wavy zenki s14 build (PICTURE HEAVY, 56K DO NOT APPLY)

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Hi,

My name is albert. I want to build a fun street car. That is it.

Before I start my wavy zenki build, I thought I would take a stroll through memory lane...

I got my first car in 2008, at the age of 17. It was a 1989 s13 hatch. It had 123,000 miles when I bought it. I was the second owner.
I picked it up for $2200. It got hit by someone who hit and ran. I was really bummed out. The damage was very minor looking back,
but at the time I thought it was game over.

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I also got my first ticket in this car... (for stopping over the line while making a right hand turn on a red light)

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I ended up selling it because I wanted to buy a toyota MR2 since all my friends had them..
(when you're young, you want to do everything your friends do. If they jumped off a bridge, I probably would have too...lol)

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It was an awesome car. The 4age was such a fun little motor in the canyons.
I fell in love with touge and gripping through a local backroad we had. I drove it everywhere, it was reliable and great on gas.
Even though I couldn't get any b*tches in it I still loved it. I even had a friend's mom call it the Mentally Retarded 2 (MR2).
Unfortunately, I ended up crashing it on the backroads I loved driving so much.

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I ended up fixing the damage, painted it flat black and enjoyed it for a little bit longer before I decided to list it up for sale.

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I ended up getting rid of the MR2 for $1800 to some random dude off of craigslist.

Some old MR2 inspiration... (not a photo of my car)

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What now? Wasn't sure what I wanted anymore. My friends that had MR2's were no longer really into cars.
Not many of my friends at the time were into cars so I didn't really know much. I really liked my hatch and thought about getting another 240.
While browsing craigslist I ended up finding the car of my dreams. I ended up picking up a 1991 s13 coupe. It had a brand new pearl white paintjob,
origin rear tail lights, full oem silvia front (polyurethane bumper/metal fenders/brick headlights), megan coilovers,
fully restored interior, personal steering wheel, etc...

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It was honestly the cleanest s13 my eyes have ever laids eyes on. I literally spent every penny I had saved to purchase it.
I still remember all of the butterflies I felt driving it home. Was one of the best feelings of my life (like losing your virginity, but with like, cars).
I had alot of fun driving it, the suspension was dialed perfect. Unfortunately, I couldn't stay off the backroads and ended up crashing it into a ditch...
luckily it wasn't too bad and I was able to keep driving hard.

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Started getting bored of the car and entertained getting rid of it to get something else.

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I was really bothered by the fact that I got many compliments on how nice the coupe was but I could not take credit since I didn't build the car.
I purchased it exactly how you see it in the photos. I wasn't able modify the car since I was a broke college kid who spent his whole savings on the car.

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The car was super reliable and fun to drive. I had no complaints really... I just wish I had built the car myself. I wanted something to be proud of.
I decided to list my s13 coupe on craigslist and see if I could get rid of it and start fresh with something stock. I was ready to build a car on my own.
Then out of the blue I received an email from a guy who was local and had an s14 that he was interested in trading for my s13. I did not know how to feel.
I never even looked at s14s or even thougth about owning one. They just seemed so far out of my league... here are the photos he sent me...

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It looked clean and from the details provided it was all stock and unmoleted. Exactly what I wanted... so we met up and checked each others cars out.

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Dude was really cool. I drove his car and he didn't get to drive my car because my starter ended up taking a crap just as he hopped in the car.
Luckily my dad came to the rescue with an umbrella and we stabbed the starter to death until it started. He ended up really liking the coupe and
I ended up really liking the s14. So we worked out the details and were set to trade after I removed some of the parts off the coupe.
I felt like my s13 was worth alot more since he was only giving me the s14 without the work meisters. He is a photo of my last time leaning on my s13...
(pretending to be sad about it leaving...)

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My buddy Angel ended up picking up a coupe and wanted some of the parts so we ended up swapping all of my aftermarket parts with his stock oem parts.

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Check yo boy out in his new s14 haha. I ended up driving the s14 to SoCal for EDC LA 2010.

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And here is some 2010 throwback inspiration... daniel ressa's car before i knew who he was...

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Still a broke college kid... but I finally got some coilovers...

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I am good at crashing cars on the touge. This time it wasn't my error... deer ran out in front of me causing me to lock and slide into a mountain.

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I ended up picking up a job at my local Fry's Electronics and money started falling out of the sky!! (not really, barely making more than $8 minimum wage).
Finally picked up some parts for the s14...

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Progress was slow... I learned how to drift so I started having to spend money on maintenance and tires. I also met my girlfriend which didn't help my bank account...

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Got me some battles...

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Got me some 5zigens...

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I bought a welded diff from a friend who didnt tell me it was a backyard special welded diff.. That broke and then got a new one plate welded...

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I kept breaking axles so people told me to get subframe risers so I was like OKIE because I was young, dumb, and didn't know any better.
Sure my car felt a little tighter since I got rid of my shot subframe bushings, but these risers did not help with the axle breaking...

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[hellaslows13]

Then I started hanging with more 240 dudes. This guy is now a very good friend of mine. His name is justin garcia,
some of you may know him. His name on ig is justinzenki. He used to have a black bnsports s14 on avs model 5's.

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This was a very confusing time in my life...

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Got a parts shop max skid plate cause I thought I was bad ass and low as hell

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Wood grain grippin...

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My girlfriend got me some cool gifts for xmas..

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The 240 started really getting beat and gave me a whole slew of problems (that I brought onto myself). Being a sophomore in college (with a girlfriend)
I no longer had the time or money to work on the car. I decided it was time to part ways with it and get more reliable (yet still fun). I listed my s14 on craigslist.

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Here was my last time leaning on the hood... look like a familiar pose?

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I ended up selling the car to a mutual friend for crackhead cheap because I just wanted it gone. I later regretted it. I found another car on craigslist
which was way out of my budget, but thankfully my parents lent me some money. I was able to afford this car by using some money I had saved,
combined with my parents money and the money I made selling my s14.

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I was not happy with how ugly the car looked at stock height so I got to work...

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Then a few weeks later after getting it I wanted to answer a few questions I had for this car... one of them being "does it drift"?

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Putting in some more work... threw on some SPL goodies...

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Got some wheels... drove all the way to LA to pick them up. Did a 1 day trip with a buddy which ended up being an awesome time.
When I got home and started test fitting the wheels I found out the previous owner got the measurements wrong. The ended up being
WAY more aggressive than I expected..

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Ended up scrapping those wheels and decided that I wanted step up to 19s... Picked up some 19 inch kranzes from the east coast.
Also got some new suspension goodies...

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Still working on getting the car completely dialed...

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Got the car dialed finally...

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Then I graduated college...

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Decided that I didn't really like my 350z any more. I had one car I truely wanted to modify
and build to the next level. That when this happened...

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I completely parted my 350z and sold it to this kid to enjoy. I think it was his highschool graduation present.

This is where one door closes and many more open. That's because I ended up driving this car through the door...

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THIS IS WHERE MY S14 BUILD BEGINS!
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If you took time to read my super long intro I thank you. I felt like I wanted to introduce myself and give some history of myself before this s14.

So I ended up picking up another s14. This time it was emrald green, clean title, with 156,000 miles. I did not hesistate to hit the ground running with this car.

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Picked up some parts shop max goodies... coilovers and FLCA with front tension rod combo...

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THen picked up a bride seat, advan model t6 18x9.5 +22 18x10 +25...

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[hellaslows13]

Pulled the subframe to install the risers and get my open diff welded

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Got a front crossmember modified by abercrombie motorsports that moves the steering rack brackets 1" forward to help with binding issues from the max angle kit...

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My diff was welded by parts shop max when I stopped by their shop to pick up all of the parts.

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Diff is sealed ready to fill... diff takes 1 1/2 quarts if I remember correctly... just fill it till it leaks out the side fill hole.

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Then some more suspension work... all part shop max all around

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Then started getting the suspension dialed in and made the wheels fit better...

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Then I drove the car to work... I really liked this phase of my s14, but it was too simple for me... I wanted something with more WOW factor... I was not entirely happy.

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Learned that the rear drop knuckle pushes the wheel up further causing you to have to add more negative camber to adjust... so then I did this...

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and then went to a drift event...

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Had a blast. Decided I needed some more aggressive wheels... ended up picking these up.

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Working on getting the equips to fit.

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The loves of my life...

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Got some new tail lights... didn't like the zenki tailights or the kouki tail lights... Also got an origin roof wing (which ended up falling off and getting demolished 2 weeks later)

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Got some new rubber for the front equips...

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[O$mo]

legit one of my top 3 favorite zenkis :boink:

[hellaslows13]

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Took a long haitus...spent the month of april partying my ass off

Coachella

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Pismo beach for the weekend. ATV selfie lol

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Interior shot. Plain and simple.

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At the pick n pull looking for some stuff. Ended up with some black interior pieces and pigtails for the mirrors so I can splice them up to my ganadors.

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Car has just been sitting in the garage. Picked up some new wheels! A bianchi volpe road bike.

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Tried on some blitz brw03's (waiting for the d ressa comments...)

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Hung out at the fatlace paddock...

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Saw my dream car there... hope to own one of these one day...

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Picked up some retrofitted zenki projectors... probably one of the best mods I have done on the car to date.

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Picked up this mint zeta ii to replace the zeta iii I was running...

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then I found this maxis and decided I needed this pimp throne to match my pimp ride

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Then I swooped up some 19" model v's for the low low.. (you don't want to know how cheap I got these for)

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Then an axle exploded on me while I was test driving the car for some dude who wanted my KA

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Picked up the maverick motorsports axle adapters and 350z axles. They are supposed to work better than OEM axle + gktech axle spacer. 350z axles have a better axle design and are longer, which I needed since I am pretty low and also running part shop max drop knuckle.

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Axles going in...

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Then an SR20 literally fell out of the sky into my lap. My buddy decided he was done with 240s and asked me if I wanted to buy his SR. Of course I said...

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Motor pulled out in a few hours...

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Motor looks good in my garage :)

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Since I took the motor, I agreed to help my buddy part the car out. My other buddy with an SR'd s13 decided to show up and take the 5 lug off the hatch.

