High School Stance | 350z

[Kyrin]

Hey StanceWorks,

So I've lurked on the forums for a while but I wanted to wait until I got a car that has potential before I made an account lol. I got into the stance scene about a year ago when a friend asked me to photograph his 240sx. I started saving money around October for a new car, then about a month ago I made the 3 hour drive to pick up a 2003 Nissan 350z Enthusiast Edition with 83k miles.

A photo posted by ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Kyrin Bingaman (@ming_aka_ming) on Feb 13, 2015 at 12:09pm PST

The day I picked up the car lol

So far this is how Nikki sits, nothing done to her yet but I have plans within the next month to get different wheels and coilovers for her. Just wanted to start a progress thread for me to look back at.

Untitled by kyrinbingaman, on Flickr

[Spectra Phantom]

Looks sweet in its stock glory. So whats the plan?

[TWM Performance]

Looks really clean man! Great platform

Renato
Team TWM Performance

[Kyrin]

Thanks guys!

Looks sweet in its stock glory. So whats the plan?

I'm picking up a set of 18x10 XXR 521's and a decent set of coilovers, not sure what brand yet. I've planned out the build in four stages:

Stage 1 - Get Nikki on the ground with a good set of coilovers and cheap reps until I pay off the car.
Stage 2 - Buy a set of real wheels, more aggressive offset
Stage 3 - Rocket Bunny kit (for scene points, of course)
Stage 4 - Forced induction or motor swap, probably LS or 2JZ

[rice4life]

Hahaha you waited for a car with potential. You crack me up.

Screw the xxr's and save that money for some used real wheels. The vq35de can handle 350ish at the wheels and still have almost stock reliability with regular maintenance and a good tune. That's enough to kill a modded coyote stang. It may not sound like much, but today's car scene is all about unusable large horsepower claims and dyno queens that will never see the street.

The 2j and the lsx engines are a gimmick when it comes the a car for the street.

[Shogunate]

The vq is plenty with some boost and a tune. My friend made 650 at the trans. with a supercharger and a descent daily tune

[FunfGang]

I love build threads with good photography, lookoing forward to progress!

[scweet14]

please don't do reps. every one just wants to have their shit done so they cheap out and buy reps just so they can look cool.

be a grown up, save up, be patient, and buy real wheels. instead of buying new reps, then having to deal with taking a loss when you go to sell them.

[SnazzyQ]

Hey I saw this in the intro section. Glad you started a build thread for it.

Also i agree with everyone on the XXRS. save up and get some baller ass wheels.

ALSO (last one i promise): HUGE yes on the Rocket Bunny kit.

[FunfGang]

Agree with everyone, except PAY THE CAR OFF FIRST, actually owning it will take a huge weight off your shoulders and also means as soon as it's payed off, dumb money into it.

[mike-81-240d]

Agree with everyone, except PAY THE CAR OFF FIRST, actually owning it will take a huge weight off your shoulders and also means as soon as it's payed off, dumb money into it.

This.

Until you pay it off your just modifying the bank's car.

[Kyrin]

This.

Until you pay it off your just modifying the bank's car.

The car is actually in 100% ownership of my parents, they did some sort of personal line of credit, so the car is paid off from the bank, but I owe their line of credit money if that make sense. Thanks for the input guys

[Shogunate]

You should thank them a lot

[Kyrin]

Yeah dude I do, sure as hell wouldn't be anywhere without them.

[Kyrin]

No real progress, just been saving up money for parts and what not. Bad news is that today I started getting a grinding noise coming from my right rear wheel, I believe its the brake rotor. Getting it checked out tomorrow.

On an non build related note I shot some photos for a friend who owns a 1973 260z

260z by kyrinbingaman, on Flickr

260z by kyrinbingaman, on Flickr

260z Arse by kyrinbingaman, on Flickr

260z by kyrinbingaman, on Flickr

260z by kyrinbingaman, on Flickr