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Howdy

This is the life and times of my 180sx - hope you like

I always wanted a 180sx - think i seen a pic of one drifting about 10 years ago when i was in my teens and that was it, popup lights and sideways turbo action was enough to have me hooked for life

I spent an INSANE amount of time trying to find a good clean standard example - ended up finding this one back in the Spring of 2010 - was imported in 08 and was put straight into a garage and covered up

Started out a basic bog standard zenki 94 reg 180sx - SR20DET - was clean as hell, straight and had zero rust. was everything i wanted. never had an accident or painted - just as is from the factory

This is it when i went and bought it





This is it when i first got it home and put on a bumper that came with it
















I didnt really know in my head where I wanted to go with it but it wasnt long until it was in castlefinn and Eglington getting some side ways action

First two things i bought as soon as i got it

Cusco 2way diff




Cusco dash dodger bolt in cage



After a few drift Days the old Bride was fucked - was an old ass uncomfortable seat anyway



So i splashed out and got this





The car was class and i loved the standard look……..

……….But i loved the ignorant in your face look a wee bit more

Went and bought these

SSR PROFESSOR SP1's

Fronts are 17 x 9jj +11
Rears are 18 x 10jj +11




They didnt fit at first but with a "awh theyll fit" attitude i rolled the arches out a rediculous amount and got them wedged in











Car was getting some battle scars with a few of the drift days but the amount of fun i had in it it was completely worth it

Back then it was just a car for drifting - it took everything i threw at it - i cant describe how much of a smile it put on my face and it never really gave any bother - keep servicing it and it was good to go - drive down to Eglington - drift all day - drive it home (sometimes on bald tires )

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I bought the SSR's in January and in fairness they needed a hell of a refurb, the dishes were very very dead and the paint was falling off everywhere

So this is what they looked like before hand when i got them



I got them off the car and left them up to Marty Coyle (martycturbo) to refurb.

I took as much time off work as i can to go up and lend a hand

Marty got them split and sent the centres away to be sandblasted

I went at the dishes with scotch bright and ended up taking a lot of the ground in dirt off them






At this point i let Marty do his magic







I sat back with a cigarette and bottle of boost and took in the scenery






So after many many hours this is how the dishes ended up






I was unreal happy with the dishes but i couldnt believe my eyes when he got them painted, the colour was perfect and was exactly what i was after. These are the finished article with the studs all shined up and the wheels screwed back together

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I also got the cusco cage done the same as the wheels



And if i can remember correctly i think this was us getting ready and going to the Port at easter in 2012














As you can see, a driftday later and the poor old bumper that stood me in good steed was completely wanked






Ran with an origin Type 2 front bumper for a while before it was wrecked also doing some dori dori

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SO

This must be the start of 2013 id say

It was about this time that i had my fun in it - i was looking online to find another clean one for the road but the prices got rediculous

I spent a wee while deciding do i keep this one as a drift car or do i build it back up for the road

From here on youll see which road i went with it

Got myself a garage organised at my grans gaff and i went to town stripping her down



By no means am i a mechanic but i just wanted to do as much as i could as i couldnt let another man do it for me - I wanted this to be something that i did myself so i knew every nut and bolt on it



Body was still nice and clean underneath and hadnt been attacked by the dreaded rust yet




Gutted the interior outa her

Dash In




Dash Out

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I Started with the long slow process of sourcing and buying the parts that i really wanted for it

I didnt want to cut corners so i spent lots of time sourcing the right stuff

JDM TRD Edition Supra Recaros




Raybrig Headlights






Brand new HSD MONOPRO coilovers








Genuine Kouki front bumper



Replica Kouki Front Splitter



Kouki Indicator Pods




New Alloy Rad and New Front Mount (BLING BLING BITCH)

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Origin +30mm rear Quarters and +25mm front wings sent from Origin in Japan








Removed the rear tints aswell as it made the car look a LOT cleaner








She looked like this and then ……………

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………………

This Happened

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Was time to start reassembling




















AFTER ALLLLLLL THAT

This is how she ended up looking

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First day back at the house and i got straight to work on getting a few more bits and pieces done

Had the Cage sprayed white









FenSport Rear Brace







Got a Nardi Steering wheel



And a Genuine "Kazama Autos" gearknob (probably the thing i love most on the car lol - silly i know)



