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From: By the sea, Tx
G35 sedan w/ too much money in mods
i totally forgot to update this thread so im bringing it back .The car is on the road and doing great .Passed the salvage examination with no problem . Pretty much like a new car . I am doing some mods on the interior right now but by next weekend i will have a nice photoshoot for you guys that followed all 18 pages lol .
2 words come to mind; freaking amazing!!
Gotta say I'm not a fan of the console paint but great job none the less.
Just finished my blue hvac display and gauge cluster today .yay .Im putting my avic d3 in tommorow also .
wow man. I just finished reading...
Amazing transformation - I was getting a bit discouraged on page 18 when everyone was saying MIA -
BUT THEN LIKE A GOOD BOOK THE HERO RETURNED ON THE FINAL PAGE!
Rofl - anyway excited to see the final man - great job.
PS - you guys jumped on Simpson's *** way too quick - the man was just lookin out!!!
Amazing transformation - I was getting a bit discouraged on page 18 when everyone was saying MIA -
BUT THEN LIKE A GOOD BOOK THE HERO RETURNED ON THE FINAL PAGE!
Rofl - anyway excited to see the final man - great job.
PS - you guys jumped on Simpson's *** way too quick - the man was just lookin out!!!
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Joined: Jun 2009
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From: Ontario
First - great job on the repair as it does look great and you got a modded G for a steal (in the sense of how much you put into it but your time is invaluable as you cannot put a $$$$ amount to that).
I have a question for the members on this site - and please be honest. Would you buy this car or would you purchase something that was not in an accident? I'm all for original vehicles . Repaired cars look good until the end of the first year or for us in the north where it snows and they fire salt on the road - the first winter.
I'm not knocking the skills of 04 G as they are exceptional - then again pictures can make most things look good but when you get up close you may see imperfections. Not too often do you get a better finish than factory unless you throw huge $$$$ at it.
I have a question for the members on this site - and please be honest. Would you buy this car or would you purchase something that was not in an accident? I'm all for original vehicles . Repaired cars look good until the end of the first year or for us in the north where it snows and they fire salt on the road - the first winter.
I'm not knocking the skills of 04 G as they are exceptional - then again pictures can make most things look good but when you get up close you may see imperfections. Not too often do you get a better finish than factory unless you throw huge $$$$ at it.
First - great job on the repair as it does look great and you got a modded G for a steal (in the sense of how much you put into it but your time is invaluable as you cannot put a $$$$ amount to that).
I have a question for the members on this site - and please be honest. Would you buy this car or would you purchase something that was not in an accident? I'm all for original vehicles . Repaired cars look good until the end of the first year or for us in the north where it snows and they fire salt on the road - the first winter.
I'm not knocking the skills of 04 G as they are exceptional - then again pictures can make most things look good but when you get up close you may see imperfections. Not too often do you get a better finish than factory unless you throw huge $$$$ at it.
I have a question for the members on this site - and please be honest. Would you buy this car or would you purchase something that was not in an accident? I'm all for original vehicles . Repaired cars look good until the end of the first year or for us in the north where it snows and they fire salt on the road - the first winter.
I'm not knocking the skills of 04 G as they are exceptional - then again pictures can make most things look good but when you get up close you may see imperfections. Not too often do you get a better finish than factory unless you throw huge $$$$ at it.
Im sure most people would buy a clean title G over mine but that is to be expected . I didnt mind the time it took cuz i like the challenge .By saying repaired cars look good until the end of the first year that depends on who repaired the car . I have also painted my other cars and the paint is still great 5 years from when it was painted . the paintjob on my G is definitly better quality than oem expecially with infinti's ****ty clearcoat .Plus there is no orange peel unlike factory paintjobs .You can get as close as you would like and see there are no imperfections . As long as it is done right it will be just as strong and last just as long as oem. The epoxy primer i used also gives the painjob good strength unlike surfacer primers .
Heres some new interior pics . I converted everything to LEDs even the cluster .I also installed a avic D3 . I used a metra DD finisher with JDM a/c controller . The controller needed a little modifying to fit but came out good and now i dont have a gap around the HU like the JDM DD finisher . Im also using the 7550 harness(without rca's) but still using the stock bose amp and speakers .The sound is much much better than the factory bose radio somehow .
no gap
no gap