Seitsougan
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Well first I'll say that I couldn't be happier with my Infiniti FX35. Probably the most comfortable ride I've ever had the pleasure of owning! Before my FX, I was driving around a 2001 Honda Prelude. It was really fun to drive, loved every single mod I've ever done to it and it was definitely a great platform to learn from. Swapped the USDM motor to a JDM EuroR H22A w/ a T2W4 Tranny after blowing my engine on a HORRIBLE downshift from 3rd-2nd( I was at 8K RPM which is my absolute PEAK in this car). I bent a few valves and shattered a piston, to be quite honest the amount of damage was quite a bit more than what I was expecting. I came across the euroR motor/tranny setup and said wth! 11:1 CR, High lift cams with decent duration, and dual valvesprings. The tranny was what really sold me though, 4.266 final drive and the gears were so short I would be cruising at 75MPG at 4K RPM!! Awesome takeoffs though.
Pix of my ludee
When I first picked him up, STOCK AND 4X4!! LOL
New(er) motor
Proved to be more difficult than my friends tegs and civics at the time lol
Installed w/ new CAI, Full exhaust headers back, and NepTune RTP tuned
DONE!
also picked up a set of Ray's VRX-10's
I've tinkered with him a few times since these photos, such as new JDM fogs, full ksport kontrols, as she sits in my driveway right now the exhaust is 1.3" away from the ground hahaha I'll post more recent pix of him when I can, these are just to show what he went through
Anyway......onto the main reason why I posted this..
Around September 09, I finally decided that I was growing a little old for a Prelude. I was shopping around and was really in the market for a four door, luxury sedan. I wanted something that people could still turn their heads to look at but also something that I could still have fun with and mod like I did my Prelude. I was looking at a few G35 Sedans, Audi A4's, and Lexus IS350's. One day, while at lunch with my father, he was talking about how he wanted to upgrade to a newer car, that he was getting tired of what was then his 2005 FX35. I hadn't even thought of the idea of owning one when I blurted, "Hey I'll give you $10,000 for yours, cash." At the time, I was only kidding expecting him to instantly deny my offer. A few days later he said he was down with my proposal. I couldn't have been more excited, a Ivory Pearl 2005 FX35 fully loaded with nav, tech, touring, and OEM 20's and only 76xxx miles?? ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?? I almost cried when he signed the title over lol. To be honest, he practically gave it to me for that price IMO.
Here are a few pix of when I got her:
Movie theater parking garage
At the skatepark
Sittin' phat w/ my homeboy Josh's Dodge lol
After dropping about 90% of my money(((((((() on my car I didn't really have much to use to play around with, so I figured that if I was going to do any light mods it would involve making her look sweeter. I started off with the DIY bumper plugs, I can't stand looking at FX's with the front plate on, it's just such an eyesore.
Taking off the mount
Cutting
Since my dad had the mount on for so long it dug into the paint leaving behind this nasty "shadow"
The bumper plugs I made
I thought it was going to look bad but it actually came out really nice!!
My dad decided to upgrade to the 2010 FX35 lol
I then decided to change both sets of lights to 6k HIDS
all put back together
After the lights, I was kinda stuck so a buddy of mine gave me some 35% vinyl to use so I could smoke my taillights. I didn't quite have enough so I settled with this look.
At first, I didn't like how it looked but after leaving it for a couple of weeks it started to grow on me. I decided to leave it, after all it's only vinyl and I can tear it off at any time. Mostly, though, I've gotten positive feedback around town with how it looks.
And of course, my girlfriend also has a beautiful OB 2007 FX35
Well that's it for me right now. Since I'm a college student paying my own way I don't really have the funds right now to throw at my car. I've contemplated selling my Prelude but I have some serious boost plans for it in the future and I just can't seem to let him go lol. Future plans for my FX however include some spacers, OEM FX50 21's, and a full conversion to 2006 black interior. My girlfriend has agreed that when we sell her car, we're going to swap out as much as we can so I can keep her black leather and I'm hoping that the 2006 dash will swap clean, if not I'll figure it out, that'll be a few years from now but I can gladly wait.
