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The DIY Thread
thought it would be tight to start a thread of all the diy stuff with pics.
Ill start B12 sentra manual seat belt conversion install into S13 Pics are self explanitory. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...l/000_0018.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...l/000_0019.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...l/000_0021.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...l/000_0022.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...l/000_0024.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...l/000_0025.jpg |
Converting S14 bumper lights to dual filament S13 style using S13 bulb harness
http://tunerbase.com/s14a/100_0440.jpg http://tunerbase.com/s14a/100_0441.jpg http://tunerbase.com/s14a/100_0442.jpg http://tunerbase.com/s14a/100_0443.jpg http://tunerbase.com/s14a/100_0444.jpg http://tunerbase.com/s14a/100_0447.jpg http://tunerbase.com/s14a/100_0452.jpg http://tunerbase.com/s14a/100_0459.jpg |
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z32/R32 yadda yadda Ebrake line adaptation
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...e/100_0580.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...e/100_0574.jpg |
S13 5lug front hub redrill conversion
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...e/100_0639.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v7...e/100_0840.jpg Ghetto but worked great.. requires drill press, something to make the bolt pattern *a 5 lug rotor thats already been drilled for 4 lug works great as template* and additional metal needs to be shaved flat on the rear side to have the stud sit flat. Did this to a few cars. |
Oh Lord, everything on my car is DIY. It'll take me weeks to take pix of everything.
I would love for folks to chip in and buy me a clean stock chassis. and a front clip. I'll post the most comprehensive SR swap you'll ever see :D Nice work. |
WOW on 5 lug swap.
good idea. |
diy solid motor mounts
I never did this but its pretty simple and it should work.. Stack up a few hockey pucks http://www.sportwheels.ca/hockeystore/puck.jpg Drill hole put a bolt/nut through it. http://www.patiostore.com/closeout/bolt15.jpg not sure how those would hold up to chemicals. |
I'm a little confused on the sentra -> s13 seat belt conversion.. why not just just manual belts from a canadian s13? Then you wouldnt have had to cut the plastic like that..
I suggest you do a little research on that hockey puck motor mount idea, then consider taking it down.. |
b12 SENTRA belts becuase they are plentiful at junk yards.. canadian belts are not sourceful for guys in the US. That swap costed me like $12 bucks
Everything mentioned above is at your own risk, ... id rate the 5lug conversion more dangerous then motormounts by the way. But when teh above stuff is done correctly, it can be ok. |
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I dont know about the hookey pucks! Thats a lil too much!
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That 5 lug conversion is hilarious, but I have to say its got me thinking....
I wish I had pics of the process, but if an explanation is not enough, this can be taken out. Custom p-leather wrapped glove box cover, cushioned arm rest, and shift boot. The glove box is pretty simple, its just a matter of taking it all apart, ripping off the old tweet (I left the foam backing, however), applying some fabric glue and cutting and gluing to the back side. Then just put eveything back together and turns out like this http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h1...9/DSC01767.jpg For the arm rest, I found some foam padding around my house that i stacked and glued together, taking care to make it slightly bigger than the arm rest itself for visual reasons once its covered. http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h1...89/armrest.jpg Then its the same deal, spray on some fabric glue, put on your material, and start tucking / cutting / gluing on the backside. Once you're all done, screw that back piece on so it holds the frabric. http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h1...9/DSC01765.jpg http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h1...9/DSC01766.jpg The next thing I did was sew up a shifter boot. I just took the old one apart by cutting the thread with an exacto knife, transfered the pattern onto my new material and cut away. Now for obvious reasons, you'll want to sew this upside down (two pieces of material facing in on each other). What I did to achieve a nicer seam is that I folded over the material like this. http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h1...u1989/boot.jpg And you end up with a seam looking like this (pardon my janky looking thread, it was my first time sewing) http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h1...9/DSC01771.jpg Then invert it, put it all back together and it looks like this: http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h1.../shiftboot.jpg Another fun project was my LED foot/dome lights. I bought some led's off ebay, they come in all sorts of different kinds (I'll let you do the research). Mine came with the appropriate resistors too. I bought some soldering iron, and this sort of backboard that you can put the LED's on. Solder it all together and end up with: http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h1...9/DSC03047.jpg http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h1...9/DSC03046.jpg http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h1...9/DSC03048.jpg http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h1...9/DSC03049.jpg Foot light: http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h1...9/DSC03051.jpg Dome light (pardon the tape, it was temporary.) http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h1...9/DSC03053.jpg Now the camera shots dont give these justice. I thought they looked damn good, and they light up the interior nicely. |
hypertek,
your front 5-lug also got me thinking. what did you do? did you take ALL but one of the studs out, mount up a hub-centric wheel and mark where you needed to drill? or did you get like a hub-centric 5-lug brake disc and do the same? fucking love that idea. now when i go 5-lug i'm only purchasing the rears |
The hocky pucks are fine.