A picture of it all together

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Took the Car to Japfest in Mondello last year - 2013

Got some cool photos from down there

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So this takes us up to November 2013

Winter was settin in and the car was out of tax so it was time to get it back into the garage

With the car off the road it freed up some cash to buy a few more goodies


Alpine Double Din




SP1s were everywhere - not t say i wont buy another pair in the future but for the time being i fancied a change

Rays Volk TE37

18 x 9.5 +12 all round







Rare optional extra digital clocks with heads up display unit







DMAX bonet

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Got a nice Defi Boost Controller and Control Box







So went at gettin the Headunit / Defi / Digi Dash fitted









Managed to find a set of these also - Ultra Ultra Ultra Rare rear window louvres, so rare they werent even in the optional extra brochures when the car was released in Japan, only special Nissan Dealers could get them

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These arrived after 8 weeks at sea from Japan and i got some Kumho Ecstas wrapped round them straight away






No point in getting RAYS TE37s if im not guna get some RAYS nuts to match




Also picked up some Aerocatches for the DMAX as i wouldnt trust a fibreglass bonet




Wanted to change the look of the car as i wasnt too happy with the BIG MAHOOSIVE URASSSSSS rear bumper

So i opted for a standard rear bumper + spats + diffuser

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Also went and bought all this Jazz

S15 front hubs
S14 LCA's for extra camber
R33 Skyline front discs/calipers
R33 Skyline Rear hub/disc/calipers
R33 handbrake cables
Braided lines
20mm spacers









Also got Kouki rear spats




The 14 bottom arms allow for a SHIT LOAD more camber




The fronts all done n dusted




The rears all done n dusted





Wheels on - still have to space the rears and raise it up a bit at the back

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Got an adjustable actuator to go along with the boost controller

Boost up to a bar and this bad boy should be enough for all il need it for, car still is a daily driver and i dont want her sittin mental power as shes perfect the way she is.



Fitted HEL braided lines front n back (had to with the back for the skyline hubs)






Spent a lot of time then footerin about fixin wee odd jobs that were annoyin me and that had to be fixed - changed fluids and just gave her a good look over - have her sittin as well as i can for now, im lookin for a set of rear camber arms as i cant put her down any lower at the back until i can camber them in a bit











On full lock the tires catchin the inner lip, should be aight tho, not doin it too badly and the car looks bad ass so i aint changin it

[video=youtube;DBDx5hpmx00]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBDx5hpmx00[/video]

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Fitted the adjustable actuator and the blitz SBC and have the car runnin in around a bar boost and its pullin like a train - big difference to standard .5 bar with a wanked actuator - a good service and change of filters helped a lot also



This is before it was fitted, she was a bit gutless in fairness but a lot better now - second gear drifting on the dry with the big 18x9.5s on the back is no bother

[video=youtube;fZ6V18ZEVWU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZ6V18ZEVWU[/video]

RAYS came up as new with a good clean





In getting the look over beside her big bro

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Japanese Christmas

Thanks to juice for hookin me up with some black/white checkered mats for the front and back

they are a serious serious quality - would reccommend them to anyone








He also sent me a genuine KIDS HEART sticker and a few planet drift stickers and a Gaku Dori mag

happy bunny








I also managed to find a full boot interior - wanted one as the overall goal is to have an old 94 road car with as many comforts as modern cars

A lot of work cleaning it up and fitting it all properly but boom its all in

iv seen very few 180s that still had the full boot interiors

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So Now we are right up to date - Sunday May 4th 2014

The first round of IDC was on at Mondello last weekend so we took the cars down to it for a wee run

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So on friday night i took the Notion to fit the HUD

it was time to do this - TO A PERFECT UNCRACKED, UNMARKED DASH - i was putting it off as long as i could but it had to be done at some stage or another

Here goes ……..


