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The SR chillin next to some secret boxes that contain 1/3 of my body kit.

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Prepping the s14 to have the KA pulled for the buyer.

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Decided to do the engine pull on the street because of my steep ass driveway.

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Half way there...
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Selfie just cause
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Pull out game strong...
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Mandatory sitting in the engine bay pic
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Somethings missing here...
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[hellaslows13]

Ditched the nardi for something different... not sure how I feel about it yet

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Got a back cover for the maxis seat

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Rad Koyo

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Last time I will see these equips 18x12.5. Will be rebarreled at wheelflip to 18x10.5

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Got this cool m7960 tomei turbo for my sr

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Wiring specialties harness for s14 to s14 sr

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Wasn't planning on running ganadors with my new setup.. but I couldn't resist holding on to a pair of these. We'll see which ones I plan on running once the cars done and put together...

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Some goodies from RHDjapan

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Kinda bumpped the yashio factory only makes the upper radiator hose so I ordered the pink samco hoses... looks like they arent the same pink. What a bummer. Oh well.

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Found this thing.. had to get it... sorry mom

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Ok... this is kind of where the build gets more serious....

I can't count how many times I have came into the garage and just stared at this thing... too many thoughts run through my head about this car. It's quite a rollercoaster ride of emotions.

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Tomei M7960 next to the stock s14 t28 turbo

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Turbo porn

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Pulled off all the stuff on the exhaust side.

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Got some delicious hawaiian food with my gf

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Then hung out in santa cruz with my dog chance and my gf

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Proceeded to rip the interior apart...

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Previous owner parked this thing out in the sun.. poor dash

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It is impossible to pull this piece off when its been sun dried.. thing was brittle as hell.. Barely any pressure was used and it straight snapped... luckily FRsport sells these for a decent price.

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Getting there..

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Rusty bar... no good.

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Gonna paint this thing.

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BUT FIRST, let me assemble my new skateboard :)

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Got some bomb udon with my girl. Eat good, live good.

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[hellaslows13]

We often get stuck so deep in our build we forget to enjoy our lives. Remember to enjoy your life!

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My friend sam stopped by with kennys old rhd legacy wagon. I wish I could have bought this thing..

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Modifying the nissan quest alterator with cody ace bracket.

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Got something in the mail today...

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Apexi power fc l-jetro

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Nismo thermostat

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Ganador exhaust tips 8)

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Laying down some primer on that dash bar...

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Was kinda broke and couldn't afford the AIT super damper so I just decided to freshen up my stock pulley...

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Retapped a stipped hole where the transmission crossmember bolts up.

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Too many late nights in the garage...

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Dinner n brews with some buds

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Slowly but surely getting my interior converted from blue to black at all costs... first piece to play with was the rear radio surround. Cleaning and prepping for some paint.

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My buddy who sold me the SR had these laying around and decided I could put them to use... still debating if I want to run these or wilwood in the rear..

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Blitz gauges... took me awhile to find the perfect gauges. It was either these or the defi gauges. I went with blitz. My interior MUST be perfect...

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Got my new plates.. wavy z... short for wavy zenki. There is a story behind these plates. I originally wanted wavy14, but realized that I ordered plates for me 350z that I never picked up. Buddy of mine told me, "Hey, why not pick up the 350z plates and make the z stand for zenki?". Lightbulb went off in my tiny head and straight to the DMV I went. I got there just in time as they were days away from chucking the plates out (since I went months without picking them up).

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[hellaslows13]

Been neglecting my room so I threw on J Cole's 2014 Forest Hills Drive and cleaned my room. We got any vinyl junkies/audiophiles on here? I can post a photo of my audio setup if anyone is interested...

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Had some fun in santa cruz with some family out of state (Pasco, Washington to be exact). Trying not to let my car take over my life. It helps to get out the house and enjoy what else the world has to offer lol.

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Got something back from Tomei... They seriously have some of the best products and customer service. They have secured a long time customer for sure. Was happy to have this manifold back from them so I could start getting the exhaust side put together.

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Prepping to get this trust/greddy oil pan on...

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Oil pickup slightly bruised. I think it still looks ok so I didn't end up changing it. Anyone disagree?

EDIT:
9/16/15 - Sileighty_85 made a very good point about the holes being drilled into the oil pickup.. I didn't even notice those. If my oil goes low while I am cornering I could pickup air causing my oil pressure to drop. So I decided I will be replacing this item in a later post.

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Threw the Greddy oil filter on... coooool stufff

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Got a new OEM front main seal. Old one was leaky. Cheap and easy to replace, why not?

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Pulled the sucker out with a seal puller from harbor freight.. could have probably used a flathead. Be careful not to damage anything in that area when getting the seal out.

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Nismo Thermostat going in...

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Installing the new OEM water pump

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Some red loctite to hold the studs in better.

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Seal em up

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Yashio factory water pump pulley... pink is cooooool.

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Progress was made today...

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The blue speaker cover I sprayed black on the right vs a spare grey cover i had got the the pick n pull on the left. I like the SE style cover vs the base model with the circle grills. Turned out pretty good.

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My neglected daily. 2008 wrx hatch...

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Messy garage....

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Pulled the parts shop max coils... for sale... (sold)

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Moar parts

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Dirty...

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Brunch has got to be my favorite meal of the day... crab egg benedict
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[hellaslows13]

Love hanging out at the beach with my girlfriend and my dog chance.

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Bun bo hue... favorite viet dish of mine. Gotta get a sugar cane drink as well.

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Picked up a boost controller... apexi avcr... got this because I thought it was a fair deal. Turns out I have OCD and wanted the black AVCR instead so I ended up picking another AVCR up. So this one is for sale..

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Got something cool from australia

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Brand spanking new greddy/trust grex knobs... WOW. Cool right? I already have the yashio knob. I just wanted to horde these...

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Limitless motorsports. San Bruno, CA. Stopped by to check on my subaru that was getting a clutch done.

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Outside Lands, San Francisco. Chet Faker played an amazing set...

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This wheel well was really bothering me. I wanted it clean. So I degreased it, hosed it down, and prepped it for 3M undercoating.

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Looks much nicer now after the 3M undercoating.

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Started tear down on the intake side...

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Finally....after 3 months... these two items arrived at the same exact time from different shippers. My 326 front bumper (already got the sides and rear a few months back) plus my 326 coils (sold my part shop max coils that only had 500 miles on them)

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Apexi electronics... peep the new AVCR in black :)

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Some more parts for the motor.

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Intake side finally all torn apart.

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Going to replace all the hoses.. surprisingly hard to find some of the molded hoses. Ended up reusing one or two of them because they were still in good condition, dried and uncracked.

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Motor kind of filthy...

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Gonna pull the water neck off to install the gktech adapter so I can run the sensor for my blitz water temp gauge.

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Cleaned up the water neck with the same paint I used to paint the block.

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Painted the engine mount brackets and intake manifold brackets with some gloss black.

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[hellaslows13]

Also degreased the block and prepped it for paint. Wasn't that dirty, but I wanted it really clean. Why? no idea... i just like it that way.

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After paint

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Back to the gktech water neck adapter install

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Blitz water temp sensor and gktech adapter

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Sealed and installed

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Intake manifold and throttle body needed some attention.. got some stuff to clean out the carbon build up

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Surprisingly wasn't that dirty..

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New intake manifold gaskets... gotta keep it OEM

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Match up the holes correctly. First time i threw this thing on upside down lol

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Exhaust side lookin tidy... getting ready to bolt some stuff up.

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The trubo

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Mocking up the manifold fitment

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Cusco motor mounts... not sure why I got these... just kinda did. Didn't know they made the engine sit lower until after I got them. Wish I got nismo engine mounts instead. Oh well, we'll see how these work out.

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Buddy took some shots of me with my camera working on the motor

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(I have no idea what I am doing)

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Gotta come at it from all angles lol

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Cusco mount bolted up

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Exhaust side almost done.

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Care package from FRSPORT

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DIF fuel fitting so I can run my tomei FPR

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DIF fitted bolted up to the rail

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Nismo 555cc with some new o rings

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Got 3/4 injectors in. I broke one of them... I installed it wrong. I tried to use the end of a mallet wrapped with a towel and ended up breaking the copper nipple in the center of the injector. Why? Because I rushed and didn't think. Also did not know to use WD40 as lubricant until after i broke it lol. $150 mistake. You live and you learn... this is my first time working on a motor.

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Spent some time out of the garage...

Bonfire for my buddys birthday

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Made a new friend... yoda the duck (he's really someones pet)

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Old rack was leaky... opted for a reman s13 rack because it was easier to obtain and cheaper. Lets hop it works ok.. Luckily i saved the energy s13 rack bushing. Almost threw it away. s13 racks have a wider diameter than s14 therefore it uses a thinner bushing than the s14 rack.

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New rack bolted up.

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[hellaslows13]

saving this for future updates

[hellaslows13]

saving this post for future updates

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Crab egg benedict looks awesome


Car's pretty cool too : )

[tricky_ab]

I'm pleasantly surprised with this thread. I'll be watching your build for sure. And PLEASE replace that oil pickup. You've spent so much already, you'd hate yourself for not spending the $50 for a new one if things went south with the SR.

[icedsole]

Tried on some blitz brw03's (waiting for the d ressa comments...)


Looks good dude were those bryans wheels? Funny that our cars started out almost exactly the same. Are you going to color change when you paint it? Keep it the oem color and we could start a team!

[KevinEdgar]

Nice motor :)

[xitsalgin]

seen this car in person, legit ass build with a great owner! putting in work!

[mikeyee]

I miss that red car.

[yomisiu]

great build, keep it up

[hellaslows13]

Looks good dude were those bryans wheels? Funny that our cars started out almost exactly the same. Are you going to color change when you paint it? Keep it the oem color and we could start a team!

Thanks man. Not trying to suck the teet but you have always been my inspiration throughout the years. And yes, those were bryans fronts, I believe he has your old rears on his car now . I am doing a color change! I plan on doing a two tone. I would love be part of your team :) but I defintely have to change the color up (or else people will call me a direzza wannbe for life, lol jk)

Thanks for all the kind words fellas. Literally poured my heart and soul (and wallet) into this car. I'm excited to get it completed by mid 2016 (motor in, tune, and paint). Excited to start driving the mountains again...

