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Old 05-17-2012 | 01:37 PM
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The reason you can get away with clay bar and wax so easily is because your car is beige; it hides imperfections well. Far better than black does.
ahhhh yes black is terrible for keeping its factory shine. lol sorry for that
Old 05-17-2012 | 01:38 PM
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The reason you can get away with clay bar and wax so easily is because your car is beige; it hides imperfections well. Far better than black does.
You know what else helps? White car.

And you know what else helps? New car.

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Every time I glance at the title of this thread I think "I don't always ... but when i do".

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why the hell do sigs show up on every post now?

happened to the option to shut that shti down ...
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Old 05-17-2012 | 01:55 PM
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You know what else helps? White car.

And you know what else helps? New car.

What happened to racecar?
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I like your approach.

http://forums.maxima.org/8477602-post9.html

I was half way through a long asz typing when I said, you know what ... it's not even worth it. And then I aborted new reply.
That's exactly what happened with me

I saw his body kit and I was like........ fck this.

Originally Posted by ShocknAwe
For saying you dislike Clashez so much you guys give him so much attention
We dislike you and we give you attn.

This is a problem....

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$560 shipped? That's cheaper than struts and springs d00d.....

XYZ Coilovers

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why the hell do sigs show up on every post now?

happened to the option to shut that shti down ...
Hrmm works fine for me.
Old 05-17-2012 | 01:57 PM
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Originally Posted by NmexMAX
What happened to racecar?
Racecars don't have body parts.

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Racecars don't have body parts.

WIN ... I wasn't expecting that, but that's the right answer.
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Originally Posted by aackshun
We dislike you and we give you attn.

This is a problem....
The difference being I dont try to get yall to like me though lol

Originally Posted by aackshun
$560 shipped? That's cheaper than struts and springs d00d.....

XYZ Coilovers
link? not a link to the process of getting it worked out
Old 05-17-2012 | 02:02 PM
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The difference being I dont try to get yall to like me though lol



link? not a link to the process of getting it worked out
Neither does Crashez.

PM CJAndura.
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Originally Posted by ShocknAwe
Funny, but wrong.

The price (singular, subject of sentence) of coilovers (plural, but the object), IS too damn high (subject is singular, remember?)...

The priceS (plural) ARE too damn high...but the price IS too damn high.










Don't know why but that bugs the bejesus out of me.
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No they are not
Old 05-17-2012 | 02:08 PM
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Coilovers are too expensive... Springs and struts for me.
Bullcrap get with Ghustle
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If that deal does come through I might actually make the switch. Thats crazy good. THe only thing Im worried about is what happens in the case of a failure down the road? DO they have a distributor here in America? Im aware they are well known on the drift scene and overseas but I thought they were fairly new here?
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Originally Posted by Amerikaner83
Funny, but wrong.

The price (singular, subject of sentence) of coilovers (plural, but the object), IS too damn high (subject is singular, remember?)...

The priceS (plural) ARE too damn high...but the price IS too damn high.










Don't know why but that bugs the bejesus out of me.
OMG!!! It bothers me so much too but I didnt want to be the grammar **** today so I let it pass lol
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Originally Posted by ShocknAwe
If that deal does come through I might actually make the switch. Thats crazy good. THe only thing Im worried about is what happens in the case of a failure down the road? DO they have a distributor here in America? Im aware they are well known on the drift scene and overseas but I thought they were fairly new here?
Meh.
Old 05-17-2012 | 02:13 PM
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Meh.
Yes thats exactly why I asked those questions? They aren't well known here in the states and I certainly had not heard of them before this came up. They sponsor several GT cars. The company is small and I don't know who distributes the parts and how you would get a warranty replacement

ninja edits meh
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Originally Posted by ShocknAwe
ninja edits meh
Old 05-17-2012 | 02:17 PM
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FOr the price its great. They are probably offering reduced prices as they try to build a reputation here in the states.

