Project G37S Coupe
#1
07-13-2011, 12:40 PM
Project G37S Coupe
Just got back from a trip back home to Kentucky. While I was home, I did a bunch of work to my dad's G37S Coupe for him. He amassed quite a few parts in anticipation of me coming. Here's the list of changes:
*New black OEM grill to replace the chrome one
*Painted headlight housings black and smoked the amber reflectors
*Smoked the taillights
*Added a sportier OEM spoiler to replace the chrome strip on the back (not pictured)
*Stillen Gen 3 Long Tube intakes
*Stillen Short Throw Shifter
*Stillen headers, heatwrapped and sealed
*Stillen high flow catalytic converters (not pictured)
*Stillen catback exhaust
*UpRev Osiris ROM reflash
On to the pics:
Shot of the coupe before the project began.
Other side of the front.
More of a head-on shot.
Interior.
Rear end prior to any work being done.
Stock exhaust.
Bumper off. New black grill installed.
Rear end disassembled. Tail lights sent out for smoking.
Front end apart, holes enlarged for the intake tubes to fit through, intakes mostly installed.
Another shot of the intakes.
New exhaust installed.
Another picture of the exhaust. Runs nicely up to the stock cats (new Stillens were installed later).
New mufflers and tips.
Stillen headers after heat wrap and seal - before being installed.
Interior ripped apart to install the shifter.
Had to take the center console mostly all the way apart to get to the bolts holding the shifter assembly in.
Stillen shifter is the silver one. Moves the shift **** down a bit in the interior and also moves the fulcrum. Reduced the shift throw and cleaned up the shifts very nicely. Much more precise.
Interior all back together.
Intakes fully installed, engine cover back on.
Another shot of the engine bay.
Headlights prior to being worked on.
Headlights ripped apart.
More parts.
Bezels after wet sanding.
After a few coats of self-etching primer.
Pic got messed up, but bezel after bumper black paint.
Finished bezels.
Amber reflectors after a coat of VHT Night Shades, wet sanding, and finally clear coat.
Finished reflectors.
Good shot of one of the bezels.
Finished headlight.
Front of the car put back together. Newly finished headlights and new grill.
Good pic across the front of the car. Amber reflectors look darker in the pictures than they really are.
From up and over the front.
Smoked taillights reinstalled.
Finished rear of the car.
Next up for it are a debadge of the rear leaving just the Mt Fuji emblem, a Motordyne intake plenum, 6000K headlight bulbs, adjusting the clutch a bit, and a retune.
*New black OEM grill to replace the chrome one
*Painted headlight housings black and smoked the amber reflectors
*Smoked the taillights
*Added a sportier OEM spoiler to replace the chrome strip on the back (not pictured)
*Stillen Gen 3 Long Tube intakes
*Stillen Short Throw Shifter
*Stillen headers, heatwrapped and sealed
*Stillen high flow catalytic converters (not pictured)
*Stillen catback exhaust
*UpRev Osiris ROM reflash
On to the pics:
Shot of the coupe before the project began.
Other side of the front.
More of a head-on shot.
Interior.
Rear end prior to any work being done.
Stock exhaust.
Bumper off. New black grill installed.
Rear end disassembled. Tail lights sent out for smoking.
Front end apart, holes enlarged for the intake tubes to fit through, intakes mostly installed.
Another shot of the intakes.
New exhaust installed.
Another picture of the exhaust. Runs nicely up to the stock cats (new Stillens were installed later).
New mufflers and tips.
Stillen headers after heat wrap and seal - before being installed.
Interior ripped apart to install the shifter.
Had to take the center console mostly all the way apart to get to the bolts holding the shifter assembly in.
Stillen shifter is the silver one. Moves the shift **** down a bit in the interior and also moves the fulcrum. Reduced the shift throw and cleaned up the shifts very nicely. Much more precise.
Interior all back together.
Intakes fully installed, engine cover back on.
Another shot of the engine bay.
Headlights prior to being worked on.
Headlights ripped apart.
More parts.