[hellaslows13]

I miss that red car.


Mike yee I miss your red car.. I still remember those days when you taught me how to drift, dirt dropping bangin the limiter in your 86 like it was yesterday.. Lets bring the old days back :hsdance::hsdance:

[mad-ass]

MIA: Z32 TT fuel filter.

[hellaslows13]

MIA: Z32 TT fuel filter.

Is this not it?

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I'm pleasantly surprised with this thread. I'll be watching your build for sure. And PLEASE replace that oil pickup. You've spent so much already, you'd hate yourself for not spending the $50 for a new one if things went south with the SR.

Hey tricky_ab, you don't think I can get by with the one I had? I knew I should have changed it.. sucks because now the oilpan in installed and sealed up.. would hate to have to remove it all...

[mad-ass]

It sure is, just not on the durn car yet! (hint hint nudge nudge get'er runnin)

[1988montecarloss]

awesome build and amazing pictures, definitely following this :D

[Sileighty_85]

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Not sure if anyone has pointed this out, but that oil pick up with holes drilled in it is dumb as shit.


If your oil level drops below those holes (low oil level+hard cornering) the pump is gonna suck air and you'll loose oil pressure.

[turbo2nr]

Awesome build, I also love how you incorporated living life, I 100% agree not to get caught up in your build and forgetting to the fun things.

Cant wait to see this finished some nice parts in here, if you ever sell that bride LMK ;)

[Counteract]

Damn, you went in on that!

The comparison from first S13 to current S14 is incredible.

Cannot wait to see more man, this is the only S body thread that has actually made me miss mine!

[tricky_ab]

Hey tricky_ab, you don't think I can get by with the one I had? I knew I should have changed it.. sucks because now the oilpan in installed and sealed up.. would hate to have to remove it all...

Nah, I'd tear back into it and replace it. Also see the below comment. I had thought it was strange but I didn't comment.

Not sure if anyone has pointed this out, but that oil pick up with holes drilled in it is dumb as shit.


If your oil level drops below those holes (low oil level+hard cornering) the pump is gonna suck air and you'll loose oil pressure.

[Sileighty_85]

Nah, I'd tear back into it and replace it. Also see the below comment. I had thought it was strange but I didn't comment.

ahh word didn't even look at the comments. Saw that pic and went straight to comment

[hellaslows13]

Awesome build, I also love how you incorporated living life, I 100% agree not to get caught up in your build and forgetting to the fun things.

Cant wait to see this finished some nice parts in here, if you ever sell that bride LMK ;)

Thank you!

Damn, you went in on that!

The comparison from first S13 to current S14 is incredible.

Cannot wait to see more man, this is the only S body thread that has actually made me miss mine!

Thank you! I appreciate it :)

Nah, I'd tear back into it and replace it. Also see the below comment. I had thought it was strange but I didn't comment.

ahh word didn't even look at the comments. Saw that pic and went straight to comment

Thanks for weighing in Sileighty_85 and tricky_ab. This is my first time ever working on a motor so I don't really know what I am looking at most of the time. Learning as I go. Just placed an order for a new oil pickup...


Also, I think I will be posting the next round of updates on page 2... page 1 may be too cluttered with photos which may make the page too sluggish.

[hellaslows13]

Bryan stopped by for a bit. Coolest hatch yo.

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Need a 3" to 2.5" reducer... picked up this one from oreilly but it looked like crap quality compared to this tomei 3" silicone coupler so I decided to return it and order one online...

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Decided it was time to mock up the intercooler. Since the dude who bought my KA wanted to keep the AC, I said heck with it and went for the parts shop max highmount intercooler.
I really wanted to run AC, but it seemed like another headache I didn't feel like dealing with. This car is probably going to see the street like twice a month,
I guess I can live without the AC.

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Intercooler was packaged nicely. Arrived undamaged. Thanks parts shop max.

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Got it mocked up to see where I would have to cut.

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Part of the battery tray was in the way so I trimmed it.

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Finished cutting. I think I cut out a little more than I needed at the top of the passenger side... oh well.. (dying inside)

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Next interior piece that needed attention was the headliner. Decided I wanted full black interior. I didn't want to do the dye since it was messy and I didn't have
a good experience with it when I tried dying my carpet with RIT black dye (wasted $100 on dye).

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Gonna use the good ol dupli-color flat black fabric dye. It goes on nice and easy. Only downside is it makes the fibers a little crusty. It isn't too bad. I will probably
end up pulling the headliner sometime in the future and wrap it with some suede or alcantara fabric. For now, paint will do.

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Here is the finished product. Looking pretty sweet.

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My failed attempt at dying the carpet. Not sure why the dye was not being held in the fibers... attempted dying it twice. Both times the dye just washed out.. why...?
Oh well, might as well spray paint this thing while its out. I entertained the idea of getting aftermarket carpet, but I read too many mixed reviews.
Might just go that route the next time I decided to rip out all my interior and redo it. I'll wait until the motor is done.

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And the finished product... not too shabby. I think I used like 3 cans or so. If you don't lay the paint on too heavy the fibers will stay soft.

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Put the carpet back in. It didn't fit 100% since it was sitting out in the sun for a few weeks while I was trying to sort the dye/paint situation.
The rubber got a bit warped. Wasn't too happy about this.. Hopefully once my interior is put back together it will start to form back.

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Wasn't sure how to pull the sunroof cover off... was feeling a bit lazy so I just taped everything off and went on with spraying it still installed on the car.

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And now I have a black headliner... woo woo.

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Decided that I was going to figure out my front and rear brake situation later. I had these pads and rotors sitting around and I was bored
so I decided why not throw them on for the mean time.

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Here is the old stuff on the car currently...

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New rotors (left) vs old rotors (right)

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New pads (left) vs old pads (right)

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Don't forget to grease the brake pad retainer clips or else you'll squeak everyone to death

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Was wearing my cool DQM socks. FUCK LUCK

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All done... hope my ebrake will lock better now.

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Tore my 326power coilovers apart. Wanted to clean them up a bit and get the measurements of the springs so I can order 10kg/8kg swift springs in pink.

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Resumed the intake side since my spare injector finally came in...

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I think I have ADHD.. I was staring at the engine bay and felt like it was of higher priority so I went started working on it. I had some bondo that I felt like messing around with
so I attempted to smooth out one of the arches with the bondo. I had these little craters from when I was hammering the shit out of it from the inside of the wheel well.
It kind of bothered me so I spent some time bondoing and smoothing it out. If I messed this up it wasn't going to be a big deal since my coolant overflow tank and air filter should be covering it.

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Engine bay was dirty so I completely degreased it and hosed it down. After all the dirt was gone I started noticing lots of scratches and imperfections.
I really wanted to get the engine bay professionally painted but I really did not want to deal with the hassle of having it towed to a paint shop and then towed back.
Maybe i'll do it after my next engine swap or rebuild. Decided just to spray it with some rustoleum gloss black. Turned out pretty nice.

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Resumed assembling the intake side of the engine. My buddy gave me this DIF throttle body gasket laying around so I decided to use it.

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Intake side is almost complete. Got most of the hoses connected. Got the injectors installed and wired up. Threw the throttle body with new gasket back on the intake manifold.
I hope I am not forgetting anything... (I am really forgetful)

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Thought i'd throw the belts on. Here is the oem power steering pump belt.

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Then the alternator/fan belt

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ANNNNDDDD of course it doesn't fit. Didn't realize that the OEM belt would not work with the yashio pulley and upgraded quest alternator... GRRRREEAAAAAT... what now?
I'm guessing I need a longer belt... was not able to find a definitive answer by googling around. If anyone can chime in on this that would be great. I might have to search deeper...

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Had some left over metallic paint and was wondering how it would look in the engine bay. I didn't like how glossy the black was. I hit the side with some of the metallic paint and it actually
looked really good. I think I am going to proceed with painting the rest of the engine bay with the metallic paint and then cover it with a few coats of clear. Just when I thought I was done...

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[Arteeste]

Clean build & that J. Dilla frame !!!

[slow40sx]

sweet build dude, car is rad as fuck

[hellaslows13]

Some new updates above ^^^^^^^

Saving this spot for my next batch of updates. Appreciate all of the kind words fellas. Please do not hesistate to comment on anything that might look wrong. I am very inexperienced with building engines. This is my first time ever working on an engine, any tip will help!

~stay wavy~

[mad-ass]

for the belt, bolt the alternator to the spot it needs to be at, take a string, wrap it around all the pulley. measure the length of the string and count how many "ribs" there are on the belt.

Gates K050370 is the stock belt size on SR, so going off of that, it's a 5 ribbed and 37 inches ID(The OD measurement will be 0.5 inches longer, so actual measure meant of the belt on the outside will be 37.69 inches in this case), try 39 or 40 inch belt.( So that'll put you at K050380 or K050390 belt part numbers) buy both, fit them on and return the one you don't use.

FIY, the belts also go up in 0.5 inch scale, so it is possible that you'll need K050385.

[Counteract]

Also, you may have new pads and discs at the back, but S14 handbrakes are notoriously bad! I had a hydraulic handbrake in my last S14 which wasn't too bad with standard rear brakes, though if you want a real good lock up your best bet is to go Z32 :)

[nathanong87]

very cool car. Is 56k still a thing? lol

[JM216S14]

very cool car. Is 56k still a thing? lol

I was about to say that ha! Anyways cool build

[JRex]

Love this build. I never thought about spraying the headliner like that...I was going to recover mine in black but I might just spray it now.

[hellaslows13]

very cool car. Is 56k still a thing? lol

I consider AT&T U-verse/DSL 56k lol. There are still some out there with under 10mbps download speed...

Oh and btw, your comment means alot. Your red zenki was one of my favorite growing up...

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:hsdance:


for the belt, bolt the alternator to the spot it needs to be at, take a string, wrap it around all the pulley. measure the length of the string and count how many "ribs" there are on the belt.

