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After 3 months since the paint project started, we finally have the "almost finished Z" back home...As you will see, the Z needs spoiler (we're making a new design), side markers and turn signals to be finished on the outside, but we couldn't wait any longer because there were lots of emails asking about the Z and new body kit, besides we both were impatient to show the finished products too...We can finally say that we have the look we've been looking to have on our Z all these years...Well, wide rear arches, rear diffuser and some nice 18" wheels are still on the plans to be completely satisfied with the looks someday, but this is pretty good for a while at least.
Here's our new Z :)
One of the main changes we did to the Z was modifying our front bumper...We lose the protudes that were on the side vents, also reduced the height and width of the mouth and integrated the rear side markers to work as turn signals, so we could keep the lines of the bumper, follow the standard that most sport cars use as turn signals nowadays and use a Z32 part to do the job...This turn signals are not installed yet, since we still need to get the clear lenses and use an orange bulb to work as a real turn signal...The bumper looks so much better now! Now I think it is much more camera friendly than before and it's also more proportioned to the car (some people will still don't like the big mouth look, but it's the new trend on sport cars so live with it :))...We wish we could have done this before, but it was impossible to do more changes by the time we were selling the front bumpers in the US.
Our main purpose to paint the whole car was because we already had the rear bumper finished and with that, 2 of our most important body parts finished to give the updated look we were looking for, so it was time to have the Z looking brand new to compliment this new look...This is the final design of our rear bumper without diffuser...This rear bumper gives such a muscular and imponent look to the Z that you have to see it in person to believe it (pics don't do it justice!)
We have always loved the Z32's front look, but we've always thought that the rear didn't give the looks of power and presence that the Z32 has and most of the aftermarket options that try to fix that, look too aftermarket and sometimes out of place.
We also made some custom intercooler ducts to keep the air right on the Z1 SMIC's...We also made custom brackets to pull the intercoolers a little outer so they can be seen and look nice on the big mouth.
Lastly, we bought Kaminari side skirts to compliment the look of the new front and rear...Most of the side skirts we've seen on Z's don't get to completely hide the line of the lower part of the car, so we had to modify them to have a perfect factory look and fitment.