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s13driftnut · 12-28-2017, 09:02 PM

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 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.

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

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.

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!!!!!

The Ever Famous, Me in the Engine Bay photo

All glass pulled

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

After a few weeks at his shop, doing his thing

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.

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!

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!

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.

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!

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!

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)

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!

Continue Below, hit my picture limit!

z31andrew · 12-29-2017, 12:44 PM

Subbed for a good, quality build!

tjcbar · 12-29-2017, 01:43 PM

awesome build thus far!

s13driftnut · 12-29-2017, 07:14 PM

Thanks Guys, I hope you enjoy it

Big Zee · 12-29-2017, 07:28 PM

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 ?

***CrimsonRockett*** · 12-29-2017, 07:45 PM

Definitely going to enjoy this.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Big Zee

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 ?

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.

Riq · 12-29-2017, 11:29 PM

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

Quote:

Originally Posted by CrimsonRockett

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.

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

s13driftnut · 12-29-2017, 08:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Big Zee

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 ?

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!

s13driftnut · 12-29-2017, 08:19 PM

So, if you've been paying attention while reading this, you'll know that I had a full year of down time acquiring parts for the car, first things first, I said the car would have full functioning A/C, so what good is having that if you don't control it with the factory digital climate control!?

Comfortable A/C isn't really that cool if your interior is trashed, so I had the rear seats re-upholstered and the door cards done to match along with new carpet front and rear, also a minty clean dash to replace the crappy cracked one!

So now that there is all the necessary stuff to make the interior nice with climate control, staring at the factory cluster wouldn't cut it, so since I had Broadfield do my FD custom cluster, I said screw it and had him do another setup for this car!

So by now your probably catching on that literally everything is getting redone. And now were getting close to being completely caught up, these are a few of the things I just did while I had the week off in-between Christmas and upcoming new years!

Now is where I start taking care of the underside of the car, the whole suspension setup.

One of my best friends and fellow super clean S13 owner Greg had the week off as well, so he stopped by a few times this week to lend a helping hand and also hangout with a few beers!

Dropped the whole rear subframe for new arms and powder coating and general cleaning

I ordered Whiteline Subframe bushings in anticipation of doing this, and boy was I glad that I did, the rear bushings were COMPLETELY shot!

Next the front subframe for the same procedure, powdercoating, new balljoints, and general cleaning

Got the transmission Jack underneath, comes in super handy!

Now the Engine Bay is really empty!

Since both subframes, powerbrace and everything that's not being replaced is going to powder coat, I decided it was a good time to start doing some cleaning and undercoating on the whole car.

Out comes the gas tank

Now to start cleaning and undercoating, I'm using a brush and can of undercoating which will make it almost impossible to get this stuff on fresh paint! also removed the front fenders again and placed them in a secure location! haha

Now I can show off the fancy new suspension pieces and hardware!

Stance XR1 coilovers, with downstar anodized washer with stainless nut

Ignore the Dust all over the car, I wont wipe it off until spring when I wash it so the paint doesn't get a bunch of fine scratches in it

Ordered and received all new suspension arms from voodoo, great quality looking stuff, only issue is the company I ordered from (will remain un-named) screwed up and sent me 2 of the hard clear color which I requested, while the other 2 are in Raw. Sorting that out now, company is taking care of it no issues.

Now if you made it this far, you are all up to date on whats going on with the car as of 12/29/2017, I will be posting the rest of the updates throughout the thread as I go now!

A last little Picture for you warm weather guys, this is what you have to do when you live in Michigan, make yourself a nice path to the shop! haha

HypnoFish · 12-29-2017, 09:22 PM

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

wolf904 · 12-29-2017, 09:28 PM

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

dizzariot · 12-30-2017, 02:34 AM

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

CamryOnBronze · 01-02-2018, 08:53 AM

Looking good buddy, keep it up!

s13driftnut · 01-02-2018, 08:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HypnoFish

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

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

Quote:

Originally Posted by wolf904

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

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

Quote:

Originally Posted by Riq

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

Thanks a bunch, compliments are helping with the motivation

Quote:

Originally Posted by dizzariot

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

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

Quote:

Originally Posted by CamryOnBronze

Looking good buddy, keep it up!

Thanks brotato-chip!

HypnoFish · 01-02-2018, 08:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by s13driftnut

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

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

s13driftnut · 01-02-2018, 08:46 PM

Happy New Year!!!!!!

Thanks to everyone for the nice comments and support, I truly do appreciate it. Wish everyone the best for 2018.

Short little update here, nothing to crazy exciting, but I had some time before all the holiday festivities to add in some sound deadening.

I went with Ballistic Mat, after installing I can say it is really great quality, time consuming and extremely sticky! haha (also one box of 9 sheets only gets you to the hatch area so you'll need 2)

I love it when the hardest decision you have to make during the day is which beer to drink while working on your toy!