Gates K050370 is the stock belt size on SR, so going off of that, it's a 5 ribbed and 37 inches ID(The OD measurement will be 0.5 inches longer, so actual measure meant of the belt on the outside will be 37.69 inches in this case), try 39 or 40 inch belt.( So that'll put you at K050380 or K050390 belt part numbers) buy both, fit them on and return the one you don't use.

FIY, the belts also go up in 0.5 inch scale, so it is possible that you'll need K050385.

Thanks Dai Lo

[hellaslows13]

Here's a funny photo my buddy sent me after he saw the video of me driving bryan's hatch. Genuinely felt happy inside. Can't wait to get my car back on the road...

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[tricky_ab]

Oh and btw, your comment means alot. Your red zenki was one of my favorite growing up...


You hear that old man?! You're now washed up!

[OBEEWON]

You have really good taste man. Good read. Keep it up.

[Hatemy7]

Awesome stuff dude!!! GOOD LUCK with the build

[LaMaR-]

Great start so far, Ive looked at your thread 3 times in the last 2 days and cant get over the quality of the work youre doing. Well except the spray painted bay, but if it comes out as good as you claim then good on you. To each their own.

[hellaslows13]

You hear that old man?! You're now washed up!

:keke:

You have really good taste man. Good read. Keep it up.

Awesome stuff dude!!! GOOD LUCK with the build

Thanks guys!

Great start so far, Ive looked at your thread 3 times in the last 2 days and cant get over the quality of the work youre doing. Well except the spray painted bay, but if it comes out as good as you claim then good on you. To each their own.


This bothered me too.. I am not a big fan of spray paint. I feel a little overwhelmed with this build already as it is. I have a buddy who did his whole car with rustoleum (bryan's red hatch in the above post is painted with rustoleum :coolugh:) so it kind of convinced me that it's something I could live with. After seeing how it looked with the gloss black > matallic > clear coat I was convinced this will be sufficient for the mean time.

Also, I am NOT building a show car. If this was a show car then I would have definitely had the engine bay professionally done. This is a street car/drift car/mountain car. It will be drifted and possibly crashed. But this won't stop me from getting the engine bay professional painted down the line. I think for now my main goal is to get the car running and exterior looking 100 before anything else. If I had a truck and a flatbed then maybe I would have entertained getting the engine bay painted.

Thanks for reading!

[mikeyee]

Mike yee I miss your red car.. I still remember those days when you taught me how to drift, dirt dropping bangin the limiter in your 86 like it was yesterday.. Lets bring the old days back :hsdance::hsdance:

Let's race to see whose car gets finished. Then we can crash our cars into the mountains again!

[Oakville]

Favourite build on this site, super cool to see the progress all the way through. Keep up the good work brother

[Flip2Flow]

Awesome build man! Was a great read and i cant wait to do the same with my zenki.

[mastadon]

Really liking this build. I love that you went with an SR, I really think Nissan did right with the s chassis and the SR is the perfect motor for these cars. You seem to have a great vision for where this is going. You just need to stop crashing cars.

[cespana]

Fuck...superb job! I just recently received my S14 from japan. Its an 1996 Q's. That means that is a non turbo car. The reason about i took this its because the chasis was unmolested. Im planning to swap to a DET on January! Definitly i will follow some m of your steps! Greetings from Guatemala! 87356

Enviado desde mi HUAWEI MT7-L09 mediante Tapatalk

[gabefromcali]

Hell yes, sub'd!

[TMW]

this is the coolest build on zilvia right now. really enjoyed reading through so far.

do you have an instagram? edit: just clicked your sig lol

[CrimsonRockett]

If I wasn't so anal, I would've been driving my car by now.

Nothing wrong with a little rattle can in the engine bay. As long as it's done properly, you can get good results.

Long lasting, not really.

Still loving this car.

[dluevanos01]

Nothing wrong with a little rattle can in the engine bay. As long as it's done properly, you can get good results.

Long lasting, not really.

Still loving this car.

This. I regret doing mine with a rattle can. It looked great for about 8 months then not so good.

Great build though! Keep it up

[Zero-Offset]

luv dis so much. cant wait to see it run!

[hellaslows13]

Updates may be a bit slow...

I just picked up one of these things...
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I waste no time :) already picked up an m-tech ii body kit for it.

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Trying my best to squeeze in some time for my main squeeze...

In between work, girlfriend, life, and prepping to go back to school I have found very little time to work on the s14. It will be done in due time...

I appreciate everyone keeping up with my build. It seriously motivates me to get some more content and updates for you guys. I am seriously excited to start driving it again. Thanks for all the kind words, means alot.

[s13zack]

very good. Looking forward to updates.

[hellaslows13]

Finally found some time to work on this thing.

I ended up selling the blue e30 and picked up another one.


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Some crucial cleaning supplies
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Went to club drift. Brought my camera, but only took two photos lol
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My daily driver is up for sale... looking to pick up a 14 STI wagon
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What a great way to resume my build. package from FRSport. Already have an Apexi filter but had to order a Z32 version to work with my Z32 MAF. Bummer. Also purchased a new oil pickup since the previous owner of the motor drilled holes in the original one. Finally ordered those DMAX floor mats i’ve been wanting for years now.
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My favorite spot for lunch whenever I’m in Santa Cruz (Pono Hawaiian Grill). Love me some scallops. I’m a huge seafood guy.
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Jameson seems to be in
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You know you are getting old when you get excited about new tools. It was a tough decision for me to choose the Milwaukee impact vs the Snapon and Ingersoll Rand impacts, but I chose Milwaukee because of 5 year warranty and the line up of tools available for their batteries (which are not cheap). I really wanted to go with the IR, but it didn’t have an LED and also did not have many tools compatible with their batteries which ended up being a deal breaker. Looks like my recently purchased IR Air Impact will get little use…
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Why do I have two downpipes you ask? Well, I originally started off with the pbm flex cobra pipe. I read that it won’t work with tomei manifold setup since the tomei manifold moves the turbo back a bit, causing the downpipe to make contact somewhere in the tunnel. I found out that another guy running the same setup was able to make it work (camryonbronze). just in case it didn’t work, I picked up the circuit sports oval downpipe because it’s super low friendly, and kinda rare since it’s out of production. wouldnt mind just using it as garage decor lol.
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[hellaslows13]

Removing the oil pan so I can change out the oil pick up that is slightly dented and has holes drilled in it. I should have done it before I installed the trust oil pan but I didn’t really think it was a big deal. Someone pointed it out on my build thread on Zilvia and convinced me to go back and change it. Seriously was a PITA. This is one of those things you want to do once and forget about it.
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Oil pan finally removed. I think this took me a solid hour to remove. I kept trying different things to remove it. You can’t really use a flathead/chisel to pry it apart since the pan is aluminum and it just digs into the pan if you try and hammer anything into it. What I think worked for me was when I used a piece of woos 4x4 and hammered it in various areas of the pan until the gasket eventually gave. This was not fun at all.
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Oil pan is removed exposing the oil pickup that needs to be removed. First the cover needs to be removed. I believe there were (7) 10mm or 12mm bolts holding this cover on. Once the cover is removed you have access to the oil pickup, which is held on by 3 bolts.
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Oil pickup ready to be removed. It is slightly dented and has holes drilled in it by previous owner.
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This third bolt in the back holding the oil pickup was a PITA to remove. Good luck to any of you attempting this with chicken tender fingers.
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Oil pickup removed
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Old oil pickup vs new. Previous owner drilled holes in the oil pickup. In theory this would be better since it would pickup more oil, but is actually harmful since there is a higher chance of air being sucked up. It was also dented so I decided just to go back and change it. I should have done it the first time around… Also, don’t forget to order the gasket if you are changing this part. Part numbers are in the photo.
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Removing all of the old gasket before I seal the oil pan back up. The only effective method I found to removing black RTV gasket is a wire brush. Anyone have anything better?
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Oil pickup back in. God that third 10mm bolt in the back holding the oil pickup was a pain to get in. Not only did it not thread easily, but there is also little room in there to maneuver. Good luck to all of you with chicken tender fingers.
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permatex ultra black and the trust oil pan
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Oil pan sealed up. Hand tightened the bolts until the black gasket oozed a bit and waiting an hour before torqueing, per the instructions.
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Decided to ditch the Cusco solid motor mounts for the Nismo motor mounts. I originally wanted the Nismo motor mounts, but I scored a great deal on the cusco ones so I was like fuck it why not. Then I thought about how much lower the motor is going to sit, which is bad because I also have the trust oil pan which sits lower as well. I don’t feel like having to change an oil pan again so I decided to just order the Nismo motor mounts. The nismo ones make the engine sit higher and won’t rattle my teeth out compared to the solid Cusco mounts. I’m cool with that. Cusco mounts are for sale btw lol
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Nismo motor mounts installed. They are alot uglier than the Cusco. Oh well, not everything can be pretty lol.
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The dirty ass transmission covered in filth and red overspray from a maaco paint job. I’m going to waste a few hours of my life degreasing, cleaning, and painting it. No one will see this so who cares right? Wrong. I care. I’m painting it. It helps me sleep at night. Fuck off.
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This will receive some TLC later… plan on cleaning, greasing, and changing out the stock clutch pivot ball with a hardened nismo clutch pivot ball. Might as well right?
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Transmission degreased, and painted with some aluminum silver engine enamel paint. Not bad!
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YO!!! I need help. In this photo you can see that the power steering high pressure fitting is REALLY close to the turbo inlet silicone hose. I have this fitting in there for a Chasebays power steering cooler I am running. When I attach the high pressure line (90 degree fitting on the hose) I am making contact with the silicone hose on the turbo inlet. Do I have any other options besides relocating the power steering pump down to the AC pump position?
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[hellaslows13]

Decided to install my Walbro 255 fuel pump. The gas tank is located between the back seats and the trunk. Remove the carpet which will expose the cover held down by 4 10mm bolts that hold the gas tank cover in place. Once you remove the bolts, swing it out of the way.
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Remove the fuel lines. You’ll need nose pliers to move the clamps. Once the clamps are pulled back pull on the hoses or use the needle nose to help you pull the hoses off. They will be a little tough to remove if they have never been touched before. After the hoses are removed you need to take a piece of wood or chisel and hammer it against the edges of the circular ring counter-clock wise to remove it. Be very careful since the ring is plastic. It’s basically like removing a stubbon cap off a jar. It is on pretty tight so I doubt you will be able to twist it off with your hands.
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After removing the plastic ring, pull the cap off and get ready to get high off gasoline. You will now need to stick your hand inside (thats what she said) and pull up to remove the fuel pump bracket assembly.
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Walbro 255 LPH fuel pump vs OEM s14 fuel pump. My walbro fuel pump was previously used in an s13z i had to purchase another strainer, which is made for the s14. It is alot longer in size. Some people reuse the original fuel strainer, but I decided I didn’t want to do this install twice. Cheap insurance. Just change it.
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Prepping to wire up the Walbro harness to the Nissan one. Spliced the wires and fed some shrink wrap up the wires. Once you solder them together you want to pull the shrink wrap over and heat gun it. Make sure the shrink wrap isn’t too close to the exposed wire where you solder. The wire gets hot and could cause the shrink wrap to shrink before you want it to.
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Soldered the Walbro harness to the OEM Nissan Pump harness then shrink wrapped. Red to power, black to ground. The power wire has the little black rubber boot thing on it.
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Calling it a night because I can’t find the freaking rubber grommet (isolator) that holds the fuel pump to the metal fuel pump bracket. I am about to rip my hair out. I sent an email to Walbro, hopefully they sell those rubber isolators seperately. I can’t find it anywhere. Would anyone happen to have a spare one for S14?
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Forgot I had these laying around so I decided to mount them up in the engine bay. Left is the Chasebays power steering reservoir with all of the lines attached to it. This will be used with my power steering cooler. I also mounted the Chasebays coolant over flow tank in the bottom right hand corner. I really liked the look of the aluminum one made by circuit sports, but I ended up hammering my wheel well for more clearance and now nothing fits in the area above where I hammered. I can’t even fit the OEM coolant over flow tank. Oh well. The chasebays one will suffice.
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P.S. IF ANYONE HAS A SPARE S14 WALBRO 255 FUEL PUMP ISOLATOR RUBBER GROMMET THING PLEASE LET ME KNOW. I WILL BUY IT OFF YOU. Or if you know where to get one LMK please. I can't install my pump back into the tank without this thing. The one I have looks like it is for s13.

[tricky_ab]

Good on you for replacing that oil pickup. Trust me when I say it's worth it in the long run!

[Tempo]

Beautiful build dude, loving the choice parts, attention to detail and the photo documentation looks great! - by the way, what camera are you using for this build?

[sfljdmej2]

awesome build! i dont usually post but i felt i had to praise you for how great your car is coming along.

[vJilly]

Also, you may have new pads and discs at the back, but S14 handbrakes are notoriously bad! I had a hydraulic handbrake in my last S14 which wasn't too bad with standard rear brakes, though if you want a real good lock up your best bet is to go Z32 :)

off topic but ive heard everyone say this and my kouki's old e brake was fucking butter. one flick of the wrist and that sombitch locked up 245's on 10.5's lol

OP great build. looking forward to seeing the end product and I love how you included the 'i dont know a fucking thing about cars but im gonna do shit anyway' phase im sure we've all gone through. haha.

[dorkjoey240]

hellaslows13- nice build mang I love 326 coils.

[R_Rod_s13]

sub'd.....

[s13zack]

subbed. Hows that impact treating you? Need to pick one up myself.

[hellaslows13]

Good on you for replacing that oil pickup. Trust me when I say it's worth it in the long run!

Thanks! I hope so!

Beautiful build dude, loving the choice parts, attention to detail and the photo documentation looks great! - by the way, what camera are you using for this build?

Thank you! I appreciate it.

I am shooting everything with my Fuji X100

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awesome build! i dont usually post but i felt i had to praise you for how great your car is coming along.

Thank you!

off topic but ive heard everyone say this and my kouki's old e brake was fucking butter. one flick of the wrist and that sombitch locked up 245's on 10.5's lol

OP great build. looking forward to seeing the end product and I love how you included the 'i dont know a fucking thing about cars but im gonna do shit anyway' phase im sure we've all gone through. haha.

Not sure what's going on with my ebrake. Need to look into it. Will definitely be upgrading to a z32 or wilwood setup in the rear once I get the car running.

hellaslows13- nice build mang I love 326 coils.

Me too, too bad I don't know how they ride yet.

subbed. Hows that impact treating you? Need to pick one up myself.

Thanks! Impact is working fine! Couldn't be happier.

[nujabe]

mmm throughly enjoyed reading this build thread good stuff dude, reminds me of my build such quality and time put in.

[Mofuhcka]

Any updates ?

[hellaslows13]

Any updates ?

Sorry for the lack of updates. I attended a 3 month coding bootcamp which was super intense and left me with zero time to work on the 14. I just recently graduated and am currently looking for a job. Once I land one, the updates should be coming in consistently. Thanks for checking in. Can't wait to get my hands dirty again :hsdance:

[BoostyMcZface]

Love the build! You've learned a lot, and I really appreciate the time you've taken to document and show everyone exactly what's happening, I've learned a ton.. Thanks man! In for updates. Good luck landing a sweet job

[DIENOW]

Subbed because of awesome car and Lord Quas!

[warningx]

Just read this whole thing! Looks awesome! Land that job and get to to work! I'll be posting up a build thread as soon as I get somewhere with my engine! Definitely subbing to this!

[SoundEfx]

Good luck with your job hunt.

Now hurry up and land that six figure position so that you can get back to the build.

[hellaslows13]

Love the build! You've learned a lot, and I really appreciate the time you've taken to document and show everyone exactly what's happening, I've learned a ton.. Thanks man! In for updates. Good luck landing a sweet job

Thank you! I have learned alot through the years but there's still much to learn.

Subbed because of awesome car and Lord Quas!

Thank you! Real recognize real :coolugh:

Just read this whole thing! Looks awesome! Land that job and get to to work! I'll be posting up a build thread as soon as I get somewhere with my engine! Definitely subbing to this!

Thank you! You guys are keeping me motivated to finish this.

Good luck with your job hunt.

Now hurry up and land that six figure position so that you can get back to the build.

:coolugh: Thats the plan! Thank you! Will be seeing some updates from me soon.

Here is a tiny update. Picked up this complete Akebono big brake kit with 2 piece rotors! Going to need to also upgrade my version 1 rear drop knuckle from Parts shop max to their ver2 knuckle which support drum brakes. The current knuckle I have is only for wilwood caliper. I can’t wait to get these on the car. Purchased these off crimsonrocket! Photos were taken from his for sale thread.

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[hellaslows13]

Here is an update that should have been posted the day before I left for coding bootcamp.

I road tripped to Washington to visit Danny (some of you may know him as pwrmves) to hang out with him and pick up some parts he was getting rid of. I came with the intention of only purchasing the hood, but also left with some shiny rims. Thanks Danny :). Also loved seeing his 326 s14 in person. Can't wait to get mine going...

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[Lil_D]

tfti to washington. also finish your car im waiting for you

[hellaslows13]

I'm finally back. Updates coming your way...

First things first I started by installing the ATI super damper pulley I had sitting in the box for days now...

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My buddy angel came over to chill and watch me work. Thanks for handling the camera Angel!

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Got the damper on. Not too bad...

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Also got the Taarks power steering relocation bracket. I had clearance issues with my turbo and the power steering fitting (see previous posts) so I just decided to relocate
the power steering to where my AC used to be since I am not running AC (removed it to make space for the parts shop max high mount intercooler).

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Hey look, I found more parts still in the box. Decided to test fit the GKtech fan blade. It looks alot cleaner and is also more efficient (supposedly).

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[hellaslows13]

Today is the big day... finally dropping the SR into my car. Huge thanks to another one of my buddies Justin who spent his Sunday giving me a hand dropping the motor into the car.
Honestly would have took me 2x the time if tackled the task on my own. Super thankful to have friends who are down to lend a hand.

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Not looking forward to putting my interior back together... everything is EVERYWHERE!!! I can't remember where anything goes either...

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Before dropping the motor in, I decided I wanted to bolt down my power steering cooler.

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I have no idea what I'm doing. (obviously, I should have been using a torque wrench)

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My buddy justin like "wtf wheres the engine at?"

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She's ready to go

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So purdy

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Another view

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Drop it like its hot :snoop:

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Aaaaaaaaaannnnddddd shes in.

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[hellaslows13]

Justin's FRS looking cool with the new wheel setup

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Tried moving the power steering reservoir to a different spot since the hose was too short and did not reach the pump from the spot on the strut tower

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Got the hoses bolted up to the power steering pump

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Heater core hoses are longer for the KA. You will need to trim them to get them to fit on the SR20

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Installing the GKTech throttle wheel

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My stock CAS cover is all dirty and ugly, so I replaced it with an aluminum one

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Mocking up the piping for the parts shop max high mount intercooler

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My car is filthy... one year of sitting will do that.

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[hellaslows13]

Finally got around to unboxing this. The motor came with an Apexi Power Intake but it didn’t fit on my Z32 maf so I had to order this kit.

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Got the Parts Shop Max Flex Cobra downpipe bolted to the turbo. This thing is quality!

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Starting to get the electronics hooked up

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Trying to make something of these Japanese instructions

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Stock oil pressure sensor vs New Blitz oil pressure sensor

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Bolted up the clutch slave cylinder to the transmission with some new hardware

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Got this cool new Advan Racing jumpsuit
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Throttle cable doesn’t hook up directly to the mount on the SR20det. Gotta fab up something...

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Had to cut up some washers to hold the throttle cable in place. The mounting point is different than on the KA24de motor

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Throttle cable installed snug. Gktech throttle wheel looking nice too!

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[RalliartRsX]

I love this build!

I also did the same exact thing when I had to bolt up my throttle cable (section a few washers) :)

[hellaslows13]

Some Redline MT-90 for the transmission. Roughly 3 quarts I believe.