Bezels after wet sanding.
After a few coats of self-etching primer.
Pic got messed up, but bezel after bumper black paint.
Finished bezels.
Amber reflectors after a coat of VHT Night Shades, wet sanding, and finally clear coat.
Finished reflectors.
Good shot of one of the bezels.
Finished headlight.
Front of the car put back together. Newly finished headlights and new grill.
Good pic across the front of the car. Amber reflectors look darker in the pictures than they really are.
From up and over the front.
Smoked taillights reinstalled.
Finished rear of the car.
Next up for it are a debadge of the rear leaving just the Mt Fuji emblem, a Motordyne intake plenum, 6000K headlight bulbs, adjusting the clutch a bit, and a retune.
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07-13-2011, 04:07 PM
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#9
07-13-2011, 04:25 PM
That's the one thing I made my dad outsource, as I didn't even tackle it on my G35.
The Infiniti Stealership (Sam Swope in Louisville, KY) was supposed to do that install, and they originally quoted him I think 5-7 hours at $100 an hour for labor.
Well he called a few days ahead to confirm and the service manager got on the phone. He told Dad that they had just finished an install on another G37 and it ran them 20 hours as they had to drop the motor (complete BS) so the actual cost was going to be $2000 plus or minus a few hundred.
They also clipped one of Dad's coworkers (a female no less) 2 g's for a fresh set of tires on her G37. I guess they figure if people have the money to buy the cars, they won't question exorbitant costs for service.
Needless to say we called BS and found a local performance shop that did the install for $380. I probably COULD have done it myself, but I would much rather outsource a project like that as it really is a PITA, especially without a lift.
We took the G37 to the stealership to get a new sport spoiler installed, and they ended up botching the install. They installed it in the mechanic bay instead of sending it to their body shop, and it came back with the 3M tape all messed up. They ended up having to keep the car for the entire weekend because they had to source a complete new spoiler "as the tape was already installed." I told them their body shop would have rolls of 3M tape to fix it and we didn't mind another hour wait, but the service manager wouldn't even start to listen to me.
Needless to say Dad won't be going back there. I told him I could've done the spoiler install, but he didn't listen to me and had them do it and ended up getting it screwed up. They also left a really nice little scratch under the spoiler (we saw it after they'd removed the first attempt) where the drill bit slipped. Just bare metal, didn't even try to put touch up on it to prevent rust later. Shoddy workmanship at the best.
The Infiniti Stealership (Sam Swope in Louisville, KY) was supposed to do that install, and they originally quoted him I think 5-7 hours at $100 an hour for labor.
Well he called a few days ahead to confirm and the service manager got on the phone. He told Dad that they had just finished an install on another G37 and it ran them 20 hours as they had to drop the motor (complete BS) so the actual cost was going to be $2000 plus or minus a few hundred.
They also clipped one of Dad's coworkers (a female no less) 2 g's for a fresh set of tires on her G37. I guess they figure if people have the money to buy the cars, they won't question exorbitant costs for service.
Needless to say we called BS and found a local performance shop that did the install for $380. I probably COULD have done it myself, but I would much rather outsource a project like that as it really is a PITA, especially without a lift.
We took the G37 to the stealership to get a new sport spoiler installed, and they ended up botching the install. They installed it in the mechanic bay instead of sending it to their body shop, and it came back with the 3M tape all messed up. They ended up having to keep the car for the entire weekend because they had to source a complete new spoiler "as the tape was already installed." I told them their body shop would have rolls of 3M tape to fix it and we didn't mind another hour wait, but the service manager wouldn't even start to listen to me.
Needless to say Dad won't be going back there. I told him I could've done the spoiler install, but he didn't listen to me and had them do it and ended up getting it screwed up. They also left a really nice little scratch under the spoiler (we saw it after they'd removed the first attempt) where the drill bit slipped. Just bare metal, didn't even try to put touch up on it to prevent rust later. Shoddy workmanship at the best.
Last edited by c_morse; 07-13-2011 at 04:31 PM.
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