Archtects Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 12 hours ago, davidv10 said: So for my 30th birthday i thought a nice gimmicky present would be a personal number plate. Really happy with it and the short plates really suit the car 👌 I went for a slightly wider rear plate to fill the rear bumper section a bit more. I Saw this on Instagram! Plates awesome 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pintopete58 Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 Great plate. Have you explained the X is 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidv10 Posted June 26, 2022 Author Share Posted June 26, 2022 19 hours ago, HEADPHONES said: Really envy you having a car port. Car protection from the sun and the rain and lots of space I have a small garage but it's a tight fit and a bit of a faff to shuffle cars round to get in and out so I keep our occasionally used Kia Sportage in there and park the zed on the drive unless I'm detailing or topping up the battery. Ideally I'd like a car port too........or a massive double garage Yeh i do love having the car port, and then the space in front. Like you say it protects it from the weather. I mean like you, in a perfect world having a large double garage would be perfection. But until then this is good haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidv10 Posted October 10, 2022 Author Share Posted October 10, 2022 Its been ages since i last updated this thread, so there are a few things ive done to the car since… The first thing was having the wheels powder coated and removing the diamond cut. Im not a fan of gloss black wheels, so went for a dark grey satin finish. I managed to get hold of some Nismo decals to go under the centre cap clear coat which work brilliantly. Imo the car looks to much better now. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidv10 Posted October 10, 2022 Author Share Posted October 10, 2022 Next was a non planned change. My red wing mirror accent stickers were all faded and looked terrible close up. And to replace them would be a £300 option from the States. So i decided to take them off and see how it looked rather than spend that obscene amount of money. And actually i now think i prefer it without, it just seems a little sleeker. But i know this will cause a debate. I have a mate with a vinyl cutter so can always have some more done cheaply if i change my mind. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormtrooperZ Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 2 hours ago, davidv10 said: Its been ages since i last updated this thread, so there are a few things ive done to the car since… The first thing was having the wheels powder coated and removing the diamond cut. Im not a fan of gloss black wheels, so went for a dark grey satin finish. I managed to get hold of some Nismo decals to go under the centre cap clear coat which work brilliantly. Imo the car looks to much better now. Love the wheels now mate. So much better than the stock black imo. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly350z Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 My nismo never came with the red stickers, like you I think it looks so much better without! I do wonder what colour coded wing mirror would look like 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidv10 Posted October 11, 2022 Author Share Posted October 11, 2022 20 hours ago, StormtrooperZ said: Love the wheels now mate. So much better than the stock black imo. Thanks! Yeh i definitely agree. Looks much sportier. And hopefully being powder coated they wont chip so easily. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidv10 Posted October 11, 2022 Author Share Posted October 11, 2022 17 hours ago, Olly350z said: My nismo never came with the red stickers, like you I think it looks so much better without! I do wonder what colour coded wing mirror would look like Thats interesting. I imagine the previous owner, like me, took them off either because they faded of they just preferred without. Colour coded wing mirrors would be pretty easy to find as the GTs have them. It wouldnt look bad, but with the more aggressive body kit i think the Nismo suits the black mirrors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShortPaul Posted October 11, 2022 Share Posted October 11, 2022 I think white but the red stipe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidv10 Posted October 15, 2022 Author Share Posted October 15, 2022 On 11/10/2022 at 21:56, ShortPaul said: I think white but the red stipe Now that would be interesting… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShortPaul Posted October 16, 2022 Share Posted October 16, 2022 I can't find any images, but i know that Humpy had some wrapping done with pearl white and it matched the rest of the car. So if the mirror caps are wrapped in white it would be easy to put back to oem,if it looks no good😁 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidv10 Posted October 17, 2022 Author Share Posted October 17, 2022 Another job i finally got around to doing was tinting the windows. I also went for a sunstrip at the same time. The side windows arent as dark as they look, its just the lighting in the car port. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davey_83 Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 Much needed imo is tints for cars like this, looks smarter and don't know why Nissan didn't provide this from factory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidv10 Posted October 18, 2022 Author Share Posted October 18, 2022 Yeh agreed, it actually makes a big difference to the look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShortPaul Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 Your car port looks relatively easy to convert into a garage as the roof is already in place😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humpy Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 Looking good! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willsy1980 Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 Love it, really need to get the sides done on mine. What % did you go with ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidv10 Posted October 20, 2022 Author Share Posted October 20, 2022 On 18/10/2022 at 17:18, ShortPaul said: Your car port looks relatively easy to convert into a garage as the roof is already in place😁 If it was my house thats exactly what i would do. But im renting currently unfortunately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidv10 Posted October 20, 2022 Author Share Posted October 20, 2022 (edited) On 19/10/2022 at 21:01, Willsy1980 said: Love it, really need to get the sides done on mine. What % did you go with ? I went 5% on the rear and rear quarters, and then (i think) 35% on the sides. You really dont notice much difference looking out of the sides from inside the car which is good. Edited October 20, 2022 by davidv10 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidv10 Posted December 31, 2022 Author Share Posted December 31, 2022 (edited) Next update was i decided to get some Tarmac rear quarter window vents. Got them painted by my bodyshop and then fitted them with 3m tape. They arent a perfect fit or perfect shape for the window (which i was slightly disappointed by as it wouldnt be difficult to get them a lot closer), but you can only see that up close. Took a bit of moving around to get them where i wanted but got there in the end. Edited December 31, 2022 by davidv10 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly350z Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 Seeing this every time makes me really want to get the Nismo V1 spoiler on my V2. Several bodyshops have turned me away recently saying they don't want to take the risk on the tailgate as apparently it's aluminium and is a pain to weld up. If you ever want a straight swap back to a V2 tailgate, you know where to fine me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidv10 Posted January 6, 2023 Author Share Posted January 6, 2023 On 31/12/2022 at 13:35, Olly350z said: Seeing this every time makes me really want to get the Nismo V1 spoiler on my V2. Several bodyshops have turned me away recently saying they don't want to take the risk on the tailgate as apparently it's aluminium and is a pain to weld up. If you ever want a straight swap back to a V2 tailgate, you know where to fine me I really think it looks so much better and suits the car more. The V2 spoiler looks great on a GT spec, but the Nismo wants something more aggressive IMO. Thats interesting. Well if you are ever in Norwich I can give you the name of the bodyshop. You could always get a GT spec tailgate and just swap the tailgates themselves? Then no work needs to be done. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azurez33 Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 So this is why I was wanting a 370 Nismo 😂 looks really nice and tasteful mate, would you swap for an rx? 😂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidv10 Posted January 10, 2023 Author Share Posted January 10, 2023 On 08/01/2023 at 10:13, Azurez33 said: So this is why I was wanting a 370 Nismo 😂 looks really nice and tasteful mate, would you swap for an rx? 😂 Thank you 🙏 Get one, you wont regret it. Unless you daily it like I do and it gets icy 😂 I appreciate the offer but im afraid I will have to decline haha. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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