Thanks to all who've checked out my thread and please feel free to leave comments! Positive/negative criticism are welcome I won't cry I promise lol
-Seit
---------- Post added at 09:31 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:30 PM ----------
Oh and I got that little license plate "Shadow" off by using polishing compound, turned out great!
Pix of my ludee
When I first picked him up, STOCK AND 4X4!! LOL
New(er) motor
Proved to be more difficult than my friends tegs and civics at the time lol
Installed w/ new CAI, Full exhaust headers back, and NepTune RTP tuned
DONE!
also picked up a set of Ray's VRX-10's
I've tinkered with him a few times since these photos, such as new JDM fogs, full ksport kontrols, as she sits in my driveway right now the exhaust is 1.3" away from the ground
hahaha I'll post more recent pix of him when I can, these are just to show what he went throughAnyway......onto the main reason why I posted this..
Around September 09, I finally decided that I was growing a little old for a Prelude. I was shopping around and was really in the market for a four door, luxury sedan. I wanted something that people could still turn their heads to look at but also something that I could still have fun with and mod like I did my Prelude. I was looking at a few G35 Sedans, Audi A4's, and Lexus IS350's. One day, while at lunch with my father, he was talking about how he wanted to upgrade to a newer car, that he was getting tired of what was then his 2005 FX35. I hadn't even thought of the idea of owning one when I blurted, "Hey I'll give you $10,000 for yours, cash." At the time, I was only kidding expecting him to instantly deny my offer. A few days later he said he was down with my proposal. I couldn't have been more excited, a Ivory Pearl 2005 FX35 fully loaded with nav, tech, touring, and OEM 20's and only 76xxx miles?? ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?? I almost cried when he signed the title over lol. To be honest, he practically gave it to me for that price IMO.
Here are a few pix of when I got her:
Movie theater parking garage
At the skatepark
Sittin' phat w/ my homeboy Josh's Dodge lol
After dropping about 90% of my money
(((((((() on my car I didn't really have much to use to play around with, so I figured that if I was going to do any light mods it would involve making her look sweeter. I started off with the DIY bumper plugs, I can't stand looking at FX's with the front plate on, it's just such an eyesore.Taking off the mount
Cutting
Since my dad had the mount on for so long it dug into the paint leaving behind this nasty "shadow"
The bumper plugs I made
I thought it was going to look bad but it actually came out really nice!!
My dad decided to upgrade to the 2010 FX35 lol
I then decided to change both sets of lights to 6k HIDS
all put back together
After the lights, I was kinda stuck so a buddy of mine gave me some 35% vinyl to use so I could smoke my taillights. I didn't quite have enough so I settled with this look.
At first, I didn't like how it looked but after leaving it for a couple of weeks it started to grow on me. I decided to leave it, after all it's only vinyl and I can tear it off at any time. Mostly, though, I've gotten positive feedback around town with how it looks.
And of course, my girlfriend also has a beautiful OB 2007 FX35
Well that's it for me right now. Since I'm a college student paying my own way I don't really have the funds right now to throw at my car. I've contemplated selling my Prelude but I have some serious boost plans for it in the future and I just can't seem to let him go lol. Future plans for my FX however include some spacers, OEM FX50 21's, and a full conversion to 2006 black interior. My girlfriend has agreed that when we sell her car, we're going to swap out as much as we can so I can keep her black leather and I'm hoping that the 2006 dash will swap clean, if not I'll figure it out
, that'll be a few years from now but I can gladly wait.Thanks to all who've checked out my thread and please feel free to leave comments! Positive/negative criticism are welcome
I won't cry I promise lol-Seit
---------- Post added at 09:31 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:30 PM ----------
Oh and I got that little license plate "Shadow" off by using polishing compound, turned out great!
