Unique side rear window mod for S13 hatch

[Trutrax]

I'm getting my 240 painted this summer and am playing around with this idea I have about painting the black under the rear window to match the colour of the car. Not the entire section but just the part that meets the end of the roof down. Here is a photoshop of what I'm talking about.

http://arch.kimag.es/share/4175974.jpg (http://kimag.es/)

I think it would look really nice. My only concern is the black trim around the window.

[Flicktitty]

really pretty subtle....but i like it. i think the hardest part will be to match the paint color from metal to the plastic.

i like it.

[S13SilviaGirl]

to me, it makes it look like an RX-7

[nismo tuned s14]

to me, it makes it look like an RX-7

Good call.

I still like it, though.

[silviaguy240]

to me, it makes it look like an RX-7

maybe its that particular car but im seeing z31

[cc4usmc]

Is there a point to this thread?

[murda-c]

You're gonna paint the glass?

[Trutrax]

nope just thought I'd share. maybe get some feedback aswell

and no, not gonna paint the glass, but behind it.

[Flicktitty]

is that your car OP?

[murda-c]

I thought the window had that black stuff bonded to it on the inside?

then again it's been a while since i looked at an s13 quarter window from the inside.

[Trutrax]

is that your car OP?

I wish, just a nice angle and good car to use as an example.

[silviaguy240]

or he could make a fiberglass overlay that he could paint like those damn ugly z32 window covers.

[PoorMans180SX]

Yeah, you can't paint behind the glass. It's black.

You could get vinyl or something to put over it.

In my personal opinion it ruins the lines. I don't even like it when people paint the black trim behind the window. It also makes the car visually taller.

I don't know about you, but I want my car to look as low and as sleek as possible.

[bboyoracle]

is that your car OP?

That's my car lol

[lflkajfj12123]

Yeah, you can't paint behind the glass. It's black.

You could get vinyl or something to put over it.

In my personal opinion it ruins the lines. I don't even like it when people paint the black trim behind the window. It also makes the car visually taller.

I don't know about you, but I want my car to look as low and as sleek as possible.

which trim are you referring to

[Trutrax]

http://arch.kimag.es/share/35440509.jpg (http://kimag.es/)

See what this guy has done? Like this, but not all the way around.

[ds13]

ima take a wild guess but i highly doubt that is paint its most likely a vynl

[bik]

that window is sooo hard to take it off >_<

[JVD]

Ya, that shit is painted black from the factory dude.

Haven't you watched how it's made?!

[Trutrax]

your saying I couldn't even remove it with paint stripper?

[PoorMans180SX]

which trim are you referring to

The black plastic behind the side windows. The piece that you can get in carbon fiber if you wanted :cj:

[PoorMans180SX]

I suppose if you really wanted to, you could get Lexan hatch windows and paint them like Koguchi:

Unpainted:

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c25/Turbo711/cars/Nissan180SXKoguchired.jpg

Painted:

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c25/Turbo711/cars/Nissan180SXKoguchiredrearside.jpg

[ReLiC]

to me, it makes it look like an RX-7

First thing that came to mind.

[Trutrax]

Lexan? How much you figure it would cost to cut a set of those?

Also, found another 240 with it done just how I was talking about

http://arch.kimag.es/share/11631879.jpg (http://kimag.es/)

[silviaguy240]

you can buy em, and from that angle it looks like an old camaro or a vette

[ixfxi]

your saying I couldn't even remove it with paint stripper?

i'll put my money on saying absolutely not, that paint is not bonded like normal paint. for one, you cant scratch it or do anything to alter its appearance. i experimented on my original 1/4 windows, the paint appears to be permanently bonded with the glass.

second problem is the rubber trim around the window, i would *never* paint rubber and actually expect it to be durable because it wont.

the lines on the first car are pretty fucked up. it may look fair in the picture but in real life i can assure you that it looks ghetto. close-up you'll see the paint separation between the rubber and the glass.

this is toy, just like when people mold body panels... everythings bonded together and then you start getting cracks due to expansion and contraction.

imo, horrible idea.

[Saskacer]

http://arch.kimag.es/share/35440509.jpg (http://kimag.es/)

See what this guy has done? Like this, but not all the way around.
What wheels are those?

[deolio]

looks terrible... sil80 terrible...

[sileighty83]

looks terrible... sil80 terrible...

^^^
Not as terrible as onevias :keke: but really, instead of painting it just get that Z32 rear hatch conversion thing.

[Trutrax]

What does that even look like?

[INeedNewTires]

yea bad idea dude, your pic looks like an FC or Z31... other red car looks like MR2... makes the car look taller, gayer, etc. Do what you want but if you decide to do it take the advice of making a thin fiberglass panel so

a. its removable

b. the paint color matches

[ranger240]

Lexan? How much you figure it would cost to cut a set of those?

