we're goin to ballin homie

 

So you guys think i should get the ECU reflashed first or make the car look better? by making the car look better i mean coloring the grill black and all the emblems black and the black spoiler that the back up camera is on.

 

I thought you wanted it to look better???

 

My car is white and im going for a black and white them. my lights are tints and my windows are tinted. i wanted to get the emblems blacked out and the grill blacked out.

 

first make the car look better bro.
but if your in a hurry then get it
but its worth it
im happy with it...my car is more ballsy now

 

Just my $0.02 regarding mods. I would do everything non-engine related first. You know, tint, lowering, LEDs, 6k HIDs, new shoes, possibly chin spoiler and rear spats, then, I would start working under the hood (to include exhaust). If you plan on doing the ECU reflash, I would work under the hood a little first, because the reflash will take into account what you have done to your engine; hence the reason why they ask. So, in short, and as G35Robby mentioned above, make the car look better first.

 

Robby already has his flash done, but is soon to be installing a FI cat-back with HFCs.
If I understand this all correctly, it'd be in his best interest to have this flash updated once those mods are in place.
Wouldn't it have been easier to just wait until those were done before doing the flash?..... or are these guys local to you?

I'm down for 3 days if I decide to do this, since they're on the other side on the world from me.

 

My understanding is that if you update your engine mods, after having the technoflash reflash done, it might be in the best interest to also have it updated.

 

ya I sure that I'm gonna do looks first. but do you guys thing it will look good to have the badges on the back painted metalic black and also having the small rear spoiler and whole grill black?

 

Don't see why not.

 

Not my taste, but it's all about expression and what you think looks nice.
If done correctly, I'm sure it'll look great.

 

the badges in black chrome, body-color the silver portion of the trunk lip, leave the front grille.

i like the idea of black pearl badging, but black grilles on white cars look absolutely trashy. in 6~8months you'll be buying another factory grille and selling your black one off.

the black back badges + stock front does end up poorly-balanced. a black pearl front emblem would balance it out, but would look terrible as well.

photoshop is your friend. grab some pix of a white G and start mocking up your ideas. If you absolutely hate the front grille, take a look at the ion..ic dynamics? grille. it's basically an em1 civic si grille made for a g35, but with a fresh badge in the middle it looks pretty good.

another option, if you have way more money than you should, is to body-color the chrome trim around the windows. you could also grab the "tape" that bmw owners buy and black out the chrome trim. search 335 and shadowline (not on this site, of course).

you're at a point where you want to do a ton of stuff to your new toy, but you have far more bad ideas than good ones at this time. like i said, throw your ideas into photoshop, get the junk out of the way, and run with the really good ones. writers do this all the time, so why not apply the same "clearing of the pipes" to this creative process?

c/n: tune it, silly. more go >>>>>>>>>>>>>> more show.

 

well bro, it wont be long till i get my exhaust and hfcs but the guy told me i could come back for a dyno tune when i get the parts on. the place isnt that far from my house. Technosquare and Fast Intentions are are close to my house, about 30 to 45 min distances. Plus i got near the same rwhp as the guy who had stillen exhaust and stillen hfc and injen intake. But since i used my stock intake he could push my car a lil more
but i have to pay money for the dyno...im sure prollly like 120-160

 

do you have before/after dyno graphs? and was your car just reflashed or was it reflashed AND dyno tuned? near same rwhp as stillen HFC and exhaust thats impressive..

 

and to bring back the OP's question, wats the difference in 0-60 and 1/4 mile times. obvoiusly nobody has any definite results but how about a ballpark figure. i think the G35s 5AT does 0-60 in like 5.4 and the 1/4 mile in like 13.9ish STOCK. can we expect something like 4.8-4.9 and 13.4??? i think those numbers are realistic for a car putting down 300whp..im no professional though, im just giving a possible answer, can someone with more knowledge estimate how much faster the 0-60 and 1/4 mile will be?