Zehq
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Heya All,
Picked up my first car off my blacks a few months ago. A MY12.5 2013 VE SSV Z! 6 speed manual.
Was originally stock, now sliiiiightly modified (new wheels). Done nearly 120,000km now!
With how expensive life can get I'll leave the car... mechanically stock for now (although I did post about 3 months ago saying I wasn't going to do anything, hmmmmmmm).
Plans are to replace the shocking sound system with something that's a little decent, HID lights, perhaps springs and tint the windows a little darker.
I'll start off with a piccie of the car on its first trip away from Syd (Ulladulla). Was fantastic to drive through Kangaroo Valley and on the back roads to Nowra Road.
Not too long after that I thought I'd give my E85-compatible car a go on E85... which killed the fuel pump on the third tank...
...About a grand and a few days later the car was back on the road with a new pump!
I've then thought on grabbing some aftermarket wheels. Mind was set on Koya SF01's and got em! Very happy with how they turned out and now I'm debating on lowering the car every so slightly to make it sit flush.
18x10 rears (+36)
18x8 fronts (+30)
The rears sit just on the limit of the fender, looks quite nice IMO.
Which leads to today! More fuel pump issues, suspect the leads weren't properly inspected and there's damage to the plug, seems to be quite a common issue. Will give more updates once more changes are made.
For those curious, it was a faulty wiring harness that fried the old pump and the replacement pump. Second was replaced under warranty and the harness was replaced as well.
28/07/20 UPDATE:
Thought I'd post a few piccies of the car. Much nicer piccies than the old placeholder piccies but I'll guess I'll leave them for legacy. '
Still haven't done anything to the car but now I'm debating selling it and buying a beater base SS that I can thrash. Honestly this car is too nice to treat it terribly hahaha.
Picked up my first car off my blacks a few months ago. A MY12.5 2013 VE SSV Z! 6 speed manual.
Was originally stock, now sliiiiightly modified (new wheels). Done nearly 120,000km now!
With how expensive life can get I'll leave the car... mechanically stock for now (although I did post about 3 months ago saying I wasn't going to do anything, hmmmmmmm).
Plans are to replace the shocking sound system with something that's a little decent, HID lights, perhaps springs and tint the windows a little darker.
I'll start off with a piccie of the car on its first trip away from Syd (Ulladulla). Was fantastic to drive through Kangaroo Valley and on the back roads to Nowra Road.
Not too long after that I thought I'd give my E85-compatible car a go on E85... which killed the fuel pump on the third tank...
...About a grand and a few days later the car was back on the road with a new pump!
I've then thought on grabbing some aftermarket wheels. Mind was set on Koya SF01's and got em! Very happy with how they turned out and now I'm debating on lowering the car every so slightly to make it sit flush.
18x10 rears (+36)
18x8 fronts (+30)
The rears sit just on the limit of the fender, looks quite nice IMO.
Which leads to today! More fuel pump issues, suspect the leads weren't properly inspected and there's damage to the plug, seems to be quite a common issue. Will give more updates once more changes are made.
For those curious, it was a faulty wiring harness that fried the old pump and the replacement pump. Second was replaced under warranty and the harness was replaced as well.
28/07/20 UPDATE:
Thought I'd post a few piccies of the car. Much nicer piccies than the old placeholder piccies but I'll guess I'll leave them for legacy. '
Still haven't done anything to the car but now I'm debating selling it and buying a beater base SS that I can thrash. Honestly this car is too nice to treat it terribly hahaha.
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