I finally picked up a G37.

I bought it Saturday for my wife, I am setting up this account for her.

It is a Graphite Shadow 2013 G37X S.

It is a really great car and she already has the modding bug. I apologize for the crappy cell phone pics.

 

Here's the cliff's notes version of most of the questions new members ask.

1. Everyone disagrees on which external mods look good. That being said, the popular mods people do externally are:
Body kits (IPL or Aero or Top Secret)
New wheels (Vossen, Stance, and Enkei are popular brands), check threads to see if they'll clear your brakes instead of just posting up a wheel fitment thread.
Lights (people change the lenses to TSX lenses, paint the housings, delete amber corner, and add LED rings)
Carbon Fiber (most things are available in carbon fiber, VIS and Seibon are popular mid-price brands, fitment is always a concern)
Painted calipers
smoked lights
Debadging
LED interior light swap (diode dynamics or other companies offer kits containing all the LED's you need)
Spoilers (front chin, rear decklid, rear wing type, roof mounted spoiler)
Diffuser (autokits x, other companies)
Plastidip (hideous, don't do it)


2. The best HP performance mod you can do is Forced Induction. These cars love boost, and any bolt ons (exhaust, intakes) will see only marginal HP boosts. That being said:
Cold Air Intakes (K&N, Sillen, Takeda, R2C, Injen)
Intake Manifold (Motordyne)
Header (Fast Intentions, idk about other companies')
High Flow Catalytic Converters (Fast Intentions, Berk, Stillen, among others)
Test Pipes (same companies as Cats)
Catback Exhaust (Tanabe, HKS, Greddy, Borla, Fast Intentions, Motordyne, Magnaflow, others)
Tune (either dyno professional, or handheld tuner unit)
Grounding kits (DIY)
Forced Induction (GTM twin turbo, GTM twin super, GTM single super, Stillen Super)

3. Suspension mods
Sway Bars, biggest bang for buck mod, (Hotchkis, Cusco, Stillen, Eibach)
Front Tower Strut Bar (Cusco, GT spec, others)
Coilovers vs. Springs
Coilovers allow user to adjust drop exactly as needed, springs have 1 drop height
Coilovers allow user to adjust drop without changing spring compression, springs do not
Coilovers and Springs may both require camber kits.
Various chassis braces (may not be compatible with whatever exhaust you choose)

Welcome to the forum, hope this is useful!

 

That was probably one of the best forum intros I've had.
haha thanks man

 

Hey, five minutes of typing is worth stopping all the moaning everyone does on the "Will these wheels fit with sport brakes" threads, or "what mods look good on my car"

If I had my way, that would be an automatic response to anyone making a thread in the "Newbie" section.

 

Congratulations and welcome to the g37x club!
happy modding.

 

Welcome to the forums,

lol big thanks to @GoFightNguyen for the shout out.

Yes, PM me with any and all lighting related questions! I'm here to help!

Thanks,
Nick C.

 

Awesome intro reply Anthony, should be a auto-reply for every new sign up, very thorough and to the point.

Welcome to the site OP, nice that your wife is already planning some mods