joshg51

Hi everyone, I figured I'd share the build of my S13 since I haven't really done that in detail even tho I'd like to.

It all started in 2014 around the time of Final Bout 1 that I came into possession of this coupe.
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It was a car the guys at Gold Star had gotten for from someone that had to get rid of it since their neighbor wasn't happy it was sitting on their lawn.
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I bought the car from Max (deolio) after unsuccessfully searching on and off for about 3 years. Now I know what you're thinking, "240s are cheap why did it take you so long?" Well I'm impatient for saving money, My job working for my dad as a mechanic wasn't making so much since work was slow and I already had a daily that i was working on a little bit. This car wasn't exactly for sale but i bugged max enough to sell it to me and he needed more final bout money. I thought it was the perfect platform since it would help me learn about the car while building and i'd know everything would be in good shape since a lot of new parts were gonna be needed to put this thing together.
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Dual cam KA he threw in, unknown condition but the guy he got if from said it was good
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Car didn't have a trans but got one from a customer of a friend
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The car in it's new home, my shop. Where I had every tool possible at my disposal so no excuse as to why i couldn't build this car. I started working on cars with my dad around the 7th grade and at this point I'm in 2nd year of college.
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Shortly after getting the car I made an impulse buy on some SSR Gartmaiers on yahoo since they were really cheap, i put them on boat shipping since i knew this car wouldnt be ready soon.
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So i didn't want to put that motor in without checking it first, so we pulled the head off and to check the sealing abilty of the top and bottom. Head was perfect but we found out the pistons were cracked.
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One rebuild later
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messy but seated with radiator
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the start of aero
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garts came in and got some lips for cheap from a friend, need modding to fit tho
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eventually gathered all this little bits to make the car run and move around but she wasn't road worthy yet
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ISIS/ISR Blast pipe exhaust kit, like the crappiest exhaust you can buy if your car is low FYI, fits like shit too.
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more aero
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always wanted a double din so did it in this car
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5 lug
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new rucas since old ebay ones that came on the car were fucked
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Coils i think at this point. 150 megans in the front and free racelands in the back, sounds awful be legit rode well for cruising.
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5 lug on with borrowed rears
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D-Max Hood and 5zigens
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More Low
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Full set of 5zigens
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zeta 1
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cusco digo and spray dyed back seats
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Spary dyed carpet with interior lit up
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attempts to make car one color (rattle can)
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all red stock tails
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joshg51

Alright, Break out the tequila boys cuz here's where shit gets fucked up.

One morning i get woken up by my mom and she's telling me i need to get to the shop since someone crashed into it and my dads been there since 4am. I thought "wow, thats weird, it pretty hard to crash into since we're on such a small street". It wasn't until i was about halfway there i realized that i had left my car behind the side door and knew there was a chance something had happened to my car. Sure enough when i arrive...

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So the guy that crashed into the shop didnt run cuz he lived down the street and knew my dad, had insurance blah blah blah so i thought this was gonna be an easy process to get my car fixed.

WRONG

Why do I say that? because his insurance company were fuck heads even though it was one of the big brands, cant remember which one. It ended being a 3-4 month ordeal before i finally had the check in my hands. MEANWHILE i had already singed up for my first drift event two months from when the crashed happened. So since the insurance adjuster wasn't expected to come look at the car until after the event, what i did was put what i could on the car while keeping it reversible after the event. My first drift event was supposed to be with all my friends and i wasnt gonna let anything stop me from going.

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So two days before the event is the car's maiden voyage since the crash, and i notice something odd very while driving, the wheel was off and it was squirmy even at 30mph. it turned out one of my toe rods in the back got bent in the crash. So i get it aligned the next day and while they couldn't get it in spec it was a lot better than before. So i borrowed some front wheels and the car was ready to drift!

