Thanks. It's Ford's Lightning Blue.

It was a lot especially after having all the jambs and trunk painted too.

 

I've always wanted to paint my car Ford's Sonic Blue. My brother had a 03 Cobra he bought brand new in SB and the paint is stunning. Your car looks great!

 

Nice paint! Love that color on the G.

Last night I surprised my friend when my "old loud car" pulled on his '16 328i, which isn't much of an accomplishment but nobody expected my aged rusty G to beat an almost brand new BMW to 130. Who knew??

Got my new Magnaflow resonated muffled x pipe, going to muffler shop to install after work today, I'll take some before and after video from inside the car at various gears and speeds and if anyone with HKS reps wants to hear it I'll post it up somewhere here.

 

Installed new fuel lines and fuel return. Gonna install my twin pump tomorrow.

 

Do you a turbo or supercharger?

 

Washed and took some pics



Also found some CF vinyl and figured I'd see how the door handle covers come out

 

Took mine in for an alignment job today at the local Nissan. Interesting experience, apparently two of the 3 techs scheduled to work today called in sick and the one mechanic who showed up was overworked and PISSED and there was a little drama in the customer area of the service dept. They offered to comp my alignment job but it didn't feel appropriate so I declined and told them I would pay. Got a free oil change get voucher though because they were pretty embarrassed about what happened.

However... the primary reason I went in is my steering wheel has always been about 3-5° off to the right and I assumed it would be corrected as part of an alignment job (has been for every private mechanic alignment I've ever had done) but I noticed on my way home that it's still off...

Can anyone verify that repair steps for alignment include centering the customers steering wheel? I don't see any specific documentation on alignment steps in the factory service manual so...

 

I just take it to firestone for the lifetime alignment always comes out perfect

 

Twin turbo 4.2L stroked motor

 

 

For my alignment (just normal stuff at Tire Kingdom) they set the steering wheel straight, lock it in place with a tool/brace and then align the wheels to where they need to be. I think the steering center can be corrected electronically, but this is only for when the steering wheel is actually straight but the computers think you're turning - you would have VDC disabling itself if that was the case.

Have you checked your printout to see how the alignment is? Might just be down to a disgruntled employee....the last sort of people I'd want working on my car.

 

Basically I was looking for confirmation anywhere in the service manual that states it's ACTUALLY a step, on track cars we use a ratcheting tiedown to tie the steering wheel to the brake pedal so it doesn't accidentally move when making adjustments. However I'm not finding any official Nissan/Infiniti procedure about steps related to shop alignment so it's probably just at the discretion of the technician to actually check the steering wheel.

I'll have them straighten it when I come in for my complimentary oil change in a few weeks, they owe me for being cool about what happened today with the tech and take care of me anyways so I'm sure it won't be a problem.

 

Funny, I was thinking about doing the same thing. The durability of those plastic inserts is **** poor to say the least. Bad materials considering they are a huge wear item. I think I’ve replaced mine three times over the years...good thing is that I have plenty of extras to play around with now.

 

I wrapped mine the same like 3 years ago lol. Less headache.

 

They just toe and go at most places, you have specifically ask them to set your steering wheel straight, as it's done at the universal joint just outside the firewall. When I did mine It took a bit to center up, wheel kept moving haha.