Also, found another 240 with it done just how I was talking about

http://arch.kimag.es/share/11631879.jpg (http://kimag.es/)

that makes it look like a dsm, ewwwwwwwwwww

[sileighty83]

What does that even look like?

a lil like this...it's an acquired taste =)

http://forums.nicoclub.com/zerofile/42478/june90048.jpg
http://forums.nicoclub.com/zerofile/42476/june90051.jpg

[Trutrax]

hmm, interesting. Not feeling the shape it makes the window though...heh

[origin_s135]

i remember seeing a add on fiberglass piece that makes it look like a Z32 ? i am pretty sure i was not the only one that seen it.

[joshchewuhh]

i like it...alot

looks like an fc though

[Propaganda]

Remember you have to remove the window with the moulding stuff.

I'm sure you can paint it from the inside... just strip it with something. I think there's also a glass polisher thing on Summit if you scratch it up (not too bad of a scratch i would think)

[ILoveJDM]

http://arch.kimag.es/share/35440509.jpg (http://kimag.es/)

See what this guy has done? Like this, but not all the way around.


at first i was like, holy shit.

then i realized it looked like a cavalier

[Otto347]

at first i was like, holy shit.

then i realized it looked like a cavalierOMG now that you mention it :rofl:

[ericcastro]

they all look like shit.

I had thought about it inthe past.

glad i never did it.

[MandTPhotography]

I have that Z32 rear window cover thingy.

I don't really know what I think about them to this day..


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3148/2955996099_0e5c5de590_b.jpg
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p205/omgistommy/Picture123-1.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3032/2949138977_d653c70d73_o.jpg

[clark]

to put this thread to sleep, how about the person who owns the car just posts how he did it. he posted on the first page that it was his car.

nice car btw

[bejota180sx]

I have that Z32 rear window cover thingy.

I don't really know what I think about them to this day..


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3148/2955996099_0e5c5de590_b.jpg



my god man! did you car had a run in with a "creepy crawlers" toy factory?! im not sayings its ugly but hell i was expecting it to be filled with rubber scorpions and spiders and shit!

[bboyoracle]

to put this thread to sleep, how about the person who owns the car just posts how he did it. he posted on the first page that it was his car.

nice car btw

It is my car but the op edited it to get the look he wanted. Here's the original picture:

http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t36/danteomni/Car%20Pics/Meets/DSCN1633.jpg

[wgJoY]

http://arch.kimag.es/share/4175974.jpg (http://kimag.es/)


Looks transgender. Kinda makes you go :goyou:

[ILoveJDM]

yeah.............

im good at this game


http://www.geckoblue.org/about/images/laser1.jpg
http://a248.e.akamai.net/7/248/1229/v134/imageonthefly.autodatadirect.com/images/?IMG=U4PLGEF1.jpg&WIDTH=425

[ZilviaKid]

vinyl or fiberglass. the only way to do it and make it not look sil80 horrible.

[ayuaddict]

im not sayings its ugly but hell

that S13.5 or whatever is ugly as hell.

fuck.

ugh.

[ixfxi]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3148/2955996099_0e5c5de590_b.jpg

that S13.5 or whatever is ugly as hell.

fuck.

ugh.

i'll double that. this s13 is fucking UGLY.


at first glance i kept thinking "oh, its a 95-96 s14" then i realize its an s13 thats UN-SEXY.. cringe.

[Enna]

So you want to make a 240 look like a dsm? Dont even come on here....

[ericcastro]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3148/2955996099_0e5c5de590_b.jpg



i'll double that. this s13 is fucking UGLY.


at first glance i kept thinking "oh, its a 95-96 s14" then i realize its an s13 thats UN-SEXY.. cringe.

It just needs more stickers and vinyl, that will fix it!!

It could be decent looking, or as decent as a hatch front end conversion can be. (which is fucking horrable).

But really, the 1989 BATMAN paint them.??
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/411GGH73ZNL._SL500_AA280_.jpg


I hope to god they play this while drifting at thier local Nopi event,
YouTube - prince - Batdance (Batman Theme Soundtrack) 1989 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLlQpc8D2Kc)

"Stop the presses,....who is that,......

...Vicki Vail!!"

[Trutrax]

chill, don't turn this into a flame war. Too each their own

[aoiken3]

that purple s13 is the end result when an s15, z32, and s13 have a 3some. lol. and the op's idea is different and imo, i like it.

[MandTPhotography]

Don't worry you elitist flaming fucks, the car is currently undergoing a transformation.

The previous owner painted it, vinyl'd it, etc;..

CF Hood, different sideskirts is coming shortly, as well as a respray to Silvermoss and real wheels.

Take a chill-pill.

Car has already been devinyl'd.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3568/3349103909_000d30841f_b.jpg

Edit: I also prefer Barney, or the Joker.

[s13dan]

Just making blind spots...
BUT if you do it lets see.

[Taniguchi_Is_#1]

Don't worry you elitist flaming fucks, the car is currently undergoing a transformation.


it's not about being elitist. you made your car look like shit willingly; it didn't come like that from the factory.

[drift freaq]

It just needs more stickers and vinyl, that will fix it!!

