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In September of 2015, I finally purchased my first car, which was a 2012 Vibrant Red G37x sedan, I spent countless hours researching, planning, and install upgrades/modifications. I loved it, and I really learned so much. On March 3rd, 2017, I was rear ended in a not-at-fault accident which resulted in my car being totalled. Nearly one month later, on April 1st, 2017, I purchased my first manual car - a 2013 G37S 6MT Sedan in KAD Graphite Shadow. This build will be much better than my last.
Wheels/Tires
Weds Sport SA-15R 18x9.5 +38 square
Bridgestone Potenza S-04 Pole Position 265/40/18
Project Kics Kyokugen Black Lug Nuts
Suspension/Brakes
Stance XR1 True-Type Coilovers w/ Swift Springs - 12/8k
Thanks everyone! First mod was the JDM tails, which I picked up from the93owner. He met up with me at the dealership in Bethesda, MD and I installed them within 30 minutes of having the car. OEM decklid spoiler going on this week, and possibly the Hotchkis sway bars that were ordered last week.
I've always kinda sucked at driving a manual, so this past week I spent so much time in my friend's cars (Mazda Miata and a Honda Del Sol) practicing, and for the most part, I've gotten pretty confident. The place where I struggle the most is hill starts without the e-brake, so I really gotta work on that. Stalled a couple of times today (One time was in front of Sean - VIVID when we were going to a meet today). Talk about embarrassing but I really didn't want to roll my car back into his beautiful sedan.
Go find "Engineering Explained" on you tube, and search his videos for "manual transmission". His bit about rev matching, and the one about things you should never do with a MT... excellent advice.
The G/Z 6MT isn't the easiest MT car to drive. At some point, you'll likely get the RJM clutch pedal assembly, and you'll forget all that.
Go find "Engineering Explained" on you tube, and search his videos for "manual transmission". His bit about rev matching, and the one about things you should never do with a MT... excellent advice.
The G/Z 6MT isn't the easiest MT car to drive. At some point, you'll likely get the RJM clutch pedal assembly, and you'll forget all that.
I keep telling him! That would have been my first mod personally, but it will help with the learning curve of driving a manual. Good news is if you get down the stock clutch of the G then you can drive any stock clutch car.
Now racing clutches is a whole different animal and I'm sure Sean apprciated you not rolling into his car
Wait til down the road when you have to start learning how to launch this thing
04-01-2017, 03:56 PM
