Irvxing's Coupe Build

[Irvxing]

Wow, too many mods done, redone.
Here's my complete build and transitions in between.
Suspension
Eibach pro-kit before/after
Before

After

Before

After


Under the Hood
K&N Typhoon intake.

Stillen headers


Even cut the b- pipe and extended the o2 sensor cables to rid the SES light.

2j-racings light weight pulley.


AIT CF engine cover


AEM dryflow and added a nismo oil cap


Exhaust
1st Top Speed Pro-1



Added a resonator and 2 Huge muffler



Then Greddy TiC thanks to Illestcoupe


Former member D3santis gave the the idea to get rid of "heat stained tips"
So i redid my exhaust which is my current Set up.


My current exhaust is made up of a Vibrant ultra quiet resonator, 2 magnaflow magnapack mufflers and 911 turbo quad tips.

Wheels
After OEM came
Tenzo Type M's in 19x8.5+45 wrapped in Michelin Pilot Sport Plus A/s Tires 245/40/19


Then Chrom G wheels 17x7 17x8


Currently on some Gen coupe wheels. replacing REAL SOON

Exterior Mods
Stillen Lip


C-Mod Grill and Fogs were added


THEN
ED Fenders and Rear bumper




Got rear ended so i went back to OEM.

Also roof is wrapped and Stillen lip sports a new color scheme.
Rear diffuser is also painted. Satin black.



Still looking to get OEM FENDERS!!

Interior
CF wrapped interior


Bully Dog tuner


I also have LEDs replacing Stock bulbs.
RAZO RA96 shift knob


Red GTR Button


Ghetto Sound Rig
Hifonics Hfi 1000d mono amp
Hifonics Hfi 55.4 4 channel amp
Pioneer AVH Head Unit
Dynamated Trunk
Rockford Fostgate P3
Boston Acoustics SC sreies fronts
Jbl GTOs Rear




DAMAGES
First HIT AND RUN

Then Fuxing Hood flew open on me. It jacked up my fenders and scratched the hood.


Got rear ended at a dead stop from a dumbass woman in a Huge van

Not pictured but it damaged bumper #2 and Scuffed up my stillen lip.

I'm sure theres more just cant think up of anything
Thanks to all the people who have contributed in helping out my build.

[Ranga14]

Glad to see another Texan in here! Nice work btw... Too bad you had your car hit right after you were done working on it. Talk about crap luck. Btw, I'd recommend the Stillen lip on the front, for your year model it looks badass!

[Irvxing]

Thanks! Texans doing it big. yeah it sucks still debating on what to do about the blemish.

[Ranga14]

and you have my wheels, well, I have 18" matte charcoal.

[Irvxing]

Nice! I'm digging your coupe! i got 19's without taking weight into consideration. Realized how heavy they are recently when i took off the wheel to install the pulley. $$$ into these coupes

[Ranga14]

Yeah, I looked at 19 but realized I wanted more rubber so my tires would last longer.

But yeah, I think all you need now is a few body pieces to make it look great. Maybe matte black the roof too?

[Irvxing]

Yeah def been looking into adding vinyl to the roof. briefly had added 3m di-noc CF strips to my mirrors but took it off due to a peeling corner. Stillen lip has been on my list along with the c-mod grille combo, but supposedly a company is coming out with a CF lip?(ait i believe) coupes also debadged led/hid light swapped and red gtr push start.

[Ranga14]

I personally love the grille of the 2010+ ... I'd keep it just as you have it. ... I saw some of the AIT stuff in that other thread but it's really hard to gauge it just sitting there unpainted and not on our cars.

[super_dn]

Houston represent!

[AlexM.]

You've got a lot done! Are those the new tips or old tips?

[Irvxing]

Yeah just might keep the stock grille and save some $. they should have sample pics up.... not like stillens 2010+ facia where they chose to install their bumper on a dark car

Yeah dude Houston Represent! havnt seen your coupe around though lol

[Irvxing]

Those are the old Top Speed tips Alex. i was the one that asked you to do a drive by video on youtube a while back btw. ill have pics of the new tips w/ the resonator tomorrow when i can get a clear shot during the day.

[AlexM.]

Lol sorry I never got around to that. I went out one day to record it and it was super windy. Sounded horrible. Never tried again after that. So for clarity, before the resonators, did yours sound like mine? Or does it sound like mine after the resonators? I've never heard what the exhaust sounds like in my car other than me revving it. I really like the way it sounds when I rev it and from inside the cabin. None of that "buaaaa" business. But idk what it sounds like to others. I just wish it was deeper.

[Irvxing]

it never really sounded like yours, from the video. Before the resonator i had my friend drive my car because, like you i was liking the in-cabin sound disregarding the fact that i was having HORRIBLE drone, so i wanted to hear what it sounded like outside to others. Unfortunately after about 2.5k it was BUUUAAAA lol couldnt believe it was coming from my car. Under hard acceleration sounded horrible. but in cabin sounded nice! So i had a shop weld in a 16inch resonator (later upgraded to 24")and it sounded so much better, none of that high pitched tone. Taking into consideration i have intake and headers aswell which could of drastically affected the tone. Drive down a neighborhood at night with your windows down and itll give you a clue of what you sound like on the outside or have someone drive your car. With the new mufflers and bigger resonator my exhaust tone is deep. after 4k its quiet and the intake/headers take over. which i like. You could add a small, maybe 12 inch resonator to make it deeper. Eliminate high frequencies.

[DJ_B_Easy]

Paint calipers, add lip, finished. Very nice.

[Blake@STILLEN]

Car is lookin' sharp!

Now it's time for some urethane parts

[Irvxing]

Yes! Ordering the stillen lip soon.

[YoungCoupe]

So would you recommend getting the Top Speed exhaust with a resonator?

