New Project - 2003 350z

[Truegiant]

Hello all,

I purchased a low mileage 2003 350z enthusiast. The only upgrade from the enthusiast to the base is HID's and a LSD. The 6spd shifts smooth and I will admit its actually a nice transition. I have owned several hondas and my last car was the wrx. I bought this car because it was an amazing deal and the my original intention was to give it to the wife. Not anymore. Its a great daily and I plan on doing some tasteful mods to the car. I have been doing alot of research. Its not as fast as the subaru was but its fun. Other than that I figured I would add a small list of the mods I am looking to do. I would like to go crazier with the list but for now it will do considering as its going to be getting alot of miles soon. I am leaving for flight school in a couple of months. No more shooting people in the face for a living! Or atleast from the ground that is.

Nismo Exhaust (just because i can pick one up locally used here in ga)
Nismo LMGT4 Wheels (I will be waiting until i find a used set of course)
Plenum Spacer
Aftermarket Springs (Dont want to spend $2500 on coilovers like my last car)
Set of test pipes
Rear diff gear change and new lsd

I have created an acct on NICO so hopefully i will get some good input from there.

I would be interested in hearing from people with the 3.9 or 4.1 rear gears on how there highway cruising and mpg changed. I am not interested in 150mph highway pulls but I dont want to be cruising 70mph at 5k either!

[Nissan Sean]

nice Z man, for some good Z info, check out myzfrenzy.com. im an advisor over there. its a great site.

[Truegiant]

thanks man.. i have been checking out the site.. I am really trying to find a pic of the dark silver color with the bronze nismo wheels. ANy help would be great!

[OTG Signs]

my350z is THE best forum for 350's. Period. Nothing else can even compare.

And I don't care for the color, but you paid for it. :D

I had a black track. Loved it.

[Truegiant]

i wanted a black one also but i settled for this because of the price i paid.

[OTG Signs]

i wanted a black one also but i settled for this because of the price i paid.

I had to fly out to Dallas to get mine. Paid $21,000 for it IIRC. This was last November.

[ueyedgr8tness]

Nice whip. love the z and the s2k had been looking at some myself till i got a good price on my car. nice choice thoe. Now take that bad boy to some mtn's

[Truegiant]

Anyone find anything about the bronze wheels on a silver/grey car? thanks.

[Logan]

Never been a fan of 350z's, but if you got a good deal on it, then good for you :goodjob:

[Kevykev]

looks good keep it simple when modding.

[VQ35 Star]

my350z.com

[mushroom_toy]

I purchased a low mileage 2003 350z enthusiast.

Woah woah, I though buying people in these here United States was illegal. hahaha anyway nice Z man.

[Revmaynard]

Woah woah, I though buying people in these here United States was illegal. hahaha anyway nice Z man.

Sorry mushroom, but that doesn't make much sense.

[mushroom_toy]

Maynard read the ops first sentence. He said he bought a 350z enthusiast.

[Truegiant]

i guess i could of put 350z enthusiast edition. But it was just to funny!

[HachiDori]

Congrats! Enjoy it and be safe!

[mushroom_toy]

:)

[Dwisforme05]

nice z man. i wanted one for so long. i like the color too

[Truegiant]

thanks for all the comments and reppage given! Take a look at my lil 4 door project i am interested in trading in the for sale section.

thanks again

[VQ35 Star]

have you heard the Bassani exhaust for the 350z? it sounds bad ass. I've only heard it for the HR but it prob. sounds similar for the DE. I dont like the nismo exhaust.

[tony]

what branch are you in? I got the nismo.. if you like it loud go with high flow cats

[tony]

And I got a clutch you would absolutely LOVE.. Tilton, I'm not going to be installing it because I will be selling my G. 3.9 final drive + tilton = FUN. You can do a search on it on my350z,

[Z33_kid]

congrats visit my350z i been searchin for a while on the Nismo LMGT4 Wheels if i find a decent deal most deals are in cali :( u dont like the work emotions ?

[green91]

typical 350 owner

[J-ROCK]

nice z! my general manager has one and its bad ass!

[Truegiant]

haha chris, whats that supposed to mean?

I am in the US ARMY.

[willum14pb]

Nice Z.. My boy kayfunk has the cleanest one i've ever seen, he goes to V meets you should hit him up for some mods/deals, he's always adding stuff to his Z.

[VQ35 Star]

lol kayfunk, you should see how people treat him on my350z.com

[b16EG-HaTcH]

congrats and nice car.

