Well, can't remember when I first came on here probably over 12 years ago anyway.. boy things have gotten quiet on online forums since facebook groups came along. I'm off the social-media train now however so thought I'd put a little post up for some nost***ia :-)
So 7 years ago or there-abouts I met my wonderful fiance whilst buying a honda prelude off her, life was great, progressed nicely we bought a house about 2 years ago and had a few tidy car-projects together. Guess I didn't play the game correctly and she fell for another guy who run a local import business whilst we were going through a rough patch.. I accept at least 72.5% of the resposibility as if I listened when I should have I'm sure I could've saved things, but hey - us guys all have our faults! I've managed to surpass the anger stage and hope she's happy with her choice..
After things split up I went and bought an impulse buy, a Z32 with a chronic case of rust-cancer.. ofcourse I wasn't in a position to care so just went with it as I needed a distraction... I used to own a Z about 10 years ago in the same colour, type, and bought it from the same town.
So now I'm back to working offshore, just did 164 straight 12-hour shifts so I could buy my ex out of our house, which I've now done and am just about officially the sole property owner once the paperwork is through :-)
I'm going to slowly do it up and have a firm vision in my head as to the result I want.. plan is to leave the rust until last so I can at least see the end product with a squint, then take it to the bodyshop to get the works so it will be a 5 meter car, not a 5 mile car.
I'll get up some pics later this week but list of acctual purchases so far:
z32 twin turbo manual - burgundy/maroon
factory rear lights to replace horrific ebay lights it came with
rear perspex strip
veilside EC-1 rear spoiler made on request by veilside japan!
Border FMIC
Blitz Technospeed Z1 re-powdercoated in BBS gold centres. 18x10 et22 18x9 et13
Top Secret shift knob - pretty sure ill be selling this in favor of a 99 spec.
Personal steering wheel
Blitz SS bov's + fitting kit
99 spec front bumper
Ganador mirrors
Mines stage 1 ECU
Removing the M's Fuzzy-logic Boost controller as it's a complete unknown and randomly changes the boost. Will settle for 13psi on a bleed-valve or mig-tips
Removing the MPH-KPH converter as it's causing no end of grief with the speedo + PAS.
Bits I'm yet to acquire:
Twinz front 99 spec chin spoiler
Some subtle side-skirts, maybe 99 specs not sure yet.
BC Coilovers
Bride Brix (used to love these, had some in my micra) but will retrim them black+burgundy centres
Full black-leather/red stitch gearknob/handbrake + gaiters.
A new rear exhaust, I really can't decide what to go for here - I want to avoid the twinz diffuser as it's done by far too many people now. Twin upswept looks nice, r35 tips look nice, straight-cut cannons look nice, superdraggers look nice... too many choices!!
Plan is to make it look tidy but not outrageous, and to keep the power around 350bhp / stage 1 300zx stuff.