Hopefully everyone knows why already and I know a few have already done this but since I just recently purchased this 2012 M37x, I thought this is a good place to start since this is a must for me on any car. There really isn't a good place to mount these anywhere especially if you don't want to take a lot of time whenever you drain them. I mounted the one on my previous G35 in front of the power steering reservoir but the dual intakes on the newer ones makes things difficult. I ended up mounting them in front of the engine down low so it would be easy to drain. I wanted to install brass fittings and a valve like I did on my other car that I used a Mike Norris can (very high quality, uses standard pipe fittings but expensive), but the ebay cans use a bolt thread or something.
--I started with a pair of the cheapest catch cans on ebay, $15 each with free shipping, lots of colors, I chose black.
--Picked up a 3 pack of copper scouring pads from the big box dept store and unrolled them to use as a filter. Carefully pushed one in each can with a torx screwdriver. I cut the third one in half, got all the loose pieces off and then shoved each in one can.
--Took the fittings off and cleaned with alcohol, then applied some RTV sealant and tightened everything back (throw away the crap gaskets that come with the cans).
--Found a scrap stamped steel bar in my garage, drilled holes in the ends and in the frame right in front of the sway mounts, tapped for some m10 screws. Drilled holes in the bar for the brackets that come with the cans and screwed the min with some loctite, used the included clamps for mounting.
--Removed the factory PVC tubes and picked up about 13' of 3/8" transmission line, half the cost of oil cooler line and lasts a long time. I've tried fuel line and others in the past but they break down over time.
--Driver side/Passenger side where the hose curves to go into the PCV valve. Not very noticeable and I didn't want to notch the engine cover.