People have been doing that for years, just make and use some large spacer/fender washers so that the mouting surface doesn't tear up the rubber. |
unicoladron, Yah when i did that *dont hav ethe car anymore* i had a NA Z32 rear end i purchased for $100.. so the front I just read about a few people doing it back in the days and running over a few years with taht setup. Remove the hub, use a drill press. I previously had 5lug Z32 rotors that I had drilled out for 4lug at the time, so i used that as a guide for the drilling. You have to trim some metal off the back to make the studs sit flat. Leave 1 original stud in the setup. Basically your going to have 1 original hole, and 4 new holes. Pop studs in, and test fit them into a wheel to make sure it clears smoothly.
Make sure you drill the stud holes right so the stud sticks in.. my idiot friend who did this for me made the holes too loose and id have a problem with them falling out, so i had to have them tack welded.. grrrrrrr I eventually replaced the wheel bearings on those hubs since they went out, i figure that was due to the age of the car anyways. |
love the thread. yeah, had my neighbor do the front 5lug for me after i already bought the ichiba set. Now I have spare 5lug fronts redrilled.
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amazing thread!1!!
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i like the 5 lug hub conversion but one problem......
how did he get the lug bolts to stay in the hole considering they have teeth like ends? (when tightening lug nut the bolt doesnt spin with the lug nut so it cant be tightened? |
... you press the studs in. like the factory did.
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they dont spin stock - y would they spin?
the holes arent splined stock... if thats what u mean |
Man, doing anything to the s12 is DIY. Aftermarket = nonexistant
z31 bushings, had to make em fit http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...t/IMG_3235.jpg http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...t/IMG_3807.jpg http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...t/IMG_3821.jpg Stock rack bushings, theres no aftermarket for s12 so temporarily I swiss cheesed them and poly'd it. I also poly'd other stuff like the diff and tranny mount http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...t/IMG_3645.jpg jack o lantern'd the pumpkin http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...t/IMG_3425.jpg Refreshed/painted/cleaned all the suspension stuff while they were out for new bushings http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...t/IMG_3594.jpg http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...t/IMG_3606.jpg http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...t/IMG_3512.jpg http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...t/IMG_3879.jpg redrilled q45 rotors to 4lug http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...t/IMG_3576.jpg Yes, actual initial D arcade steering wheel with namco max tune center thing. thanks ayuaddict for this thing, he drilled it and centered it to a hub http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...t/IMG_3660.jpg Hockey puck mounts http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...t/IMG_4016.jpg http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...t/IMG_4017.jpg s13 rear mirror, the stock one hangs very low on the middle of the windshield http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...t/IMG_4115.jpg s13 PBM coilovers to match the s13 suspension conversion in the front with q45 brakes http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...t/IMG_3908.jpg PBM rears disassembled and different spring used in the rear http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...t/IMG_3878.jpg http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...t/IMG_3926.jpg http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...t/IMG_3876.jpg Old mount/bushing from s12 shocks and pressed into s13 rear bottom mount http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...t/IMG_4146.jpg http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...t/IMG_4151.jpg took out the rear wiper and plugged it with a faucet hole cover http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...t/DSC_1541.jpg Sat like this for half a year http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...t/IMG_3601.jpg Sits like this now http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...t/IMG_3840.jpg http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...henry/poop.jpg There's a ton of other stuff I had to climb over to make work on the s12, I'll probably show it later. This car sucks. Next up is getting the KA in and running, welding in new strut towers in the rear to use full s13 rear coilovers, cage, and if it doesn't get fucked within a year or so, maybe rear multilink |
cool thread, as for the hockey puck. Thats how old hot rodders use to do it. No custom motor mounts so just drilled through hocket puck and that was it.
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joshchewuhh - hopefully you didnt make the hole too big.. the stud should bearly fit and not go all the way, put a brake rotor on it and then use a wheel lug and torque it down to pull the stud all teh way through. When done correctly they can not spin. The ribbed teeth on the stud will grab in the drilled hole.
yarou - Sweet thanks for contributing looks great |
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No need to quote a million pictures...
Damn, people, use common sense. |
^ +1 on that. We need to start up the forum etiquette thread! ha,ha,ha...
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