From another forum who has PERSONAL expierence:
"I am in the car parts(especially tuning) wholesale business. We are the exclusive EBC and Goodridge dealers in Romania and we also are official dealers for Powerflex, Bilstein, Tarox, and AP. As you can see we are accustomed with only serious suppliers.
I am writing this article hoping that no one will have the same bad luck as we did.
Because I received a lot of advertising emails from XYZ, I decided to give XYZ a try because I needed a suspension that was only available from them. I ordered 4 suspensions and a brake kit. The delivery time was supposed to be 7-10 days but they didnt respected it and the order was ready for dispatch after 21 days!!!. One of the suspensions did not fit and one of the brake kits came with the wrong bolt pattern.

I wrote to my sales agent and after sending pictures and making a lot of measurements during a whole week, she gave me the solution: the return of the items is not accepted because is not their fault they did not fit. The only argument they had was:”we sold these to a lot of customers and they dind not had any problems with them”

I modified the brake kit and fitted it but after 100km the rotors started to vibrate and when we checked them, the aluminium hats were deformed and not because of the heat but because the material was too weak for this type of application. I contacted the sales agent but the answer came a lot faster this time: improper usage, no warranty.

I advise all potential buyers to stay away from the 3 Taiwanese brands: XYZ, D2 and K-Sport, they are all made in the same factory, all parts are interchangeable and all share the same low quality and absolutely no warranty.
- The package and the paint quality of their products is very high but at a closer look you will recognize a cheap “made in China” design who does not worth the money(480$/coilover and 780$/330mm brake kit).
- The suspension hardness is adjustable but the difference between the hardest and softest settings is imperceptible and the shocks are very fragile(after only 3 trackdays there was a lot of play on the front shocks on a MK5 GTI).
- The diameter of the calipers` pistons in their brake kits is the same for all cars and in many cases they are a downgrade instead of an upgrade, the pistons surface being smaller that the one from the oem caliper. The 6 pot caliper has is in fact a 2 piston caliper. Despite the fact it has 3 pistons/side, 2 of them have 35mm diameter and the third has only 25mm. The total area is 2415mm² which is smaller than the area of almost any oem caliper(a standard Golf MK5 caliper has 57mm diameter piston with an area of 2551mm)"

disgruntled or foreshadow for us? Don't get me wrong, not trying to knock them but these stories are NOt few and far between. The complaints on the warranty replacement are aplenty. THis is what I said from the start. In china all the plans for parts have to be shared and can look good but are not good quality

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Old 05-17-2012 | 02:20 PM
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Originally Posted by ShocknAwe
If that deal does come through I might actually make the switch. Thats crazy good. THe only thing Im worried about is what happens in the case of a failure down the road? DO they have a distributor here in America? Im aware they are well known on the drift scene and overseas but I thought they were fairly new here?
One of there manufacturing plants is only 45 minutes from me its where i visited to talk to them
Old 05-17-2012 | 02:20 PM
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You know what else helps? White car.

And you know what else helps? New car.

I bet it hurts a lot more to find scratches and chips on that new car than it does on my used car.

I keed, I keed. But in all seriousness, I do like the G sedan in white. Very appealing.

The coupe, however, eh...not so much. Too bland for the lines of the car. Black, red, and the elusive Caribbean Blue for me.



Never understood why Nissan released so few G's in this color. It's a good-looking color. I bet it'd look good on a Z, too.
Old 05-17-2012 | 02:24 PM
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OMG!!! It bothers me quite a bit as well, but I didn't want to be the grammar Nazi today, so I let it pass. Lol
Fixedededededed
Old 05-17-2012 | 02:24 PM
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I should just take the plunge. My car isn't near what it used to be as far as mileage when it was in DD mode.
Old 05-17-2012 | 02:26 PM
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Originally Posted by ShocknAwe
FOr the price its great. They are probably offering reduced prices as they try to build a reputation here in the states.
blah blah blahblah blah i'm chocknnaw da chupashargin chupacabra blahblahblah
Just get them.

Be cool.

Be different.

I'm getting them one of these days, goin on le white car so it can has teh slammage and pull all duh bishes

Also see below.

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One of there manufacturing plants is only 45 minutes from me its where i visited to talk to them
#winning

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I should just take the plunge. My car isn't near what it used to be as far as mileage when it was in DD mode.
Buying CO-ROVAHS?!?!??!
Old 05-17-2012 | 02:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr. Brett
Fixedededededed
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Fixedededededed
yeppers


And I love the "erriors" in the label of the pie chart too
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If the deal goes through I will probably get them as well. I just don't like wasting my money and if they are indeed knock-offs made by a company who have simply made enough money off cheap people to stay in business then Im gonna be pissed.

