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01-07-2017, 01:36 PM
#46
Part of the delay is in finding all the parts. The trunk badges are easy and I think I might have seen a grille once. I see kickplates for the coupe, but no sedans and I have yet to see a Nissan steering wheel horn cover that matches. The seats are easy because I will probably just replace them down the road in the name of weight savings. I think I can live with leaving the Infiniti clock and I already sold the stock wheels.
The other delay is in my mind deciding if the car is really worthy of Skyline badges since it is such a legendary name. I think I have enough mods to the car to warrant the changes and it would be fun to see the looks on people's faces who don't know what it is. Then I would just have to think of a new license plate. Hmm...
01-07-2017, 02:34 PM
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I'm not thinking that deep. Just swapping out the INFINITI letters for SKYLINE, right underneath Mt Fuji. The conflict isn't huge since I debadged the G37S off the trunk already. And if someday I have a change of heart, then I swap back.
I'm not thinking that deep. Just swapping out the INFINITI letters for SKYLINE, right underneath Mt Fuji. The conflict isn't huge since I debadged the G37S off the trunk already. And if someday I have a change of heart, then I swap back.
01-07-2017, 03:29 PM
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01-08-2017, 12:38 AM
#51
Actually, the new Skyline V37 aka Infiniti Q50 can be bought with either Infiniti or Skyline trunk badge in Japan and other Asian markets now. Nissan marketing finally want to push the Infiniti brand as a global brand rather than just a car vendor as it used to be. In that sense, a Fuji can sit next to skyline badge now without being political incorrect.
01-08-2017, 05:03 AM
#52
I'll be removing the Fuji from the rear and just placing 370GT where "G37x" originally was. No other badging as I've already removed the INFINITI lettering.
Heck, there's even G sedans out there running IPL badging, which looks kinda cool honestly. I'm still on the hunt for a reasonably priced IPL engine cover.
Heck, there's even G sedans out there running IPL badging, which looks kinda cool honestly. I'm still on the hunt for a reasonably priced IPL engine cover.
01-08-2017, 08:22 AM
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Actually, the new Skyline V37 aka Infiniti Q50 can be bought with either Infiniti or Skyline trunk badge in Japan and other Asian markets now. Nissan marketing finally want to push the Infiniti brand as a global brand rather than just a car vendor as it used to be. In that sense, a Fuji can sit next to skyline badge now without being political incorrect.
That settles it!Haha, JK... I've been wanting to do this regardless.
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01-09-2017, 10:23 AM
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Here's a current-state photo, taken a few months ago
...and here's an admittedly imperfect photoshop effort to compare against. Pretty sure the dimensions are off, as is the color and contrast. But it's good enough to eyeball for consideration.
...and here's an admittedly imperfect photoshop effort to compare against. Pretty sure the dimensions are off, as is the color and contrast. But it's good enough to eyeball for consideration.
01-09-2017, 06:01 PM
#55
Actually, the new Skyline V37 aka Infiniti Q50 can be bought with either Infiniti or Skyline trunk badge in Japan and other Asian markets now. Nissan marketing finally want to push the Infiniti brand as a global brand rather than just a car vendor as it used to be. In that sense, a Fuji can sit next to skyline badge now without being political incorrect.
The "Skyline" does look better, but it looks weird with an Infiniti emblem. I think it would look right with a Nissan emblem, but then you have to replace the ones elsewhere on the car. I would consider doing that, but I have not had much luck finding the kick plates, steering wheel horn cover, and now the grille.
01-09-2017, 06:46 PM
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The "Skyline" does look better, but it looks weird with an Infiniti emblem. I think it would look right with a Nissan emblem, but then you have to replace the ones elsewhere on the car. I would consider doing that, but I have not had much luck finding the kick plates, steering wheel horn cover, and now the grille.
Last edited by Rochester; 01-09-2017 at 06:58 PM.
01-09-2017, 08:16 PM
#57
The other thing I struggle with on my car is that I am not sure if it is worthy of the Skyline name to me. I know they made RWD Skylines, but I always think of the GT-R. To go from a twin turbo I-6 with ATESSA-AWD high performance sports car to a non-turbo RWD entry level luxury car seems weird to me.
01-09-2017, 09:30 PM
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Totally do it on your car. I think it would look good. I was just thinking out loud what I would do to my car if I found all the other parts. I'm too much of a perfectionist (for now) to rock the Infiniti fuji and "skyline" since they never made our cars that way.
The other thing I struggle with on my car is that I am not sure if it is worthy of the Skyline name to me. I know they made RWD Skylines, but I always think of the GT-R. To go from a twin turbo I-6 with ATESSA-AWD high performance sports car to a non-turbo RWD entry level luxury car seems weird to me.
The other thing I struggle with on my car is that I am not sure if it is worthy of the Skyline name to me. I know they made RWD Skylines, but I always think of the GT-R. To go from a twin turbo I-6 with ATESSA-AWD high performance sports car to a non-turbo RWD entry level luxury car seems weird to me.
To OP..I don't think it's a good idea lol..looks really strange but hey if you like it..you can go with it.. i think ur car looks good as it is..how about just the 370gt on the right and nothing else? Lol too many options
04-03-2017, 03:46 PM
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BWAHA-HA-HA-HA!!! I actually, for-real, did this today. 
Two years since I created this thread.
It's all for me... JDM Gearheads will get offended, people familiar with today's Skyline will shrug, and average citizens won't even notice.
Two years since I created this thread.It's all for me... JDM Gearheads will get offended, people familiar with today's Skyline will shrug, and average citizens won't even notice.
04-03-2017, 05:45 PM
#60
Looks great. I just think the word Skyline is more interesting, visually, than Infiniti. I am a snob about cars and stickers and such and I see zero issues with the Fuji next to the sacred word, Skyline. I really dig it.
Now I need to get mine debaged before I detail it for the summer.
Now I need to get mine debaged before I detail it for the summer.
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