A few pictures of what I've been up to

[Hoffman5982]

So the during the past week I've actually had a few days off of work, and without a girlfriend, I had plenty of time to work on my car. I didn't do much, but I'm very happy with it. I started last wednesday by removing all four calipers and cleaning the living s*** out of them. Then I painted the red. I masked off the front letters because they had grooves(z32 brakes) and sanded the letters on the back. Here's pictures of that

Getting them off, my friend is weird car up in the air prepping calipers And done

This is after I put them on the car

And today I finally got tires for my new wheels. I've been waiting to get the complete set since September. These things are hard to find. They're 350z track wheels. 18x8 in the front and 18x8.5 in the back. 3 are refinished and 1 isn't. I finally gave up and bought the used one. The back 2 tires came today so I had them mounted and everything. So without further ado....here's some pictures..

Credit goes to my best friends girlfriend, Marlee Smith. I told her to just take simple pictures for now because the car is filthy. She takes really good pictures though

And I know, more LOAR. I have stance's on order, so it will be eventually

Thanks for looking, let me know what you think

[badbob2121]

calipers look great and the rims dont look bad either.. nice job

[juse]

looks good keep it up

i wish i had weels like that.

[bigs]

beautiful! Yea, I remember looking for a set of those wheels a while back. They're hard to come by.

[Funano]

Yeah, they do look pretty nice. I didn't think I would like the way it looks. +1

[r34 gtr]

Classy!

Invest $40 in some center caps for those wheels.

[Chris28]

Simple and clean. I would normally make a comment about the wheels, but they are oem so it still retains the clean look.

More low is a necessity though.

[Hoffman5982]

Simple and clean. I would normally make a comment about the wheels, but they are oem so it still retains the clean look.

More low is a necessity though.

Yea I know. Once I get the stances installed, Im not going to slam it but Im going to get rid of the wheel gap. Simple and clean is exactly what Im going for, and its about all I can afford

Classy!

Invest $40 in some center caps for those wheels.

Yea I am, after I order RUCAs. Will just the normal 350z center caps fit?

[Dazzla]

show us more of that lip

[Lonismos14]

Sorry bout the GF. Trust me there are plenty girls and your still young. I now realize being single is a blessing.

Nice rims and brakes. And DAMN didnt you order the coils in like end of december. That crazy almost 3 months what company did you order them from?KEEP IT UP

[StandardProspect]

Very nice!

My girlfriend of 2 years broke up with me a couple months ago and working on the 240 really helps. She used to call my 240 my first love. She was right!

Beautiful car man

[Dire91]

I have those rims on my S14 too! They are f***ing amazing, how much did you pick yours up for?

[mRodiek]

You could have just sanded the letters off instead of taping, a little easier. Good job though, looks good.

[Hoffman5982]

show us more of that lip

I get more pics of it soon. it's just the diamond lock lip from home depot. I still need to finish fixing the factory lip

Sorry bout the GF. Trust me there are plenty girls and your still young. I now realize being single is a blessing.

Nice rims and brakes. And DAMN didnt you order the coils in like end of december. That crazy almost 3 months what company did you order them from?KEEP IT UP

Thanks man. Its fine though, after 2 years, we did nothing but fight. So I cut off.I ordered them on January 15th from IntensePower. Apparently everyone is out of these so Im waiting on stance to send some more out

I have those rims on my S14 too! They are f***ing amazing, how much did you pick yours up for?

Yea I've always had a thing for the track wheels. I got the 2 rears in september for about 450, then 1 of the fronts in november or december for 250, and the last front wheel in January for 200. So close to a grand for 3 refinished wheels and one used, but in pretty good condition.

You could have just sanded the letters off instead of taping, a little easier. Good job though, looks good.

yea like I said I shaved the rears after painting, but the letters on the front calipers have little grooves to them, so It would have been just as hard to file them completely smooth to get all the paint off as it was to tape them off. i might still file them, to make them shinier

Thanks everyone for the compliments

[Flicktitty]

looks good!

with a drop that car is going to look VERY nice.i agree get some center caps for the wheels though.

[Dire91]

Yea I've always had a thing for the track wheels. I got the 2 rears in september for about 450, then 1 of the fronts in november or december for 250, and the last front wheel in January for 200. So close to a grand for 3 refinished wheels and one used, but in pretty good condition.

I was always wondering what kids payed for them. I got them from a guy who had no idea what they were worth. Got all 4 for $250.

[elchoccolatte]

Nice Combo!!!

[Redevil]

Getting them off, my friend is weird

Lol!!! the first thing that came to my mind was GINGER!!!! when seeing that and I don't know why.

[simmode1]

Good stuff.

Those are Tokico Blues, right? What springs you got on there and how are there holding up?

[EnjoiNismo]

Car looks great!Im digging the 350z rims. Def looks better.

[Hoffman5982]

Yea they're tokiko blues with eibach pro springs. They came with the car and the guy gave me a folder with everything he ever bought so I'll have to look back to when he bought them but I've pu about 20k miles on them and they're still doing great. The ride isn't extremely harsh and they are low enough to keep me happy but now that I have new wheels I want everything to be flush. Whenever the coilovers get here I'm going to sell them

[Lonismos14]

How much i will probaly drive to you dothan only like 30mins away.

[simmode1]

Yea they're tokiko blues with eibach pro springs... and they're still doing great.

I'm jealous. my Tokico's with Eibach Pro's starting blowing, lile, 6 months after I put them on...

[Hoffman5982]

I'm jealous. my Tokico's with Eibach Pro's starting blowing, lile, 6 months after I put them on...

really? mine haven't given me any problems. they're dirty as hell, but all it needs is a good hosing down.

And I don't know how much yet, but I will definitely let you know

[simmode1]

I'm just gonna throw some OEM shocks back on there to replace the blown Tokicos since I'm gonna be selling the car soon... The next owner will have to deal with it...

[Hoffman5982]

someone asked for more pictures of the lip, so here's a few. I just used the 3M headlight kit, worked pretty good

for anyone wanting to do this, it cost about 22 bucks all together. Its diamond lock from home depot, and i found it outside in the gardening section. Its brick edger. The studs for the factory lip actually line up almost perfectly with all the holes on the diamond lock, but a few(like 3) need to be re drilled. Just get some and you'll know what Im talking about. One piece isn't long enough, so get 2. If you look on the left side you can see where thhe two meet. That's the only downside. I could have done it better, but i didn't think I was going to keep it on for a year

[Gabes13]

Nice!!!

[S13k]

Clean, and nothing looks like its falling apart lol