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Mail from Chasebays

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Had to order this overpriced braided hose from Chasebays since the one that came with my swap was way to short after I relocated the power steering pump

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Power Steering hose installed

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Mail from Summit Racing

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Braided fuel hose cut with AN fittings installed. Ready to connect up to the FPR and fuel rail. You’ll never guess how I had this hose cut (thanks pops)

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Fuel pressure hose installed onto the fuel rail

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Been waiting forever to drop this new dipstick in...

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New dipstick looking sweet

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Some friends came over to give me a hand! Yall might know these dudes @lild415 @roushman90

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ooOOooo shiny

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Tomei FPR installed

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About to unbox this brand new Koyo Radiator

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I love new parts

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[franklin93zx]

Great choice on the Blitz Meters!

[hellaslows13]

Finally got the radiator bolted up and stuff

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Much cooling

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Filling her up water wetter and distilled water

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More cool parts

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More sleeping forest friends came over to chill and give me a hand

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Removed this box thingy used for HVAC to run my wires from my engine bay through the firewall into the cabin. I believe this is the condenser for the air conditioning, which I no longer have.

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Removed the cooler and wiped down the plastics

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Gutted. Wires will be ran through the holes and firewall.

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Love getting packages in the mail

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Fan shroud and Mishimoto coupler arrived

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Fan shroud installed. Might lay some paint on this down the line to match the valve cover (black w/ metallic flake)

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The box cutter is mightier than the sword

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That's quite a box

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Lmao

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This packaging is next level

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Bride tuning pads

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The dynamic duo

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GKtech oil catch can

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Got the mishimoto coupler w/ bung installed

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Gktech oil catch can and apexi power intake filter installed

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Can't wait to get the valve cover painted

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Burpin the radiator with Derek

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Ugly duckling

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Another motor shot

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Tomei...

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Throwing some shade

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[Heywood Jablomie]

This is good stuff man. Post burnout vids.

[tricky_ab]

Dang, so that's where those seats ended up HAHA! I love this build my man!

[hellaslows13]

This is good stuff man. Post burnout vids.

Thanks man!

Dang, so that's where those seats ended up HAHA! I love this build my man!

;) Got one more on the way. Thanks dude.

[tuzzio]

Awesome build thread. Very in depth, and the quality of pictures helps

[2muchboost]

Hey bud maybe I missed it but are those Charge Speed fenders in the rear?

[Mofuhcka]

The quality of parts and the attention to detail is on point. Hold it down for the bay.

[hellaslows13]

Awesome build thread. Very in depth, and the quality of pictures helps

Thanks! I appreciate it

Hey bud maybe I missed it but are those Charge Speed fenders in the rear?

Yezzir

The quality of parts and the attention to detail is on point. Hold it down for the bay.

Thanks man! Gotta show people that the Bay Area can bring the heat too ;)

I have been doing small things here and there and will post another update soon. I am currently waiting to get a tune so I can drive the car around a bit. There is still alot of work to do. I also picked up a new daily driver (2011 STI) which I will also be modding so the updates many not be as frequently as I'd like. Thanks to everyone who still reads this shit. Will update soon.


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[Modified Ryan]

Just read the whole build in one sitting, very very clean. The attention to detail is amazing, I have always wanted to do a build of this caliber. Maybe someday, house first then when I have my own garage I can hopefully have a build like this. Keep up the good work.

[denian_cellphone]

Subscribed!

Once I'm all done with school, I'm hoping to have an SR build of this quality. I pretty much finished my suspension, interior, and exterior so next up is an SR!

Keep up the awesome work, and can't wait for more updates!

[norvensupreme]

One of my favorite Zenki build thread! Hoping you can post a video of the car running! I also watched your videos in youtube :) I am a big fan from the Philippines :keke:

[KevinEdgar]

Bruh, enlighten everybody on how the tune went and how the motor runs now. You haven't even told me.

[stupidadult]

Awesome build thread - can't wait to see some vids of you tear'n it up. :2f2f:

[hellaslows13]

Been really busy lately. Appreciate everyone still keepin tabs. Got the car tuned finally. Went on vacation to Tahoe and then New York. Came back and sold my Akebono big brake kit since shit wasn't fitting. Picked up new brake kit. Will post some updates soon... hang tight.

[hellaslows13]

Finally found some time to update this...

Lots of things have been going on.

Visited new york for the first time..

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Went hiking and stuff
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Started messing around with the subaru
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Got some yashio factory coils for the subaru
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[hellaslows13]

Lowered the subaru
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Upgraded the brakes on the subaru
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Resumed working on the s14...

Got the C's shifter out and the Uras shifter in. Decided to ditch the C's Short shifter for a URAS long throw shifter. I prefer the longer sloppier throw. The C's was too precise and notchy... ended up miss shifting alot because I suck at driving.
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Got a dash mat...
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The blue to black interior swap was not a fun one for me. Could not find someone who had an entire black interior to sell me so I had to piece them one by one...
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Getting rid of the old and battered plastic door handles
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Tackling the wiring for the JDM power folding mirrors... I always loved how all the luxery cars had power folding mirrors so I had to have it on my s14. Also cooler with the mirror covers 8)
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Justin came over to give me a lesson in fiberglassing. I got the 326 front shipped to me cut in half so this needed to be reassembled
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[hellaslows13]

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Nothing like new old Japanese stock to hit you in the feels
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TUNE DAY. There wasn't any other photos from this day since it was super hectic. You can find videos on my blog/instagram. I ended up making 310whp at 17psi with 91 pump gas. Also had the 19" schwerts in the back. Shoutout to my uncle for letting me borrow his Tundra!
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Finally getting rid of the dinky stock brakes
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Got the Akebono kit installed... BUT, I didn't end up keeping them. The calipers were INSANELY huge and ended up not fitting any of my wheels (work equips, work schwert sc2s). I was having issues with the outside of the caliper hitting the barrel of the wheels. Was able to sell them for what I paid and picked up some brembos off an 04 STI
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Scored a sweet deal on a nismo clutch slave cylinder. It was a bummer the slave cylinder I had in the car was brand new, but the exeedy stage 2 clutch is alot more manageble with this slave cylinder. Shoutout to alonroz for hooking me up.
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Brembo's going in. Decided to go with centric blanks for the time being to make sure this combo worked. Finally was also able to source brackets from madparts.net
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You have no idea how much I spent on hardware for this build so far...
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To be continued...

[hellaslows13]

And for my computer geeks... I also just built a new gaming computer.

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You can find the full build here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/alberthuynhphoto/albums/72157678202991065

[1988montecarloss]

love the look of all the pictures in this, what do you use for a camera?

[hellaslows13]

love the look of all the pictures in this, what do you use for a camera?

Thanks! A majority (95%) of these photos are shot with a Fujifilm X100.

[Malik]

city of god is a good movie

[mad-ass]

brake calipers upside down/wrong side. bleed valves should be on top side.

[RB25GUY]

So legit man really dope, keep it up!!!

[tougefactory]

Great build man! Like stated before, the attention to detail is there, no doubt!

Hit us up, if you need any parts for the build. We have plenty of in stock items, along with a wide selection of OE parts, as I can tell you like them very much. Who doesn't though! haha

TF-WORKS

[tricky_ab]

Glad to see this update my man! Keep it up!

[JIMB0]

its always nice to see an update from a great build!

[hellaslows13]

love the look of all the pictures in this, what do you use for a camera?

About 95% of these photos are shot with my Fuijfilm X100! The other 5% would be with my Canon 5dmki/mkii and my iPhone 6/7.

city of god is a good movie

Agree! Awesome movie! Makes a good wallpaper :coolugh:

brake calipers upside down/wrong side. bleed valves should be on top side.

Ahh! Good catch man! Just fixed this! Was wondering why there was still air after bleeding! This is why I love posting my build on Zilvia!

So legit man really dope, keep it up!!!

Great build man! Like stated before, the attention to detail is there, no doubt!

Hit us up, if you need any parts for the build. We have plenty of in stock items, along with a wide selection of OE parts, as I can tell you like them very much. Who doesn't though! haha

TF-WORKS

Glad to see this update my man! Keep it up!

its always nice to see an update from a great build!

Thanks yall! Appreciate the kind words! :2f2f:

[RHDTWRP]

Damn sick built. Keep it up

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[idlebad]

Just read through the entire build. Love your work and part selection. Thanks for sharing!

[Austinx_DKC]

this build is quality. I dig! I need to come work for whoever you work for though, god damn!

[Malik]

nice work so far, keep it up

[justchrisyo]

Should've sub'd a long time ago. Been following this heavily for a while!!!

[MaxfromVA]

Hey many love your Zenki and subaru! keep it up

[EnvisionMore]

Please tell me those wire nuts were temporary. Looking good though!

[hellaslows13]

Damn sick built. Keep it up

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Just read through the entire build. Love your work and part selection. Thanks for sharing!

this build is quality. I dig! I need to come work for whoever you work for though, god damn!

nice work so far, keep it up

Should've sub'd a long time ago. Been following this heavily for a while!!!

Hey many love your Zenki and subaru! keep it up

Thank you all for the kind words!

Please tell me those wire nuts were temporary. Looking good though!

Yes! I used the wire nuts to keep the wires in place while I was testing. I always solder and heat shrink any wiring that I do. I make sure to always test things are functioning by twisting with wire nuts before making anything permanent.

I haven't been wrenching on the car lately. Been busy with work and life, and also the weather is ugly here in California (It's below 50 and raining :keke:) so I haven't had much motivation to be in the garage. Hoping the sun shows itself a little more so I can get some more updates for yall.

[I<3BEWBZ]

Might be my favourite build on zilvia. Keep it up dude :)

[Arteeste]

Love this thread. I know you've been shooting with the Fuji X100 cam, my question is, is that how the pictures come out naturally, or a different lens or editing is being used ?

[williamjbrown93]

Loving the build so far, its got me contemplating an sr swap..

[Mofuhcka]

Still love the build, ps thanks for the Spotify playlist!! Super homesick here in the south lol

[Supraman127]

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City of God? lol

[rawgarage]

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City of God? lol



Yep love that movie!

