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meme405

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2008 FX35
Hey guys, just picked up my new (to me) 2008 FX35.

Bought it from a dealership I worked for previously and I got a smoking deal.

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Dealer's Pictures.^^

I kinda was in a rush to get a new car as I have to drive it 1100km to work on Sunday. Nonetheless I took 3 days went and saw a lot of cars and I really liked FX's previously (when I worked for infiniti). So when I found one that I liked I jumped on it. I bought it from the original dealer that leased the car to one of their own employees and had all the service records for it. Overall very pleased.

Enough with the talk though. My hastily snapped personal pictures...

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Already got it rolling on Nitrogen (Just plain worth it to me).

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And I removed the dealer plate frames from the front and added this guy out back (Was tossed in for free, otherwise what a ripoff at $50).

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Like I said I havn't had much time to look up mods and such yet since everything was kind of fast tracked. But luckily the owner had already added tint on top of the factory stuff in the back three windows and a slight tint on the two front ones. She had also done 3M tape over the back bumper (where it suffs) and on the mirrors and under the door handles.

The wheels currently are mounted with a set of brand new snow tires, so those rims will be my winter combo. I am on the hunt for some summer wheels already. I am also going to De-badge the car ASAP as I like the clean look. I am also looking for the sport taillights, as they look good. Saw some custom ones on the boards from a member who was making them, they looked good but I don't know if he still does it.

Other than that I would love to lower it on H&R springs or coilovers, but as the reason I bought this car was for driving in the snow to work (I get a lot of it up here). That would defeat the purpose. But who knows maybe in the future I can do it.

I am also planning on doing the interior pieces in 3M carbon wrap since I thought that looked hot.

Other than that I am on the hunt for some all weather mats and cargo tray. If any of you know someone who is selling let me know, as my dealer is sold out. I had a look at weathertech ones, but I am not sold entirely... One thing I dont like about the FX is that it doesnt have hooks to hold the carpets in place.
 

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Congrats on your purchase and welcome to iS!
BTW there should be hooks for the front mats..


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Welcome to :iS: all things FX
see here for some floor mats....


Only saw the Tan ones listed, unfortunately my interior is black. Not exactly my cup of tea. They are a great deal though.

Congrats on your purchase and welcome to iS!
BTW there should be hooks for the front mats..


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Going to have to look again. Didn't recall seeing any however.

I did just find out that when I switch from the american weathertech website to the canadian one there is like a 75 dollar price hike. What a joke considering the canadian dollar is actually trading above par right now...
 
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Thanks guys. Just found a local seller with the H&R springs for only $200 (they are used but hell they are just springs). Will pick them up and hold on to them for next summer. After the snow melts I shall get my LOWWWWW on.

Edit: I'll also be getting my stance on too.

Any chance the stock FX50 21's will fit my fx35? I havnt seen anyone with them yet. albeit I havnt been looking specifically.
 
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Thanks guys. Just found a local seller with the H&R springs for only $200 (they are used but hell they are just springs). Will pick them up and hold on to them for next summer. After the snow melts I shall get my LOWWWWW on.

Edit: I'll also be getting my stance on too.

Any chance the stock FX50 21's will fit my fx35? I havnt seen anyone with them yet. albeit I havnt been looking specifically.

$200 for a used set of h&r's seems to much. And yes 21's will fit perfectly.


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welcome. Where in Canada are you located?

Vancouver.

$200 for a used set of h&r's seems to much. And yes 21's will fit perfectly.

Well, I was planning on talking him down a little as he has been posting them for like 2 months. Maybe I will hold off. I still need to do more research on other methods of lowering. I just know that generally it is better to do suspension before wheels. But seeing as how I plan on leaving my car in winter mode till next spring, maybe that will still happen.

On White
On Black
On Black

Looks exactly as I pictured in my head. I can hopefully find a set of new or relatively new take offs, as they are like $1000 each from the dealer.

Another question for you guys, how come my 2008 Canadian FX does not have floor mat hooks. Yet all my reasearch indicates other models do...?
 

Thanks!

Bad news though guys, was heading up to for my next 21 day cycle for work this morning. And I got caught for speeding. Excessively speeding at that, in Canada if you go 41 km/h or more over the speed limit not only do they ticket you for 368 dollars they also impound your car for 7 days.

So I had the FX all loaded up and just got murdered by the system. Had to wait outside an impound lot for about 2 hours until my family could get me and deliver me to my jobsite. And now I don't have a car for the next three weeks until I can get back to Vancouver and pick up the FX.

I clearly know I should not have been speeding along that fast, but you guys know how it gets a bit away from you sometimes. And to be honest I really did not realize I had hit 150 km/h. But this being my first infraction in about 3 years, I think the cop could have given me a bit of a break. Maybe just write me a ticket and not impound the car?

Nonetheless here we are. Just have to make it through 3 weeks in a tiny, non-transit friendly town with no car.

Worst part is all said and done, its going to end up costing me $800 and that is assuming my insurance premiums and such don't go up (I could lose my safe driving deductions too).

That was money that could have been better saved up for vinyl wrapping my car. And yes I have recently decided instead of trying to polish some of the scratches and abuse from the previous owner's lack of paint maintenance, I am just going to vinyl wrap the car. Still undecided on colour, maybe matte white, maybe matte gun-metal.
 
Thanks!

Bad news though guys, was heading up to for my next 21 day cycle for work this morning. And I got caught for speeding. Excessively speeding at that, in Canada if you go 41 km/h or more over the speed limit not only do they ticket you for 368 dollars they also impound your car for 7 days.

So I had the FX all loaded up and just got murdered by the system. Had to wait outside an impound lot for about 2 hours until my family could get me and deliver me to my jobsite. And now I don't have a car for the next three weeks until I can get back to Vancouver and pick up the FX.

I clearly know I should not have been speeding along that fast, but you guys know how it gets a bit away from you sometimes. And to be honest I really did not realize I had hit 150 km/h. But this being my first infraction in about 3 years, I think the cop could have given me a bit of a break. Maybe just write me a ticket and not impound the car?

Nonetheless here we are. Just have to make it through 3 weeks in a tiny, non-transit friendly town with no car.

Worst part is all said and done, its going to end up costing me $800 and that is assuming my insurance premiums and such don't go up (I could lose my safe driving deductions too).

That was money that could have been better saved up for vinyl wrapping my car. And yes I have recently decided instead of trying to polish some of the scratches and abuse from the previous owner's lack of paint maintenance, I am just going to vinyl wrap the car. Still undecided on colour, maybe matte white, maybe matte gun-metal.

Wow I can't blv they impound your car for speeding, that's just ridiculous
 
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