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tricky_ab · 09-26-2011, 06:24 PM

^^^ Damn I didn't know that!!!! I already placed a order for a Zeta III earlier this month, but I wasn't planning to buy a passenger seat till next spring...I might have to bite the bullet, depending on how much the increase is.

Thanks again

Continue with your thread, I won't clog it up...

towlie · 09-26-2011, 08:37 PM

I'm putting in an order for a Zeta III soon aswell lol

Not before the price hike though

wh0aitznic0 · 09-26-2011, 09:01 PM

Zeta 3 club yeeeeeeeee

kyles1988 · 10-05-2011, 08:45 AM

Figured I'd post a small update of the "parts are showing up" sort. Haven't worked on the car much, been crazy busy with school.

So here's what I've had show up in the last week.

-Ganador Mirrors
-Buddy Club Spec 2
-RS*R Bushing kit
-300ZX Rear caliper rebuilt kit
-Circuit Sport exhaust hanger bushings

Ordered a Bride Zeta 3. That will be here Friday. Shipped my PowerFC off to A'PEXi japan to have that refurbished.

tricky_ab · 10-05-2011, 11:25 AM

I love it when Christmas comes early! I had my friend look into ordering me a set of Ganador mirrors with blue lenses, but they do not make them anymore

Oh BTW you were totally right about the Bride seats. Mine shipped yesterday and will arrive next week.

***CrimsonRockett*** · 10-05-2011, 12:05 PM

Buddy Club? Why not Reinhard?

chiboy002 · 10-05-2011, 10:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tricky_ab

I love it when Christmas comes early! I had my friend look into ordering me a set of Ganador mirrors with blue lenses, but they do not make them anymore

ffffuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

rs*r bushing kit, what does it do?

ZX88 · 10-05-2011, 10:08 PM

powa fc troubles.. typical. looking nice btw

kyles1988 · 10-05-2011, 11:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tricky_ab

Oh BTW you were totally right about the Bride seats. Mine shipped yesterday and will arrive next week.

Where did you end up ordering from? The dude at driveline was kind of jerking me around. Tried to charge me more over the phone than what was listed on their website. I went with AutoRnD.

Quote:

Originally Posted by CrimsonRockett

Buddy Club? Why not Reinhard?

Such a troll! I would love a Reinhard, I'm just not enough of a boss for one right now.

Quote:

Originally Posted by chiboy002

rs*r bushing kit, what does it do?

Polyurethane bushings for all bushings in the suspension. Subframe, all of the rear arms, steering rack, etc. I'm trying not to put anything back on the car that isn't freshened up or made better in some way.

I'm currently taking apart my 300ZX calipers to get powdercoated. I'm trying to freshen up every aspect of those: powdercoating, zinc plating all bolts, new seals and hardware, etc. Now I'm trying to decide if I want to get new pistons.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZX88

powa fc troubles.. typical. looking nice btw

Thanks man. Kinda hard to blame this one on the powerFC...I mean I hooked up my battery backwards and it melted everything in that car haha.

kyles1988 · 10-06-2011, 07:28 AM

Decided to put the Ganador's on last night. I'll be painting them red before too long here hopefully but these will work for now.

CamryOnBronze · 10-06-2011, 08:38 AM

Ganador club

conrad_s13.5 · 10-06-2011, 09:06 AM

i dig it black,.....like from the factory

tricky_ab · 10-06-2011, 10:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chiboy002

ffffuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

Yeah tell me about it...I should have bought a set sooner...

Quote:

Originally Posted by kyles1988

Where did you end up ordering from? The dude at driveline was kind of jerking me around. Tried to charge me more over the phone than what was listed on their website. I went with AutoRnD.

My friend is in Japan so I don't know exactly which shop he hits up (It could be a few since I'm ordering a body kit as well) but I can find out if you'd like. I just told him to go a head and order the regular lame version

kyles1988 · 10-06-2011, 10:15 AM

I really wanted a set with blue mirrors, but I just bought what was available.

What do you mean regular lame version tricky?

REVGASM · 10-06-2011, 10:30 AM

rsr box looking all cool and shit. New Piggy Bank

Broadfield · 10-06-2011, 11:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CamryOnBronze

Ganador club

Two peas in a pod I tell ya.

tricky_ab · 10-06-2011, 11:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kyles1988

I really wanted a set with blue mirrors, but I just bought what was available.

What do you mean regular lame version tricky?

Oh I was just joking (Blue over the regular mirrors). It's just I REALLY wanted the blue lens version...

kyles1988 · 10-06-2011, 11:16 AM

I prefer the blue lens as well. I had blue lenses in my Spoon mirrors for my last civic and dug them. Plus they're cooler.

cjmirabal1 · 10-06-2011, 12:14 PM

omg!! nice

riptor · 10-06-2011, 01:21 PM

Quote:

Thanks man. Kinda hard to blame this one on the powerFC...I mean I hooked up my battery backwards and it melted everything in that car haha.

