SBC El Presidente' 370Z review........

[buzzardmountain]

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i took the picts everyone else failed to take pictures of..

tonite was a Source Interlink Media Unveiling of the 370z in downtown LA at the J Lounge... pretty snazzy event.. Chris Forsberg, Rhys Millen, Tanner Foust, Dai Yashiro were there, along with some Nissan Marketing folks.

pretty dope show..

i think i was the first one to take underbody picts. rofl..

some interesting notes:
1. side flat underbody panel pieces (driver and passenger)
2. gas pedal pivots from the floor ala infiniti M35 style.
3. gas door? push to open
4. NO mass dampers.. as much as i could see under the foam.
5. the teeth? they direct air to... nothing.. it's blocked off! fail.
6. Woooo. 'sport button'! aka wanna be M mode.
7. hood/trunk/door.. aluminum? very light.. dual latches on hood.
8. z side emblem also blinker
9. butt hole is teh lose
10. front chin spoiler is big!!
11. rear lip wing is glue on looks like.. can't see the mounting holes for bolts.. maybe under plastic
12. steering wheel is not entirely round.. its like a trapizoidal or even oval shaped ..
13. INTERIOR FEEL IS AWESOME.. great leather alcantara ish feel on the touring edition... foam underneath dash cover.. hope it doesnt crack after the years.
14. gauges look neat.. unfortunately no key to turn it on.. fuel level looks like blinky led lights ..
15. exhaust is HEADERS-> Cats->Ypipe (single pipe) -> Y's back into 2 bpipes-> two pipes that lead into single big exhaust canister.. hmm.
16. NO exterior antenna
17. NO rear hatch wiper blade.


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[buzzardmountain]

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my impressions:

it grows on you.. just like how the 350 grew on me after seeing the z32 for so many years.. i really do like how the interior is done in the 370... the tail.. bah! an aftermarket bumper will fix that easily-
they had base model (or was it track?) and the touring..

the touring (yellow car) had full leather.. and homelink mirror.. steering wheel DID NOT TELESCOPE! just up and down..

the blue one seemed like a base model.

both were wearing the 19" rays wheels.. 245/35 and 275/35 19s.. sucked in.. couldnt tell the offset tho- but aftermarket ones can definitely come out some.. and the car needs a slight drop.. currently at 3 fingers!!

the glove box is a nice gesture.. but its pretty small.. as you can see by relative scale with my hand.. the cubbies behind the seats are eh.. for .. maps? loose note pads? i dunno..

engine bay is tight.. just like the old Z.. i couldnt even see the headers on this one-.. there is already a built in radiator shroud- and the strut brace is attached via THREE points!! this chassis is looks even more solid than the nismo z33 edition.. (if they did the same type of seam-welding..)

the roof bumps are nice.. head room is good- the blue version had manual adjusting seats while the yellow was electronic. i should have checked for the airbag connectors underneath the seat.. sorry.. next time? LA auto show is this week.. heh heh.

trunk looks smaller... its going to be a ***** drilling onto the top of the plastic to get adjustments in there for new shocks/dampeners when the new coilover systems start coming out....

i DID NOT SEE THE DIFF SWITCH and/or DIFF COOLER like in the edmunds cars... these might be the production versions....