[willum14pb]

lol kayfunk, you should see how people treat him on my350z.com

Lol, yea the whole situation is funny, He basically called everyone on tehre out for being douche bags which is very true... It's like unless you've got a highly modded car, or completely stock you can't talk ****, lmao. Everyone just dogs new members for no reason, they think the Z is teh greatest car ever and literally, i've never seen a forum with quite such a large number of idiots. They all lack common sense.. Everyone on g35frenzy and related sites know it too.. my350z.com and g35driver.com just aren't good communities.. Kris is a stand up guy and everyone on there will believe a member who's been there longer over someone they dont know, regaurdless of facts.. lack of common sense ftmfl.

[wannab20hatch]

looks good man. good stuff.

[Truegiant]

Lol, yea the whole situation is funny, He basically called everyone on tehre out for being douche bags which is very true... It's like unless you've got a highly modded car, or completely stock you can't talk ****, lmao. Everyone just dogs new members for no reason, they think the Z is teh greatest car ever and literally, i've never seen a forum with quite such a large number of idiots. They all lack common sense.. Everyone on g35frenzy and related sites know it too.. my350z.com and g35driver.com just aren't good communities.. Kris is a stand up guy and everyone on there will believe a member who's been there longer over someone they dont know, regaurdless of facts.. lack of common sense ftmfl.


kind of reminds me what people say about IA when I mention it.

thanks for the comments guys..

[willum14pb]

kind of reminds me what people say about IA when I mention it.

thanks for the comments guys..

Well, the community here is very local.. OBVIOUSLY, so people just bust your balls at first, but after a while your'e good. However, my350z.com.. if you don't have a 350z you will get shunned even the g35 drivers.. if you're not willing to admit the 350z is the greatest car ever you're pretty much ****ed. Even some Z owners on there get bashed because they're a member of the forum and haven't dropped 85,000$ into their Z yet. It's pretty stupid. Post up pictures of your stock Z and expect a whole lot of "who cares" "great" "get some ****ing money and put it int he Z" posts. No nice welcoming committee at all x.x. People that bash IA are just those who couldn't make it passed the entrance exam, a small bashing :P

[Truegiant]

^^ true true..

I guess thats why it pays to have been on this site since before it crashed the last couple of times..

I have already had a run in with someone here locally that is on that site and he was a douche. I am hoping that this POS will last atleast as long as I need it for and then I will move on to something else like always. Still a fun car none-the-less

[Nissan Sean]

my350z is the gheyness. the people there are such big A Holes they make the whores lounge look sweet and cuddly. there is good info on that site-but thats it. come makeand accnt over at myzfrenzy.com. its a really friendly place and mostly local.

[B00sted90Teg]

how much u pay for it???

[OTG Signs]

I like my350z, but I am also used to douches.

[willum14pb]

^^ true true..

I guess thats why it pays to have been on this site since before it crashed the last couple of times..

I have already had a run in with someone here locally that is on that site and he was a douche. I am hoping that this POS will last atleast as long as I need it for and then I will move on to something else like always. Still a fun car none-the-less

POS? o.O Z's a great car, very very reliable. You will enjoy it.

[Danzo]

POS? o.O Z's a great car, very very reliable. You will enjoy it.

You forgot to add how expensive and time consuming everything is on them. The 350's are most definitely not as bad as the 300 Z32's though. Having owned one of each I speak from much experience haha.

[Truegiant]

I wish to not say how much I paid in case I end up selling it soon. Lets just say I got a good deal. I am going to be setting up acct's on other sites.

Things are a little expensive on these cars. Like i mentioned before I dont plan on going crazy with this one. I would really like to find a nice 2.5rs or similair car to build a track car out of. Or maybe like i mentioned in one of my other threads find a nice little track bike to play with.

[Dwisforme05]

You forgot to add how expensive and time consuming everything is on them. The 350's are most definitely not as bad as the 300 Z32's though. Having owned one of each I speak from much experience haha.

when the hell did u own a 350z?

[willum14pb]

You forgot to add how expensive and time consuming everything is on them. The 350's are most definitely not as bad as the 300 Z32's though. Having owned one of each I speak from much experience haha.


Huh...? lol.. Modding is a Z is no more exspensive than modding any car. The aftermarket parts if you know what you're doing and find group buys are very moderate.. not like honda, but moderate indeed.

