I posted a lot of pics on my journal and also some requests for comments/advice

 

Especially about that rear bumper I fitted cos I really ain't totally inspired by it now it's on the car

 

Anyway I didnt realise until PMed, that other members can not reply on my journal thread apart from mods and admins!

 

So anyways here are the pics http://www.300zx.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?165840-Dicky-s-Zed-Project

 

Yeah I know its good to do your own thing but I'm very much open to opinions and suggestions as I go along....

 

cheers

Rich

Say what you mean lol

Each to there own and all that......however if the owner ever feels the need to move to their own little desert island then that's fine with me as long as they take that pile of pokemon' shit with them!!

 

OFFSET!!!! FFS!!!!

 

and WHAT's THAT SHITE ON THE BACK!!!

 

 

and.....oh God, here comes another mini sick.......

 

hehe, little drinky perhaps?

Oops wrong thread mate, my appologies....this was meant for the pink zed in Gary's NI post

 

I haven't touched a drop since 23rd December last year

Oops wrong thread mate, my appologies....this was meant for the pink zed in Gary's NI post

 

I haven't touched a drop since 23rd December last year

 

think he's gone to his bed crying mate...lol

 

Do you want me to delete your post?

If you could mate cheers

 

 

again my appologies mate, that's what happens when two laptops are being used in the same room

 

 

 

 

 

 

LOL I didn't read the thread till this morning!

 

Nahh I could have taken it anyway though constructive criticism/suggestions is what I would like. Then I'll make my own mind up anyways lol

 

So custmisation is a very personal thing - but hope I have little better taste than that pink one!

 

Im quite happy with the way this is coming along but don't like the rear bumper now i have it on the car.

 

Guys at the garage, the guys who've taken it for prep work/spraying and a couple friends who have seen it all think it suits the car - but me.... I'm really not sure I'm taken with it

 

For non subscribed members (who I don't think can view my journal?).... I've reposted pics herre and I'm thinking of shortening those two fins that come down either side of the tail pipes, maybe trying to get a curved shape to the bottom of them. Also I think it would look better with the fins evenly spaced around the exhaust if it can be modded that way. Also thinking of fabricating a ribbed 'diffuser' to fit between them across the centre rear if it can be done :blink:

 

Car is now in prep work and blending in, so best time to change things.

what colour though im thinking metalic yellow / orange with black bonnet but cant get the right colour. looking good bud.

thought about turning the scoop the other way round? or leaving it off all together?

I don't normally like the 4 pot lights but that does look quite cool on yours, the 99 spec spoiler sets them off nicely.

I'm gonna get the car sprayed that really sharp white which Audi put on their R8 - apart from the small panel over the top of the windscreen and the one behind the targas which are gonna be black. Intendeng to get the targas tinted dark, the back hatch and quarter lights already are tinted. Personally I quite like the scoop that way round as it has an agressive look, I think, but I did ask for opinions so fair game Anyway it will be blended in, not just sitting there. Also other way round rain water would run down the bonnet and into the scoop when parked

I can't believe it but went to pick up my new Alloys today and while chatting with the guy (as I got to know him a bit) I showed some pics of the new body kit and guess what he also likes that rear bumper!

 

So.... is it just me not totally enamoured with it - guys at the garage, guys at the body shop, two mates and guy from the alloys shop all like it. Just one PM from a member on here who agrees with me it needs toning down somewhat

 

So just to settle this - is it just me who needs to come to love it? It seemed like a good idea when I bought it but..........

 

Rich

Only you can answer that one matey. Is there a particular bit of it you don't like or is it the whole thing?

I think that rear bumper looks better with a quad exhaust, it looks a bit empty with just one. Like them wheels

well you've asked for opinions so, I think the front end looks good, apart from the scoop, personally I think you don't need it.

 

The rear looks ok, but doesn't really match the front in terms of the lines. Also don't think that rear skirt and the 99 spec spoiler compliment each other.

Personally I quite like the scoop that way round as it has an agressive look, I think, but I did ask for opinions so fair game Anyway it will be blended in, not just sitting there. Also other way round rain water would run down the bonnet and into the scoop when parked

 

The scoop when it was 1st designed was meant to go the other way, it follows the very minor bulge the bonnet already has, yep a wee bit of rainwater runs inside and usually onto the fan area, no biggie or issues with it though. Driving rain as you drive will still go in it the way you have it anyways, however IMO it looks totally wrong and hence why the majority fitted are the other way around.

 

Rear bumper, it deffo needs a quad exhaust to fill the space and a difusser in Black or carbon would look great!

 

Smithy

Right thanks - that kinda goes with what I was feeling

 

It's the two fins and placement of them on the rear bumper in particular that has been niggling me - though most other folks say they like it

 

cheers

 

Rich

Personally I'd lose everything off the arse end, as in my view the spoiler is way too small, the rear lights don't suit the car and the rear bumper valance (or whatever it's called) needs to be modified as you have already elluded to mate, the fins just don't work.

 

The front end looks tidy, I think the front bumper and border type wings work pretty well together but the scoop is a bit of an un-known, if it proves to be of benefit then yes keep it but if it serves no real purpose then mag to grid (get rid!) and replace it with something else that does.

 

The side skirts seem to flow quite nicely from the front end but I can't really tell from the pictures above (I'll have a flick through your other thread but initial thoughts are that they work well with the front)

 

Those are my thoughts mate

Big ask I know.... but is anyone here good with photoshop and can re-do that back end without the fin things on the bumper? Or maybe just stumps of them

Edited December 6, 201213 yr by dicky96

Without the fins on it it looks a lot like the rear bumper valance' that I had off Marty and Baz a while back, I haven't got any pics as far as I'm aware but it didn't look too bad as far as 300zx kits go

 

Just commit to it mate, it'll look a lot better for it

Thanks for the advice guys - I went down to the body shop today and had a good chat about what I want. With some modification this rear end will look OK me thinks...... watch this space :biggrin: