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Anto
03-25-2009, 04:08 AM
I've seen the DRFT s15 &the chopped wrx. I've been looking up stuff on hotrodding forums about chopping tops. Most of them keep the same front windshield post angle.
To my understanding, they section the roof in two places, between the A pillar and B pillar, and again between the B pillar and C pillar. They then shorten and mate the pillars accordingly, and add metal to the roof where the gaps are after shortening and lowering. I know i'm waay oversimplifying it.

Anyone ever done this on a 240 before? it would look pretty rad, but you'd have to get custom windows x 7 ($$$$$$$$$). I mspainted what it might look like..

random 240 before:
http://image.importtuner.com/f/9501068/0506_impp_z+1997_nissan_240sx+side_view.jpg

random 240 after:
http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/9470/chopq.jpg


pointless? stupid?
TravisSW
03-25-2009, 04:11 AM
Looks bad ass, but for the tall people it would suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck.
cdlong
03-25-2009, 10:00 AM
pointless in that it won't make the car any faster. well, i guess you could make a case for better aero due to lower frontal area and maybe lower weight.

worthwhile in that it will certainly get more attention and help sell more brake pads.

would i do it on anything other than a show/drift car? hell no, wouldn't even consider it.
300zxdude
03-25-2009, 10:10 AM
Thats ugly as shit IMO, ruins the whole look of the car
K_style
03-25-2009, 10:12 AM
i dont like it......
OutToWinPAHC
03-25-2009, 10:19 AM
With bride side mount seats and rails with a 6 point and a helmet its iffy, cant imagine lowering the top being 6 foot.
bl3ujay07
03-25-2009, 10:29 AM
pointless imo. waste of money.
veeates36
03-25-2009, 10:30 AM
I say no.. The roof kinda looks smashed in.
silviaguy240
03-25-2009, 10:33 AM
ikeya formula choptop 180

http://response.jp/event/auto-salon/image/1051.jpg
BobbyDigi
03-25-2009, 10:55 AM
^^^ looks like an old testarossa...
xplicit240
03-25-2009, 10:57 AM
do not want!! i think its just a waste of money and time
Flicktitty
03-25-2009, 11:12 AM
i think it could be pulled off,

the red 180 IMO has too big of aero for the lack of anything on the top of a car.
Sleepy240
03-25-2009, 11:54 AM
I also think it could look VERY good, i agree that the ikeya aero kinda ruins it... but i think it could look damn sexy
ericcastro
03-25-2009, 01:03 PM
FUCKING DISCUSTING.

you ever put a helmet on in a 240?
good luck
thesimpleS13
03-25-2009, 01:38 PM
not liking it, never been a fan of any chop topped car, i think it makes it look.....incomplete for some reason....
pinkarrowsnow
03-25-2009, 01:43 PM
ew no thanks
palmdale_mob
03-25-2009, 01:51 PM
This reminds me of newer cars these days
For some reason the side window sizes have been becoming smaller and smaller
slider2828
03-25-2009, 01:53 PM
Like th Bee-R 324... R34 with lower roof... Sick...

yeah yeah I know its a 32 with a 34 conversion, but I loved it.... Just not too low....
soreballz
03-25-2009, 02:19 PM
Looks like an S14 fucked a Chrysler 300, and that chopped top car was the bastard child.

Ew.
zenki.life
03-25-2009, 02:29 PM
^^^^ haha true. its ugly and takes away from the natural beauty of the car
drftwerks
03-25-2009, 02:32 PM
this looks cool.

http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc210/mcheddadi/choptop%20s15/ds15_1024.jpg
mo_hish
03-25-2009, 02:44 PM
the other pictures look good... the first one not so much for some reason.
s14unimog
03-25-2009, 02:57 PM
I still don't think its worth the effort. Yeah its different, but like others have said, it looks "off"

What about a convertible s14? I personally haven't seen one, but if you were going to do something why not make that?

The Varietta and 350Z roadsters are ugly as sin....
Banegraphix
03-25-2009, 03:04 PM
If you 5 ft tall than it would work but I had to bolt my seat almost on the floor board to be able to put a helmet on in my S13. The bad thing is now I look like a normal person sitting in my car and not Magilla gorilla in a clown car
ImpatientS14
03-25-2009, 03:14 PM
I barely have any headroom in the car as it is...
Anto
03-25-2009, 04:25 PM
I think the reason the chopped WRX and the mspainted photo look nasty is because the A pillar angle stays the same, requiring roof extending (hence 300c). I was looking at the DRFT s15 and the a pillar angle looks much more slanted back? allowing the general roof size to stay the same/smaller.

I dunno, does it look more slanted back?
http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc210/mcheddadi/choptop%20s15/drft_s15_photo2.jpg?t=1238019606

http://r34.fc2web.com/CIMG2232.JPG

http://www.drft.co.jp/2003event/img/d1r6_07.jpg

stock:
http://aycu30.webshots.com/image/36669/2002233467064751695_rs.jpg
Matej
03-25-2009, 04:31 PM
This reminds me of newer cars these days
For some reason the side window sizes have been becoming smaller and smaller
The bodies keep getting taller and taller.
Most new cars' stock bodies are bigger than a 240 with aggressive aero.
BustedS13
03-25-2009, 04:44 PM
looks better stock. this is only cool on bigger cars with high body lines. that's why when you chop an old merc, it looks sick. but when you chop a 240, it looks like butt.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/95/224317954_8cc24c0581.jpg
soreballz
03-25-2009, 04:59 PM
^That motherfucker right there speaks the truth. Listen up, people. lol
drift freaq
03-25-2009, 05:02 PM
^That motherfucker right there speaks the truth. Listen up, people. lol

for once lol.
Taniguchi_Is_#1
03-25-2009, 06:14 PM
^^^ haha. but really, choptop s-chassis is stupid ugly.
Otto347
03-25-2009, 06:33 PM
looks better stock. this is only cool on bigger cars with high body lines. that's why when you chop an old merc, it looks sick. but when you chop a 240, it looks like butt.

I agree with this man 1000%
s13.dark1
03-25-2009, 07:38 PM
i was wondering how this looksdidnt like it at all dont do it