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Hotel Night before
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Gold Star Skid Sunday

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Car drove perfect the whole weekend and had a blast with all my friends. After the event i got the money from the insurance and here's where things speed up for a bit for the car.
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First, I fix
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So some of you might have seen this wild build on here before
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My friend Roy from Bosstown/Gold Star got the skirts and rear from it
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Then I got it
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Price? this shift boot from gtr garage lol
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Best mirrors in the world: Ganadors
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Origin Stream Front Bumper, one of the best looking ones for the pop up fron IMO
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never forget where you come from, she returned under her own power.
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deolio

king namedrop lol

glad it's getting driven. stop having bad luck

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What vent is that in the front of your chuki bumper?
Chargespeed?

Extreme Dimensions

Now I feel like a loser with my car all broken down.

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DayTex

Your s13 looks awesome, I'm glad you kept it and kept building it after that shitty incident!

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joshg51

Then do some voodoo dance to clear me of it, it's getting old.

I dunno some random Group A vent I got from that one type x bumper in the beginning
It's okay that's the spot I'm at right now but we're not at that point of the story just yet!
Thanks dude! It gets better! sorta.

Keep the beer out cuz we're still goin strong

So I start on fixing the dents
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Switched to a ergo 2
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Covered the bare metal with primer for a rain drift event that got cancelled >
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and a 326 wing
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went drifting...
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with a bad alternator
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Z1 Motorsports 350z two piece rotor with z32 calipers
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Calipers cleaned up
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PBM Risers on a cleaned and painted subframe
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Went drifting again
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oem look for sec
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Painted my fenders and skirts on one side lol and went drifting again
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Ahhh how I wished i stopped right here and painted it.
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Now here's where things start to go south again, but it's all my fault because I'm a nutcase.

Impulse buys rare overfenders
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then impulse buys front fenders to match but they're not for pop up...
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Starts paint prep
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This hurt to do, all the regrets. Atleast i did it right, I sealed it up later really nice after
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Overs are perfect fitment. The roof wing is 326 power and I ended buying the matching trunk lip for it too B)
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And I piece the rest of the silvia front together. With some special touches
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Reece

If you ever sell those overs tho..........

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izzy-

This build is awesome. With the right paint and wheels, it will be prime.

CamryOnBronze

I believe that passenger seat is a Brix 1.5... bolsters look higher than an Ergo.

Nice progress!

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hotrodjoseph

Yes Josh! looked rad dude. Lets get some updates. I sadly know what happened.

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kneeecoo

Woah this thing got really cool really quick! Keep it up

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tuzzio

yep....and now I wanna go lower in the rear.

joshg51

Maybe one day, I miss stock body
The story aint done yet, you'll like whats soon
You're right dadmon, i do these update while tired.
yeah... lol
Thanks
low is life!

now to catch this up current status, It will both please and sadden you guys. Now who brought the Stella?

Went drifting more
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bought "street" aero
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and when all seemed lost...
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I paint
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but most importantly
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I drift
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Favorite shots
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Late night sad boy drives
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got a rear bumper to match
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and some unknown grill
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Mounted trunk wing and test fitted my friend's wheels
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AHHHHHH
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FUCK
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Buddy let me borrow his truck and trailer cuz i streeted my car to the track lol bless him
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Version 2 coming soon
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kneeecoo

What's that new hood called?

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joshg51

Takase Stout Type SS in carbon fiber

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TheRealSy90

Funny thing regarding the isis blast pipe exhaust. I was able to tuck mine completely above the frame rails and rear subframe...

Neat build!

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joshg51

I flattened mine to death and another friend ground his till it had giant hole. custom 2.5 is the way to go for me. And Thanks you have a pretty neat car too from what ive seen.

Sooo... lets catch up to today.

