Done a few small things to my car today.

Started with a fully badged trunk


Used a heat gun to warm the emblems up to make it easier to get them off. After heating them, with a little fishing line I "sawed" them off..Haha After I got the emblems off there was a lot of foam-ish stuff left from the double sided tape. Re-heated that to peel it off. The glue was still there so used stuff called Desolve-it so get rid of that. The towels are there to catch the run off.



Couldnt get a good picture after I cleaned it all up because of how the sun was shining, so I waited until it started getting dark. Still a good enough pic to show the end result. Im more then satisfied with the end result. There are still some outlines around where "infiniti" was but its nothing a little wet sanding and polishing will not take care of.


I also cleaned my leather seats today and they look almost new. Its amazing what some degreaser and some leather conditioner will do.

 

Since you're out of warranty, people have done some nice work with 3m di-noc on the steering wheel bezel.

Noticed yours was scratched up by the volume (not uncommon)

 

Yea, I sandblasted them this weekend and got all the coating off them to prep them for paint. I like the CF vinyl but I've never used vinyl to wrap anything and I don't want to waste money trying it. A buddy is gonna spray them flat black.

Meanwhile...I decided to give the car a good cleaning and waxing. Went to Z days this weekend so needed the car fresh

















This last one is for giggles. Look at that gap! :lol:



Some of these shots are very similar but I was playing around with the camera and Photoshopping skillz. Wanted to post all to see how they turned out.

Let me know what you think

 

As I posted in my last few posts I got the car ready to go to Zdayz over the weekend and was lucky to find these pics of my car. I'm very happy with the way they turned out! Order quote a few of the prints :wub:

Only downfall from the last two was the guy in the Camaro wouldn't get off my *** :rant:

 

UPDATE!

Just got the car back from the body shop and I am stunned. Looks completely different! Here is a couple pics for now but will have to pull out the good camera for a "photoshoot" later on this week.

 

interesting spoiler i dig it more than the oem options

 

Looking good all around, a drop and you'll be money!

 

did u wreck the car, or just pay to have the sport front put on? Also what did u do to your headlights? I like them.

 

I was in an accident but the damage was very minimal. I was merged into and the insurance paid to fix the alignment, replace the fender and head light, and all the labor/paint. I bought the headlights and Sport lip off this forum but ordered the Sport bumper from my dealer.

The grill was custom painted in which I think looks better and is a better option over the midnight grille offered by Infiniti. The top and bottom bars are color matched with matte black center. Also the rear trunk finisher is color matched to the body.

Over all the car looks way better then before.

 

 

Just realized I have a few images I never put up from when I installed the TopSpeed Exhaust (total crap for many reasons). I love the sound the system produces but quality of the system is no where near what it should be. Ive heard of other members on g35driver having better luck out of the earlier models of the system but corners were definitely cut on this batch.




*** up in the air, ready for it to be played with lol :ndance:


What went back on the car. Not the exhaust I really want but this will do for the price I paid for it. I will eventually be switching to Ark Grip true dual exhaust. A little pricey but well worth the money performance, sound and quality wise.


Dirty undercarriage and super skinny piping in the back lol The exhaust on the G sedan is REALLY restricted. I am assuming that is why there's such a major exhaust note difference between the Gcoupe/Z and the sedans.



The final product. Notice the shitty fitment on the drive side? Yea, that's just one of the issues I've had with this product. Not counting the jagged edged single walled tips where they were supposed to be dual wall/rolled tip and rust forming a little over a month after installation. I have to use steel wool to polish the surface rust off the system every single time I wash the car.


When I get the car back off the ground to change the fluids I will be removing the axle back section to clean up, Re-polish for the 100th time and paint the actual muffler canisters flat black. Just the tip itself is staying Chrome (well when its not rusting that is) I need to find a remedy to keep the tips from rusting permanently other then replacing them which may be my only option.

Also, this it the reason the headlights are having to be re-modded. This happened back in October just a month after it was fixed from the first accident. All is well not except for my modded headlights.


Another crappy cell phone pic just for fun to show off my plate and LEDs lol


Just for reference, this is the look I am going for with my car.

 

The time finally came yesterday to get the Coilovers installed on my G35. I had never installed coil overs before or worked on the suspension of this car. All while reading and researching how to do this on the G forums every one stated that the install would be easy - They lied. We started on the car at 1:30PM yesterday and did not finish until about 11:45PM with quite a few road blocks. The suspension on this car is far more complex then what that of the Stratus and Eclipse was.

Started by stopping and getting a new low profile jack and another set of jack stands. I knew that my old jack would no longer fit under the side of the car once it was lowered. Upon arrival I seen this nice looking coupe, obviously had to park beside it lol


OEM height. COMPLETE 4X4 mode.


Better views of the wheel gap


Of course it has to be higher in the front then the rear just as my Stratus was.


What went on the car. I love shiny new car parts Also pictured here is the new jack and jack stands.


Old VS New



Rear parts removed


Pretty parts back in!


To the front we go....which is what caused all the problems.


I did not get pictures of the front coils installed as it was well past dark before we got done. Here's some comparison pictures to show just exactly how much it dropped in the rear. This is the the wheel gap while jacked up on OEM suspension.


This is after coilovers while still jacked up.


Finally - Completed pictures.






Really close to the ground



Thats it for now. Will be posting more later on in the week after I do a little more tweaking to the suspension and install all new Rotors and pads. These are similar (mine are just slotted) to what should arrive tomorrow for me to install.




I am working on the headlights too just no pics until I actually get somewhere with them.

 

Great job on all your mods, sucks about the accident. My G just got T-boned last week right before I was going to get a photo-set done on it. I guess that's a big bulls-eye
Shame your Top-speed was the latest version. Mine's held up well and has the nice rolled tips, they really pissed off the entire G community w/ that group buy debacle.
That drop looks great and everything is going together very well.

 

I like ur mods G, but did u buy that factory radio music gateway?
Wanna get the same but just wanna know if its worth it


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Yea, Since last July my car has been in 2 accidents and had about 15 door dings taken out of it. Everyone likes to damage my car

Dont even get me started on the TopSpeed BS. Its ridiculous that it turned out this way and we got a system that technically was not even advertised to us. We were under the impression we would be getting what you did. That was definitely wrong! No worries I plan to switch to Ark later on.

Thank you for the nice comments

No, Ive not purchased it. Im still on the fence on whether it will work or not on the 2007 G sedan. Bestbuy sells it for $200.00 but I dont want to spend that on it there when I can get it online for $100.00 and install it myself. I told Bestbuy about the online price and they say its because their pricing includes installation whether you want them to install it or not.