Here's that brushed aluminum red post, and yeah, it's a looker!

https://www.myg37.com/forums/g37-sed...ml#post4056904

 

ARgh! Thanks, Brad. You know, I've gone down the rabbit hole trying to find that picture like 3 times.



I like it. If I had a black interior, I'd probably pursue this or some similar idea, over the OEM sliver aluminum-ish look.

NOT the radio-dash or the center console. Just the long pieces that go from the doors into the dash.

 

Flat black 3M CF wrap on my car currently, it's really nice as you can feel the texture of print rather than it being smooth.

 

You are right. I tried turning the MAF sensors around this weekend after cleaning them again and installing them in opposite sides to see if the codes were due to the MAF sensors themselves or the intakes. (Spencer's idea from Z1) The holes do not line up if you install them in the wrong orientation. It is easy to see the design of the MAF sensors for air flow as well when you look at the cutouts in them.

Thanks Brad for finding the pic and Rochester for posting. Not quite what I want to do though.

That looks good in those pics. Do you have any other pics more close up under better light? I had a flat black carbon wrap in my Evo that looked pretty decent, but looked really fake up close. It was not very shiny. Some of the shinier carbon wraps I have seen look pretty good. Maybe it is just the light, but your wrap looks pretty shiny and clean close up.

 

Man your still at the wrap thing ehh? Well not trying to be Debbie downer here, but NO wrap will equal the real thing. Plain and simple.

If you want the cheap route, obviously go Vinyl but I would never do CF vinyl as no mater what you get (brand, 3d,4d,5d, textured, smooth) it ALWAYS looks cheap imo. Sure maybe from a distance + the right angle + the perfect light + professional photography...sure then maybe you have the stars aligned. Aside from those minor factors, when you look up close

If going Vinyl, do any other color besides CF.

 

Haha, no I am really leaning toward a real carbon fiber wrap because I have yet to see a vinyl carbon wrap that looks decent in person. The wrap that Goonz has looks pretty good, but I fear it may look a lot different close up or in better light.

 

Well it is a hard decision and can be a big purchase pending what your wanting. Goodluck either way.

Think if you chose real CF, as long as the craftsmanship is good, you'll never regret the purchase.

 

Well I splurged yesterday and got some fancy Bosch Icon wipers. I really hope they last longer than the factory inserts I got when I got the car about 1 1/2 yrs. ago. We do not get a ton of rain here in WI and I have Diamond Fusion (Rain X that actually lasts longer than 2 weeks) on my windshield so normally wipers last a long time for me.

This is probably the biggest upgrade I have done on my car to date. I am expecting my mpg's to double due to the advanced aerodynamics and I heard they add at least 100 HP!


Here are some blurry cell phone pics of the "UUGE" difference in style/design

Before




After

 

Lucky, I typically go through 2-3 sets a year. They also get used daily for months at a time.

 

Well if we wanna be realistic, the only REAL carbon is DRY carbon fiber... Not this overlay "show" carbon everyone has.

 

What?!? Do you live under a waterfall?

 

Nah just in a winter wonderland. Wipers are used on snow/ice almost daily from like October-April. In fact it snowed overnight and is supposed to for the next few days again. It's the ice that really kills the wipers.

 

WOW! What do you gus only get 3 months of no snow?

 

That's true- ice will kill wipers pretty fast so I always make sure to scrape well before driving. Our winter was fairly mild and short this year. However, we have had big snow storms in May and June before (pretty rare though).

It is amazing how bad my stock wipers got. I did not realize how bad they were until I got the new ones. So far no complaints.

Today I did another oil change with my enormous FRAM filter so I have more capacity for the oil cooler.

 

So I have been having an issue with my passenger side MAF sensor after I did the Z1 cold air intakes, tune, and intake plenum. The car kept going into limp mode. MAF sensor cleaner seemed to work for about a week the 1st time and then it would go into limp mode almost every time I drove it. Two Sundays ago I swapped the MAF sensors to opposite sides and cleaned them again. Now I am getting close to two weeks without an issue (knocks on wood).

The biggest issue now just seems being able to get ahold of John at Z1 who did the tune. He had me send him a screen shot of the code in the ECU that I was getting last week Mon. and told me twice last week he would get back to me. I left him two messages this week and finally just got through to him today after being on hold for 15 minutes. It sounded like he still had not even looked at the screen shot and now he wants to send a cable out to me to data log the car.

Hopefully, the car just continues to work or they can find something from the data logs.