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Old Jul 22, 2014 | 03:17 PM
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Phamln's 6MT Sedan Progress Thread

How you doing guys! I've posted my car here and there throughout the forum but now, I'm just going to make one big thread to track my progress. Quick background here are my previous cars..
93 5speed SC300


97 Civic coupe


07 Altima 3.5 6MT
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And now..

When I first got her 3 months ago
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First mini mods.. LOL

blacked out grill
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LED license plate light
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Gave her a full detail (wash,clay,polish,wax,interior)
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Intalled roof lip courtesy of EnYcee-G!
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Then...SOMEONE HIT ME
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but my buddies at Auto Moto Specialist in the philly area hooked me up. If anyone lives around the tristate area definitely check them out!

Installed the OEM sport lip
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Snatched an ARK catback for a great deal
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It sounds insane!! Made me love my car even more.

I also installed Jsolo's clutch spring mod, but I don't have any pictures of that lol. It made the car feel like a completely different car. The clutch travel feels so much more linear and a little shorter, but the feel is 100x better!

Snapped some pics with my buddy's coupe
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And picked up a set of OEM G35 Ray's that I am in the process of refinishing.
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They were a little curbed up so I sanded them down and now repainting them dark metallic bronze. As soon as I'm done that I'll post it up

Debadged the "INFINITI" emblems and blacked out the Mt. Fuji and G35 badges
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That's all I have for now but I still have a lot more in plan for this! Thanks for reading and stay tuned!

Future mods..
- Front&rear sway bars
- Drop in & post MAF tubes
- Coilovers
- Winter wheels/tires for the upcoming snow season
- Resonated HFC
- Front strut bar
- And maybe more.. who knows
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Old Jul 22, 2014 | 04:20 PM
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Looking good! Had those same split spoke 18s on my 07 G35 and think they're one of the best looking OEM sedan wheels, the G35 Rays are a nice find too, are you going to try a new color or just a refinish? Bronze looks pretty sweet on black IMO.
Bummer about the hit but chit happens Mine got t-boned pretty good last year. Here's a couple DIYs that may be of interest, and I still supply taillight templates, just shoot me a PM if you're interested. Looks like a nice list of future mods too
https://www.myg37.com/forums/d-i-y-i...-g-sedans.html
https://www.myg37.com/forums/d-i-y-i...ils-sedan.html
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Old Jul 22, 2014 | 07:12 PM
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subbed to see those 18" OEM wheels on.
I have resonated HFC paired with the ARK and its great. you will love it, although I suspect you will barely notice a sound difference.

why not just completely de-badge the rear? its hardly visible anyway lol
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Old Jul 22, 2014 | 10:56 PM
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Looks like some good progress so far!
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Old Jul 28, 2014 | 02:14 AM
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Thanks guys!

Just finished painting the other day. It came out quite nice apart from some imperfections lol

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It's like a dark bronze with metallic flake. I didn't think it'd turn out like this honestly, I just grabbed the spray can with the coolest looking cap LOL
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Old Jul 28, 2014 | 07:08 PM
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Cool color! What brand of paint did you use? If you don't mind me asking.
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Old Jul 28, 2014 | 10:35 PM
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Nice color choice on the Rays. Did you clear coat them? If not I'd shoot a good 3-4 coats over the bronze to protect them a bit better.
Looks like a nice job though
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Old Jul 29, 2014 | 01:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Need 4 Speed
Cool color! What brand of paint did you use? If you don't mind me asking.
Rustoleum Metallic

Who would have thought that spray paint cans could look this good!
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Old Jul 29, 2014 | 01:15 PM
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Mounted

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I need a drop asap now. I was thinking about 1" should be good
With the offset of the OEM rays the wheels sit pretty flush
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Old Jul 31, 2014 | 04:56 PM
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Installed the Cobb post MAF tubes and drop in filters!

Impressions:

-Slightly louder (my catback drowns out any intake noise anyways)
-Improved throttle response (most likely all in my head)
-Butt dyno says it moves slightly faster (once again most likely all in my head)
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Old Jul 31, 2014 | 05:19 PM
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Looks good^^
IMO your chrome trim should be black, here's a simple DIY to remedy that
https://www.myg37.com/forums/d-i-y-i...-g-sedans.html
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Old Sep 4, 2014 | 10:52 PM
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Redid my grill today because the first time I tried blacking it out, I used this Duplicolor shadow trim paint and it did not turn out as nice as I wanted it to. So I picked up some gloss black rustoleum and here are the results...

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