Riq · 01-02-2018, 09:04 PM

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

spooled240 · 01-02-2018, 09:20 PM

The Alaskan Icy Bay IPA looks good lol

Great build, subbed!

JrDarknes · 01-03-2018, 11:06 AM

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?

CaBS · 01-03-2018, 07:16 PM

Nice build!

s13driftnut · 01-03-2018, 07:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Riq

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

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

Quote:

Originally Posted by spooled240

The Alaskan Icy Bay IPA looks good lol

Great build, subbed!

Thanks man, and the Alaskan Bay is delicious haha

Quote:

Originally Posted by JrDarknes

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?

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

Quote:

Originally Posted by CaBS

Nice build!

Thanks man!

jsu1012 · 01-04-2018, 07:48 AM

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

tuzzio · 01-04-2018, 08:05 AM

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.

CamryOnBronze · 01-04-2018, 10:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tuzzio

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.

austin2112 · 01-08-2018, 03:27 PM

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

koukimonst3r · 01-08-2018, 05:12 PM

Looks great! Keep it up!

RVAE34 · 01-08-2018, 05:35 PM

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

s13driftnut · 01-21-2018, 09:30 AM

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

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!

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

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

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!

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

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

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!

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

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

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

Green Arrow · 01-21-2018, 10:09 AM

This thread delivers, loving the attention to detail.

ponne · 02-09-2018, 07:16 AM

Great Job Buddy!

12-29-2017, 07:14 PM	#4
s13driftnut Zilvia Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Michigan Age: 32 Posts: 239 Trader Rating: (18) Feedback Score: 18 reviews	Thanks Guys, I hope you enjoy it __________________

12-29-2017, 07:28 PM	#5
Big Zee Zilvia Addict Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: BC Age: 37 Posts: 860 Trader Rating: (10) Feedback Score: 10 reviews	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 ? __________________ Two-Tone owner#011509-Lightly Modded

12-29-2017, 08:19 PM	#9
s13driftnut Zilvia Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Michigan Age: 32 Posts: 239 Trader Rating: (18) Feedback Score: 18 reviews	So, if you've been paying attention while reading this, you'll know that I had a full year of down time acquiring parts for the car, first things first, I said the car would have full functioning A/C, so what good is having that if you don't control it with the factory digital climate control!? Comfortable A/C isn't really that cool if your interior is trashed, so I had the rear seats re-upholstered and the door cards done to match along with new carpet front and rear, also a minty clean dash to replace the crappy cracked one! So now that there is all the necessary stuff to make the interior nice with climate control, staring at the factory cluster wouldn't cut it, so since I had Broadfield do my FD custom cluster, I said screw it and had him do another setup for this car! So by now your probably catching on that literally everything is getting redone. And now were getting close to being completely caught up, these are a few of the things I just did while I had the week off in-between Christmas and upcoming new years! Now is where I start taking care of the underside of the car, the whole suspension setup. One of my best friends and fellow super clean S13 owner Greg had the week off as well, so he stopped by a few times this week to lend a helping hand and also hangout with a few beers! Dropped the whole rear subframe for new arms and powder coating and general cleaning I ordered Whiteline Subframe bushings in anticipation of doing this, and boy was I glad that I did, the rear bushings were COMPLETELY shot! Next the front subframe for the same procedure, powdercoating, new balljoints, and general cleaning Got the transmission Jack underneath, comes in super handy! Now the Engine Bay is really empty! Since both subframes, powerbrace and everything that's not being replaced is going to powder coat, I decided it was a good time to start doing some cleaning and undercoating on the whole car. Out comes the gas tank Now to start cleaning and undercoating, I'm using a brush and can of undercoating which will make it almost impossible to get this stuff on fresh paint! also removed the front fenders again and placed them in a secure location! haha Now I can show off the fancy new suspension pieces and hardware! Stance XR1 coilovers, with downstar anodized washer with stainless nut Ignore the Dust all over the car, I wont wipe it off until spring when I wash it so the paint doesn't get a bunch of fine scratches in it Ordered and received all new suspension arms from voodoo, great quality looking stuff, only issue is the company I ordered from (will remain un-named) screwed up and sent me 2 of the hard clear color which I requested, while the other 2 are in Raw. Sorting that out now, company is taking care of it no issues. Now if you made it this far, you are all up to date on whats going on with the car as of 12/29/2017, I will be posting the rest of the updates throughout the thread as I go now! A last little Picture for you warm weather guys, this is what you have to do when you live in Michigan, make yourself a nice path to the shop! haha __________________

12-30-2017, 02:34 AM	#12
dizzariot Post Whore! Join Date: May 2010 Location: Japan Posts: 5,127 Trader Rating: (47) Feedback Score: 47 reviews	God I can't wait until you ruin this car. __________________ *The mark of a true sucka: 'RARE JDM' & 'OLD LOGO NISMO'*

