Y33 from OC...

Hi VSC! I've been here for some time now but i havent formally introduce myself to ya'll. Im kevin from anaheim. I own a q45 anniv edition. Got it about a month ago as my next project :D hope u guys can help me since im new to vip scene. Im open to suggestions, comments and advice from ya'll.:biggthumpup:

My Q45 when i got it:
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Me and my friend decided to clean the engine bay since its very dirty:
After pics:
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Getting some maintenance done at a local shop:
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Got some parts from yahoo auction:
GT grill:
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Hood mascot:
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Found a guy at nico forum that want to trade grille and engine cover. Hes from south korea :) 
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My G35 before:
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Right now im debating if wat suspension shud i get. Im thinking uas suspension or cup kit+coils. Watchu think??

Anyways thanks to all my friends(style63) on helping me wit this project!

Welcome .......clean looking q

Dayum!!! This might be the cleanest lookin Q I've ever seen!
ENgine, body CLEAN!!!!!!!!! I'm jealous
Great color :biggthumpup:

Very clean, now let the work/fun begin. What's first on the agenda? Later.

[QUOTE=DIRTYATL;393211]Welcome .......clean looking q[/QUOTE]
Thanks man!
[QUOTE=PANCAKES!;393217]Dayum!!! This might be the cleanest lookin Q I've ever seen!
ENgine, body CLEAN!!!!!!!!! I'm jealous
Great color :biggthumpup:[/QUOTE]
:) thanks man! Ur ride is sick as fu*k :biggthumpup: saw it at wekfest last weekend.anyways do u have hookups on UAS? :D can u point me to the right direction since ur also local to me. Thanks in advance man :biggthumpup:
[QUOTE=Slo N Lo Benzo;393220]Very clean, now let the work/fun begin. What's first on the agenda? Later.[/QUOTE]
 Im gonna do exterior first probly suspension. Any advice?

welcome dude looks super clean.

Welcome, nice Q! If you need hood struts (judging the bat holding it up lol) look up Strong-Arm ones, they're great and cost less than 1/2 of OEM ones, I think like 60 for the pair.

[QUOTE=SFL_Y33;393233]welcome dude looks super clean.[/QUOTE]
Thanks! :)
[QUOTE=F.L.S.;393246]Welcome, nice Q! If you need hood struts (judging the bat holding it up lol) look up Strong-Arm ones, they're great and cost less than 1/2 of OEM ones, I think like 60 for the pair.[/QUOTE]

Lol! I def need one! Thanks for looking out!:biggthumpup:

I'm jeallin on that pic with the black housing headlights and the gt grill.

HAhahaha! I still haven't replaced my hood struts
Metal rod in the trunk for the win! lol
 
 
Thanks homey, but nah, I don't have any hook ups at UAS, I can direct you to Auto Fashion where you can buy a set of airrunner:biggthumpup:
or you can drive down the street and pick up Powered by max's new set of coil overs they have for the Y33

piece of wood for me for the hood. lol\

are you looking more adjustable like coils and air/cups, or just going static.?

either way i think megan racing may be the way to go. 
cup kit local would be platinum vip cups and they cam run on coils. or if you go uas they fit over megans as well. and the vendor sessions on here sells the pices you need to put uas bags on the megan coils.

hope it helps and welcome.

You cheap asses lol. Here, 40 bucks for two of them, you can't beat that and nothing like a hood that holds itself up how it should. The OEM ones are over 100 bucks each. I put them on my Q, they were simple to install and worked great.

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Hello fellow Q owner Im in the OC too  :biggthumpup:

[QUOTE=F.L.S.;393276]You cheap asses lol.[/QUOTE]
 
LOL!
Oh I know they're cheap. Seen them on ebay all the time
jus too lazy or cheap to pull the trigger and buy them lol
:shrug:

Why33 I'd say rims first, then work your suspension around them but then that's if your pockets are deep right now. Those hood struts are def. a bargain providing they last more than a couple years. Later.

Suspension is always first
Once your suspension is done and dialed in, your wheel options open up to an almost endless supply of options. Especially w/ the 33
 
Slammed ride is always better than a stock/donked out ride on shinny wheels

^ agreed, suspension first...autofashion can get you airrunner OR cup+coil

[QUOTE=PANCAKES!;393293]Suspension is always first
Once your suspension is done and dialed in, your wheel options open up to an almost endless supply of options. Especially w/ the 33
 
Slammed ride is always better than a stock/donked out ride on shinny wheels[/QUOTE]
qft!:rules:

[QUOTE=PANCAKES!;393261]HAhahaha! I still haven't replaced my hood struts
Metal rod in the trunk for the win! lol
 
Thanks homey, but nah, I don't have any hook ups at UAS, I can direct you to Auto Fashion where you can buy a set of airrunner:biggthumpup:
or you can drive down the street and pick up Powered by max's new set of coil overs they have for the Y33[/QUOTE]
lol! lets do a group buy wit alex! hehe

[QUOTE=ALEXTHESUS*PECT;393270]piece of wood for me for the hood. lol\

are you looking more adjustable like coils and air/cups, or just going static.?

either way i think megan racing may be the way to go. 
cup kit local would be platinum vip cups and they cam run on coils. or if you go uas they fit over megans as well. and the vendor sessions on here sells the pices you need to put uas bags on the megan coils.