CJ, Is that an actual XYZ office or just a distributor for them? Apparently they sent out offers to a ton of distributors offering extremely low prices and they received so many complaints that many have stopped distributing them now.
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Aackshun you see my ? To you last page about part
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Buying CO-ROVAHS?!?!??!
Shti .. i didn't vlarify .. But yes .. With TC105n's.
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What happened to racecar?
OK, because sportscar-ish.





Just keeping it real. I mean, the G37 6MT is an awesome car, but at the end of the day it's not really all that. I think I'm getting way to used to it.
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If the deal goes through I will probably get them as well. I just don't like wasting my money and if they are indeed knock-offs made by a company who have simply made enough money off cheap people to stay in business then Im gonna be pissed.

CJ, Is that an actual XYZ office or just a distributor for them? Apparently they sent out offers to a ton of distributors offering extremely low prices and they received so many complaints that many have stopped distributing them now.
Actual office/assembly plant i watched them make a few of them didnt see no brake kits around
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What's going on, Tuner? You trying to buff out the Swirlmeister for any event in particular?
Actually just started with wetsanding way too rough (1000 ) to blend the trunk in.

Now I have a full job ahead of me. I have to re-wetsand before i touch it with the buffer again.

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Thank ya



HIDs will color-shift after a few hours' worth of use. Sometimes up the spectrum, sometimes down, depending on the salts in the bulbs. The glass may also play into it.

bunch of stuff

I used a Snap-On buffer with a variable speed trigger. Runs up to 3000 RPMs. I stayed in between 1800 and 2200, though.

You won't take off too much paint as long as you keep the buffer moving, and make sure you have plenty of polish to keep the paint from getting too hot.
Thanks for the advice.

And yes, HID's shift in colour, it can not be determined exactly how they will shift on cheap bulbs, cheaper the salts/processing/forumla the more random it is and the worse the output is
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OK, because sportscar-ish.





Just keeping it real. I mean, the G37 6MT is an awesome car, but at the end of the day it's not really all that. I think I'm getting way to used to it.
Time to introduce mods
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Maybe they got the plans for either Ksport or D2 and actually try to replicate the quality instead of cheaping out. I just dont want to buy them and the springs are too stiff to make up for crappy dampers. The quality of the damper and the hardware MAKE a coilover. In reality not many on here will be able to see how they hold up under track conditions either. Most of the DD's on here will probably love them. I was mostly worried to hear the "30 way adjustable" is not exactly very different. Kind of like AGX struts I guess
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Originally Posted by Amerikaner83
Funny, but wrong.

The price (singular, subject of sentence) of coilovers (plural, but the object), IS too damn high (subject is singular, remember?)...

The priceS (plural) ARE too damn high...but the price IS too damn high.










Don't know why but that bugs the bejesus out of me.
i dont think its wrong because its speaking in plural n not singular.... the prices (multiple dif sets of coils) are too damn high... dont seem wrong to me... but with CJ around i disagree
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i dont think its wrong because its speaking in plural n not singular.... the prices (multiple dif sets of coils) are too damn high... dont seem wrong to me... but with CJ around i disagree
The subject of the sentence is PRICE. Singular. Therefore, the price...IS.

If the subject was PRICES, plural, then "are" would be correct.

The price IS.....the prices ARE.
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Originally Posted by Amerikaner83
The subject of the sentence is PRICE. Singular. Therefore, the price...IS.

If the subject was PRICES, plural, then "are" would be correct.

The price IS.....the prices ARE.
who said it was singular??? i thought it was speaking about every coilovers set... if it was only about 1 specific coilover set then the price of coilovers wouldnt be too damn high i would think..
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Grammar concepts like that are hard for people. If it sounds weird then most likely it is bad grammar. The internet has downgraded grammar quality immensely. I chose to just laugh at the joke lol. The sentence started off with price. Which is singular. It wouldn't matter if they were talking about one or more sets. It doesn't matter here in a grammar sense. The price or the cost IS too high whereas prices or costs ARE too high. You would still say the price of every set of coilovers on the earth is too high

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