ill.

Yo dude. I used VHT Vinyl dye in Matt Black. Available EVERYWHERE. Use Matt black as it gives a factory sort of semi gloss look. The gloss looks way too shiny, and look like crap

Yeah I definately plan on doing that haha. But no point in doing it until the engine's in, as more than likely it'll end up getting all scratched up, and I'm also gunna change the the bolts and washers and stuff, so just going to leave it as it is for now, save fucking everything up haha.

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Brilliant mate cheers. I've had a search for it and can only seem to find Satin Black or Gloss Black, no sign of a Matt (I'm in the UK by the way, so that might explain things)

ill.

It probably is Satin. I always call them the same. Will double check when I get home.

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Only progress I've managed to make in a week lol.

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Gastkr

good stuff better than me. im having to remake my exhaust. among other things

ill.

Fuck haven't updated anything in ages. Have sort of fallen off the radar a bit.

Been working a ton lately, so haven't had a heaps of time for the car, but have been slowly chipping away whenever I can.



Bought a Takata harness of a mate, and threw that in.



Welding up this last piece of steel tonight, doing some final filler work, then it goes off to paint late this week hopefully, then start putting it back together!

Changed my mind a million times on how I want to wire, and plumb it, but have decided to go XRP fittings and lines, for catch can, oil cooler, and P/S.

I'll leave the fuel lines rubber for now, just to get it running, as I'll be upgrading the whole fuel system when I start chasing more power a bit later on.

I've also decided to use a wire in, Link G4 Storm ECU, they're damn good computers, and will run everything I need.

Hopefully will have some updates, and shots from my SLR once the car's back from paint, and starts getting reassembled!

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Finally this thing's ready for paint.

Kinda wanted to paint it without the subframe and that underneath, but it was gunna be near impossible to get it to the painters, as I don't know anybody with a completely flatdeck trailer available.



So I bolted all the rolling gear in loosely today. So stoked. Most of it will be coming back out, to get either painted, lengthened, re-greased or re-bushed when the engine's in, but that's still a bit away, so for now it'll do.

While I was there, I put the column back in, and finally put the Nardi in, that I bought for it last year hahaha.



Finally got heaps of motivation to get it done, and the time to do it! Now I'm just waiting on Hugo, to come pick it up and drop it off at Custom Ride!

Excuse the iphone photos once again. SLR wasn't at my place.

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CamryOnBronze

Looks awesome man! Excited to see it back from paint.

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Dropped it off for paint today. Can't wait to see what it looks like tomorrow.

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All done! Stoked! It's so shiny that it makes the rest of the car look like shit haha.



Pumped to start throwing it back together!

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Been assembling shit over the last few days and today, I got the engine in!



Quick shitty iphone shot before I headed off to work tonight.

Hopefully I'll grab my girlfriends SLR tomorrow and take some decent shots while I plumb it all up.

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Motary

The colour is awesome

CamryOnBronze

Looks awesome man. Jealous of the purple, haha.

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Pinggg

Looking fresh man, can't wait to see it all together!

eds13

gosh, so sexy!

drscooper

damm that purple is great man! thing looks awsome!

ill.

Thanks bro's.

Boom, first proper update in a very long time!

Well it’s been a damn long time since I updated this, but there hasn’t really been any progress until now, so here goes.



So late last week I finally got the engine bay to a point where I was happy to send it away for paint. So I dropped the car off at Custom Ride Body Works, and 24 hours later the car was back on the trailer on its way home, with an amazing new coat of paint. Cannot thank those dudes enough!



So once it was back in the garage, I got to work reinstalling the brake booster and cylinders. While I was there I bent up two new hardlines to the front brakes. I did this because I’ve welded up the original holes in the sheetmetal that the brake lines used to go through. I’m now running them through the holes for the ABS sender so there’s no chance of them getting rubbed through at full lock, so the OEM lines were about 4 inches too short.

I also wanted to hide the line to the passengers side, so I bent up a new one that runs along the crossmember, next to the power steering lines. Once the turbo’s in, and piping’s in you’ll barely be able to see it.



I threw the radiator in, just to see how everything lined up, and how much space there is between the pulleys and the electric fans. Because it’s an S14 radiator, I’ll have to make up some new brackets as the mounting boss is different. It’s leaning against the waterneck here.



With all the rolling gear in and torqued up, I decided it was a good time to throw the steering column in, and finally put my Nardi on the car. I’ve been using it in my daily driver for the past 6 months! Also picked up a Takata harness off a friend of mine. Once all the wiring’s been done, I’ll put the last few plastic panels back on, and it’ll look like a real car again!



And this is my garage at the moment. Painting things hanging off the garage door, and assembling as much as I can with all the parts I have stocked up, while I save some money for my ECU!

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badfish816

damn nice build. looks clean. but arent you worried about the over spray from the hanging parts getting on your clean paint? i would be nervous as hell.

ill.

Yeah man. I throw a blanket over the car whenever I spray anything in the garage. I would be mega pissed off if I got overspray on anything.

I'd just taken it off in that photo so I could keep working between coats.

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badfish816

gotcha. love the purple/wheel color combo. and that interior is so so clean. i love it.

ill.

Thanks man! Yeah I'm really liking the way it's all coming together so far. Wheels will eventually be changed up, and I have my eye on some spares for sale locally for when i get it running, but money's going elsewhere at the moment, just making do with what I have haha.

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badfish816

i know that feeling. its taking months just to get the money to get my daily going with a KA. haha. hobbies aren't as cheap as they use to be when i was a kid.

I<3BEWBZ

Awesome attention to detail man, nice build.

Big Country Labs

Gorgeous. you NZ boys can do no wrong.

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ill.

Haha thanks guys. Put most of the front on today. Will finish off & take pictures tomorrow. Will have everything but the hood & front bumper on, as it'll only have to come back off again when the intercooler gets mounted, that and the bonnet will probably be the last things to go on.

Tomorrow I'll hopefully torque up all the front suspension now it's at ride height, install my callipers, & maybe start mounting the fusebox/relays & start running wires for the headlights/motors.

I'll be able to do most of it, but will get my auto sparky friend to lend a hand when it comes to power distribution & hooking up the start/charge wires.

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Moved my car to my new house this week, was good to see the whole thing rolling in the sunlight for once. Pity I forgot to charge the batteries in my SLR. So iphone shots are all I got.







Now it's all there I can slowly start the tedious job of plumbing it all up. Throttle and clutch all work now, after fucking around changing to an S14 cable.

Working nights this week, so should give me some time to place everything how I want it and start wiring, now everything's all set up at the new place.

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Motary

Late model 180SX look so damn sweet with CR-kais

CamryOnBronze

Congrats on the new place! Looks great as always...

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Gastkr

I need one of those bumper supports!

Mos Defff

Nice build!