hope it helps and welcome.[/QUOTE]
thanks alex. yea i been looking on a lot of options. im also considering going static on coils, but i think im done wit it. coz wit my G before i even got stock on the metal plates of road construction one time and that shit was scary lol i thought my car will brake in half hahaha 20mph to complete stop. but being static is the shit bro but right now i want the ease of being able to raise my car anytime i need to=).

but anyways thanks alex! ima look into megans with cups or bags. i pm/email platinum vip and AF already. lets see wat they say :) thanks man!:biggthumpup:

[QUOTE=BAHC;393298]^ agreed, suspension first...autofashion can get you airrunner OR cup+coil[/QUOTE]
+1 on susp :) will hit em up sir thanks! :)

[QUOTE=PANCAKES!;393293]Suspension is always first
Once your suspension is done and dialed in, your wheel options open up to an almost endless supply of options. Especially w/ the 33
 
Slammed ride is always better than a stock/donked out ride on shinny wheels[/QUOTE]
u hit it on the head mang!

[QUOTE=PANCAKES!;393261]Metal rod in the trunk for the win[/QUOTE]

Umm, no homo on that metal rod bein tucked away in the back, right??  

Hahaha JK,
Kevin and Charles gotta be the only ones ballin
I got 3 Q's at home right now, not one has funtional hood struts LMAO
Maybe if these hoods weren't so heavy, id do it
But replacin em just to have em blow out again?? No thanks, imma just prop it


Back on topic, welcome Why
Clean ride, should be a fun project. That's the best car to build =)
And glad your lookin into suspension. That is a def #1.
Get that dialed in and you'll be golden. Just gotta figured out what's important to you in how ya roll

[QUOTE=Brokey33;393317]Back on topic, welcome Why
Clean ride, should be a fun project. That's the best car to build =)
And glad your lookin into suspension. That is a def #1.
Get that dialed in and you'll be golden. Just gotta figured out what's important to you in how ya roll[/QUOTE]
thanks brokey33.  y33 ftmfw! yup suspension is priority always. :biggthumpup: so far im still waiting for the reply of the vendors then will see if which way will i go. will update u guys =) thanks again!

Those Stong Arm hood struts are better than OEM and will probably last 10 years. I had them on my Q for 2 years before I sold it, and they still damn near opened the hood by itself.

On that note, Y33 FTW, until you get a Y34 ftmfw :biggthumpup: But for reals, as much as I love my Y34, I will always love Y33's.

Nice start.

welcome. Hope to see a slammed green y33 rolling around the socal.

[QUOTE=F.L.S.;393329]
On that note, Y33 FTW, until you get a Y34 ftmfw :biggthumpup: But for reals, as much as I love my Y34, I will always love Y33's.[/QUOTE]
Lol. Love ur y34 mang!
[QUOTE=33flavors;393335]Nice start.[/QUOTE]
Thanks. Man ur car is an inspiration to y33 peeps!
[QUOTE=NELSON09;393336]welcome. Hope to see a slammed green y33 rolling around the socal.[/QUOTE]
Someday man :biggthumpup: hope to meet u guys in person :) since were all locals.

drop it asap! lol
The Engine bay was full of dirt and leaves before we clean it!

[QUOTE=Dranom;393377]drop it asap! lol
The Engine bay was full of dirt and leaves before we clean it![/QUOTE]

Thanks monard fella style63 for helping me clean the engine bay! Shit was DIRTY as fu*k before we cleaned it. 

I know suspension is a must! Im confused on which one to get. Im still doing my research tho. Want the best bang for my $$. 

Thanks for all the help bro!

any updates on this?
:smiley-rofl:

He's keeping it on the low... N slow...?

He's dealing with some suspension issues and needs to install LCA's

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[QUOTE=VI IX;435578]He's keeping it on the low... N slow...?[/QUOTE]

lol subliminals:pat:

looking good

looks sick...hard and oldschool

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Took out the car out of the bodyshop then finished the swap 2 hours ago USDM to JDM

Dammmm...talk about jdmyo, im green with envy haha
Looks nice but more pics (daytime) plz

But yall were puttin in work last night  
Good ish :biggthumpup:

I'll take daytime pics soon :biggthumpup:

Looking good......i like the green :biggthumpup:

DOPE! The green is so dope!
I've always wanted that hood badge
and what have you done for your front camber?

Looks good.. What suspension setup did you end up going with? I'm in the  market myself..

[QUOTE=The ATLien;439797]Looks good.. What suspension setup did you end up going with? I'm in the  market myself..[/QUOTE]

Thanks. I went with PBM coils. Good coils but they installed mine lil bit too conservative on the front :shrug: but rears i dont have any problems. There's other options now for y33. I think megans and BC coils have the spindles already so you can save your self some trouble lol and you can save your oe susp just in case you need it in the future. Check out the other options and base your decision according to what your trying to achieve look wise and height wise. Goodluck:biggthumpup:

nice start! i think your friend is trying to sell your autocouture supremes?! i love those wheels on there! hood props are blown?

Your ride is lookin nice, def. like the deep green. Later.

now i see why you're selling your bumper lol. jdm bumper looks good dooood

[QUOTE=timmy0tool;440208]nice start! i think your friend is trying to sell your autocouture supremes?! i love those wheels on there! hood props are blown?[/QUOTE]

yea wheels are still available new sets are in. 

[QUOTE=droo;440543]now i see why you're selling your bumper lol. jdm bumper looks good dooood[/QUOTE]

thanks droo just trying to be diffrent. :biggthumpup: