Nextelbuddys ZHP wagon project

[ZHPizza]

For a second I thought you pulled the roof rails and now I want you to pull the roof rails, but I know that requires another hard to find part to fill the gap left behind.

[nextelbuddy]

No pulling off the rails for now lol. This is supposed to be multi purpose daily driver for bikes and such. #noshowcar mmhmm


I picked up a zhp parts car locally to part out. It had a BMW performance 3 inch airbox but it was smashed from the accident

I found out that the bottom half that was the main damaged piece was actually the same as the normal m54 airbox. So I was able to reuse my stock bottom half airbox and just perform a slight epoxy repair on the air duct bottom piece that came off.

Not bad fix for the daily and it added a little bling unde the hood


Oh yeah also was able to complete my ms45 conversion completely. Ms43 cars didn't have the wire harness for SAP MAF so I always had SAP not ready monitor for emissions. That bugged me so now it's 100% emissions compliant ms43--->ms45.1 conversion.









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[az3579]

Nice work.

Keep the rails - they look awesome.

[Sockethead]

That would of bugged the crap out of me too.
The Dinan airbox uses the bottom half of the OEM airbox as well. Glad you could salvage that performance airbox

[nextelbuddy]

Installed a set of PSS... Got them off a parts car, initially thought they were pss9 but then found out they don't have any adjustment knobs lol. Guess who felt dumb

Also installed 20mm spacers in the rear and 15mm up front. Finally got rid of the reverse rake I hated.

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[ZHPizza]

Damn that looks good. How's the comfort compared to the OE/FSD setup?

And lmk if you want me to take the FSD's off your hands

[nextelbuddy]

Damn that looks good. How's the comfort compared to the OE/FSD setup?

And lmk if you want me to take the FSD's off your hands

well not going to lie, the stock 325 sport spring/FSD setup was pretty dang comfy.. felt like i was riding on air. though it was nice, it was a bit too disconnected for me.


after doing the ZHP steering rack upgrade last week with brand new lemforder ZHP control arms, tie rods and FCABs WITH a downgrade form LF30 to LF20 steering pump... the steering was VERy tight and i love it. feels like a brand new sport car.

now with the new steering and its awesome feedback, the PSS coilovers really make the car feel more nimble and precise. its not bumpy all over the place and its not super slammed. it feels "right"


FSD were posted for sale locally for $300 and sold in about 10 min lol

[RUS_ZHP]

Stance is great Shawn! I never used spacers, but they do make a big difference on the appearance of the car.
What is that spoiler on the trunk lid? It looks good. Can you take a closer picture please?

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[johnrando]

Looks great!

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[cakM3]

A M A Z I N G build Shawn!!!