01-02-2018, 08:53 AM	#13
CamryOnBronze Post Whore! Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: MI Age: 35 Posts: 3,913 Trader Rating: (131) Rides Gallery: CamryOnBronze Feedback Score: 131 reviews	Looking good buddy, keep it up! __________________ CamryOnBronze.com

12-28-2017, 09:02 PM	#1
s13driftnut Zilvia Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Michigan Age: 32 Posts: 239 Trader Rating: (18) Feedback Score: 18 reviews	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 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. 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 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. 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!!!!! The Ever Famous, Me in the Engine Bay photo All glass pulled 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 After a few weeks at his shop, doing his thing 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. 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! 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! 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. 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! 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! 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) 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! Continue Below, hit my picture limit! __________________ Last edited by s13driftnut; 12-29-2017 at 08:16 PM.. Reason: Adding to it from where i left off again

12-29-2017, 12:44 PM	#2
z31andrew Zilvia Member Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: Orange, CA Age: 27 Posts: 177 Trader Rating: (5) Feedback Score: 5 reviews	Subbed for a good, quality build!

12-29-2017, 01:43 PM	#3
tjcbar Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: florida Posts: 31 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	awesome build thus far!

12-29-2017, 09:22 PM	#10
HypnoFish Zilvia Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: MI Age: 29 Posts: 183 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	I thought those wheels looked familiar, picked them up from you this summer. Car is looking great.

12-29-2017, 09:28 PM	#11
wolf904 Zilvia Addict Join Date: May 2014 Location: Duuuuuuuuval, FLA Posts: 723 Trader Rating: (16) Feedback Score: 16 reviews	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

01-02-2018, 08:46 PM	#16
s13driftnut Zilvia Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Michigan Age: 32 Posts: 239 Trader Rating: (18) Feedback Score: 18 reviews	Happy New Year!!!!!! Thanks to everyone for the nice comments and support, I truly do appreciate it. Wish everyone the best for 2018. Short little update here, nothing to crazy exciting, but I had some time before all the holiday festivities to add in some sound deadening. I went with Ballistic Mat, after installing I can say it is really great quality, time consuming and extremely sticky! haha (also one box of 9 sheets only gets you to the hatch area so you'll need 2) I love it when the hardest decision you have to make during the day is which beer to drink while working on your toy! __________________

01-02-2018, 09:04 PM	#17
Riq Zilvia Addict Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: New York, NY Age: 38 Posts: 872 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	Did you lay that over the factory black sticky stuff or did you remove it then use this sound deadening? Looks good

01-02-2018, 09:20 PM	#18
spooled240 Post Whore! Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 4,142 Trader Rating: (27) Feedback Score: 27 reviews	The Alaskan Icy Bay IPA looks good lol Great build, subbed!

01-03-2018, 11:06 AM	#19
JrDarknes Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Indianapolis, IN Age: 26 Posts: 475 Trader Rating: (7) Feedback Score: 7 reviews	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?

01-03-2018, 07:16 PM	#20
CaBS Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Sydney Posts: 548 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Nice build! __________________ SXDevelopments on Facebook

01-04-2018, 07:48 AM	#22
jsu1012 Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: May 2011 Location: Oklahoma Age: 35 Posts: 1,102 Trader Rating: (13) Feedback Score: 13 reviews	Another quality build thread, yes!!! Good job dude. __________________

01-04-2018, 08:05 AM	#23
tuzzio Nissanaholic! Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Western Mass. Posts: 2,254 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	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.

01-08-2018, 03:27 PM	#25
austin2112 Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: Windsor Age: 23 Posts: 21 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Man this thing is absolutely perfect in every little aspect. I dream of one day doing a 180 build so meticulous.

01-08-2018, 05:12 PM	#26
koukimonst3r Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Vancouver, B.C. Posts: 333 Trader Rating: (6) Feedback Score: 6 reviews	Looks great! Keep it up! __________________ ig : koukimonst3r

01-08-2018, 05:35 PM	#27
RVAE34 Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Jan 2018 Location: Virginia Age: 42 Posts: 358 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Nice work! I am sure this one will be even better. But I do love an LS FD...

01-21-2018, 09:30 AM	#28
s13driftnut Zilvia Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Michigan Age: 32 Posts: 239 Trader Rating: (18) Feedback Score: 18 reviews	First, Thanks everyone for the awesome comments, makes me smile! 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! First thing to do was get rid of the nasty ball joints in the control arms! I brought these all to work so I could use my super awesome snap-on ball joint press! 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! I took it over to the press and got it out fairly easy fortunately! Next in line is the subframe bushings, those went extremely smooth which I was really happy about! 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! This is why I wear gloves at work, my hands would be super nasty! When you bleed for your car you know you are dedicated! Now everything is at powder coat and should be back soon looking brand new! __________________

01-21-2018, 10:09 AM	#29
Green Arrow BANNED Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: North Korea Posts: 349 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	This thread delivers, loving the attention to detail.

02-09-2018, 07:16 AM	#30
ponne Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Grand Rapids MI Age: 32 Posts: 11 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Great Job Buddy!

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