Just an Ordinary Type-X build
 

Hey guys/girls,

So I've been a member for quite some time now, I have owned quite a few 240's one of which is my first build ever and that is my signature, it holds a special place in my heart. I have always thought it would be cool to do a build thread about one of my cars, simply for the purpose of being able to reflect on what the car was when I received it, and how far it has come. I've only ever done one before and that was on an old site from Michigan called Xceedspeed, but that was a failure for me since I only did photos from the beginning (then forgot) and added photos of it completed :picardfp: ashamed of myself!! But since that long time ago, I've completed several cars for customers, (Side Builds) as well as one for myself, that one being a 1994 Montego Blue FD Rx7 W/LS1 and T56.
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So the most common question I receive from people now that I sold my Rx7, is "Why in the world would you sell your Rx7 and go back to a 240" and there is a simple answer to that question. I'm dumb and hooked on these cars for whatever reason! I'm not lying either, I truly love these cars, everything about them, so for most of you this will be a boring thread. I don't do crazy aero packages, I don't do widebody, I don't drift, I love these cars the way they were intended and I have an OCD complex about my cars being extremely complete.

SO, now that you have a little back story on me, I'm going to try and catch you up to date on my current project and oh what a fight it has been! It seems as though when you think you have life figured out, you underestimate all of the little things that commonly stand in your way. So let us begin, I sold my Rx7 in August of 2015, In September of 2015 I purchased my beauty, a 1989 Nissan 240sx with most of the Type-X aero package. I purchased it from Oklahoma since here in Michigan, everything is rotted to pieces.

For everyone who skipped the above reading material (I don't blame you) here are some photos of when it got back to my house. (also screwed up and immediately started ripping it apart before photoshoot, it did have hood and mirrors on it haha


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Naturally, since we've worked on 240's together and have always shared the same passion for these teenager beaters, my friend Damon had to show up to start some disassembly and go for a quick Joy-Ride.

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This is where the plot thickens, I had only driven this car a total of 3 times at this point, once around work where it was delivered from Oklahoma, once home from work, and then once with Damon going for a quick cruise. (where the speedometer broke on us haha) So naturally, I needed to start ordering parts for this thing, but most of all, get it stripped for paint!!!!!

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The Ever Famous, Me in the Engine Bay photo

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All glass pulled

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IF YOUR STILL WITH ME SO FAR, this is where the story really gets me going. I dropped the car off for paint beginning of 2016, and unlike what happened to me, I will spare you the waiting and agony and fast forward to June 2017 where I demanded money back from the painter who had strung me along the whole time. Now this wasn't just an ordinary guy, he was also the guy who painted my Rx7 pictured above, he was a friend. So I figured this was going to go as smooth as before and nothing to worry about. Well folks, Tim was dead wrong about that! To save my blood pressure STILL I will skip to where I paid another good friend (who didn't screw me) a good chunk of change to undo the terrible engine bay paint work that was already done, and finish painting the entire car for me.

How it looked rolling out of my shop after I received it from painter #1

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After a few weeks at his shop, doing his thing

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And after a few months I had at least the chassis back!!!!!!!! normally he wont do cars like this where people see the in between, but since I know the process and don't sweat stuff, I get a pass I suppose.

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After He got me my doors back and we put them on, For most people this wouldn't be such a big deal, but mind you I had been staring at a corpse of a car for over a year straight, being told it would get done only for it to continue sitting. To be honest, I decided to part the whole car out when I finally put my foot down and demanded money back from the first painter. So a lot of stuff sold REALLY fast, but when I was removing some stuff, I decided that I shouldn't give up on it, I had done that with far to many 240's prior and it wasn't going to happen this time!

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So now that the car is finally making progress on being beautiful, my motivation has come back to life! So if you read before, I sold my engine setup while fighting parting it out. So that makes way for having to go get this new setup! An S14 SR setup!

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Now that the engine was safely home, it was time to take a peek at a few things, and the seller was very honest about everything, it has the S15 Turbo on it, and behind the transmission was a brand new spec clutch, and everything was really clean. Now, there are some mixed reviews on spec clutches, but since it is already staring me in the face, I think it will be put to use.

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When you work on cars non stop, you take a little time for the small things, like when you do a deep clean on the shop and don't have another car taking up space!

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So earlier I stated I build my cars to be complete. That means everything start to finish is quality. It will have sound deadening, A/C, Heat, Full quality interior and also 180sx glass on the exterior to match the type-x aero package! With that said, it was finally time to have the glass put back in after so long without it!

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So, now that the car is painted and some things can go back on for good, its starting to look like a car again! which makes me extremely happy, So the type-x wing and tails found their home again! (Sorry for late night crappy cell pic)

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So with the fresh paint now, I couldn't stand the nasty door seals, hatch seal, body seals, and window trim, so I ordered all new!

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Continue Below, hit my picture limit!

Subbed for a good, quality build!

awesome build thus far!

