Q45 vs. J30 vs. LS400 vs. Mark VIII

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LuvinMyQ
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Interesting point. I've never owned a car with fog lights so I've never understood what it was like to not have them.

Do they really make a difference in foggy conditions?______________________________________________________

Hah, not really. I don't use them out of necessity but it really helps to provide good lighting on dark roads, especially when you are the only car on the road. Guess it is more aesthetically pleasing than anything else. For some reason I thought you had a 94Q...on the pic I noticed the gold trim on your car and assumed you had a newer model. Usually the newer ones have more gold/chrome trim dripping all over the car. (On trunk around tail lights and along the sides and such). You seem to love to use your camera...have any pics of the interior? Do you have the wood grain contrast interior?


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Jesda
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Ah! That band of gold on the bumper is actually grey plastic that has worn and is yellow underneath. From over 4 feet away it looks like a strip of gold. :)

I installed a black dash and wood shifter trim from a wrecked 94, as well as a gold clock. I wasnt into the yellow/orange wood the first owner installed on the entire dashboard. I'll put some snapshots on the web site tomorrow, hopefully there will be more outdoor light and better weather.

-Jesda

LuvinMyQ
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Ah, too bad u replaced it... Some might think that the yellow heron-bone trim is tacky but I like it. hopefully I can find some of the "tacky" dash at a parts place or junkyard. Cool, would be great to see your pics. Let me know when u post em.

AZ94Q
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Project Q has wood all over, as well...

I'm stripping it, and replacing it all with carbon fibre.. Wood is so played out.. and I'm sorry but wood you can simply attach on, is never that great. Either it comes from the factory, or it sucks.. Real wood isn't mean to be taped on to anything.. Look at real wood in jaguars, and you'll it's much thicker, and was designed with the interior in mind.. It's not some thin item stuck on..

Black/white carbon fibre on a black interior.. now that's nice and updated.. You get real carbon fibre, where as the wood is bleh

HeavyDuty
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Car: 1995 Infiniti Q45
95 Nissan 240SX S14
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LuvinMyQ wrote:I can pretty much count the number of people here in orlando who drive the older Q on one hand.




As long as you use the thumb as the first finger of the one hand, then...

:thumbup

(In the voice of "The Count" from Sesame Street)

One, one 1st gen Q in Orlando, hah hah hah

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Jesda
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Here's a whole mess of pics of my Q:http://q.spilky.com/myq/

And here's some random pics of other Qs:http://q.spilky.com/random/

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Jesda
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And one more thing, I am NOT the girl in the photos! Yes, "Jesda" could be misconstrued as a girl's name, but this time it isnt!

It drives me nuts when strangers compliment me on how pretty I am.

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elwesso
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LOL... I was gonna make some comments, but Ill refrain.

After looking at those pictures, I dont see how you could get rid of that car. YOUR SO DAMN CLOSE!

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Rex
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What's up with this???


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Rex wrote:What's up with this???


disgrace :(

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Rex
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Sorry, I was giving Wes (owner of that car) a hard time. That's a pic from this winter.

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elwesso
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Good lord Rex you give no mercy!!!!!

I actually washed the car that day, it was 2 weeks with below 20 weather, and constant snowing (and salting).

There was not a spec of that car that didnt have salt on it. It was embarassing, fortunately no chrome piepans to be treated like that.

Id rather however have my car look like then go through one of those cursed auto car washes!!!!!!

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Rex
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I actually didn't expect anyone to "quote" my post and I was going to delete it after you saw it :(. Ah, and so are the best laid plans of mice and men.

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elwesso
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Its OK.

Its actually a good testimonial. It regularly looks like that in the winter, and still not a SPOT of rust ANYWHERE.

Coming from me, you know theres no rust anywhere. Not because Im some special guy, but because I sepdn WAY to much time in this car.


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