HAHA...damn now i dont feel like a retarded anymore!! thats the same thing that happened to my pfc yo! u gonna get another one or go with ems II?

kyles1988 · 10-06-2011, 01:27 PM

I'm having my PowerFC refurbished/rebuilt by apexi. what is EMS2?

riptor · 10-06-2011, 01:43 PM

just a word of warning bro...i sent mine in as well. just got i back last week with a "im sorry sir...we couldnt save her" phone call. i dont know if yours is in better shape then mine was...but good luck to ya...im STILL lookin for a new one. and the ems series II is AEM's lates and greatest. From what ive heard its supposed to be the bee's knees. From what ive read. it has a couple different features that the PFC dosnt, however its still kina pricy like i said earlier ($1200 range).

Touge_Monster · 10-06-2011, 01:52 PM

My "spoon" mirrors (vision) have blue tint. We should trade

kyles1988 · 10-06-2011, 01:54 PM

Dang, I never thought they'd tell someone they couldn't fix something. Pretty sure I'll get that phone call as well then haha. Dreamcrusher. Mine was trashed. Can't find the pic right now I took of it.

I'm pretty sold on PowerFC's. I'm pretty completely not-sold on AEM EMS. I've had 2 cars with powerFC's and both have worked awesome, run great, etc. There is a great powerFC tuner in St. Louis too so that helps having one only 3 hours away. AEM EMS..well...meh. I've known a few guys to have trouble with them, even when they have "high profile" shops like AMS working on them.

Typeone · 10-06-2011, 03:03 PM

Beautiful car... I look forward to seeing more.

riptor · 10-07-2011, 12:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kyles1988

Dang, I never thought they'd tell someone they couldn't fix something. Pretty sure I'll get that phone call as well then haha. Dreamcrusher. Mine was trashed. Can't find the pic right now I took of it.

I'm pretty sold on PowerFC's. I'm pretty completely not-sold on AEM EMS. I've had 2 cars with powerFC's and both have worked awesome, run great, etc. There is a great powerFC tuner in St. Louis too so that helps having one only 3 hours away. AEM EMS..well...meh. I've known a few guys to have trouble with them, even when they have "high profile" shops like AMS working on them.

hahah not tryin to be a dream wercker bro!! im still tryin to get my money together for another one. lol. i liked my pfc as well..i really like the idea of the commander and the functionality of the unit as a whole. they might be able to fix it bro...but good luck either way! and thanx for the inspration again man im tellin ya....this is EXACTLY what i want to do with my green machine! as far as the outside goes..

va240dude · 10-07-2011, 04:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kyles1988

Decided to put the Ganador's on last night. I'll be painting them red before too long here hopefully but these will work for now.

Glad you got the mirrors bro! They look good! I'll look out for some blue lenses for you...

CamryOnBronze · 10-07-2011, 07:35 AM

^ And for me too!

This car is seriously getting so much more rad this week. Good lawd.

nathanong87 · 10-07-2011, 07:40 AM

yea blue tint is apparently discontinued. but that can be solved EASILY for bowlers like you mid west dudes.

have a glass shop cut u some, or tint them up urself. BLUE

kyles1988 · 10-07-2011, 09:08 AM

OK time for another update. I actually worked on the car a little this time instead of just taking pictures of everything piled up.

Ok so here is what my ground clearance looked like with the factory exhaust. Part of the reason I was doing the exhaust ws to gain ground clearance since I'm tearing up my garage floor when I pull out of it.

And here is what the back of the car looks like with factory exhaust:

I ended up picking up a set of circuit sports exhaust hanger bushings with hopes that it will bring the exhaust up a little higher. These are polyurethane so they're quite a bit stiffer than the old clapped out factory pieces.

I don't have a whole lot of progress pictures so I'll just write a book about what went down.

After spending a little bit getting the car all jacked up and supported properly it was time to tear into it. I've recently developed a phobia of being under cars (doesn't bode well for my HICAS removal project this winter...) so I tried to make sure everything was supported properly. I put the rear wheels on the race ramps wheel cribs (these aren't my pictures, I googled them to show you guys what I did):

The put the front wheels on the Race Ramps Roll ups and chocked them front and rear on both sides.

Now that the car was all ready to go, it was time to start pulling off the ol' trusty OEM exhaust. Surprisingly it was in decent shape. One of the mufflers was rusty on the side and had cracked but not too bad. It has to be one of the few factory exhausts left haha. I pulled that guy down and saws-all'ed it up so the garbage man would take it away in the morning. Next was working with the new exhaust. It's a 2 piece design that uses a slip joint in the middle with springs to hold it together. I coated the joint with heat resistant anti-seize so hopefully it isn't too hard to pull apart should I ever need to.

