For today’s installation we are going to put on a NRG Steering Wheel 320mm Sport Suede Oval wheel with the flat bottom. Step One is removing your stock steering wheel from the steering column.

Once you have removed the OEM factory steering wheel you will need a NRG steering wheel hub that is made for your specific vehicle application.

Once the wheel is mounted onto your hub it will look like this from above. The quick release system they provide is super simple to use and will help you get out of your car so much easier with the racing seat.

Here is the wheel sitting properly replacing the OEM factory steering wheel. The steering wheel is real suede and has a great gripped section for perfect handling and control compared to the bigger 350z wheel that comes factory. We also shredded some weight by removing all the electronics in the steering wheel and airbag.

Issue 14 came out today and inside features a huge piece on the Project 350z. Over 10 full spreads show the KW Suspension install at the Rancho Cucamonga UTI campus. To complete the story it features our 20 inch HRE 540R wheels which we wrapped in Falken FK452 tires. Only three issues left and Project 350z will be completed. So make sure you check out Project 350z while it is still featured in the magazine!Let us know what you think of the new stance and our big burnout!

Read Issue 14 of Wrecked Magazine:

http://www.wreckedmagazine.com/issues/issue14/issue14.html

Here we are on the roof of Riverside Nissan for the YouDrift meet. It was a great crowd of Nissan and RWD  cars so we had to bring out our 350z.

Here is a photo of our Project 350z taken by Jon Chase of DSTROYR.

The best looking car in the whole show was this old Datsun 510.

Big thanks to DSTROYR for shooting photos for us and making a blog post since we forgot our camera: http://dstroyr.wordpress.com/2010/01/26/on-the-roof/

Jon Chase is the owner of DSTROYR clothing and he has this great 1967 Chevy Nova next to our Project Nissan 350z. He made a post on the DSTROYR blog Saturday At DSTROYR HQ which features some photos of our Project 350z!He makes some great clothing you should definitely check out.

Just before the weekend we got a great gift in the mail from one of our new partners Status Racing. They are racing harnesses for Project 350z. We selected a 5 point black/black harness which will look great with our car. Most importantly the harness is FIA compliant making them a great race belt option.

I cannot really think of anything much more fun than this.

Photo snapped by Ricky Cervantes.

We rolled the Nissan 350z out for the first time at the UTI Open House in Rancho Cucamonga, California. The open house was hosted in conjunction with Monster Jam.

Although we are a tad behind on tech articles here is a shot of our wheels, tires and brakes that are coming soon with tech articles. All four wheels are running Performance Friction Brakes for excellent stopping power. The wheels are HRE 540R’s that are 20×10.5 in the front and 20×13 in the rear. We mounted 245/35/20’s on the front and 305/30/20 Falken FK452’s on the rear to complete the wheel/tire combo on the Project 350z.

Here are some students and teachers checking out and talking about our engine setup which includes Brian Crower cams, a Koyo radiator, and the Vortech supercharger.

Monster Jam is also in town this weekend so they brought out Grave Digger. I deemed our car was Mini Digger since we have a similar purple/green setup. Personally I am a fan of Maximum Destruction in Monster Jam who defeated Grave Digger taking home the double down in Atlanta last week.

Riley ,who is a local drifter in the Inland Empire, showed up for the Adams Motorsports Park booth and we were stoked to see he is still representing Wrecked Magazine on the tail light of his S13, nice work sir!

A hood swap is a very simple task that you can do in your home. The hood in the 350z is secured by four bolts which you can take off with some basic tools.

Here is what the bolt will look like that yo take off to dismount the hood. We suggest once the hood is removed you take these bolts and screw them back onto the hood so you don’t lose them like we did. The Seibon hood comes with it’s own hardware so you can leave the OEM pieces with the OEM hood.

The hood goes on with four bolts and fits with ease. We ended up removing our mesh grill since it was getting a little too close to our Vortech supercharger belt and we liked the open look to the hood.

Here is the final setup on our flat carbon fiber hood. The Origin body kit and wheels are about to come and really complete the exterior look to this great Nissan 350z. Thanks to the guys at Seibon Carbon for this great product.

The first step to install our racing seat is to remove the factory 350z seat from it’s current position. You can see the four bolt holes from where the old seat rails are located. If you cannot figure out how to get to this take (removing your front seat) you probably shouldn’t continue this installation on your own. Our Bride Low Max VIOS III came to us from YoParts.com which is the first true wholesale club for the automotive industry. Just imagine Costco online with more car parts than you could ever order from one website.

With a couple bolts you will have the adjustable Bride seat rail attached to your Low Max VIOS III seat. The new “Low Max” design is optimized for the lowest possible setting a seat and seat rail combination can currently offer and also have the steering wheel centered to the driver.

Here is a shot of the Bride seat and rail sitting just outside the car before installation. The low setting I touched on above in the 350z is key unless your a male under five feet nothing. Especially if you plan on needing a helmet the roof line will find your head very very fast.

Here is the Bride seat sitting inside the Nissan 350z now. The colors flow spot on with the interior and the fitment is better than I imagined. The side bolsters hold you snug and point your arms directly to the steering wheel.

Here is the OEM bolt that we placed back on the Bride seat rail to secure it to our 350z chassis.

We also retained the factory caps from Nissan to give the seat installation a very clean look.

Each seat rail includes a small allen wrench style lever that you pull up at the same time to adjust the seat position. All and all the seat feels great (especially if I went on a diet) and it still has some adjustable rails so I really have to say this is one of the better modifications we have made to date with the Nissan 350z. Thanks again to YoParts.com for the Bride seats!

A quick way to shed some weight to our Nissan 350z and have a reliable starting power was to pick up a XS Power battery. With it’s dry cell technology you can technically mount it anywhere in the car but we opted for the factory battery area for the XS Power installation.

We mounted the XS bracket onto our stock bracket we removed by drilling two holes.

Here is the final installation of the top piece of the battery bracket.

Here we are drilling the stock battery mount after we marked the drill points for the XS power battery.

Here is what the battery looks like with the battery trey mounted back into the vehicle. The placement and mount of the battery is so clean you can hardly tell that it isn’t a stock piece. It is overall a great investment and the easiest installation we have done on the car to date.