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Hello all. Got my 350z the week before christmas, so had it for a couple of months now and loving it! :D Spec when i got it was;

 

2003 53', GT Pack, Nav, Black leather, Sunset orange, Rays Wheels and about 66k on the clock. Also has a japspeed k1... which is noisy!

 

Few pics below from when i got it,

 

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Then managed to pick up these wheels until i got the Rays wheels refurbished, actually quite like them, came with nearly new conti sport contacts as well!

 

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Front pads and discs were looking a bit worn and had been an advisory for the pads in its previous MOT, so decided to go for some new discs and pads all round. Guy i bought the car from gave the some front Red Stuff pads, from reading the forum i would have went with yellow but decided just to get some red stuff rear as well. Matched up to EBC ultimax discs.

 

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Final few mods so far are some Bosch aero wipers and also decided to refurbish the headlights with the DA polisher.

 

Before;

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Dats all folks. What to do next :p

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  • 1 month later...

Story of the last few weeks is I've been wasting a lot of tine refurbishing the Rays that the car came with. They were in a bit of a state as seen below

 

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After a good few evenings, a lot of sandpaper and high build primer they were finally primered and ready to paint. 3 of the wheels were fairly straight forward, however the bad one pictured above was an absolute bastard to get right.

 

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Looked at a tonne of colours and finally decided on a similar look to these wheels;

 

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Decided on the colour below, quick test on gran turismo and i was off to waste more money at halfrauds

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Really happy with how they came out. Now just to get them fitted :D

 

Disclaimer: it really is worth paying for wheels to be done professionally. These took ages!... plus 100 quid worth of paint

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All fitted! Japspeed was a bit of an arse to get iff. The two bolts at the Y Pipe flange were rounded, and one was a normal thread nut janmed onto the fine thread captive bolt. Ever tried to source two m10 fine thread nuts over a weekend? :unsure:

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So much more quiet than the japspeed! Sound is 10x more refined, more like the type of exhaust you would get oem on a porsche for e.g, louder than oem but not too loud. I do miss the roar of the k1 as you start the car though! :p

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So a few updates...

 

First time giving the 350 the works since I got it. It got;

 

Clayed with Meguiars clay bar

Polished with Menzerna 2500 and 4500 polishes, with green and white Lake Country pads respectively.

Finished with Dodo Juice orange crush.

 

Turned out pretty good i'd say, almost full correction. :D

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it all depends on what you want your Z to look like so the answer to your question lies with you :cloud9: and you bank manager :rtfm:

 

I am just in the process to change my carbon bonnet for a hr bonnet sprayed in gloss black with a coat of orange flakes ....and will go on my new ginger Z :sun: if you want examples

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