Built a shiny 4.6 for my car
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Got this thing for my oil pressure guage.
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Bought an ebay cage that had the wrong front bars.
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Friend gave me the right ones
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Cage and fake Defi ZD guage you cant really see.
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Drank a lot
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Went to final bout 3, drank a lot there
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Then the weekend i had to work on my car, I twisted my knee.
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Bought Bricks
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5 months later after the crash I fix the chassis stuff with a new core support and frame rails.
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Really liked this boss auto car. and since i have theyre overs...
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Did my lights the same way as theirs. Looks darker than it is in this pic. This pic is from today. Gonna paint match the new aero along with the hood. I feel like it would flow better than the carbon. Gonna put the motor back in tomorrow. Goal is to make Super D NYE. Ill let you know how it goes.
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kneeecoo

How did you do this? I wanna do my corners amber

joshg51

I used this cuz i suck at vinyl.


so for you this would prolly work
https://www.ebay.com/itm/VANS-JDM-AM....c100005.m1851

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joshg51

Time to finally update this a lot has happned since last time. Sorry in advance for image sizing, Flickr joined Photobucket in the dark side and figuring out Imgur right now.

Drove Super NYE end of 2018. Had a blast but walked away with some damage.




Got some new wheels.



Made some extended LCAs to try and make my car drive a little better.


Dyed my brown interior black.


Back together


Picked up new bash bars


Went to Drift Central





New steering wheel


Ganador Visors



Finally started painted the car






Show Shine Drive by Gold Star and Run Up!




Whats new


More Exsols, 17s for the front for more grip but they were chrome painted with black and he chrome thy used is fake.


Stripping


Stripped, the black is below the chrome.


Acid Stripped


Prestige Metal Coatings is A1. Go to them.


Chrome powder coat with falken rt615k


Chrome cluster rings


Puddle Lights

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PoorMans180SX

Okay okay. I see you trying to keep it steezy while getting some driving in.

Was really feeling it up until the ebay hotboi cage, hah. And BRUH, get some mufuckin' tension rods under the front of this thing! Those stockers are killing your feel and grip!

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I love this man, keep up the good work!

RalliartRsX

HOw do you like the knock Defi display?? Did you upgrade the sensors from what they provided??

tricky_ab

I like where this is heading...

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Back for round two... 4 doors this time around...

TheRealSy90

I think I know the answer but, is that a Chargespeed front bumper? the one with the integrated grill piece.
*Nevermind I saw your post in the aero thread, GCorp.

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I have an ebay bolt in. Works for what its worth.

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joshg51

yup bought this car to drive and looking cool is just the bonus.
and yeah next thing is tension rods mainly because with the front end most likely not going to be perfect so it'll need the adjustability. Been something on the list for a while. I also put in a nismo power brace and did some stitch welding on the chassis around the strut towers so with tension rods it should feels really tight now. I never wanted a weld in cage cuz this is a street style car for the most part. Want to keep full interior so it stays comfy and quiet as possible. Only got it cuz one of the closer venues in Monterey, Ca that i like for drifting requires 4 pt minimum with door bars for tandems so after i shake the car down i'll add bolt in bars. And at 400 dollars plus 200 for door bars it worth it for me to put in literally for one track. Thunderhill doesn't need it and Sonoma Raceway is wack people wise besides the ridiculous rules.

Thanks dude

So far it seems to work fine. Havent really tested since its had no radiator in it but oil pressure seems to be reading correct. I also have the speedo and RPM hooked up to it. I like it cuz it has audible and visual alarms you can set if things get too hot or oil pressure disappears which is nice so i dont have to look it. I'll hook boost up to it when I go KA-T but i might run a real gauge along side it to be sure im not overboosting. And I'm just using the sensors it came with.

me too man, me too

Ya Duraflex G Corp Bumper and it fits really well. I was so scared spending 375 dollars on a bumper that might suck considering they're reputation on some kits but i'm pretty happy its all good. Even got a small discount using the zilvia special. The bondo repair you see is just from my friend hitting a cone with it lol. Also the integrated Grill isnt just for for looks cuz it actually doubles as a place to put zipties to hold the bumper up with grill tabs on the headlights if you dont have bash bar or crash support because of a FMIC (which is why the front opening is so big) So i thought that was pretty trick of g corp.

My bash bar wants more blood from you scott. Gonna bend it back straight and put it back on.

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FaLKoN240

I've seen the way you drive, you've got a heavy foot
You'll blow yourself to pieces.

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deolio

leave the hood carbon for ballerpoints doooooood. ps. plz get dummy headlights to switchout for track days lol i'll die if those bricks break

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