Driveway Revival Ep. 1: The one with the baby GT-R

Welcome to the first episode of Driveway Revival! In this episode, I take you through the story of my 2017 Infiniti Q60 Red Sport 400 AWD — a car that spent about a year sitting in a Copart lot with four flat tires, vandalized paint, and, as I would eventually discover, a very unhappy engine. What started as a questionable auction purchase turned into a full revival. We replace the blown VR30, make a few performance and reliability upgrades, overhaul the brakes and wheels, give the Q60 fresh paint, install a massive AuCar Tesla-style screen, and finally get behind the wheel to find out what the finished car is actually like to drive. And, of course, there's the question that started this whole thing: Can the Q60 really be a baby GT-R? ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔧 PARTS, ACCESSORIES & TOOLS Here are some of the parts, accessories, and tools I used during the Q60 revival. If you're working on your own project, I've included links below. 🚗 Q60 PARTS & ACCESSORIES 3D MAXpider Kagu All-Weather Floor Mats — Infiniti Q60 [https://link.amazon/B08WWM7no?] Infiniti LED Logo Door Welcome Lights — Q50/Q60\ [https://link.amazon/B01SbjFsA?] Sequential LED Mirror Turn Signals — Infiniti Q50/Q60 [https://link.amazon/B04I2EgGZ?] Carbon-Fiber-Style Front Fender Vent Trim — Infiniti [https://link.amazon/B0bw4EeuG?] Carbon-Fiber Side Mirror Covers — Infiniti Q50/Q60 [https://link.amazon/B01Qn9SJR?] Carbon-Fiber Engine Start/Stop Button Trim — Infiniti Q50/Q60 [https://link.amazon/B0dbMtToL?] iJDMTOY Engine Start Button Decoration — Nissan/Infiniti [https://link.amazon/B0gCuwPeB?] 16-Layer All-Weather Coupe Car Cover [https://link.amazon/B0geoZPAD?] Direct Fit Phone Mount - Infiniti Q50 (2014-2024) [https://coursemotorsports.com/collect...] AuCar 2025 Latest Mark 7 Android 13 Car Radio Head Unit for Infiniti Q50 Q50S Q60 Q60S 2014-2019 [https://link.amazon/B0auJpYK4] 🛠️ GARAGE & INSTALLATION TOOLS 1,365-Piece Automotive Push-Retainer & Body Clip Kit [https://link.amazon/B07vC3C76?] RockRose 7D Gloss Black Carbon-Fiber Vinyl Wrap [https://link.amazon/B0demP9gM?] Vinyl Wrap / PPF Installation Tool Kit [https://link.amazon/B0fXRc1cd?] Rechargeable Magnetic LED Work Lights — 4 Pack [https://link.amazon/B0430Ba5C?] 5-Piece Automotive Electrical Connector & Disconnect Pliers Kit [https://link.amazon/B01GNAn17?] GIANTISAN Rivet Gun Kit — 200 Rivets, Drill Bits & Case [https://link.amazon/B0f0PvW4o?] Affiliate Disclosure: As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Some of the links above are affiliate links, which means I may earn a commission if you make a purchase through them at no additional cost to you. Using these links helps support Driveway Revival and future projects. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🤝 COLLABORATORS & SPECIAL THANKS A project like this doesn't happen completely in the driveway. CTPerformance — Engine swap, mechanical work & installation and Al — For finding the replacement engine and convincing me that apparently buying another engine was a perfectly reasonable solution. [  / ctperformance  ] Maaco Orlando — Bodywork & paint [https://shorturl.at/SquGa] Z1 Motorsports — Parts & Inspiration [https://www.z1motorsports.com/] Huge thanks to everyone who helped bring this Q60 back to life. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🚗 THE BUILD 2017 Infiniti Q60 Red Sport 400 AWD• 3.0L Twin-Turbo VR30DDTT• 400 HP factory rated• 19×10.5 square wheel setup• 275/35R19 BFGoodrich tires• ISR downpipes• MBRP cat-back exhaust• AuCar Mark 7 infotainment system• …and quite a few other things you'll see in the episode. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ If you enjoyed the first episode, subscribe and stick around. Driveway Revival isn't just about one car. We'll be bringing back project cars, tackling repairs and modifications, taking on challenges, going on automotive adventures, and occasionally making questionable financial decisions involving old cars. Build it back. Make it better. #DrivewayRevival #InfinitiQ60 #Q60RedSport #VR30 #Infiniti #ProjectCar #CarRestoration #Copart #JDM