One man's quest to make his G sedan what it should have been from the factory...
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Hopefully the weather will get better here in KC and I can get some good outside shots. I love KC, but the weather changes here can kiss my a**!!!
Also, as a side note... I sold my full size spare and have a donut spare on the way. Always good to cut a little weight!
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SO, the DSpecs and Z/G springs are in the garage begging to be installed...time to get started! I'll post a full review once I'm done.
I'm still torn on the tire sizes between the 235/45/18 and 245/40/18. NismoGirl2001 has the 245/40/18 with coupe 18's on Z/G springs and it looks damn good!
I'm still torn on the tire sizes between the 235/45/18 and 245/40/18. NismoGirl2001 has the 245/40/18 with coupe 18's on Z/G springs and it looks damn good!
#198
^ I did consider that, but thought it was a little too tall and wide.
I now have the Falken Ziex ZE-912 235/45/18's on my coupe rims. I have to say that they are VERY smooth and quiet, which was my goal. The handling and traction from my stock 17's has greatly improved! I can throw this thing into corners now at almost any speed and it just sticks like glue. The wet traction is amazing and the dry is also impressive. Snow traction I'm not too worried about, but we'll see on that. Doing 90-100mph now is effortless and just glides along in a controlled manner. All in all, I love the coupe rims. The wheel gap is perfect in my opinion with the Z/G springs. The offset of the rims give it a real aggressive look. That in conjuction with the DSpecs and I now have the car the way it should have been from the factory.
I'll get some pics up when the weather in KC cooperates.
I now have the Falken Ziex ZE-912 235/45/18's on my coupe rims. I have to say that they are VERY smooth and quiet, which was my goal. The handling and traction from my stock 17's has greatly improved! I can throw this thing into corners now at almost any speed and it just sticks like glue. The wet traction is amazing and the dry is also impressive. Snow traction I'm not too worried about, but we'll see on that. Doing 90-100mph now is effortless and just glides along in a controlled manner. All in all, I love the coupe rims. The wheel gap is perfect in my opinion with the Z/G springs. The offset of the rims give it a real aggressive look. That in conjuction with the DSpecs and I now have the car the way it should have been from the factory.
I'll get some pics up when the weather in KC cooperates.
#202
The car sounds like it is coming along nicely. I'm sure you are digging the handling since you swapped out the suspension. I greatly enjoy my setup. Keep up the good work.
Also, on the tire sizes, I run 245/45 all around in summer which gives about 1 finger gap in the rear, about 1.5 in the front. For winters, I have 235/45 which gives a slight bit more, but the offsets on that are +30, so I couldn't fit any bigger without rubbing.
Also, on the tire sizes, I run 245/45 all around in summer which gives about 1 finger gap in the rear, about 1.5 in the front. For winters, I have 235/45 which gives a slight bit more, but the offsets on that are +30, so I couldn't fit any bigger without rubbing.
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So after some time off from modding and a couple of ridiculously busy years at work, I'm back at it.
Not much changed since my last post. I still owe some pics, but first I'm waiting on my coupe rims to return from being powder coated hyper silver. I've also managed to acquire for free from a friend a z-tube and a MD plenum spacer. I'm also going to have some coil sping isolators installed in the rear to raise it just a bit to even out the wheel gap from the Z/G springs. I need a little more lift in the rear to make the gap match the front.
Also, why is it so damned hard to find decent floor mats for the sedan? Not even WeatherTech has 'em. WTFO!
Not much changed since my last post. I still owe some pics, but first I'm waiting on my coupe rims to return from being powder coated hyper silver. I've also managed to acquire for free from a friend a z-tube and a MD plenum spacer. I'm also going to have some coil sping isolators installed in the rear to raise it just a bit to even out the wheel gap from the Z/G springs. I need a little more lift in the rear to make the gap match the front.
Also, why is it so damned hard to find decent floor mats for the sedan? Not even WeatherTech has 'em. WTFO!
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#208
So after some time off from modding and a couple of ridiculously busy years at work, I'm back at it.
Not much changed since my last post. I still owe some pics, but first I'm waiting on my coupe rims to return from being powder coated hyper silver. I've also managed to acquire for free from a friend a z-tube and a MD plenum spacer. I'm also going to have some coil sping isolators installed in the rear to raise it just a bit to even out the wheel gap from the Z/G springs. I need a little more lift in the rear to make the gap match the front.
Also, why is it so damned hard to find decent floor mats for the sedan? Not even WeatherTech has 'em. WTFO!
Not much changed since my last post. I still owe some pics, but first I'm waiting on my coupe rims to return from being powder coated hyper silver. I've also managed to acquire for free from a friend a z-tube and a MD plenum spacer. I'm also going to have some coil sping isolators installed in the rear to raise it just a bit to even out the wheel gap from the Z/G springs. I need a little more lift in the rear to make the gap match the front.
Also, why is it so damned hard to find decent floor mats for the sedan? Not even WeatherTech has 'em. WTFO!
CZP has tan and light grey mats listed
http://www.conceptzperformance.com/C...8208.16.136.53
#209
I'm definitely going to do my car exactly how you did yours, painted sills, red painted calipers and clear corners! I'm debating on how dark to get my tints though, too dark and I might regret it by not being able to see outside at night adequately, too light and well... whats the point of getting tints lol.
You should have painted the mirror sills too but that's just my opinion, sexy looking car though!
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