2015 ^ yeah, that could work. Try nicking those wheels off the juke temporarily to see what it looks like Quote
pjf1985 Posted February 21, 2015 Posted February 21, 2015 Oh yes keeping busy....debt debt debt haha. Yeah I was going for new wheels too but at mo they on hold but mayvbe get the Rays painted dark. Don't like black but maybe dark grey. Haha good! Sounds like a good idea. I'm not a fan of black wheels either, anthracite would work well with the carbon. 1 Quote
GMballistic Posted February 21, 2015 Posted February 21, 2015 I always think it seems a shame to paint over carbon fibre! I think it would look a lot better with some more black or carbon bits to help it fit in better. Like if you had black wheels for example it would compliment the spoiler more. Looks awesome ^^ This. It would be such a shame to cover over all that carbon fibre especially as it looks such a good quality made piece. More carbon and black is needed I think to help pull it off more as pjf said. 2 Quote
pjf1985 Posted February 21, 2015 Posted February 21, 2015 I always think it seems a shame to paint over carbon fibre! I think it would look a lot better with some more black or carbon bits to help it fit in better. Like if you had black wheels for example it would compliment the spoiler more. Looks awesome ^^ This. It would be such a shame to cover over all that carbon fibre especially as it looks such a good quality made piece. More carbon and black is needed I think to help pull it off more as pjf said. Perfect excuse to buy more supporting mods 1 Quote
gumpy000 Posted February 21, 2015 Author Posted February 21, 2015 What about darker (or smoked) rear lights?Where could I get me some of these? Quote
Cal Posted February 21, 2015 Posted February 21, 2015 Maybe just paint the base? I can't post images on my phone, but here's a link to an example. http://www.350z-tech.com/forums/attachments/australia/36576d1158118175-nismo-v1-cf-rear-spoiler-spics015medium9kn.jpg Quote
gumpy000 Posted February 21, 2015 Author Posted February 21, 2015 Yea that's what I'm thinking of doing Cal. Quote
Cal Posted February 21, 2015 Posted February 21, 2015 Good man, and the wheels in a very dark gunmetal similar shade to the carbon, will tie it in then Quote
GMballistic Posted February 21, 2015 Posted February 21, 2015 Maybe just paint the base? I can't post images on my phone, but here's a link to an example. http://www.350z-tech...15medium9kn.jpg Actually that does look pretty good with the base painted. Quote
pjf1985 Posted February 21, 2015 Posted February 21, 2015 Just leave it as it is, use the money towards another mod Quote
Swiftyy Posted February 22, 2015 Posted February 22, 2015 Whats next? well I purchased a carbon fibre Nismo spoiler from 'Jumping350' and had that fitted yesterday. Loving the look out of the back window. Not totally sure if the carbon fibre suits Gun Metal paint though? What are you thoughts? Next plan would be either painting the base of spoiler to match gun metal or would having the windows tinted make this better? Then I have just purchased a Nismo gear knob from Clarkie on here. Looks good. Excuse the lack of centre console but it is away at mo being Carbon dipped. Photos to follow........hehehe Carbon boot would look awesome imo. But maybe that's just my child-like mind setting in? 😂 1 Quote
gumpy000 Posted February 22, 2015 Author Posted February 22, 2015 Been thinking about this alot over last couple of days. I'm going for the smoked lights (purchased some spray off ebay) and then tint windows and go from there. If needs to, painting the base is last resort. Quote
WINKJ Posted February 22, 2015 Posted February 22, 2015 Would look better with NeilP's carbon boot! Quote
Swiftyy Posted February 22, 2015 Posted February 22, 2015 Maybe try the fly eyes kit or something similar so in case you don't like the smoked rear lenses you can peel it off and not damage your lights? Just an idea bud Quote
GMballistic Posted February 22, 2015 Posted February 22, 2015 Maybe try the fly eyes kit or something similar so in case you don't like the smoked rear lenses you can peel it off and not damage your lights? Just an idea bud Good call but you can also get "tinted light remover" so if gumpy doesn't like it he can remove it. Link: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CAR-LIGHT-TINT-SPRAY-REMOVER-E-Tech-Cleaner-REAR-FRONT-GLASS-LENS-HEADLIGHT-/300806843256?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item46097c2b78 Quote
gumpy000 Posted March 12, 2015 Author Posted March 12, 2015 Yup! But replaced lights with the led as didn't wanna ruin the quality with some spray job. So thanks to 'Cesc' Quote
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