14N Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 Okay, so I figured I’d best start logging my journey with my 370. Here goes. I picked my Ultimate Yellow 370Z GT up at the beginning of September, although it spent the next two weeks out of sight on my mates drive until my 350 had sold (which in itself is worthy of a whole new thread ). Heres a few pics from from when I first picked him (BumbleZee) up. Its a totally standard 2009 Ultimate Yellow 370Z GT. One of only 40 UY brought into the UK apparently. Yes it’s the semi auto with flappy paddles, but it’s a surprisingly good box and lots of fun Old meets new My traditional first mod soon followed. And while left unsupervised on eBay I ended up buying a MiniZee Was an early arrival in the work car park and when looking back towards your car (as you do) I thought “that’s a nice pic” so I snapped it. A Maxton front lip/splitter and side sill extensions were added, as well as painting the ‘fangs’ area black. Seemed a nice opportunity to take a few pics. Unfortunately the lip didnt last long. Lesson learned - put more than x8 self tapping screws into your next one otherwise they’ll just be ripped out whilst driving at ‘spirited’ speeds and you’ll end up driving over your own splitter So, needless to say, the obligatory TRAX entry pic does not feature my car sporting its Maxton front lip Thanks for reading Until the next time..... (or when my replacement front lip arrives - whichever comes sooner). 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay84 Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 It does look nice, as I said at trax, there is something about yellow and black on a car I love. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davey_83 Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 Nice upgrade ol' pal!!! I've never driven a 370z hint hint mids meet wink wink..... Your 350z did you well but comes a time for everyone when you gotta move one I guess. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_Muxlow Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 Looking good @14N keep up the good work. I guess I should start 1 for mine as well now.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valy Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 start spending on 'pollen' now 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay84 Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 (edited) I think the 1st big job needs to be a bug repellent. I love yellow cars, but they don't half attract the flies. Edited October 18, 2018 by Jay84 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverthorn Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 Lovely looking car Any plans with it for the future? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
14N Posted October 18, 2018 Author Share Posted October 18, 2018 4 hours ago, Silverthorn said: Lovely looking car Any plans with it for the future? Cheers Nothing major planned, predominantly just 'more black' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay84 Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 (edited) Just now, 14N said: Cheers Nothing major planned, predominantly just 'more black' Nothing is ever planned...it just sort of happens...as my long suffering wife will tell you. Edit: She will tell you how 'I'm not going to modify' means nothing. She may also tell you about accidental children though. Edited October 18, 2018 by Jay84 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davey_83 Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 Have you done the steering column mod or has it already been done? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
14N Posted October 18, 2018 Author Share Posted October 18, 2018 1 hour ago, davey_83 said: Have you done the steering column mod or has it already been done? If you mean the electronic steering lock issue, then yeah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GranTurismoEra Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 6 hours ago, Jay84 said: I think the 1st big job needs to be a bug repellent. I love yellow cars, but they don't half attract the flies. along with white cars or might be the wax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buster Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 2 hours ago, 14N said: If you mean the electronic steering lock issue, then yeah i had to talk him through it on the phone 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
14N Posted October 24, 2018 Author Share Posted October 24, 2018 Decided to paint the wheels black. Wanting to do a proper job I took the tyres off the rims. I didn’t have any axle stands so I put the car up on bricks. Just need to do the big one now 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay84 Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 ^^My advise would be to not use lego bricks on the big one...but if you could get matching yellow axle stands, that'd be pretty ace. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valy Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 I like that Ian,modifying the small one to see how it will look on the big one ...nice 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nissanjuke Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 nice one will follow suit black wheels with yellow rimblades 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davey_83 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 Class mate! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
14N Posted October 29, 2018 Author Share Posted October 29, 2018 Few additions and changes over the last week. Had the wheels powder coated gloss black (after using MiniZee as a guinea pig) , fitted 25mm spacers all round while the wheels were off. And also front splitter take two. This one will hopefully stay on! It should do with the amount of hardware holding it in place! (Lesson learnt). Still a number of things I’d like to do, but BumbleZee is taking shape now, but next on the list are sorting some wheel centre caps out 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justthejedi Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 Looking really good Ian, black wheels really suit the yellow. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_Muxlow Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 That looks awesome Ian. very nice indeed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
14N Posted October 29, 2018 Author Share Posted October 29, 2018 Thanks guys, appreciate the comments Justin, they had some really nice effects and colours at the powder coaters, and a lot of the dark colours would have worked really well the yellow, but I'm just going to stick with the gloss black accents and accessories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Payco Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 great job again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buster Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 Looks awesome m8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justthejedi Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 5 hours ago, 14N said: Thanks guys, appreciate the comments Justin, they had some really nice effects and colours at the powder coaters, and a lot of the dark colours would have worked really well the yellow, but I'm just going to stick with the gloss black accents and accessories. I'm thinking of changing my wheel colour too, mine are shadow chrome but fancy a darker grey. Revive have quoted £65 per wheel ( and their mobile) which i thought wasn't too bad a price, chips away wanted £85! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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