Thanks Guys, I hope you enjoy it

fucking awesome build!!!!!

where did you get the door/window seals from ? I've been looking for them and my local nissan says they aren't made anymore. Maybe you still have the part numbers ? :D

Definitely going to enjoy this.

I have two sets of them brand new in box sitting at home. I'll try to get part numbers on them as soon as I get a chance.

There may be old stock sitting around somewhere.

Thanks man, Crimsonrockett is correct there is old stock laying around and its quite time consuming doing all the searching through diagrams for stuff, but its worth it, I also did new door strikers. now they open and shut like a dream! haha here is a website I use a lot, https://parts.nissanusa.com/nissanpa...selOEModel=S13 but there is lots of others


Really appreciate the love guys, keeps me fueled to keep moving!

I thought those wheels looked familiar, picked them up from you this summer.
Car is looking great.

Nothing better than a simple street car with all the right quality parts in all the right places. So ready to have a hatch again one day to do kouki 180 things with...

chassis and engine pay paint is fucking flossy, and the engine setup is a winner. Interior shaping up to be really nice too. Will be cool to see this come together

There is a lot of potential in this build. Really looking forward to what's next.

Please pm me the part number as well if you get a chance. I'm having the same issue finding them.

God I can't wait until you ruin this car.


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Looking good buddy, keep it up!

Thanks man, Ryan right? 1JZ s13? I remember because you hauled the wheels with it, made me chuckle, if your wanting to sell them someone on here messaged me about buying them haha

Thanks man, yeah the paint is really awesome, my crappy photos and dust don't do it justice, but come spring time, professional photos haha

Thanks a bunch, compliments are helping with the motivation :2f2f:



Yeah man, can't wait til you see the nice minty set of spinners and subwoofer wall I install next :mrmeph:

Thanks brotato-chip!

Yeah that's me haha.

I'd be interested in letting them go perhaps. went with wider fenders and wheels and I'm not a huge fan of spacers

Did you lay that over the factory black sticky stuff or did you remove it then use this sound deadening? Looks good

The Alaskan Icy Bay IPA looks good lol

Great build, subbed!

Really like the paint color and love the fact you installed the rear valances without the center piece. I've always thought it made the car look a bit cooler.

Quick question about that dynomat if you dont mind. I usually keep a jack in a duffle bag in the trunk of my car incase of emergencies. However I hate it when I hit a bump you can hear it in the back making noise from the bump (and this is with me having full interior including rear seats). Do you think installing Dynomat would help reduce that noise significantly?

Nice build! :)

Thanks, I did lay it over the existing sound deadening, I figure a little extra won't hurt, and it's not thick enough to get in the way

Thanks man, and the Alaskan Bay is delicious haha

Thanks, sorry but the center part of the rear valences is going on haha. I have all of the oem type x painted and tucked away for install later. As far as the sound deadening is concerned for your issue, it's really meant to dampen vibrations and cut down on road noise as well as a little extra heat barrier, but it won't help when you have something bouncing in the hatch area, my suggestion is to secure it better

Thanks man!

Another quality build thread, yes!!! Good job dude.

Hopefully you do something in the trans tunnel and floor to keep the heat down...its likely going to heat up the tar or rubber based adhesive material and make it stinky/messy.

Food for thought.

Considering DynaMat and similar products like the ones Tim is using are designed to help with blocking out heat in addition to unwanted road noise, I find it hard to believe this would be an issue. I guess both of us will find out this spring though! haha.

Man this thing is absolutely perfect in every little aspect. I dream of one day doing a 180 build so meticulous.

Looks great! Keep it up!

Nice work! I am sure this one will be even better. But I do love an LS FD...

First, Thanks everyone for the awesome comments, makes me smile! :2f2f:

Sorry for the delay, been extremely swamped, but I have been doing little things. I loaded up the truck and took the suspension and all its goodies to work with me. Now its time to knock out all the nasty bushings and ball joints to prep for powder coat and all the nice new bushings!

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First thing to do was get rid of the nasty ball joints in the control arms!

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I brought these all to work so I could use my super awesome snap-on ball joint press!

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Next was the rear spindle bushings, kind of ran into a small hiccup, turns out the opposite end of the ball joint press gets narrower than the opening a little ways in, I thought it got stubborn towards the end which isn't normal, and I soon found out why!

Uh oh!

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I took it over to the press and got it out fairly easy fortunately!

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Next in line is the subframe bushings, those went extremely smooth which I was really happy about!

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Save the hardest for last they always say........pretty sure that's now how it goes haha The rear control arm bushings were an extreme pain in the butt! I'm going with factory style bushings with the complete sleeve, not urethane style that require greasing since this is a street car I don't want to be tearing it down a bunch for maintenance. So that means I had to get the whole sleeve out, which was an eternal pain, but I got it done!

Famous burning bushing picture!

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This is why I wear gloves at work, my hands would be super nasty!

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When you bleed for your car you know you are dedicated!

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Now everything is at powder coat and should be back soon looking brand new!

This thread delivers, loving the attention to detail.

Great Job Buddy!