Originally I bought my g35 because its essentially a 350z with a back seat. I wanted a sports car, but I still wanted to be able to transport my guitar, golf clubs, computer and other random crap from place to place.

I started stripping my G down. Removing sound deadening, BFG KDW tires(very loud, didn't care at the time), and other things that would make my G lighter or more barebones. Now before you say I'm an idiot; When I had my car in fully stripped mode it would give a long chirp in 3rd gear(about as much as it does now in 2nd gear). Thats with 1/4 tank of racing gas, no back seat, trunk stripped except bose amp, and fresh ecu reset. It was a BEAST.

I'm regretting my decision. I'm starting to look at the cars here on g35driver and I realize that these things are kinda trivial. Lately I haven't even been going past 4000 rpm.

What I've decided is to focus more on comfort and looks for a while. Meanwhile, saving for a ST or TT setup. I've realized that having 100 pounds of fatmat isn't going to make much of a difference in a 400hp car. Especially since I don't track the car in any way.

My plan:

1. FATMAT the entire car. Remove every rattle
2. Finish custom head and tail light project(Quad projectors, dual ring led tails)
3. Tint all 5 back windows with 5% tint, windshield with light 50% or 35% tint.
4. Install comfort based after market seats(stockers are uncomfortable for me)
5. Purchase Porter Cable and cut paint to get a smooth coat
6. Finish custom gauge lighting project(all orange switched to blue)
7. Small things for my personal satisfaction(smaller battery moved to trunk, bats roof overlay, rear valance overlay)

After the comfort and looks stage comes suspension stage.

1. Tien Flex with EDFC.
2. Front and rear camber arms
3. Stillen sways

Next is more body stuff.

1. Impul sides and rear
2. Wheels(looking into flat black DPE's)

Eventually I'm going to build my engine.

1. Turbonetics ST setup
or
1. JWT or APS TT setup
with
2. Fully forged bottom end
3. Customize 3 maps for LowHP MidHP and HighHP

When thats all done:

1. DDIN front deck
2. New speakers

I'm posting this thread more or less for my own benefit. I'll be updating this thread with everything I complete. My goal is at the end, to have the complete progress of my car in one thread, showing it from start to finish.

 

Well I'd love to say I couldn't afford it or it was ugly, but I would by lying. I would love to have one. IMO the g35 looks better. Also, I'm afraid of getting stuck in limp home mode.


Its already in progress. The headlights and tails are apart, its taking a little while to decide what projectors and bulbs I'm going to use. I need to get some basic equipment for the LED tails and learn about LEDs.

This is really the reason I made this post. It keeps me on track, while motivating me to reach the goal I have: To get the car I have in my head to be a reality.

Thanks for the support guys.

 

Thats precisely the decision I have made. I plan on having this car for many many years as a second driver. My daily will be a luxury sedan that gets good mileage, or something like a Camry hybrid. I'll buy a new car around the time I turbo my coupe.

I assure I think about the same things you do. I've though about all the cars in my bracket(porsche, bmw, audi, lexus, mercedes, ect). None of the models really compare to what I invision my car being. Not to mention the fun of doing all(or a good portion) of the work myself.

The reason I'm doing this is because I love cars. I enjoy working on them and driving them. I enjoy creating additions and shaping the car to be the way I want it. When I say enjoy, I mean that I have fun doing it. I'm motivated, all the key factors are in place. Now I just have to get to work.