It could be decent looking, or as decent as a hatch front end conversion can be. (which is fucking horrable).

But really, the 1989 BATMAN paint them.??
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/411GGH73ZNL._SL500_AA280_.jpg


I hope to god they play this while drifting at thier local Nopi event,
YouTube - prince - Batdance (Batman Theme Soundtrack) 1989 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLlQpc8D2Kc)

"Stop the presses,....who is that,......

...Vicki Vail!!"

Spoken by the man who's car looks like a broken down pile at this point in time.

Give it up Eric you have no room to talk, your car looks horrible too. LOL

Oh and just for the record all of the S13's that have been posted in this thread look horrible. IMO

A S13.5 can look good, done right. Though those z32 rear window treatments and the OP's idea of painting the side glass though? that is just awful.

[ericcastro]

LOL, If I didnt bust the shutter on my D200 I would have pics up.

My car is purple vinyl and 50mm wide body, 20mm front fenders and all new body kit.

Wheels suck and so does ride height.
(But I spent $140 into the vinyl, body was all free.
Wheels were $80 total at the JY
sportsmax are borrowed.
suspension is $300 for used KYB with RSR springs, welded diff.)

So the difference in price makes me able to talk :)
i spent nothing.
If I spent the amount of money the Joker/Barney has, it wouldn't look like that !!

But the OP looks like he's on his way to saving that car;)
Im not into the 1/4 glass thing though.
i think it breaks the line of the window up.

Get a little spoiler thing on the trunk instead.
Should make the rear of the car look better.
Hatches can get boring looking in the rear.

[DALAZ_68]

to me, it makes it look like an RX-7
yes
http://arch.kimag.es/share/35440509.jpg (http://kimag.es/)

See what this guy has done? Like this, but not all the way around.
looks....:(

Lexan? How much you figure it would cost to cut a set of those?

Also, found another 240 with it done just how I was talking about

http://arch.kimag.es/share/11631879.jpg (http://kimag.es/)
looks like a pathetic attempt to make it look like a Ferrari :barf:



just my opinion...:l101:

[MandTPhotography]

it's not about being elitist. you made your car look like shit willingly; it didn't come like that from the factory.

Re-read my post asshat, previous owner painted/vinyl'd the car, as well as the window treatment and front-end.

My car is purple vinyl and 50mm wide body, 20mm front fenders and all new body kit.

If I spent the amount of money the Joker/Barney has, it wouldn't look like that !!
Blah Blah Blah, etc;..


REREAD THE FUCKING POST.

I didn't do the paint or vinyl, and it's already been removed.

The car is getting resprayed Silvermoss and the sideskirts are getting changed, as well as a carbon fiber hood and real wheels.

[tekniq]

http://pix.motivatedphotos.com/2008/8/26/633553695829349661-mad.jpg

If it was the previous owner who made the car look like that then you are not the Joker/Barney so stop taking it personally.
You just own what use to be the Joker/Barney car...post up pictures of what it looks like now. Done.

Anyways back to the OP. I don't think its a bad idea, adds a lot of color contrast for being so subtle though. Not my style really..but the OP really does remind me of a z31.

[MandTPhotography]

The 2nd set of pictures is what it looks like right now.

I'm taking it personally, because people can't fucking read and realize that I'm not the one who did all the shit.

It's in the process, it's already been improved a bit.

The main aspect is the destickering, but also where it counts.

Car has a Tial 38mm, 550cc injectors and a PE1420 snail.

It's a 240, I could really give a shit how it looks right now, but it's on the road to recovery, regardless.

[ericcastro]

Re-read my post asshat, previous owner painted/vinyl'd the car, as well as the window treatment and front-end.
REREAD THE FUCKING POST.
I didn't do the paint or vinyl, and it's already been removed.
The car is getting resprayed Silvermoss and the sideskirts are getting changed, as well as a carbon fiber hood and real wheels.



If I spent the amount of money the Joker/Barney has, it wouldn't look like that !!

But the OP looks like he's on his way to saving that car;)


slow your roll tiger!! lol

I didn't say you did.

i said if I spent that money, meaning the previous owner.
i read your post, thats why I didn't say you spent the money.
Then I said it looks like your on your way to saving it.
If you did it, I wouldn't say your saving it.

But you can take out all your frustration at the comments on me :wan:

Silver Moss will be nice.
If there was a easy way to get that green off those sportmax, and get em back to a metal/silver color, It would be 100% better while you wait for paint and rims.
imo ;)

[MandTPhotography]

I apologize for my comment, but I have gotten so much shit for this car...haha.

Yeah, I definitely wouldn't have spent the money this way either, believe me, but I picked up the car for a VERY VERY good deal.

Also, you mentioned the OP is on his way to saving the car, I'm not the OP, haha.

I was originally intending on painting the car at the same time I was getting wheels, but if I decide not to in the meantime, I can get those wheels powdercoated for very cheap.

[Toast]

wouldnt it be easier to use vinyl?