Jonnymonno Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 (edited) After a long search of Nissan 370's around the country and many "oh yes it's mint mate" disappointments I dropped on my car at the Jct600 dealership in Bradford purely by chance after returning from yet another not as described 370. We took a short cut which took us past the dealership and there she was on one of those rotary turntable thingies in all her glory, needless to say it was mint. The deal was done and I was the proud owner of my 2009 370z GT spec storm white coupe with 17,000 miles on the clock. That was two years ago and other than an Invidia Gemini exhaust, Stillen Gen 3 intakes and 25mm spacers all round it's pretty much standard. Until now, so here is my build thread hoping you find it interesting. I started reading the members builds on here and Zeditis started to set in. I decided to go and look at the very latest 370 Nismo, trading mine in as a part exchange, thinking they would offer me a decent price. WRONG. £10.000 against a £38000 car... I don't think so. So I decided I would go down the supercharged route and all the suspension and brake upgrades as well. Enter Adrian from TORQEN After contacting Adrian and him patiently answering my many questions regarding superchargers, brakes, suspension and traction control, I decided to go for a complete set up starting with the TORQEN Monster Big Brake kit, with front and rear 8 and 6 pot, which was fitted last Friday. Pictures below: Here's a picture with Adrian's Nismo 19" wheels on my car: Then these bad boys were fitted: And this SPL, Eibach and GT Spec lot from Adrian's car: Now do I have Adrian's Nismo 19" wheels: Or stay standard with mine? I've had the side skirts wrapped in Avery carbon look wrap, but I don't know if I like them? Comments please Ignore the red stripe that's something the wrapping lads did thinking it would look good... It's gone now Oh and the roof wrapped in gloss black, keeping this on. Photo courtesy of Dom (dajw) thanks mate. Edited April 8, 2015 by Jonnymonno 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMballistic Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Very nice Zed and it will be even better once the chargers on. Those brakes look fantastic btw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonnymonno Posted April 7, 2015 Author Share Posted April 7, 2015 Thanks for that, the supercharger is due to be fitted after our trip to the Nurburgring at the end of this month Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian@TORQEN Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Who, me? I never seen this car before! Hi John, finally you've started the build thread! You have so many things to add, keep them coming. Your car is awesome already, made me reconsider keeping the 370z Still going down the GT-R route, but had second thoughts while I was fitting all these goodies onto your car, I must confess! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMballistic Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Thanks for that, the supercharger is due to be fitted after our trip to the Nurburgring at the end of this month Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Pity you're not getting it fitted before. Still I'm sure the 370 will be great fun on the ring anyway or are you hiring another car to go on track or have I got the wrong end of the stick & you're just visiting the ring? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonnymonno Posted April 7, 2015 Author Share Posted April 7, 2015 Noooo two of us are taking Zeds, we went last year and had a fantastic time , we've just run out of time to install the supercharger before we go as any teething troubles won't be good in Germany so will sort it when we return Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMballistic Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Sounds like it will be great fun then John and at least the new brakes will get some good use then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dajw Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 I saw these brakes in the flesh, so to speak and oh my goodness they look fantastic! Keen to hear how much stoppier they are than the standard anchors! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonnymonno Posted April 7, 2015 Author Share Posted April 7, 2015 They certainly will although the standard brakes stood up well fitted with EBC red stuff pads last year Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonnymonno Posted April 7, 2015 Author Share Posted April 7, 2015 In fact the car was brilliant the whole time we were there but we were taking it easy....ish Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMballistic Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 (edited) Honestly I prefer Adrian's black Nismo alloys on your car than your standard ones. Especially with the other black bits you have since added. Edited April 7, 2015 by GMballistic 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonnymonno Posted April 7, 2015 Author Share Posted April 7, 2015 Yes I think you're right but I might lose the carbon effect on the side skirts, but it does look better when you're next to the car. I'm also surprised how different the black roof has made the car look Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJRamze Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Skirts, not my flavour but those wheels. Smexy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonnymonno Posted April 7, 2015 Author Share Posted April 7, 2015 Yes you're right, I've bought Parellos side skirts in white so I can change them without pulling the wrap off mine as it wasn't cheap to have done Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonnymonno Posted April 8, 2015 Author Share Posted April 8, 2015 Coming together nicely Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sipar69 Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 Very interesting read. Be great to hear about the supercharging experience. I'm not at all keen on the black side skirts. Brakes look great though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonnymonno Posted April 8, 2015 Author Share Posted April 8, 2015 I like them close up especially when you open the door and you see the carbon effect sill but I think you're right I will be fitting the White ones on with the spats off Parello9 Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stutopia Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 Great work so far , love '70 builds, I think they're stunning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonnymonno Posted April 8, 2015 Author Share Posted April 8, 2015 Here's a few pictures from our ring trip last October Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonnymonno Posted April 8, 2015 Author Share Posted April 8, 2015 I'll be honest it was pretty daunting first time out on the track what with adverse cambers, not knowing which way the track goes and low flying Porsche and BMW's but I just kept calm and built my confidence up after each lap and before you know it you're hooked Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonnymonno Posted April 8, 2015 Author Share Posted April 8, 2015 My pads were on the low side before the trip so I read up on here about pads and with the advise of Mitz from the Cougar store I fitted these EBC red stuff pads all round and after proper bedding in on the way to Germany they proved faultless on the track so I would certainly recommend them for fast road use Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GIXXERUK Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 great pics and some very tasty mods i cant believe how much lower your car looks with the nismo rims, the bbk is awesome 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonnymonno Posted April 8, 2015 Author Share Posted April 8, 2015 Yes you're right about that, I suppose I'll be putting my hand in my (getting very empty) pockets again Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonnymonno Posted April 8, 2015 Author Share Posted April 8, 2015 Just a note for anyone fitting spacers; I think the 25mm for the front are very slightly too much and would probably fit 20mm tbh Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne370Z Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 Not a fan of the black side skirts. Looks like replacements have been fitted that came in black and haven`t been painted yet. Also, not so sure on the Nismo wheels. Don`t think they are really any nicer or maybe even as nice as the standard ones and think there are much nicer wheels around if you are changing them, but I do think dark wheels look much better on white cars... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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