Thirty_Seven's Never Ending Build Thread
 

Alright, so I really wanted to do one of these when I first bought the car but I didn't so I'm going to write it up in order from when I bought it to the present day. Let's get to it

The Car:

- It's a 2008 G37S Coupe 6MT in Platinum Graphite.

Forgot to take pics before I tinted the tails.

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Exhaust:

After a ton of deliberation, I decided to go with the Motordyne E370. I wanted a Mesiterschaft but I wanted a catback and the Motordyne was about $1000 cheaper than a full Mesiter cat back.

(Review thread here)

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Wheels:

I really wanted something that stands out. I was going to go Vossen or something else, but Forgestar and Avant Garde caught my eye because of the customizing aspect.

After speaking to the guys at GetYourWheels, I decided that I wanted Forgestar F14s, deep concave fronts and super deep concave rears. In order to clear the brakes, though, I would've needed to run a crazy rear offset. SO I went deep concave all around. So ultimately, here's what I ended up with.

Forgestar F14 Deep Concave in Matte Candy Apple Red

Fronts: 19x9.5 ET 25
Rears: 19x10 ET 30

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Not going to lie, I was NOT happy with the wheels because I wasn't dropped yet, and I hated the wheel gap, but I was confident I'd love them after a drop.

Lowering:

I decided to slowly piece together everything as I got the money for it, so I started by buying Eibach springs. Time passed a little and I picked up f + r SPC camber kits.

Since it took so much time for me to save up the money, it ended up being winter by the time I got everything. Well, it turned out to be a TERRIBLE winter in NYC, so I couldn't install them at all. Laying on my back in the snow in 5 degree weather didn't sound like fun.

By the time the winter was over, I had much more money saved up, so I decided to replace the struts while I had everything off. I found an awesome deal at AutoAnything, so after a coupon, all 4 KONI Yellow struts were $730. One was back-ordered, so that pushed the install another month.

So to everyone who asks why I didn't get coilovers, it's because I saved money gradually and didn't have enough to spend initially, and the only coilovers I'd buy are KW's which are like $600 more than I wanted to spend anyway.

FINALLY, here's the day after the install (they settled a bit more by now)

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Interior Vinyl Wrap:

I decided that since most of my interior trim was all scratched up, I was gonna wrap it in carbon fiber. After talking to a bunch of people and seeing the gloss black wrap that the orange Vossen car had, I decided to go with gloss black. I bought a 5x3 sheet of 3M 1080 Gloss Black, and took my interior apart. It took about 4 house and the hardest part was getting the stupid trim pieces off.

Ignore my dirty door panel...

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Nice progress so far! I like the choice in the black gloss vinyl for the interior!

Any more pictures of the Porsche? :28:

Great job!
Those wheels really set it apart and all the parts you've put together should work well :biggthumpup:
Nice choice w/ the Konis and nice deal too.
The shot from the back really shows off those Motordynes, just bad as$.
Keep it up!

Thanks! And I used to have a huge album of the car until it got deleted, I really should take more... Here's the two I have now though

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Thanks!! Too bad it scrapes everywhere I go :banghead:

Intake:

I got hit while parked in a lot last week. Whoever did it left without leaving a note. :mad::mad::mad:

$600 later, it's back to looking new.

EnYCee-G and I installed a Takeda Long Tube Intake a few weeks ago. I've been super excited to get a CAI. I went with Takeda because I heard you didn't need to cut, but we made the cuts anyway, the tubing would've been severely restricted if we didn't.

Thankfully, my car, being a 2008, was able to work with the splash shield as well, so that's on there too.

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Loos mean behind the grille,

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Sway Bars:

Also picked up a set of front and rear Stillen Adjustable Sway bars. I purchased them with energy bushings too, didn't want to reuse the factory ones...

Install was simple, I wish I had a lift but that's life I suppose. Getting behind my exhaust in the rear was a PITA but it only took about 45 minutes total.

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Modding like crazy! Looking good!

Haha thanks man! I keep finding awesome deals, I told myself I wouldn't buy anything for another few months then I saw your intake and found those sways. Just couldn't resist...

Where did you get the colored tubes from? I am looking to get the Takeda but want blue arms. Are yours red or orange?

They're red. They were painted by the previous owner (EnYcee-G).

They would be really easy to paint though. Clean them well, lay down some primer, paint a couple coats, and clear them. You may want to use high temp. paint because they're in the engine bay but I think they'd be okay without it.

Very nice list of parts you got going. Car is looking good :biggthumpup: