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3350Z50Z 88.08.indd.08.indd 3 112/8/062/8/06 10:41:3310:41:33 AMAM Inside you’ll find a Sparco steering wheel, VeilSide shiftknob and Alpine’s IVA-W200 touch screen head unit surrounded by butter-soft leather and Candy Hot Raspberry fibreglass. The flawless door panels house an impressive set of ARC Audio Foose Design FD6000 6.5-inch components with silk tweeters

The mean 350Z showcased before you is Leger’s cutting off the quarter panels and ‘tubbing’ them, diameter. These pizza trays are hidden by Riverside own project, built at his own facilities, as between drag-car style, but outwards instead of in. The net Trafficstar wheels, which are popular premium roll- the custom paint and performance shop, there is result added 2.5 inches in girth back there, making ers in continents other than North America. Leger little Leger can’t do! First, let’s tell you about this Z’s for a sexy booty indeed. went directly to , the company’s home country, sculpted body. Leger had his crew, Pierre Leblanc and Finally, Leger stepped in and covered all these for his set. The front 19 by 9.5 inchers are wrapped Christien Bujold, prepare his canvas by taking the car components in Candy Hot Raspberry from DuPont’s in Continental’s ultra high performance ContiSport- apart, shaving the door handles, antenna and em- Hot Hues line. Pros like Leger describe this as a Contact2 rubber in a 255/35-19 dimension, while blems and moulding the rear spoiler into the hatch. special fade-out two-tone, and it looks stunning in the rear 20 by 11s get the same Continental rubber, Speaking of the hatch, it’s been wrapped in carbon person. The body is kept looking hot at the shows though 50mm wider, at 305/25-20. The dubs sport a fibre, the weave of which peaks through the thin layer thanks to a full line-up of Meguiar’s products from massive 5.5-inch lip. of paint and clear-coat. The roof underwent a similar his supportive sponsor. The hefty metal and rubber is easily explained process with the weave made from a mould thanks The stock headlights got a yellow tint for an old- once you look under that carbon-weaved hood and to a new Nissan roof, all to match the Seibon carbon school, exotic look, a la JDM race car. With the car find a couple of hairdryer-sized turbos. The twin fibre hood which caps off the engine bay. The pillars in the paint booth, the stock suspension components turbo kit came from Air Power Systems, more com- remain metal, just the sheet covering the center of the were removed and replaced with some aftermarket monly referred to by its acronym, APS. Leger opted Z is carbon fibre, bonded with sponsor 3M’s adhesive goodies, though not before the latter were dipped in for APS’ aptly named Extreme Twin Turbo system. agent. The fuel door has also been moved, and now a the new body-matching paint. Leger went with TEIN Everything in the kit is catered to provide huge boost Sparco fuel cap sits in place of the rear license plate. Basic coil-overs all around with Kinetix adjustable and appropriate power levels. Leger couldn’t resist Leger sourced the sought-after VeilSide V.3 wide- control arms in the rear. A GReddy strut tower brace giving his flagship Nissan a big twin turbo punch, body kit with a V.2 wing and had it extensively modi- stiffens the structure. like his old one. All the APS parts were sourced from fied to suit his taste. The kit was separated so the Bolted to the hubs are Stoptech brakes com- Johnston Research & Performance (JRPonline.com.) sides and bumpers are easily removable for simple prised of massive 4-piston calipers squeezing two- The stars of the kit are the two Garrett GT-Series transport. Those voluptuous fender flares required piece cross-drilled rotors 355mm (or 14 inches) in dual ball bearing turbochargers with such good- PERFORMANCE AUTO & SOUND

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This potent engine room is controlled from a very ing ARC’s FD 6000 Foose Design 6.5-inch component rides. At ImportFest in November, he cleaned up cosseting interior for two. This is the only part of the sets with silk tweeters and crossovers. The audio again, taking home Best 350Z / G35, Best Nissan build Leger subcontracted, as Collins Upholstery in components are suspended in Candy Hot Raspberry- and Best Paint. Leger confessed the countless Best Moncton, NB, re-upholstered all panels as well as coloured fibreglass, while the rest of the door panel is Paint awards he continues to win mean the most to the ceiling and sun-visors in two shades of buttery- covered in oh-so-plush leather. It’s a simple yet func- him, as the talented painter spares no expense when soft leather. What hasn’t been lined with leather got tional and quite attractive creation. The rear factory it comes to picture-perfect paint. the glossy paint treatment, making for a very eye- locations contain ARC’s FD 6022 coaxials. The four- Leger would like to acknowledge a few supporting pleasing and consistent presentation inside and out. some of drivers are powered by ARC Audio’s FD 2200 sponsors of his ride, but it’s a short list that includes Leger controls his creation via a Sparco steering amplifier, also colour-matched to the Z’s paintjob. 3M, Altered Atmosphere, VeilSide Canada (Tuner- wheel and a VeilSide shiftknob from the comfort of The trunk is home to this amplifier and an FD 4100 Works), JRP, Continental, DuPont Canada, Nitrous Ex- VeilSide VSD-1 Carbon / Kevlar buckets looped with which juices the two 12-inch FD 12D2 subwoofers, press, Carrillo, Darton, DEI, Turbo XS, Turbosmart and Sparco’s 3-inch race harnesses. The passenger-side each mounted in its own fibreglass enclosure in a cor- JE Pistons. Thanks to these companies and Leger’s airbag cover now holds moulded gauge openings, each ner. The underside of the hatch itself got a 14-inch employees’ at Henry’s AutoBody and Xtreme Motors- of which is filled with a Defi display: one for boost, an- monitor moulded in. The floor, panels and doors were ports and his own time investment, this car came to- other for exhaust gas temperature and fuel pressure. lined with DEI’s Boom Mat to quell vibrations and keep gether in a very busy four months, during which we’re The center console holds Alpine’s IVA-W200 touch- the sound inside the car, where it belongs. told nearly 1,000 hours were put into this beauty. screen head unit, which in turn controls the simple yet Leger has been cashing in on his East Coast Leger can’t say enough about the collaboration and effective and very sexy ARC Audio entertainment sys- creation as it’s been gathering accolades lately and team effort. As you can see from the product, it was tem. The installation was handled in-house at Xtreme turning a lot of heads. At SCP7, the car took Best time well spent and definitely made Shediac, NB and Motorsports by Pierre LeBlanc and Luc Boudreau. Paint, Best 350Z, Best Nissan and 5th place Best of all of Canada’s East Coast for that matter, now known The door panels themselves are works of art, hous- Show, having to compete against more established for more than just lobster and seafood.

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