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MACKAY

jp
Posts: 712

Location: Japan
Occupation: Ranter
Age: 25
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#119940   2017-04-12 22:08          
-✘ Well.. Hello everyone, it's been long time since I posted something. I was kinda busy most of the time I must say haha,working,doing things,social life and stuff, but don't you worry I did not forget car stuff. A lot of things happened in those two and half months. Remember when I said I did some bids ? Well I didn't won any of them.. I was bidding on 93' NA Supra, then on some E46 M3's, also went to see and almost bought an 2005 E60 M5.. But I bought something different than I was looking for, but I will get to that later.

-✘ So lets begin about good things. After I put the Altezza on sale, ten days later an Australian guy called me and asked to meet up because he wanted to take a look at car. Well, after some talks and driving around in it he decided to buy it, so after some negotations I sold her for 4900V$ with all the extra parts and things included. He seemed kinda cool guy too, car "enthusiast" , said he was going to make it drift car or something in that area. Well it's up to him now.. The last photo I took of Tezza' driving away from my apartment.



-✘ So few days ago I received message from him with pictures of my Altezza to see how it is these days.. Well he wasn't lying, my Toyota became full drift "missile" I must say ? He took the 2JZ out and put 1JZ Single turbo in it with manual tranny and stuff, modified exterior and suspension too. I was kind happy that my car was finally seeing some crazy action, but I also felt kinda strange because perfectly clean car went this way ha. He also said I will get to take a spin in it when we meet someday at the track, hopefully this summer. Here is the photos.



-✘ Sooo about my new car which I bought one week after I sold Gita. As I said I bought something different than I was looking for but I am more than happy to own it. It was the car which I always liked but never took a serious approach to it, also summer is coming too, so sporty car is a must haha. So after some talks with my friends from overseas I decided to take a look at 350Z's HR's or 370Z's, went to see few, I kinda liked one 2011 370z Nismo but it was way out of my price range.. 34kV$. But I kept looking more and more and found a very clean 2007 manual transmission 350Z with 44k kilometers on it for 14kV$ in Okayama, but after some negotations I convinced the seller to sell it for 13kV$. Pics from the ad.



-✘ So we packed out stuff, took Oscars EK9 and drove straight to Okayama, bought it the same day and drove it back home. On the way home.





-✘ So yeah, currently my plan is to make it kinda Showcar/Racecar which is going to be money pit in long run for sure.. And I'm 100% sure I am going to keep it. So few days later first parts were ordered. I ordered real brand new 3Piece CCW Classics, 17x10 in front and 17x12 in rear, also bought all four Nitto NT05R Tires. I know it's kinda stupid to blow almost four grand (3970V%) on wheels and tires, but this is the setup I always dreamt of. Also ordered TEIN SUPER RACING COILOVERS for 2900V$, you may ask why such "racy" parts ? I don't know if I am honest, I am just going for the things I like and the things I think I will need. You will see later, it will pay off. Oh, and if someone of you need my old wheels just send me a message, I have no idea what kind of wheels those are, but they are 18x9 and looks like NISMO chrome reps or something with Michelins on it, didn't liked them from first day, tires are good tho. I also bought a full NISMO bodykit for 1800 V$..

-✘ The parts took full month to get delivered to my door from USA, didn't mind that at all since I am not into rush. I installed everything the same day I received everything. The bodykit will stay boxed until Z' gets wrapped.











-✘ Everything looked amazing for me, I didn't adjusted coilovers as I decided to wait for other suspension parts, then I will start tuning and adjusting it, but even without custom adjustments the car felt like glued to the road on corners, also it became almost two inch lower, so some negative camber in back was generated, will adjust and "fix" it later when I will receive other parts because I am not going for "stance/cambergang yolo" look, sorry "crazyflush lovers <3" no hate. Thats how it sits now.



-✘ So that's pretty much everything I have done to the car in those two months, drove it almost everyday, got a good feel of it. Also had some quality photos taken with good camera and not from my Iphone.. Take a look, what a beautiful car it is in almost "stock" form.





-✘ Thats pretty much it, also today I drove my Zeto' to get it wrapped at Shao's friends workshop. It will be wrapped in an awesome color, but I will not reveal the color yet. Here is a probably last quality pic of my Z' until it gets wrapped. Of course it is a roller shot while on the way to workshop haha.



-✘ They started working on it the same hour I delivered the car, hopefully it will get finished till this weekend, so I can reveal that bomb color to you guys. Some pics from the workshop. Work in progress.



-✘ So yeah guys, thanks for reading.. I am back and hopefully will be more active than before, so that is the news for now, more coming soon. See ya all soon, peace.