Real money comes into play if you're looking for big horsepower numbers above 450. You can turbo a Z with no built internals and run low 6psi at around 400-440ishwhp and tq for the price of a turbo kti and install (6-9k)


However if you plan on more power you will be spending big numbers to remove the motor and build the internals. I dont know why people think the Z is so exspensive to mod, In the end, it's like everycar, if you want the numbers you spend a few thousand... the thing about EVO's and STI's is $1000 here and there grabs you another 30-40whp due to a stock boosted motor.. but even thats capped off with the small stock turbos.. if you want big numbers you're looking at upgrading your turbo kit, building internals and spending yet again over 10g's. So if you look at the facts the 350 is just as exspensive as everything else, you just gotta save for longer to hit the big hp boosters right off the bat ;).

[Danzo]

My Z32 was looking at 8g's to make 450 rwhp. Also I'm not necessarily talking about just enhancing the car when I say expensive. I'm also talking about keeping it running. The 350's are nowhere near as bad as the 300's but they still aren't super cheap either. Oh and Cameron I didn't mean I owned one I kind of wrote that fast. I have had a Z31 and then I got my Z32 a few years later.

[Truegiant]

Huh...? lol.. Modding is a Z is no more exspensive than modding any car. The aftermarket parts if you know what you're doing and find group buys are very moderate.. not like honda, but moderate indeed.

Real money comes into play if you're looking for big horsepower numbers above 450. You can turbo a Z with no built internals and run low 6psi at around 400-440ishwhp and tq for the price of a turbo kti and install (6-9k)


However if you plan on more power you will be spending big numbers to remove the motor and build the internals. I dont know why people think the Z is so exspensive to mod, In the end, it's like everycar, if you want the numbers you spend a few thousand... the thing about EVO's and STI's is $1000 here and there grabs you another 30-40whp due to a stock boosted motor.. but even thats capped off with the small stock turbos.. if you want big numbers you're looking at upgrading your turbo kit, building internals and spending yet again over 10g's. So if you look at the facts the 350 is just as exspensive as everything else, you just gotta save for longer to hit the big hp boosters right off the bat ;).

trust me I know all about owning a modified subaru.

[willum14pb]

My Z32 was looking at 8g's to make 450 rwhp. Also I'm not necessarily talking about just enhancing the car when I say expensive. I'm also talking about keeping it running. The 350's are nowhere near as bad as the 300's but they still aren't super cheap either. Oh and Cameron I didn't mean I owned one I kind of wrote that fast. I have had a Z31 and then I got my Z32 a few years later.

Well being the 300 is a stock turbo'd car from the factory in the 90's you're bound to have some issues ;). However the 350 has Very little problems mechanically, a bad transmission in thet early models and since then it's flawless as far as problems go :).

[Truegiant]

Someone please find me a set of stock brembo take offs for my car! Thanks!

Oh and.. Today sucks so far!

[willum14pb]

Someone please find me a set of stock brembo take offs for my car! Thanks!

Oh and.. Today sucks so far!


www.my350z.com forums/marketplace people sell them on there all day. I see them go on ebay for $1800ish buyitnow normally, That's about as cheap as they get. HOWEVER if you're smart you'll buy a 300ZX BBK (around $500 if you peice one together with steel braided lines/calipers/rotors) which is the exact same 4 piston brembo break setup that's on the track model 350z's and it's also a direct bolt on with Brembo drilled and slotted rotors, where as the stock rotors from the brembo version 350 have brembo blanks, no drill or slot ;). You're welcome.

[VQ35 Star]

ohhh snap thanks will I've been looking for a bbk.

[Truegiant]

www.my350z.com forums/marketplace people sell them on there all day. I see them go on ebay for $1800ish buyitnow normally, That's about as cheap as they get. HOWEVER if you're smart you'll buy a 300ZX BBK (around $500 if you peice one together with steel braided lines/calipers/rotors) which is the exact same 4 piston brembo break setup that's on the track model 350z's and it's also a direct bolt on with Brembo drilled and slotted rotors, where as the stock rotors from the brembo version 350 have brembo blanks, no drill or slot ;). You're welcome.

PM'ed for details..

[IP37]

nice
i have some h&r springs for it if you're interested. not sure how much they drop the car, but it should say on the h&r webpage

[Truegiant]

how much? pm me if you wish

[willum14pb]

pm replied


np vq35star, pm me if you want some more details on it.

[Truegiant]

awesome info and reps given! thanks

[Batman]

Good luck with the Z...i never had any regrets with mine...have fun

Oh my sig has a pic of my old wheels which are bronze and heres a pic of the ones i have now..