Next I put on the exhaust hanger bushings. I couldn't find my trusty can of silicone to spray in these to make installation easier, so I went ghetto and just used the next slickest thing I could think of: Tire Shine. It ended up working pretty well. So I got the exhaust all mounted up and good to go. Here are some pictures:

A little more ground clearance but I may end up either having my downpipe bent by an exhaust shop so that it tucks up higher by where the cat would be or just going with a PBM Cobra 2 downpipe.

And one picture of the car after I finished buttoning everything up:

While I was under the car I found out why my speedometer wasn't working: the speed sensor was very loose int he transmission. So I tightened that guy up and continued looking around for other little things to fix. I noticed my frame rails had pretty much all of the undercoating ground off from sliding across crappy driveways and what not, so while I'm under there this winter with everything apart I'll be undercoating everything. Now I'm saving up for all SPL Pro V3 arms and maybe some NISMO lower control arms and a whiteline sway bar.

10-05-2011, 10:08 PM	#128
ZX88 Post Whore! Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: ATX Age: 32 Posts: 2,946 Trader Rating: (8) Feedback Score: 8 reviews	powa fc troubles.. typical. looking nice btw __________________ SNOW PANTS OR NO PANTS.

10-06-2011, 08:38 AM	#131
CamryOnBronze Post Whore! Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: MI Age: 35 Posts: 3,913 Trader Rating: (131) Rides Gallery: CamryOnBronze Feedback Score: 131 reviews	Ganador club __________________ CamryOnBronze.com

10-06-2011, 09:06 AM	#132
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10-06-2011, 10:30 AM	#135
REVGASM Zilvia Addict Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Chicago Age: 38 Posts: 822 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	rsr box looking all cool and shit. New Piggy Bank __________________ ProceeD:Final-Bout:RVGSM SPL

10-06-2011, 01:43 PM	#142
riptor Zilvia Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: va beach Age: 37 Posts: 241 Trader Rating: (2) Feedback Score: 2 reviews	just a word of warning bro...i sent mine in as well. just got i back last week with a "im sorry sir...we couldnt save her" phone call. i dont know if yours is in better shape then mine was...but good luck to ya...im STILL lookin for a new one. and the ems series II is AEM's lates and greatest. From what ive heard its supposed to be the bee's knees. From what ive read. it has a couple different features that the PFC dosnt, however its still kina pricy like i said earlier ($1200 range). Last edited by riptor; 10-06-2011 at 01:44 PM.. Reason: cuz i can spell!!

09-26-2011, 06:24 PM	#121
tricky_ab Post Whore! Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: It's dark, and hell is hot! Posts: 9,413 Trader Rating: (23) Feedback Score: 23 reviews	^^^ Damn I didn't know that!!!! I already placed a order for a Zeta III earlier this month, but I wasn't planning to buy a passenger seat till next spring...I might have to bite the bullet, depending on how much the increase is. Thanks again Continue with your thread, I won't clog it up...

09-26-2011, 08:37 PM	#122
towlie Nissanaholic! Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Pacific NorthWest Posts: 2,496 Trader Rating: (11) Feedback Score: 11 reviews	I'm putting in an order for a Zeta III soon aswell lol Not before the price hike though

10-05-2011, 08:45 AM	#124
kyles1988 Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Normal, IL Posts: 1,026 Trader Rating: (12) Feedback Score: 12 reviews	Figured I'd post a small update of the "parts are showing up" sort. Haven't worked on the car much, been crazy busy with school. So here's what I've had show up in the last week. -Ganador Mirrors -Buddy Club Spec 2 -RS*R Bushing kit -300ZX Rear caliper rebuilt kit -Circuit Sport exhaust hanger bushings Ordered a Bride Zeta 3. That will be here Friday. Shipped my PowerFC off to A'PEXi japan to have that refurbished.

10-05-2011, 11:25 AM	#125
tricky_ab Post Whore! Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: It's dark, and hell is hot! Posts: 9,413 Trader Rating: (23) Feedback Score: 23 reviews	I love it when Christmas comes early! I had my friend look into ordering me a set of Ganador mirrors with blue lenses, but they do not make them anymore Oh BTW you were totally right about the Bride seats. Mine shipped yesterday and will arrive next week.

10-06-2011, 07:28 AM	#130
kyles1988 Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Normal, IL Posts: 1,026 Trader Rating: (12) Feedback Score: 12 reviews	Decided to put the Ganador's on last night. I'll be painting them red before too long here hopefully but these will work for now.

10-06-2011, 10:15 AM	#134
kyles1988 Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Normal, IL Posts: 1,026 Trader Rating: (12) Feedback Score: 12 reviews	I really wanted a set with blue mirrors, but I just bought what was available. What do you mean regular lame version tricky?

