My 350z Build/Drift progress thread...

richie_k83 · Mar 2, 2022

Bit more done over the last few days, sorting out the brakes mainly. Got the Project Mu handbrake shoes back in and adjusted up,

Brembo Calipers were looking pretty sorry for themselves, so took them off for clean-up, paint, new decals and new bleed screws,

Cleaned up fairly well.

Another issue I wanted to address was how quiet the exhaust was, so I ordered up some stainless welding wire, chopped the scorpion rear muffler open, gutted it, welded it back up and polished it

Louder, but not too loud

counteract · Mar 4, 2022

I think you're the first person I've ever seen to want to make their VQ louder haha

richie_k83 · Mar 4, 2022

counteract said:
I think you're the first person I've ever seen to want to make their VQ louder haha

Honestly, it's as quiet as the stock exhaust, now its a bit louder, but not too loud lol

richie_k83 · Apr 8, 2022

Been a busy old few weeks… So, I bought some second hand aero. Vertex style front and INGs style rear bumpers.

Have seen better days, but been repaired, strengthened and skimmed with filler. All i gotta do is test fit, prep and paint em up.

Got all the factory lights and brackets trimmed and bolted up

Test fitting..

Then managed to score some skirts (no idea what style)

Fitted a nice shiny Cusco strut brace,

And started chopping out the rear brace, to weld in a smaller piece of tube steel that will double up as a harness bar, as well as giving me more space for loading wheels…

mc_bob · Apr 9, 2022

Kit looks good, fair play

richie_k83 · Apr 14, 2022

mc_bob said:
Kit looks good, fair play

cheers dude

richie_k83 · May 12, 2022

Been a busy few weeks with one thing or another, so the car had been put on hold.

Managed to source an ex-display Carbon Kevlar Bride seat from work and fitted it in place of the old Brix seat,

Brix was stripped and bolted to the original Nissan seat rail, even gutted the old seat for the heater element so it still works as the factory seat did.