Jay666 '06 TC

Bought my '06 TC slightly used in January '08. Ripped of Car Max who priced the car as if it were "stock" but it had every TRD upgrade (at the time I bought it) minus Supercharger, LSD and TRD clutch. I estimated this to be approx 8K in TRD upgrades (give or take with labor). This got me jump started to get where I am currently at with all upgrades as follows:

Engine:
TRD supercharger, customized Weapon R Secret Weapon Ram Air intake, NST lightweight water pump, alternator, crank & overdrive pulleys, Apexi SAFC Neo (air fuel control system), Weapon R 4-2-1 stainless steel header, Megan Racing cat back exhaust, fabric header heat wrap, TRD Quick Shifter Kit, generic brand intercooler with JDM piping, Design Engineering 02 intercooler spray kit system & 02 tank, AEM methanol injection system, Mishumoto high performance lightweight aluminum radiator, Greddy oil catch can, Weapon R ignition equalizer, steel braided cables, short ground cable kit, Weapon R torque damper, Silverstone hih performance spark plugs.

Suspension:
TRD Lowering Kit, TRD Struts/coil over Shock Kit, TRD Front Strut Tie Bar, TRD Rear Sway Bar

Interior:
AEM Air/Fuel gauge, boost gauge and oil pressure gauge, gauge pillar, blue LED Interior Lights, TC Door Still Enhancements, OEM VIP Security upgrade, Razo Sports Pedals, OEM Cargo Mats upgrade, customized 02 trunk mount for 02 tank, AEM electronic monitor system & control for methanol kit, electronic 02 bottle opener system & customized interior mount for toggle control switch on 02 bottle opener, custom interior mount for push button 02 intercooler spray control, customized interior (back seat floor) mount for battery and battery cover case (to make room for all the goodies in the engine).

Exterior:
TRD 4 piece Lip Kit upgrade, custom blue fog lights (in side vents), Vertex grille, bolt on TRD emblem (bolted to grille), OEM Rear Lip Spoiler upgrade.

Audio:
OEM Alpine AM/FM CD ipod stereo upgrade, OEM Bazooka Sub Woofer upgrade.

Wheels & Tires:
OEM AMX Super 7x 18" alloy wheels upgrade with Pirelli tires, Alloy Wheel Locks.

Here are photos I took last summer of the car. Most of those upgrades were on the car at that time. The engine photo was taken prior to many of the upgrades however.

I will take more photos in the next few weeks. Car is at the show as I am in the process of adding:

Kaminari body kit, Kaminari CF hood, Wilwood brake kit for the front, upgraded drilled & slotted rotors for the back to match the front and powder coat back calipers red, LED interior gauge swap (courtesy of Alan from Meng on this forum), and TuboXS BPV to replace OEM BPV (courtesy of Navylife).
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Thanx man!

Yeah, I really love those rims. I have had people ask me if am going to put aftermarket rims on the car, and I say "hell no". A lot of people don't understand why. I think they are great rims.

Plus, I am trying to keep the car looking sleeper style as much as possible. These rims are great because they still look outstanding without drawing too much attention to yourself and looking more like a "stock" TC.

Thanx Scott! Those are kind words, especially coming from a guy with as much knowledge as you.

I take insane care of this car. I probably have only put about 6,000 miles on it in the last 2 years and I've owned it for 3. I store it for the harsh Chicago winters.

Funny thing is since I took these photos last summer I've put so much money into the car since then it looks a bit different. I'll be taking some updated ones soon. I promise.

I got wheel spacers recently so that these rims line up nicely with outsides of the Kaminari body kit I also got recently. Man, those rims sitting out wide on a body kit like that look saweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet.

Updated pix!

Alright, finally got my TC back with all the stuff I had done to it a couple weeks ago and took some pix last weekend.

I took some pix at night too because the carbon fiber really showed well for some reason when the flash hit it in the dark.

Exterior:

Kaminari full body kit, Kaminari CF hood, front Wilwood big brake kit (red calipers, 13" drilled & slotted rotors, stainless steel red brake lines), 10" drilled & slotted Power Slot rear rotors, powder red coat rear stock calipers.

I have already had the FMIC, TRD supercharger and 02 spray tank, but I never took photos until now. I also have replaced all pulleys with NST LW red pulleys as well. There's also an AEM methanol spray kit in there too. Lastly, I upgraded the OEM bypass pressure valve with an aftermarket one I bought slightly used from Navy (sweet sparkle powder coat Scott!) to handle the extra PSI the upgraded NST SC pulley is putting out. Too hard to take photos of that stuff however. You can slightly see the NST SC pulley though.

You can also see the Mishumoto aluminum radiator I and the heat wrapped Weapon R 4-2-1 header I put on a while back too. Did those mostly myself, proud to say. If I can to that, anyone can because I am an idiot LOL.

And, here's the interior. These are all new photos.

I upgraded the gauge clusters & center column to flipped (reverse color) blue LED ones from Alan at Meng who is a member of this site. He did a great job swapping these out, and the installation was easy as hell on my end.

Never took photos until now, but in addition about a year ago I also added the AEM boost, oil pressure, air/fuel gauges with gray interior pillar, Apexi Neo AFC system (custom interior mount below climate control dial), custom mounted 02 release valve toggle switch with blue LED light (mounted in the little flip lid storage space on the center console below the stick shift), and Razo sport aluminum pedals. (You can slightly see the AEM control unit for the methanol system mounted to the lower dash in the photo of the Razo pedals. It's the shadowy black box with the green red light).

The interior blue LED lights are the dealer TC upgrade that were already on the car when I purchased it used.

Thanx man. I am very happy with it. Love driving this car. Turns a lot of heads on a daily basis.

damn pretty clean ass ride

Hey Scott, my pleasure. Figured I couldn't have a friend go off to serve us without wishing him well.

Consider it done. Check the "other cars" section. I posted a thread titled "Update on my (new) ride, Nismo 370Z".

Hey, thanx a bunch Scott. That means a lot to me coming from you. I have a tremendous amount of respect for ya'.

I was a bit worried about posting the new car on here, to be honest. I'm not trying to one up anyone. I'm just an enthusiast.

I sold it to a South Side Chicago cop who bought it for his 19 year old son (ironic?? LOL). I sent him the site, but I have not seen him on here, nor have I had much contact with him since.

That is one lucky kid!