Sedan Chat Thread
12-27-2013, 08:53 PM
#649
Premier Member
iTrader: (7)
I'm gonna trust you guys! Lol, it wasn't budging yesterday but once I got the shifter trim up it felt like two different pieces which confused me based on what I had read. Mind you, I'm easily confused
12-27-2013, 09:58 PM
#650
Registered Member
Rochester, sorry for the slow response. The RJM pedal was my first mod. I was pretty frustrated with the touchiness of the clutch - the combination of a very high engagement point and an abrupt transition makes it hard to be consistently smooth with the clutch (especially for someone with long legs). I like to be smooth without thinking about it ... the clutch and transmission should blend in to the driving experience, if you know what I mean. I bought the RJM after reading postings here and on the 370Z forums ... some people were satisfied with the spring mod, many were not. Everyone seemed thrilled with the RJM. I had another motivation as well - my wife hated the clutch, and sometimes it's nice to have her drive my car (because I need to borrow her SUV to haul things
).It absolutely does what RJM claims - it allows you to adjust the ratio ('AFP") so that the transition is significantly less abrupt. In terms of engagement height, less successful - when you increase the AFP, the engagement height also increases. So when I get the transition I want, the engagement is still a bit high for me. There is a separate adjustment for height by moving the yoke on the master cylinder rod, but this is already bottomed out on my car. I'm going to play more with this when I get some time.
Overall the clutch feel is much better, but still not on par with say, a 335i. For me smoothing out the clutch was more important than a short throw shifter ... but I guess it depends on how much the standard clutch bothers you. And how much you want your wife to drive the car
Greg
The following users liked this post:
Rochester (12-27-2013)
12-27-2013, 11:49 PM
#651
Administrator
iTrader: (9)
Good post, Greg. Thanks.
The wife doesn't drive the G at all. I actually had to force her to drive it once, and all she did was go around the block. IDK what it is, but part of me is OK with keeping the G entirely under my responsibility. With exception to this one oddity, we completely share everything else. So anyway, she doesn't factor into the equation.
You bring up a good point, which is how much the standard clutch bothers me. Truth is, the pedal really annoyed me until I swapped in jsolo's pedal spring. As it stands right now, I have no complaints at all. So in that context, I'm not looking to "fix" anything because nothing is broken, per se. Same goes for the shifter. It's fine the way it is.
Both the STS and clutch pedal mods are more a curiosity and an expectation of something better than current state. And they're each mods with an expense that fits nicely into a budget & planning game I like to play.
The wife doesn't drive the G at all. I actually had to force her to drive it once, and all she did was go around the block. IDK what it is, but part of me is OK with keeping the G entirely under my responsibility. With exception to this one oddity, we completely share everything else. So anyway, she doesn't factor into the equation.
You bring up a good point, which is how much the standard clutch bothers me. Truth is, the pedal really annoyed me until I swapped in jsolo's pedal spring. As it stands right now, I have no complaints at all. So in that context, I'm not looking to "fix" anything because nothing is broken, per se. Same goes for the shifter. It's fine the way it is.
Both the STS and clutch pedal mods are more a curiosity and an expectation of something better than current state. And they're each mods with an expense that fits nicely into a budget & planning game I like to play.
Last edited by Rochester; 12-28-2013 at 08:22 AM.
12-28-2013, 12:59 PM
#652
BTW John & Chris, speaking of the gloss black grille topic, that we have talked about sometime ago, just went to the local body shop to get a quote and, to my surprise I was quoted $100 to get it painted gloss black and body color matched emblem, and if I decide to pull it off let's say next saturday in the morning, I can just drop it off this way and they're gonna take off the grill and remove the plastidip for additional 20$ , seems like a great deal if you ask me 
Last edited by Mik3G37S; 12-28-2013 at 01:09 PM.
12-28-2013, 01:51 PM
#653
Premier Member
iTrader: (7)
That's a good price Mike, looking forward to seeing the final product. I'm still on the fence about mine. I can cover the chip but I'm wondering what a mesh grille would look like. I did decide to get my calipers done. Hopefully by late January they'll be done. I have a feeling people are either going to love them or hate them.
12-28-2013, 01:52 PM
#654
Administrator
iTrader: (9)
BTW John & Chris, speaking of the gloss black grille topic, that we have talked about sometime ago, just went to the local body shop to get a quote and, to my surprise I was quoted $100 to get it painted gloss black and body color matched emblem, and if I decide to pull it off let's say next saturday in the morning, I can just drop it off this way and they're gonna take off the grill and remove the plastidip for additional 20$ , seems like a great deal if you ask me
So what's the plan? Whole grille painted black, or just the slats? Body color on the chrome emblem... what color is that again?
Remember, the logo has a surface and sides. You're going to want the sides painted the same color as the slats.
12-28-2013, 02:26 PM
#655
I'm excited 
That's a good price Mike, looking forward to seeing the final product. I'm still on the fence about mine. I can cover the chip but I'm wondering what a mesh grille would look like. I did decide to get my calipers done. Hopefully by late January they'll be done. I have a feeling people are either going to love them or hate them.
The following users liked this post:
Mik3G37S (12-28-2013)
12-28-2013, 02:35 PM
#658
Administrator
iTrader: (9)
With a quality job, zero orange peel. If that's the case, it will look great, all black or otherwise.
It was only a matter of time before someone started offering PlastiDip Removal services. None too soon, if you ask me.
Last edited by Rochester; 12-28-2013 at 02:44 PM.
12-28-2013, 03:10 PM
#659
That's a lot of black. Didn't want to go body-colored on the perimeter, eh? Probably double the cost... although if he's already mixing Graphite Shadow just to spray that little bit of area on the logo, hmm.
With a quality job, zero orange peel. If that's the case, it will look great, all black or otherwise.
It was only a matter of time before someone started offering PlastiDip Removal services. None too soon, if you ask me.
I have seen another picture somewhere around here in the forums (maybe several pages back in this thread) with the grille all gloss black on a graphite shadow sedan with chrome emblem and I loved it so that's the way I'm gonna go except logo body colored instead chrome
12-28-2013, 03:17 PM
#660
Administrator
iTrader: (9)
As long as it's professionally painted, it will look good.
Pretty sure I've seen that GS pic, too, somewhere. Beautiful, IMO. But I won't deny where you're going with the idea that it makes the grille "smaller" in some sense. Particularly from a distance, when you can't make out the outline between the grille and the bumper. However, once you get close enough to see that outline, it looks fantastic.
Pretty sure I've seen that GS pic, too, somewhere. Beautiful, IMO. But I won't deny where you're going with the idea that it makes the grille "smaller" in some sense. Particularly from a distance, when you can't make out the outline between the grille and the bumper. However, once you get close enough to see that outline, it looks fantastic.
The following users liked this post:
Mik3G37S (12-28-2013)