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ErwinFenyvesi23
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Location: Japan Osaka Occupation: JDM Car enthusiast Age: 29 V$: broke |
#146980 2018-08-06 14:16 |
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Goodbye , old friend...
-✔ Whoa , another weekend has passed. God , I swear , time goes by really fast when you're enjoying life , that's for sure. So , as you guys know , the Z is back from painting. I'm sure that you guys can't wait to see how she looks but hang tight , that's gonna be at the end of the update. I can tell you for sure that it looks like a whole new car , and seeing it evolve into such a hardcore speed machine is absolutely crazy. The work put into it really does show and man , building cars ain't easy , but the end result is worth it , that's 100% for sure. Anyway , lets focus on other things first , shall we ? ✔-   -✔ Well , I'm afraid to say that the ER has found a new owner. We all loved this car , that's for sure , but it was time for it to leave. I know , I know , no one wanted me to sell this car , but I just had to. All it was really doing was to occupy the space in the garage and that's not really ideal , since I don't like having cars that I don't use in my possession. The fact that I sold this thing has a good side as well , with the money earned I could maybe put more into the engine upgrades of the Z , or who knows ? Maybe get something new ! Also , I've been really thinking about the new "thing" and I just have to give it some more thought. I know you all are waiting to see another car , but just wait. I want to make sure I don't spend my money on something that I wouldn't enjoy driving or working on. Anyway , with the money acquired I can produce more , better cars , and that's exactly what I want. I'm really bummed to know that such a cool car is no longer mine , but I'm more than sure that the new owner will take care of it. Now , let's talk some numbers. Mackay managed to get me a really good deal on this thing , 10 grand to be precise. I'd say that I didn't loose anything by selling this car , but after all , I've lost a member of the family. Sometimes good decisions have bad outcomes as well , but that's life. Oh well , I'm gonna miss this thing , but it's gonna get used , and that's what matters. ✔-    -✔ Well , as for the R33 , I decided to make it more "special" by adding some little details that totally enhance the "coolness" of the car. As you can see , I customized the Nardi I have in the R33. Well , y'know , I'm a really big fan on Nissan , and of course , I'm a huge fan of Nismo too , so I decided to make this car more unique by bringing the Nismo theme from the intercooler to the interior of the car. The authentic Nismo horn button looks phenomenal and the stickers , well , big thanks to Radcoon for keeping this whole deal a secret for so long. He made me some Nismo stickers with his printer and they look amaizing. I know , there might be too much Nismo on the wheel now , but at least it looks hella fire. The HKS mats also look really dope , that's for sure ! I really love those NOS ( new old stock ) items , especially when they're rare af. Before asking how did I get this horn button , you can find them on the internet , but the authentic ones are rare as all hell ! I barely managed to get my hands on this horn button, and it was quite expensive too. I picked it up for around 200V$ but man , it was totally worth it. I've been searching for it for weeks and finally having one is just amaizing. ✔- -✔ Anyway , I know y'all been waiting for this , and here it is. The Z. ✔-    -✔ Ahh , finally back from painting and yes , you guessed it , it's Midnight Purple. As you know , the code for Midnight Purple is LX0 and it's a GTR color. I have to say that it came out amazing. I was not expecting it to look so good. A lot of things have changed in the last couple of days , and once again , thanks to the boys at the shop and of course , Mackay for making this thing look so good , and this is just the front , the rear is where shit is real. We worked like crazy to get the Z looking like this in such a short time , but y'all already know , we ain't messing around in Mackay's shop. Personally , I haven't slept in like 2 or 3 days because of this thing , and seeing it look like this after all we've done to it is just crazy , but wait , we aren't even done yet. We still need to take the engine apart and all of that , and after that , I need some bucket seats , and all the other minor things. Just wait , the exterior will reflect the actual power of the engine soon... ✔-   -✔ The rear is the part that really shines in terms of looks , because , let's be real for a second here , everybody is gonna see the rear of this thing most of the time , if y'all know what I mean. The spoiler and the splitter are made by the mastermind of aluminium , Mackay. I've also changed the taillights for some J-Spec High-Power LED taillights ,and I can say that they were quite expensive. 1700 V$ a pair , but man , they look good ! The rear looks much better this way and I'd say they enhance the overall look of the car. As for the exhausts , I decided to say fuck it and send back the HKS Hi-Power exhausts. Why ? Because Mackay makes some killer exhausts. The exhausts are pretty much straight pipes directly from the turbos , and the mufflers are custom made. There was no point in keeping the HKS exhausts because I can get the maximum amount of horsepower out of the straight pipes , and the HKS ones wouldn't have maximized the engine power. They look amazing , don't they ? I'd say that they absolutely do. I know the wing looks mad , but that was the plan ! It took us quite a while to get everything looking like this, and I can proudly say that I'm starting to learn a thing or two about making things out of aluminium. I just need more practice and maybe in the future I'll be able to make custom aero pieces for myself without any help ! ✔-  -✔ I'm still running the LMGT-1s on the Z , because why not ? They look absolutely great ! As for the brakes , I went with a Wilwood 6 pot brake kit , because I really doubt the fact that the stock Z32 brakes could do anything at really high speeds. As for he coilovers , my man Mackay hooked me up with another amazing deal for those TEIN coilovers. I run the Tein Super Master Circuit Racing coilovers and they handle amazing. The steering is really good and the car is really really planted to the road ! It really feels like a track car now , that's for sure ! I got these coilovers for just 800 V$. They're totally worth the money , and I'd say TEIN is one of the best coilover makers in the world ! Big thanks to Mackay for hooking me up with such a good price ! ✔-    -✔ Moving on to the interior , I decided to continue the theme and bring the old school Nismo logo from the LMGT-1s to the steering wheel once again. I bought this old-school authentic Nismo horn button at the same time with the other one because the guy I bought them from was selling them. This one is authentic as well , and the sticker has been provided by Radcoon once again. I wasn't kidding when I said that I am a huge Nismo fan haha. This horn button was a lot more expensive than the other one , and it was around 300 V$. Totally worth it once again. As for the seats , I haven't changed them yet because I'm looking for some rare seats , but I have no clue if I'll find any. Of course they will be Bride , because I run Bride seats in all of my cars and they are perfect in any way possible. They're really light and really comfortable , and of course , they hold you in place really good. I feel like I'm starting to spend a lot of money on unimportant things , but as you guys know , the little details matter as well. ✔-  -✔ That would be all for now , we still have to do a lot of stuff to the Z , but we're getting there , don't worry. I'd like to thank everyone for helping me this far , I wouldn't be able to build such cars without my friends' help. The new car will probably presented this week , but who knows at this point ? I still have to think if I wanna actually get it or not , it all depends on me , but no , it's not gonna be another wangan car I swear and it's not gonna be a drift car either. It'll maybe end up being an all-rounder street car or a semi-track car , but there's quite a long way until we get there , so keep your eyes open for the next update ! I'm still kinda sad for the ER , but I think I did the right thing. Anyway , I'll see you guys next time , godspeed homies !  ✔- |
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