So yeah thats it in and bolted down tight and everything working as it should, it was an absolute cunt of a job in all fairness, there is no real way of mapping it out, i practiced on an old fucked dash i had layin about but still, theres no real proper template you can make, pretty much start in the middle and work your way out - but yeah it works wooop wooop

[video=youtube;70zRo9nRodo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70zRo9nRodo[/video]



Also put in a set of NGK 7s and they are soooo class as i was suffering some boost cut with the boost up at a bar



And probably the best £35 quid you could spend on a car - thanks to Mark John and Jamie for gettin her set up

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picked up some more RARE OPTIONAL EXTRA GOODNESS

optional extra sunroof delete for a 180sx

Came with Original Nissan bag

Very nice bit of kit - managed to get 2 of these so i have one for sale aswell

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Thought id throw up some pics of the stuff we have at the minute. We called ourselves Team Zero7Four- its the code for the area we live in. i know thats a bit "NWA" but hey, we were drunk when we decided it and when we sobered up we were too lazy to think of a new name so it stuck.

Heres some of the cars - Hope you like





























And this is a few of us - we all own each of the cars above



[video=youtube;PIIpZgcCmMc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIIpZgcCmMc[/video]


if you like what were doing you can join us on facebook and follow all the builds of each of the cars

https://www.facebook.com/Zero7Four

were a sound oul bunch of bastards in fairness

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A few more photos of my own

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New Diffuser arrived - having Paul at Pro-Fit Kits now fully rework the diffuser to make it look as close to an OE piece as possible - will cut a part of the rear bumper so it sits in further under the car, diffuser will be fully cut apart also and made smaller so it doesnt sit as low. going to have a few canards moulded also to sit at either end. Paul is also making up side steps that will attach in under the side skirts, he is also making me up a front undertry that will sit out from the front splitter with origin canards at either side.

few pics of the rear diffuser just sitting up against the car to show a rough idea what it will be like









Once Paul has got through with all his work the car will be going in for another full paint job to freshen her up, going the same colour again - fibreglass panels moved about a bit over the course of the year so theres a few spiderswebs here and there that need sorting out

wheels will be going Volk Bronze so i bought new genuine Rays Volk stickers for them






Heres a few more pics that turned up over the last few months that i really liked





The Zero7Four cars lining up to get into Mondello




Also a great day for the parish

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Black Friday impulse buy

Genuine Origin Carbon doorcards






And got a solid steering bush sent up from Cork off ma main man Daren Moynihan

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Been aaages since I was on this but now we're coming back into the summer it was time to do a bit of work on the car again

Left it up to Paul at ProFit kits to make custom canards and splitters for the front and sides to tie in with the diffuser on the rear, needless to say his work is second to none

Teaser pic to show what we're doing

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So just getting things finished up down at Pro-Fit kits

As ever Paul took what was in my head and just made it 10 times better

i had a few ideas that i brought to him and we talked through how to do a few things

firstly was obviously the front splitter that would bolt on under the standard kouki splitter - he made this all as one piece and it works lovely with the bumper and splitter









To follow on from this i also wanted to have sideskirt extensions made up to sit under the chuki sideskirts that would run on from the front splitter







Another idea i had was to insert a piece in the vented wings that would have a badge counter sunk into them - something to give it a bit of a modern touch - you can see them in the pics above and below is a pic of some genuine NISMO badges set in





For the rear i got rid of the kouki spats and i bought a full 1 piece bumper add-on that will have the diffuser built into it







This stuff has just been taken all back off and has been sent to be finished and painted in a textured plastic paint so that it looks as OEM as possible

The rest of the car has been left down to have the body painted Midnight Purple again and the splitter kit will be fitted once its all done

All C+C welcome as id like to see what everyone thinks as not many 180s have custom splitters made

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So i went to work today and planned to not spend more than like a fiver on my lunch

ended up spending a lot more than that when i randommly bought these defis

60mm smoked face edition

Defi Oil Pressure
Defi Oil Temp
Defi Water Temp
Defi Link Controller
All senders and sensors and holders

I already have a 60mm smoked Defi Boost Guage so i wanted these to tie in so i have a full matching set






have the car all stripped and all of the fibreglass parts repaired and ready for undercoat

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Just a sneak preview and an update as to whats been going on this past few weeks

Windows Removed




Paint Bought




Paint Sprayed




Lacquered




All reassembled




Wheels painted Bronze and set on - cars still up on axle stands in these pics








Hoping to have car finished and back out by next weekend

blueshark123

Top notch work, love the lip of the lip lol

nujabe

this is epic !!!

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