08 FX35 - Sapphire Blue

[pmanliu]

Thought might as well post some pics of the ride in case anyone sees it around.

Back in 2008, the day after we picked it up from Ray Catena in New Jersey



Few month laters, snatched some 20" OEM rims




Decided to get new rims and picked up diablo wheels courtesy of a friend who owns the company. Unfortunately quickly realized it wasnt for me. These did not stay on the car long.


Decided to change up the exterior...
- Black HL housings
- Black Grille
- Clear Sports Tailights
- H&R Drop
- Axis Ordens 20x10 +0 offsets

And here she sits today...















Also did some bolt on engine work... but no pictures of that...

- Crawford Upper Plenum
- UTR Polished Z Tube
- Stillen CAI
- Flowmaster Series 80 Exhaust


Thanks for looking, and enjoy!

[boostedsm]

wow, very clean. good job

[Sberk06]

looks good. one of my favorite suv's by far, but i've always loved the way they look with the oem 20s.

[Erik@R/TTuning]

This is one of the only SUVs that I like. Unfortunately I think the FX got worse looking as time went on.

[01 Trans-Am WS6]

I always liked these SUVs, looks really good the way you have it. I bet it sounds fantastic too with the exhaust work.

[98GSXdude]

I agree that the FX got ugly after this generation. These are my favorite. I like that color too, you don't see it much. Yours actually looks really really good as well, and I normally have something to pick apart about everybody's car.

[rightaway]

i was looking at buying one. what kind of mpgs do you get?

[pmanliu]

Thanks for the comments all!

@rightaway - All local i get 12.5mpg normal to semi aggressive driving. Currently i'm doing 50/50 city/highway and have a combined of 16.5. all highway is around 19-20.

if you drive it like its stolen though, expect single digits easily. First few months of ownership i was looking at 9mpg

[CherryBomb]

I've got one of those too and I love it. The only way to tell that that's not a factory sport package is the fact that you've got the black roof rails. Gas mileage really isn't great, but who cares when it's so much fun to drive. Love the Sapphire Blue color, man.

[rightaway]

love the fx but those mpgs are very low. i thought the fx45 would get better than that. i wonder in the g35x gets better mpgs?

[cupofnoodles]

looks great super clean !!

[CherryBomb]

Originally Posted by rightaway

love the fx but those mpgs are very low. i thought the fx45 would get better than that. i wonder in the g35x gets better mpgs?

It's an FX35 and yes, the G35/G37 gets lots better gas mileage. My G37S gets about 22mpg on average.

[ben77]

Always love the exhaust note...

[RichK]

Nice work. I have a 07 FX35 with every option that was available. Definitely a lot of fun to drive. How do you like the H&R drop?

[sillyeye]

I think it looked best with the OEM Silver 20s.

[O2SpecV]

you didnt happen to be in philly this weekend did you?

[pmanliu]

Late replies

Originally Posted by O2SpecV

you didnt happen to be in philly this weekend did you?

Yep i was in philly that weekend... Sup? I'm located in the KOP area... dont mind the NY plates

Originally Posted by sillyeye

I think it looked best with the OEM Silver 20s.

Agreed, def miss the 20s and regret selling them.

Originally Posted by RichK

Nice work. I have a 07 FX35 with every option that was available. Definitely a lot of fun to drive. How do you like the H&R drop?

H&R drop is great. Much less roll, comfy ride, and control. Def rec'd!

[Jagermeister]

Love the car man, I've always been a fan of the fx35's. Any problems with them?

[Rally Sport]

nice work man. I love these, i'll own one one day for sure.

[nolimit201]

my favorite SUV ever