10-06-2011, 11:16 AM	#138
kyles1988 Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Normal, IL Posts: 1,026 Trader Rating: (12) Feedback Score: 12 reviews	I prefer the blue lens as well. I had blue lenses in my Spoon mirrors for my last civic and dug them. Plus they're cooler.

10-06-2011, 12:14 PM	#139
cjmirabal1 Zilvia Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Tampa Age: 32 Posts: 155 Trader Rating: (2) Feedback Score: 2 reviews	omg!! nice

10-06-2011, 01:27 PM	#141
kyles1988 Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Normal, IL Posts: 1,026 Trader Rating: (12) Feedback Score: 12 reviews	I'm having my PowerFC refurbished/rebuilt by apexi. what is EMS2?

10-06-2011, 01:54 PM	#144
kyles1988 Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Normal, IL Posts: 1,026 Trader Rating: (12) Feedback Score: 12 reviews	Dang, I never thought they'd tell someone they couldn't fix something. Pretty sure I'll get that phone call as well then haha. Dreamcrusher. Mine was trashed. Can't find the pic right now I took of it. I'm pretty sold on PowerFC's. I'm pretty completely not-sold on AEM EMS. I've had 2 cars with powerFC's and both have worked awesome, run great, etc. There is a great powerFC tuner in St. Louis too so that helps having one only 3 hours away. AEM EMS..well...meh. I've known a few guys to have trouble with them, even when they have "high profile" shops like AMS working on them.

10-06-2011, 03:03 PM	#145
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10-07-2011, 07:35 AM	#148
CamryOnBronze Post Whore! Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: MI Age: 35 Posts: 3,913 Trader Rating: (131) Rides Gallery: CamryOnBronze Feedback Score: 131 reviews	^ And for me too! This car is seriously getting so much more rad this week. Good lawd. __________________ CamryOnBronze.com

10-07-2011, 07:40 AM	#149
nathanong87 Post Whore! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: maryland Age: 33 Posts: 5,182 Trader Rating: (6) Feedback Score: 6 reviews	yea blue tint is apparently discontinued. but that can be solved EASILY for bowlers like you mid west dudes. have a glass shop cut u some, or tint them up urself. BLUE __________________ IG @nathanong87 --- Night ★ Life natelife.tumblr.com

10-07-2011, 09:08 AM	#150
kyles1988 Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Normal, IL Posts: 1,026 Trader Rating: (12) Feedback Score: 12 reviews	OK time for another update. I actually worked on the car a little this time instead of just taking pictures of everything piled up. Ok so here is what my ground clearance looked like with the factory exhaust. Part of the reason I was doing the exhaust ws to gain ground clearance since I'm tearing up my garage floor when I pull out of it. And here is what the back of the car looks like with factory exhaust: I ended up picking up a set of circuit sports exhaust hanger bushings with hopes that it will bring the exhaust up a little higher. These are polyurethane so they're quite a bit stiffer than the old clapped out factory pieces. I don't have a whole lot of progress pictures so I'll just write a book about what went down. After spending a little bit getting the car all jacked up and supported properly it was time to tear into it. I've recently developed a phobia of being under cars (doesn't bode well for my HICAS removal project this winter...) so I tried to make sure everything was supported properly. I put the rear wheels on the race ramps wheel cribs (these aren't my pictures, I googled them to show you guys what I did): The put the front wheels on the Race Ramps Roll ups and chocked them front and rear on both sides. Now that the car was all ready to go, it was time to start pulling off the ol' trusty OEM exhaust. Surprisingly it was in decent shape. One of the mufflers was rusty on the side and had cracked but not too bad. It has to be one of the few factory exhausts left haha. I pulled that guy down and saws-all'ed it up so the garbage man would take it away in the morning. Next was working with the new exhaust. It's a 2 piece design that uses a slip joint in the middle with springs to hold it together. I coated the joint with heat resistant anti-seize so hopefully it isn't too hard to pull apart should I ever need to. Next I put on the exhaust hanger bushings. I couldn't find my trusty can of silicone to spray in these to make installation easier, so I went ghetto and just used the next slickest thing I could think of: Tire Shine. It ended up working pretty well. So I got the exhaust all mounted up and good to go. Here are some pictures: A little more ground clearance but I may end up either having my downpipe bent by an exhaust shop so that it tucks up higher by where the cat would be or just going with a PBM Cobra 2 downpipe. And one picture of the car after I finished buttoning everything up: While I was under the car I found out why my speedometer wasn't working: the speed sensor was very loose int he transmission. So I tightened that guy up and continued looking around for other little things to fix. I noticed my frame rails had pretty much all of the undercoating ground off from sliding across crappy driveways and what not, so while I'm under there this winter with everything apart I'll be undercoating everything. Now I'm saving up for all SPL Pro V3 arms and maybe some NISMO lower control arms and a whiteline sway bar.

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