Got the Z home and couldn't be happier. Had to park her outside since I didn't have a garage and was living in an apartment. But it was covered parking, so better than soaking in the Vegas sun. She of course got a nice, good bath and wax job!
So...the first month! The Z chose to give me a run for my money! Within the first month; the brakes, clutch, alternator and battery chose to die. I went overboard on repairs, but it was well worth it. So the following ended up being replaced:
-Injen Cold Air Intake
-Alternator
-Reman Calipers
-Reman Brake Master Cylinder
-New Slotted/Drilled Rotors
-New Pads
-Reman Starter
-New Battery
-Reman Clutch Slave and Master Cylinder
-New ACT Heavy Duty Street Clutch
-New Fidanza Lightweight Aluminum Flywheel
-Redline Synthetic Fluids (Clutch, Brake, Oil and Transmission)
So my lovely Z chose to suck nearly $3,000 out of me within the first month! I should have known better! Not to mention I also got some what I thought were nice (at the time) 19' Dronell Chrome wheels for the Z. Now of course I look back and laugh. I later found out Dronell wheels were a VIP JDM company. The Z is not a VIP car. So I really screwed up on that purchase.
The Wheels:
So i got these 19" gaudy chrome wheels that weight like 50lbs each with tires. I get these wheels in from a seller on Ebay. Two of the tires which are supposed to be new show up damaged (SOB). So I go and get some Nitto 555's for them. I don't know a damn thing about tires (or cars for that matter). I end up getting what came on the wheels when I got them. Which were 235/35/19, which were way too skinny for the wheels. I end up getting only 2 of them at the time. A few weeks later I am on the freeway taking a new off ramp that (I thought) was open. Apparently the opening for the off ramp was actually guarded by the large round rubber base sections to the large orange road construction markers.
I hit those suckers dead on and damaged both passenger side wheels and tires. Both wheels and tires were lipped really bad. Tires got destroyed and the wheels weren't very happy. At this point I was stuck in a dilemma. I could have the car towed home and not be able to pay rent or I could put on the spare tire and drive home on one bad wheel and tire. Sadly, I had to choose the later. I limped the car home about 6 miles going no more then 15mph on a gimpy wheel.
These lovely (ugly) wheel cost me nearly $2900 after new tires that shouldn't have been needed. Not a good start to the Z car.
AND, the AC died after two weeks! Yay.....
The Z's future and mine started out with the biggest love hate relationship from the beginning! And it will continue to be that way forever!