[hellaslows13]

Might be my favourite build on zilvia. Keep it up dude :)

Loving the build so far, its got me contemplating an sr swap..

Thanks yall! Appreciate it!

Love this thread. I know you've been shooting with the Fuji X100 cam, my question is, is that how the pictures come out naturally, or a different lens or editing is being used ?

Thank you! X100 has a fixed lens. I am using VSCO filters in post process specifically profiled for the Fuji.

Still love the build, ps thanks for the Spotify playlist!! Super homesick here in the south lol

Thanks homie! I'm glad you like that playlist. I spent alot of time on the computer at work so I enjoy curating different playlists on spotify.

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City of God? lol

Yeap! Awesome movie and even more awesome wallpaper.

Hoping to have some updates soon... weather hasn't been the best. Car is almost ready to be driven on the street legally... hoping to put some miles on the car and get some finer tuning done in the suspension. Paint and body work will be coming spring time. Hang tight! Thanks for all the love.

[hellaslows13]

Huge update... been super busy with life and work... here's what I've been up to.

Tahoe
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Busted through a brand new Z axle... axles are way too extended with the maverick motorsports adapters. Need to get the getnuts/villiansdrift 350z axle stubs before I can run another pair of 350z axles...
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Started tackling the new rear brake setup. Z32 rear rotors, new R33 cables, Project Mu drum shoes, and rear brembos calipers.
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Cutting up the z32 dust shield
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Cleaning and degreasing... I like all my parts as clean as possible :)
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R33 cables needed slight modification. Had to shave off the mounting brackets since they won't work on the s14 (s14 has different ebrake cable mounting location)
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All cleaned up and degreased
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[hellaslows13]

Bolted down the R33 cables to the chassis
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Laid down some flat black over the Z32 dust shields. They look so much nicer now :)
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Since I had these laying out, I thought I'd get a photo of the difference in axle lengths of the Z33 350z axles for anyone who was curious how long they were.
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Installed the Z32 dust shields after painting them. Continued to install the drum assembly. This was my first time ever installing drums on an s14. I was a bit nervous at first due to all of the pieces needed, but it wasn't too bad after I watched a few videos on youtube.

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Decided to throw on the stock drum shoes to make sure everything was working properly. I took extra photos for anyone who may be tackling this install and wanted to see what it looked like assembled for reference.
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Some new stoptech stainless steel braided lines for the brembo calipers
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Everything all bolted up!
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Decided to take a break and give my buddy a visit and pick up the PMU drum shoes he had for me. His FD is killer. Probably my favorite. Some of you might know him on this forum as Farkel (grandmighty.com)
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His awesome dog Blu
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[hellaslows13]

Played a little fetch with my dog Chance
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Resumed more rear brake work. Installing Project Mu Drum shoes. Excited to do more ebrake while drifting since I never had a working ebrake in my life.
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The hypebeast inside me loves that PMU teal blue (can't lie)
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Got the pads in... scuffed some of the blue paint in the process and cried a bit but it's ok
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Made a spontaneous road trip to Oregon with my girlfriend
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Completely failed to see Crater Lake. Also died in doing so. (long story)
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At least I got some cool nature photos
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After being on the road for 14 hours we were greeted with warm food by our awesome friends in Portland, Oregon.
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Visited some falling water
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At some good food... it was a nice weekend
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[hellaslows13]

Got my Advan T6's back and decided to see what they would look like with my current look
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Quite pleased... just need paint :-/
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Decided to give the audio department a little upgrade. Not too happy with the slim subwoofer but it should suffice for now. Eventually, want to get a nice custom enclosure done in the trunk.
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Wiring the double din Sony headunit. Got some new wiring tools. I love getting new tools :)
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Been neglecting to get the exhaust done so I figured i'd start but making room on the bumper for those ganador tips I got a few years back.
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Bumper needs widening to fit both tips. Time to cut. I can feel my skin itching as I type this (from the fiberglass)
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Got the tips fitted. Just needed the hole big enough to get the exhaust mocked and created at the exhaust shop. Will reglass the area later on.
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Really diggin these tips!
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Always loved the suede/alcantara shift boot I had in my last s14 from redlinegoods so I definitely wanted to carry that out in this build. A bit sad I couldn't find a used shift trim bezel so I had to cash out for a new one :-/
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Removing these little lock things are a pain because the plastic nipples are so thin and brittle.. I ended up breaking a few. BE CAREFUL WHEN ATTEMPTING THIS.
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Have some super glue handy. It was helpful in repairing any of the broken plastic. Isn't amazing, but it works.
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I am just not good enough with fragile plastic pieces.
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Shift boot ended up being too long. I had to cut and sew for the first time. It wasn't too hard but I didn't have any crazy technique so the stitch job I did looks a bit amateur. It works and it won't be that visible so I can live with this
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Honestly, not too shabby for my first time sewing. I should have paid attention to my mom when she was sewing shit.
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[hellaslows13]

Got bored with the daily so I decided to "Stage 2" it.
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Install went relatively smooth. Car makes cool turbo noises now. Tuned with a cobb accessport. Not an amazing tune, but will do for now. Have plans for headers, injectors, and e85 later down the line. Currently more focused on getting the suspension dialed.
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Can't focus on one area of the car. Wanted to get the interior back together so I decided to do more work in the stereo department. Got the sub wired and mounted. It will be located under the passenger seat. It was a tight squeeze under my Bride Gardis bucket seat.
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Attempting to wire in the JDM HVAC
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So. Many. Wires.
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Got tired and didn't get to finish the wiring for the JDM HVAC. Will need to revisit it in the future. Decided to go to a drift event so now I had a deadline to get the car semi complete.
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My custom floormats arrived from Cocomats. I could not be happier :). They are amazing quality and so much beefier than the DMAX checkered mats I previously had.
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I did like the DMAX mats... but they were so common I didn't feel too crazy about them.
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Also picked up welding! Me and Eric (Farkel) did a hands on welding lesson with a friend.
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Ended up picking up a cheap Flux Core HF welded to try and modify an R32 passenger bride seat rail I had. It needed modification on one of the mounting holes. I welded a longer steel plate to the rail. Not too shabby for my first time welding! I love it.
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Overall, I was very happy with the outcome. Eyeballed the hole and drilled. Then painted the rail with black paint and clear coated. Ended up bolting up perfectly! I can't wait to pickup a mig welded and practice so I can start fabbing my own things. Welding is seriously fun as hell.
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[hellaslows13]

Somehow ended up picking up a Kaaz 2 way with a 4.3 in it. It got stranded in LA on the way over from Chicago via greyhound because it leaked gear oil... :picardfp: The drive from the Bay to LA was about 7hours. I spent my entire Saturday driving to and from LA... it was not a fun day... Sometimes I think of all the crazy shit I've done for this car and wonder... was it worth it?
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Stopped by this awesome Udon spot in DTLA before heading back home to the Bay
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Resumed the stereo work. Installing the Infinity component speakers up front along with the tweeters. I didn't end up installing the crossovers because I got too lazy. Will revisit this later when I dynamat the doors.
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Ya boy icedsole pwrmves stopped by in the bay. Took him around SF. Was a good time. Dude is doing some fly ass fashion shit if yall didn't know. His car is still in the works for some dope shit. Keep ya eyes peeled.
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Dolores park, SF
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Lands End, SF
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Ocean beach, SF
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Pete Wilsons awesome GDB impreza
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Sunset over the sunset district, SF
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[hellaslows13]

The diff made it safely back home. Since it came from Chicago the diff casing was caking in rust. Literally like 4mm thick of rust. It bothered me alot for some reason so I decided to spend 2 afternoons cleaning and painting it. I work slow and get interrupted alot.
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Finally got most of the rust off. Laid down some rust treatment before painting.
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Couldn't get all of it all with my wire brush...
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Got the diff painted... ready to fill.
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Fresh oil change before the drift event.
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Andre (SFPaero) came over to give me a hand with some fiberglass work. He is a beast!
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Not finished... but getting there. Andre killing it! Learned how to do some of it myself.
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Can't wait till it's finished and painted! Super exciting to see my exhaust fitting up nicely with the rear bumper since it's been wrecked for so long
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Got some TE37SL's and carbon ganadors for the daily...
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[hellaslows13]

Got some engine dress up goodies. Yashio factory oil cap, torque damper, and Nagisa shakitto plates.
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Borrowed my uncles Toyota tundra for the event and thought the brakes felt weird. Checked them out and also fainted from what I discovered. I almost towed 3 hours without brakes... spent the last few hours I had left before the event changing the brakes. Literally only got 2 hours of sleep before the event...
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Got the 14 loaded up before the event...
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Bryans hatch on the way up to Thunderhill Raceway
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Butterflies... I haven't drifted in 3 years...
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Ended up backing my car into the kwall after repairing the bumper and getting new exhaust made. Mangled my ganador tips :picardfp:
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Loaded up after a long day. Even though I crashed, it was all worth it. Rebuild and destroy! Car ended up driving solid! Just need sticker tires up front. Can't wait to try some Advan Neovas up front for the next event
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It was fun drifting with all the ogs (wolfreign)
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Till next time! Might be awhile till my next update. Working on body work and paint. Hopefully will have some good updates next time for yall...

[Malik]

enjoying this thread. thanks

[CamryOnBronze]

Excellent update sir- car looks really nice! Going to be killer when it is painted.

I spy a wild Garrett in those photos...

[tricky_ab]

Nice to see you're enjoying it out on the track! The crash sucks, but you're keeping positive vibes so it's all good!

I need to be less lazy and update the sound in my car as well...


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[Will.]

Awesome thread mate, car looks amazing same with the shots!

i'll be travelling up to the states next week to visit and attend EDC LV!

[hellaslows13]

enjoying this thread. thanks

Thank you! It took me quite awhile to take the photos, upload, and post so I am glad someone is enjoying my work!

Excellent update sir- car looks really nice! Going to be killer when it is painted.

I spy a wild Garrett in those photos...

Thanks Damon, I appreciate that a lot! Hoping to get paint done around September. Life has been hectic so it isn't a priority right now. Love seeing the progress on your car on instagram. Get those TE's back please :2f2f:

Daniel and Garrett were in the bay not too long ago so I played tourist with them :)

Nice to see you're enjoying it out on the track! The crash sucks, but you're keeping positive vibes so it's all good!

