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I've had mine off a few times and just squeeze the sides and pull

 

I will go through the wheel well (when I change my lights with LEDs). Tried squeezing and pulling.... felt like if I did more I would break something.

 

Decals are on. Clear is drying. Installing tomorrow.

 

Looks awesome Andy, although that green tape makes me think of the Seattle Seahawks, which isn't awesome
Can't wait to see those beauties installed!

 

hahaha, well good thing the tape isn't a permanent design feature lol.

 

BTW, did you get your Z1 hardware parts cancelled in time? Forgot to ask back then.

 

Nope. Had to ship them back. Lost 10% on restocking fee as well. Funny enough, still ended up paying like $200 less

 

Oh well, at least you made out in the end, glad to hear

 

Yeah, it's the updated GT-R **** out of a 2016 GT-R. The shift pattern is actually almost exactly the same. Park -> Reverse -> Neutral -> Auto/Drive. The only part that is off is that it says Manual mode is to the right (for the GT-R) instead of to the left like in our cars. It doesn't bother me thought since I know what position is what... I also plan to get the button done in carbon fiber so that would cover up the shift pattern anyway.


I don't recall exactly what the billet aluminum navigation ring cost, but $150 sounds about right. I actually think that's a pretty reasonable price... The way I see it, people seem to have no problem spending $150 (or more) on upgraded HID bulbs or switchback LED's, so what's the issue with spending that much on something you actually touch every time you drive the car? Just like my steering wheel... It seemed ridiculous to me to spend $900 on that when I bought it, but now I actually think that was the best $900 I've spent on the car... It totally changes the whole driving experience and was so worth every penny IMO!

 

From my experience when I first installed the K&N intake on my car I did gain 6 - 8 RWHP throughout the entire mid-range, but peak HP was pretty much exactly the same with both the K&N and the OEM intake. Both Dyno runs were the exact same day on the same machine in the same conditions, only about an hour apart due to having to swap out the intakes. Takeda also used my car for development and testing on their short ram intakes and came up with very similar results. Nice gains (5+ RWHP) from 2000 - 5K RPM's, but no considerable gains at 6K - 7K where our engines hit their peak HP figures. I think this extra mid range punch is what most people feel during everyday driving.

 

Of course, I was speaking personally, I never actually use the nav ring so it would be a waste for me LOL. But if you like it, that's all that matters! It sure does look pretty though.

 

I'm in agreement with iCrap. Make sure you are set with most of your power mods before tuning, otherwise you are going to be paying for another tune down the road. I made this mistake and tuned after I installed my exhaust and intake, then added Berk HFC's and had to retune, and then went FI and had to retune again. Incidentally I gained around 20 RWHP with my original tune and then gained another 18 RWHP with the Berk HFC's and a retune. So, as iCrap mentioned, Test Pipes or HFC's will probably give you the most gains when combined with a tune.

I can't comment on EcuTek, but I'm FI and using UpRev and very pleased with it. It gave me very nice gains when I was NA and has performed flawlessly for over 40K miles since GTM did my super charger.

 

Wow, those turned out great, Andy! Now your making me want to redo my calipers, but in candy red this time!

 

Mmmm, candy red would look nice. I almost went with candy red, but then decided to keep my colours more or less blue everywhere. Pop the hood, BAM, BLUE!!! This ties into it all.

https://g35driver.com/forums/picture...no-brakes.html
This is what ha me wanting red for a while.

 

Very nice, Hexotic. What rotors are you using?