[mikethemike]

You should post up a clip of the exhaust with your current set up.

I'd remove the license plate with bumper plugs, HIDs, tints, and yea thats all.

Few questions:Were the speakers a direct plug n play replacement?

Finally, did you notice any difference in performance with the mods you currently have on?

[AlexM.]

You should post up a clip of the exhaust with your current set up.

Finally, did you notice any difference in performance with the mods you currently have on?

Yeah post up a video!

I'd love to have the headers and tuner on mine. I wouldn't be surprised if you decided to boost haha

[Ranga14]

Alex, I can put my BD on yours and drive around a bit during our next meet if you wanna see how it feels.

[BadaBing7189]

Car is lookin' sharp!

Now it's time for some urethane parts

Stillen fascia is the truth!! Me and my boy installed it no problem it was most defiantly the game changer for the coupe

[CoupeVQ35CVT]

Love that color myself.

1 question that is bugging me, why spend all this money on the car when you could have gotten a 3.5 that would match the looks with its performance. Your initial post doesn't make any sense in this regard. Otherwise, nice mods man.

[Irvxing]

So would you recommend getting the Top Speed exhaust with a resonator?

I would w/ a resonator added, although my top speed exhaust came with crooked tips. I know of another local coupe owner with the same problem. Not sure if it's a coincidence, but if you can deal with the small possible con then yes id def recommend it if you're on a budget.

You should post up a clip of the exhaust with your current set up.

I'd remove the license plate with bumper plugs, HIDs, tints, and yea thats all.

Few questions:Were the speakers a direct plug n play replacement?

Finally, did you notice any difference in performance with the mods you currently have on?

I'll post up a video of the car with the exhaust clip soon.
Here where i live cops are very particular about having both front and rear plates on. Other than that i do have HID's installed 6000k, am tinted 35% fronts 20% back.
And, no the speakers were not plug and play you have to look up the speaker color codes and the front components were a pain, removed the dash to stash the crossovers also had to cut the stock speaker connectors and attach terminals. The rear speakers were a breeze all you have to do is remove the carpeting from underneath the speakers, cut the stock speaker plugs, attach new terminals and install the speakers.
Yes i feel a noticeable difference with the mods i have. Got a friend with a stock 2.5 coupe and mine leaves it behind at least 3 car lengths. at legal speeds of course

Yeah post up a video!

I'd love to have the headers and tuner on mine. I wouldn't be surprised if you decided to boost haha

i looked into boosting but settling for an Uprev tune im having a shop do
and def getting a video u soon, just like you got one up of the drive by lol, jk.

Love that color myself.

1 question that is bugging me, why spend all this money on the car when you could have gotten a 3.5 that would match the looks with its performance. Your initial post doesn't make any sense in this regard. Otherwise, nice mods man.

lol i get this A LOT. Yeah a 3.5 would match the looks and over perform but i initially had no real intentions of modding or going fast even. I looked at used g35's, 350z's, and even a 335i, all around this price range but liked the feel of the altima better. If i was going to drop 30g's on a car it def wasnt going to be the altima. But i liked the car better than the others and its a 6 speed, something that i didnt see available in the 3.5's in town. also, got a great deal on it being used with only 7k miles on it. lol i dont regret my buy. And Thanks!

[PHENOMenalVinyl]

Yeah def been looking into adding vinyl to the roof. briefly had added 3m di-noc CF strips to my mirrors but took it off due to a peeling corner. Stillen lip has been on my list along with the c-mod grille combo, but supposedly a company is coming out with a CF lip?(ait i believe) coupes also debadged led/hid light swapped and red gtr push start.

I could help you with this by wrapping the lip in Carbon Fiber as well as Send you Mirrors wrapped in CF. I have a bunch of spare mirrors I picked up from the junk yard just haven't gotten to posting them up. If you want to check out some of the picture of stuff look at this video it has a nice representation of what we do. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMBX7GJE ... ature=plcp I could hook you up with the mirrors for $100 shipped to you. The lip would have to be ordered and then sent to you once done. Let me know if you would be interested.

Oh btw Awesome clean build I'm loving everything your doing.....I want to start over :/ I have so much going on with mine this winter it's ripped apart.

[Irvxing]

Thanks PHENOMenalVinyl, but unfortunately i already ordered some more wrap for the mirrors, and the vinyl for the roof. Def going to look you up if i need something done! saw the ferrari you did a while back, very nice work!

[PHENOMenalVinyl]

Thanks PHENOMenalVinyl, but unfortunately i already ordered some more wrap for the mirrors, and the vinyl for the roof. Def going to look you up if i need something done! saw the ferrari you did a while back, very nice work!

Thanks!!!!1 No problem deals up for everyone if I ever just do them I'll have to post them up. Just been crazy lately.

Which vinyl did you get?

[Irvxing]

I got 3m vinyl

[AlexM.]

Alex, I can put my BD on yours and drive around a bit during our next meet if you wanna see how it feels.

That'd be great! But to be honest, I'm dead broke right now. All mods on hold until Summer maybe. Don't wanna lead you on or anything. But a test drive would be cool. But I have a 2.5 so wouldnt it have to be reconfigured or whatever?

Yeah post up a video!

I'd love to have the headers and tuner on mine. I wouldn't be surprised if you decided to boost haha

i looked into boosting but settling for an Uprev tune im having a shop do
and def getting a video u soon, just like you got one up of the drive by lol, jk.

Haha not like you need it anymore but I'll get one up! I left my gf drive my car a bit in a parking lot and got to see what it sounded like. It sounds great! I guess the headers + lack of resonators made yours a bit raspier. Mine sounds nice and deep.

[SanoSuKe]

You two should stop posting on here and go work on those videos!! j/k :p