Build Thread: 2004 Nissan 350Z Theft Recovery, Sold on 4/11/2012 Options

[dustin15brown]

Hey all. This is going to be my offical build thread. I recently purchased a 2004 Touring Fully Loaded 6 speed Z. The only problem was, it was a theft recovery. The thieves presented a fake ID and had the car gone for a little over one hour! And this is the outcome. This car is going to take me a little while to get together because I'm a 19 year old college student. I paid for the car myself and have to pay for everything, so funds are limited after paying for my apartment at school, phone, insurance on the other car, gas, etc. Here are pics of the car as I bought it.















Here's what I've got since I got the car:






Things I need: (bold= I have the item)
Hood
HID Headlights
Passenger side fender
Lower center console w/ AC controls
Upper center console with gauges
Airbox
Nismo Front Bumper *on the way*
Nismo Side Skirts
Nismo rear extensions *on the way*
Driver's side fender
Door Sills
BOSE headunit
Radiator *on the way*
Rad. support
Engine cover
Battery/other corner cover
Front bumper reinforcement
Headrest


What else can you see that I need? Feel free to copy paste my list or just state things that you see missing that I need!

This post has been edited by dustin15brown: Apr 11, 2012 - 7:01 PM

[dustin15brown]

This thing is almost embarassing to update given I've had it so long now... but honestly living two hours from home I barely ever make it home and always seem to find more pressing matters to take care of when home for that limited amount of time. Lame, I know. Also, a great investment, I know. Hahaha ok where here I go.... and sorry for the mass of ****ty pics from my phone.
OK well I got the old harness out, and man was that thing a bitch to get out. Once I finally found all the plugs and connections to undo under the driver's side dash I was able to pull the harness through the firewall. But as you can see in the pics, the harness is too big to fit through the area as is. So what I had to do was remove the wiper assembly and undo the brake lines to give myself a little wiggle room.
From there we were able to pull the rest of the harness out and attempt to put the new one in. I also had to remove the heater core so that the tubes would go through the firewall to give me enough room to squeeze by.
Step 1) The harness had many exposed wires and I didn't want to risk cutting them on the metal or having something happen, so I used eletrical tape to cover up any wires no encompassed by the harness shroud. Tedious, but well worth it for the peace of mind.
Step 2) To avoid having different sections have copious amounts of stress when pulling through, I taped a lot of the connections together to compress them to pull through the firewall or snake through tight areas.... Again... very worth it.
Time for some pics:

I'm fitting a huge harness.... through... there?!?!?!

Yeah you got it, through that tiny ass gap..... not happening without some thinking



Classy, I know, but it worked!