I need to be less lazy and update the sound in my car as well...


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I had a blast! Hoping to do another one before I start doing body work. Crashing sucks, but it's all worth it when you are having fun. Positive vibes, ALWAYS!

Awesome thread mate, car looks amazing same with the shots!

i'll be travelling up to the states next week to visit and attend EDC LV!

Thank you so much. Have fun at EDCLV and be safe. I remember my first time doing EDC when it was in Los Angeles :naughty: God I am getting old...

Here are some shit photos of my interior... I will upload some nicer photos once my custom HVAC is finished by Toby Broadfield :2f2f:

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[Arteeste]

Round of applause. Very tasteful build thread, always impressed

[coBBz]

I think I saw this car on 880 without a front bumper a few weeks ago lol. Clean car in pictures and in person, keep it up!

[koukizhang]

One of my favorite builds, can't wait to see this thing finished !

[hellaslows13]

There has been literally no progress on the car except that I finally got my HVAC back from Broadfield. Here is how they look.

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Did get some things done on the subaru though...

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Spent my summer focusing on work and did a bit of traveling. Hoping to get some solid work done on the car during the winter time. Basically focusing on body work and paint. Hope to update yall with some good shit soon.

[Flip2Flow]

That interior is looking perfect! Damn!

[socalbmxr06]

Wow. S14 is really coming along! Great job.


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[CamryOnBronze]

Very good stuff as always.

[towlie]

paint ittt

[I<3Zenkis]

Awesome build! The attention to detail and who doesn’t love pic heavy build threads. Keep up the good work I’ll be keeping an eye on this build.

[hellaslows13]

I apologize... I've been really slacking on the s14. Been super wrapped up in other aspects of life. Picked up film photography again. Here are some random shots of the current state of the car. I will been making some more progress this summer... stay tuned! All of these were shot with a Contax T2 with a roll of Kodak Portra 400.

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Some other random shots

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[s13zack]

best thread on zilvia

[DJTTon]

what exhaust manifold is that? is it a OE bottom-mount turbo replacement?

[1on1]

IIRC, it's a Tomei Expreme manifold paired with a M7960 or M8270.

[hellaslows13]

IIRC, it's a Tomei Expreme manifold paired with a M7960 or M8270.

Correct. It's a tomei manifold with a M7960.

Here's a video of it during my tune

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Another another of me reparking it

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Apologize for the lack of updates. Picked up a new toy and have been messing with it quite a bit. Should be resuming work on the s14 in the upcoming months. Here's a few shots of my new daily :mephfawk:

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[jumpman2334]

TEs make everything look good. #changemymind

[sr vegas 240]

Nice build. How is the fitment with the chase bays power steering lines and the taarks relocation set up? Are the lines long enough?

[hellaslows13]

One year later... Finally some updates for yall...

Decided that I didn't have the time or means to complete the body work so I took it to one of the best dudes in the biz, Kyle @ proshopnoble. He is currently helping me with my build and taking care of the body work and tying up some loose ends. Once it's all done it will be off for paint and I will share those photos once the car is back in my hands.

Half way to LA from the bay my trailer decided to get a flat so I had to pull over and throw the spare on
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Finally arrived to Kyles shop and dropped off the car and chatted for a bit. Was dope finally meeting him and seeing his s13 in person.
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Some progress photos from Kyle...

Here he is starting to work on the car and is cleaning up the rear arches with some paint and seam sealer
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Making some more progress here.. starting to fit the kit in prep for some fiberglass work. He remounted the rear chargespeed overs since the way I had them mounted with rivnuts wasn't that great. He got them to fit better and secured them down with better rivets that fit flusher. Now the rears are mounted more securely and are lined up better with the OEM body lines. He also was able to fill the antenna hole which I am stoked about!
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Stock hood back on since I am not sure yet if I want to run the aeromaster hood. The hood is in rough shape and needs lots of repair work. I may or may not have it done in this iteration... we'll see. I do still plan on keeping it around
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Rear bumper reglassed into one piece. The wingless trunk donated by lowborghini (THANK YOU) is mounted and ready for some work. (removal of third brake light). He is currently working on fitting and mounting my GP sports 3 piece wing (as it sits a bit too high due to the edge pieces being mounted on top of the overfenders)
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So far I am very impressed with Kyle's attention to detail and am very happy my car is in his hands.

[hellaslows13]

All the windows pulled in preparation for paint

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Car ready to get loaded onto the trailer headed off to paint

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3pc gp sports wing modified and painted. Kyle had to shave the bottom side of the side pieces so that they sit flush with the trunk piece. Talk about attention to detail!

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Kyle mocking up the tips. I found some random square tips on ebay after blowing up my last ganador setup. Had trouble locating another set of ganador tips so I decided to go with something more cost effective for the mean time. I had him do the whole exhaust custom with a resonator and muffler as I didn't want the car straight piped. I plan on driving the car on the street and wanted it more OEM+ sounding

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Exhaust turned out fuckin sweet and sounds awesome! Will post a sound clip in the next post

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[hellaslows13]

Here's a terrible video of my car (aka a shitty screen recording of my ig story)

Sorry, hope this suffices for now

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[hellaslows13]

Forgot the life updates...

lifes been a wild ride... broke up with my girlfriend of 8 years.. works been crazy.. trying to find myself still... not even sure if i still care for this car. will try my best to post random updates of it if i dont even up selling it

Some highlights since my last life update

Went on a fuck ton of trips in the hyphy 4runner

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Joshua Tree National Park

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[hellaslows13]

Almost dying doing an illegal hike in Hawaii during a thunderstorm...

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Pillbox Hike in HI

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Rented a jeep... that was fun

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[hellaslows13]

The day I got my 4runner (first new car I ever purchased)
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Jumped off a cliff for the first time
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Yosemite
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Big Sur
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Morechella

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My brain that whole weekend

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“Lookin’ at my dreams, and who I wanna be
I guess you gotta see it to believe
Oh, I been a fool, but that’s cool, that’s what human beings do
Keep your eyes to the sky, never glued to your shoes”
-Mac
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[gabefromcali]

Yooo glad to see some updates! Been following this thread for some years. Bummer on the gf and lack of car hype but shit happens. Looks like you’ve been enjoying life though! That edge of the world Yosemite photo makes my hands all clammy.

[hellaslows13]

Yooo glad to see some updates! Been following this thread for some years. Bummer on the gf and lack of car hype but shit happens. Looks like you’ve been enjoying life though! That edge of the world Yosemite photo makes my hands all clammy.

Thank you sir! I appreciate your time :)


And here are some drive way photos from my iPhone.. promise i'll have some cooler photos once I pull her out the driveway

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[CamryOnBronze]

Car looks super nice sir. Awesome photos of beautiful places. Jealous of all the traveling! Keep up the good work.

[KevinEdgar]

I'm waiting for the 2 page magazine feature :naughtyd:

I'm buying 2 fuckin copies

[spitfiredc7]

Man this was an awesome read. Really enjoy the photo documentation to back it all up.

[gabefromcali]

Its looks real good man. Congrats

[kOOpA]

m a s t a p i e c e

[OBEEWON]

Enjoy life doggy.
4Runner is tough.
Car looks amazing.
Photography on point.

[hellaslows13]

Appreciate all the love. Hope everyone out there is staying safe and healthy and hope you all had some time in the garage and with loved ones.

I have been super unmotivated lately as I have been super busy with other projects and life goals but today I decided that I wanted to finally get my valve cover redone

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Thank god this is the only latex that has ever ripped on me...
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Finally got it off.. was quite easy as half of my cover studs were missing... surprised it didnt even leak on me with it only being held on by 7 studs/nuts
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This valve cover has seen better days. I have a buddy who owns a powder coating business so I thought now would be a cool time to show him some love
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Can't wait to see the engine bay with a nicer valve cover. Gonna replace all the gaskets and hardware once it is back from powder coating... stay tuned...
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[hellaslows13]

Finally got the valve cover over to my boy Lamars shop for powder coating! Love how it turned out. If you are in NorCal and need coating done hit up Prestige Metal Coatings! Lamar will take care of you. On mamas

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[hellaslows13]

Had some time to throw on the freshly coated rocker cover w/ all new gaskets and mazworx hardware. Loving the way my engine bay looks. Need to get a few more items dressed up but im happy with it currently.

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[gabefromcali]

Yooooo 🔥🔥🔥

[97nismo]

Nice pinktop sr

[hellaslows13]

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[hellaslows13]

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[IIIXziuR]

Those are some fine look slabs. Very nice, fella.

[gabefromcali]

Shit hard breh

[SupaDoopa]

Minus the tails [sorry, I just cannot vibe with those], these are two nice units.

[spitfiredc7]

So good bert

[hellaslows13]

Thanks for the love yall!

Test fitting my set of Advan Model T6's. Apologize for the shitty iphone photos (white balance is way off)

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[stopbruh]

T6's look so much better

[IIIXziuR]

You can't go wrong with some classic T6's.
And your slab looks fantastic on them. Wow.

[KevinEdgar]

my brain is actually fucked by how good it looks on the t6s. If you ever wanna sell them i'll take them back!!!

[da_crew10]

Yeah that's it!

[hellaslows13]

Yeah that's it!

my brain is actually fucked by how good it looks on the t6s. If you ever wanna sell them i'll take them back!!!

You can't go wrong with some classic T6's.
And your slab looks fantastic on them. Wow.

T6's look so much better

I agree yall! Ty for the love.

I came across a pair of 19x10 T6's and was debating if I wanted to pull the trigger. After test fitting my full set of 18's I decided this was the look I wanted. Pulled the trigger on the pair of 19s. Look forward to some updates with the stagger setup 8)

[hellaslows13]

Make a quick walkaround video of the car for anyone whose interested

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[da_crew10]

FMUF das hawt.

[IIIXziuR]

Excellent, Bert. You doing it right.

[shinhed]

Saw this on YouTube before i saw it here. Anyways...

Looks Dope!