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Looks great man...good as new!!
I noticed you painted the OEM 18's...do you mind telling me some details and steps you took to make that happen? (what color/product? how much? did you do the work? etc...)
Personally I think the darker, gun-metalish wheels go well with the car color.
I noticed you painted the OEM 18's...do you mind telling me some details and steps you took to make that happen? (what color/product? how much? did you do the work? etc...)
Personally I think the darker, gun-metalish wheels go well with the car color.
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From: SOCAL
Looks great man...good as new!!
I noticed you painted the OEM 18's...do you mind telling me some details and steps you took to make that happen? (what color/product? how much? did you do the work? etc...)
Personally I think the darker, gun-metalish wheels go well with the car color.
I noticed you painted the OEM 18's...do you mind telling me some details and steps you took to make that happen? (what color/product? how much? did you do the work? etc...)
Personally I think the darker, gun-metalish wheels go well with the car color.
Definitely with you on the darker wheels, i used plasti dip( anthracite grey) and some plasti dip glossifier. I just took off the wheels cleaned them real good and then cleaned them again with rubbing alcohol and sprayed about 3 coats of color on each wheel with roughly 10 min in between coats followed by 3 heavy coats of glossifier to get it a bit more shiny. The glossifier is available at pep boys but the anthracite grey is only available through dipyourcar.com and they nail you on the shipping($11 for me, a can is worth $10).
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I've been off of here for a while now. A lot has changed over a few months. First off my engine developed a tick which i later pinpointed to be a faulty/worn out lifter that was also causing loads of raw oil to escape out the tail pipes. I ran the car for more than a year with the tick and it gradually got louder until it TICKED me off. I managed to snag up a used engine with tranny for cheap and decided to take on the swap once school ended. Alas summer came around the corner and things got cooking. I resealed the new second hand engine and replaced all major gaskets, new thermostat, waterpump and starter along with a new clutch. After a week of work my car is back on the road and feels better than ever!
FIRST a little bit of fun before the engine was pulled with the stock bald rubbers in the rear
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The new engine was dirty and covered in normal road debris/ dirt. After a couple of hours, a tooth brush and some parts cleaner it was looking like so
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After some paint
Then the teardown began.
So much more room for activities
No lift, no help other than my hands and legs and 2 hours later and she's out.
Finally got the new engine in and connected
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a couple test runs
Finally back on the streets up to no good
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FIRST a little bit of fun before the engine was pulled with the stock bald rubbers in the rear
[IMG]
[/IMG]The new engine was dirty and covered in normal road debris/ dirt. After a couple of hours, a tooth brush and some parts cleaner it was looking like so
[IMG]
[/IMG]After some paint
Then the teardown began.
So much more room for activities
No lift, no help other than my hands and legs and 2 hours later and she's out.
Finally got the new engine in and connected
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[/IMG]a couple test runs
Finally back on the streets up to no good
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Great shot! Back up to no good is the way to be. Keep it clean!
I've been off of here for a while now. A lot has changed over a few months. First off my engine developed a tick which i later pinpointed to be a faulty/worn out lifter that was also causing loads of raw oil to escape out the tail pipes. I ran the car for more than a year with the tick and it gradually got louder until it TICKED me off. I managed to snag up a used engine with tranny for cheap and decided to take on the swap once school ended. Alas summer came around the corner and things got cooking. I resealed the new second hand engine and replaced all major gaskets, new thermostat, waterpump and starter along with a new clutch. After a week of work my car is back on the road and feels better than ever!
FIRST a little bit of fun before the engine was pulled with the stock bald rubbers in the rear
[IMG][/IMG]
The new engine was dirty and covered in normal road debris/ dirt. After a couple of hours, a tooth brush and some parts cleaner it was looking like so
[IMG][/IMG]
After some paint
Then the teardown began.
So much more room for activities
No lift, no help other than my hands and legs and 2 hours later and she's out.
Finally got the new engine in and connected
[IMG][/IMG]
a couple test runs
Finally back on the streets up to no good
[IMG][/IMG]
FIRST a little bit of fun before the engine was pulled with the stock bald rubbers in the rear
[IMG]
[/IMG]The new engine was dirty and covered in normal road debris/ dirt. After a couple of hours, a tooth brush and some parts cleaner it was looking like so
[IMG]
[/IMG]After some paint
Then the teardown began.
So much more room for activities
No lift, no help other than my hands and legs and 2 hours later and she's out.
Finally got the new engine in and connected
[IMG]
[/IMG]a couple test runs
Finally back on the streets up to no good
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Great looking g how are the tein s tech springs. I wanna drop my g but worried with all the damn pot holes in New Jersey I might save up and do coils instead
Welcome to the g community
Welcome to the g community
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Thanks. The stechs are doing really well. on the car for about 10k miles. They handle like oem suspension but are noticeably stiffer. I deal with rough streets on the daily and the ride is not that bad, a tad bit worst than oem springs. Also these are s techs for a 350z so they are a tiny bit stiffer and lower than s techs for the G35
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