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Installed these yesterday, they look awesome. Simple installation too, only took about an hour. Here’s a video of the startup sequence and blinkers.

Carpro products, I will never go back to wax: https://www.nissanzclub.com/forum/threads/need-to-buy-equipment-to-wash-my-new-z.8181/post-148719

This the one you got? https://www.ebay.com/itm/326883294209

No vibration here, not up to 135ish at least :)

Haha, I forgot I also have the z1 spacers, those are good. Hard to mess up spacers I guess. And yeah, I did use better hose clamps on the catch can too. I do like it though, works well, the hoses were molded just right and it has an OEM look.

I have their catch can and undershroud, those seem to be good. I also picked up the aluminum oil pan which I haven't installed yet. Going to be a little more cautious after reading all this.

Get them ceramic coated, cleanup is a breeze!

Also, 0W-20 isn't new, they developed it in 2002. Here's the first sentence from the SAE paper on it: "A new 0W-20 gasoline engine oil was developed to improve fuel economy over ILSAC GF-2 5W-20 gasoline engine oils and to meet ILSAC GF-3 requirements."...

Here's a couple pages from the owners manual for a 2017 Q60 that included the temperature / oil weight range. You'll notice 0W-20 wasn't even included. Long term, I don't trust 20 weight oil on this motor, I switched to 30 at 10k. When I do the next oil change at 15k, I'll have the oil tested.

the owner’s manual isn’t exactly “what the engineers say”. Modern emission regulations effect it too. Older manuals for cars with the VR30DDTT include 0W-30, 0W-40, 5W-30 and 5W-40 as factory recommendations for this motor.

where did you see that?

I dislike the OEM tires. Squirrelly at temps below 50F and not all that great at higher temps. I plan to swap them this year.

Cleaned my tires and applied some fresh coats of Dura Coating. The shine lasts for months and months. I don't use tire shine gels or sprays anymore. This is how they look when done. They are dry to the touch and won't pick up road grime. Easy to clean too. A pain to apply but worth it.

I left the factory oil in until 1200 miles then used Motul 0W-20. I had the oil analyzed too. https://www.nissanzclub.com/forum/threads/5k-oil-analysis-report-updated-12-2-25-10k-report.6441/

All the analysis articles, videos, reels, mainstream news etc are reactionary noise now. They state the obvious and have no real insights. "Because of event, things may or may not change" o_O

Most of that article is just a Grok summary.

Ok nice weather Texas man :cwl: I let the WRX take the brunt of the salt, rocks and potholes in winter. And it handles better in slippery conditions. I also didn't buy winter or all season tires for Z.

With all the snow and cold, my Z sat in the garage for over 2 months. This one worked great. https://www.harborfreight.com/4-amp-fully-automatic-microprocessor-controlled-battery-chargermaintainer-63350.html

For DIT motors like ours, I would say catch cans are very helpful in preventing carbon deposits. The oil I drain from the can is oil that doesn't end up in the intake manifold and valves.

That's a great idea. What about running at high oil pressure all the time? Has anyone found that to cause any problems?