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It started off simply enough with a new set of tires and rims.
With the new tires and rims in place the car needed a new
stance, thus a suspension upgrade. Of course bigger tires
and rims mandated upgraded brakes. And so the dominos began
to fall, one modification setting up another until 18 months
later over 40 had been implemented. The end result, the only
G35 Infinity in Winnipeg to be so heavily modified and one
of the few four door G35s on the continent to be, is a 500
rwhp daily driver just as comfortable on an extended road
trip as it is on the show circuit.
"It continues today, the domino effect," Mills
said. "There are parts laying all over my house right
now for the car. The car will be in a million pieces in a
couple of weeks."
An ICE upgrade in the trunk, including a television and speaker
package, new headers and an intake upgrade are just a few
of the improvements Mills has planned for the luxury sedan.
With trophies from such car shows as Hot Import Nights, Dark
Knights, Sport Compact Nights and Cruz-in-Downtown, the planned
battery of upgrades can only add to a proven winner. "Every
show we've entered this year, we've won," Mills recalled.
Having performed the vast majority of the work on the car
himself, along with his son Tyson, Mills singled out the custom
audio system as his favourite feature of the car. "The
audio stands out quite a bit just because of the way it has
been done with the fiberglass enclosures," he said. "I've
done it so I know how much work went into it. There was hundreds
and hundreds of hours to get it just right and make it fit
properly."
It is the thousands of hours invested in the car that Mills
reaps the greatest dividends from. "I wouldn't have a
car like this if I couldn't do it myself," he said. "It's
not a money thing, I just like to do it. I like to sit out
in the garage on a Saturday for 12 hours and at the end of
the day to still want to stay out longer."
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