nissanfreak317

Good idea using the trailer wheel wells for tubs. I'm in the middle of trying to fend off the rust in my engine bay and I'm diggin that idea.

Good build so far, thanks for the motivation!

tdaffern

Made some progress the last week. Had a buddy come help out with the pillar dent.

we used this dent puller by welding a tab on and heating up the area and pulling




and then once we got it close we just did a heat and shrink. Got the metal red hot then hit it with a cold rag.



so after all that it took very little filler for how bad it was. this is what we ended up with.


We also got the rear fenders mounted finally. Also test fitted the fronts and body kit. still have some tweaking to do on that.


And got some primer on from the doors back.

EvoVIII808

Just about done... Looking good.

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i would hate you too, but i love the hand work you're doing here.

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D.Adams

Big update coming. Been hard at work the last couple months

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PoorMans180SX

Sweet, looking forward to it.

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Is it that time already..

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Well It’s been a long year since we have started this build. We have learned a lot and done some things twice and fucked something’s up in the last year. But it feels so good to be on the tail end of this build and ready for Vegas FD.

Anyway on to the update.

Rear bash bar



We decided to run a self-ejecting D-Zus on the front and rear bumper so we can remove them with ease.










After the D-zus were mounted we started to heat gun the shitty extreme dimensions fenders. The rears fit of but the fronts were just pure junk. So those fenders are in the trash. Have no real pics of how bad the fronts were. so while waiting for the new sex fenders from frsports we did other things.
Started off by removing all the sound deadening bull shit to prep for the cage.




Then decided to remove the rear subframe to weld the diff and clean it up.


no pics of it welded we all know how they look
We then decided to upgrade to some Stance Sub frame solid bushing.
so we burned the old ones out while they were on order from frsports.

While waiting for the bushing me friend bought a welder and and talked me into doing gussets and boxing the ruca mounts.











Still waiting for the bushings he talked me into removing the spare tire trunk pan and doing some bracing and a nice bead rolled floor pan.
started by marking all the spot welds


then went to town on drilling them out


floor pan out


Bracing we put in







then the bushings came in. Thank you frsports of being such a kick ass company and hooking it up.
Dry Ice getting the bushings cold for install


Our only way to heat up the subframe for easy bushing install


bushings installed


The subframe back together with some PBM RUCAS


after the install of the subframe we went to stitch welding the chassis







Then bought the metal for the new trunk floor pan. 20g Cold rolled.
Our pattern for the new piece



then we cut it out of the 20g and took it to a friend to have it bead rolled
So from this


To this sex
( this is also going to help for a good mounting spot for the 16gal fuel cell )


After the install of that we Made the 3 1/2 hour drive to frsports to pick up some new parts. Unwrapping will come and be posted.. Got some free shirts plus a bad ass hour of bullshitting with a couple of frsports sales guy while we wrapped this for the 3 1/2 hour trip back to Havasu.

Once we got back from Fr we started the cage a couple days later.
Got this delivered to the house for freeeeeee 90ft of 1.5'' .120 wall DOM.

The whole goal behind the cage was to make it to where we could run all the panels from the rear struts forward. Just for more of a daily driver feel.

Started off by make the strut tower mounts. 2hours of bending and banging to get them where we liked..











Once they were welded in we started bending and mounting tubing.








Once we had most all the tubed mocked up we started to make the boxes for the cage floor mounts.

tdaffern

Once the floor mounts were made and tacked in we started to run all the Tubing
The door bars have an out kick because were big guys and want the extra room








door bar hand cut fish mouth lol






The cage is now fully welded in i don’t have very many pics but I will post some ASAP


Mounted the dash bar.











Then I got a 1'' dimple die from friend and made the Cage Gussets




I work with what I got.. My little Gusset machine lol



Welded in







Then I made this in 20 min just playing around






But what do you guys think we should run
Option #1


Or Option #2

tdaffern

As we left it tonight

tdaffern

In the near future we will be going back to body work and ditching the shitty ass ED fenders and going another route. We are also going to go with a single tube front bash bar and not the football mask one.

Thing on the list for the next month.
Fenders
Body work
Prime
Paint car silver and cage the color of the bay
Seats
Fuel Cell
Wiring
and other BS to get this car back on the road..
More updates to come

Its been a long year. Took a couple months off due to the heat and lack of funds. But now we are full force on it ready to get it finished.

Here is the link to the flickr account where most the pics of the build are

http://www.flickr.com/photos/s13phocker/


also im a little tired so once i get a good night sleep i will clean this up.

xSoCalxRiderx125

Build looks like its coming along strong. Nice job man. its hard to have the patience to do everything clean as you are. +1 for you
Btw i envy your garage space

tdaffern

Thanks man. Its really hard to be patient when i havent driven the car in over a year, but it will be worth it in the end.

update for today:
Got the new over fenders mounted. Origins look so much better and fit fantastic, hardly any sanding needed to get them to fit.


Aslo started getting the fronts mounted up. Just a few more tweaks.
This weekend should be able to finish that up, start a new bash bar,and get everything mocked up. Hopefully finish that up and all the body work within the next few weeks. Then PAINT!

D.Adams

sick build bro ... interwebs high five to the builder

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Got a update coming .. ran into a couple problems with some shity shity .. But soon

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jdm2191

Love the fab work looks awesome! & your sound deading came off nice...dry ice?

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Thank you, and yes dry ice. It worked great but still was a pain in the ass to get everything stripped.

Sorry for the lack of updates lately. Nothing ever happens as planned so we fell behind a bit. I will update after the whole car gets primered.

Wyfe

this is hardly a 240sx anymore, you're basically building a new car.

great fucking work, if only i had these funds..

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D.Adams

LoL funds .. its been a long build but well worth it so far now i just need to get my hands on it where were done.

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EvoVIII808

is there a build my car option?

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tdaffern

Thans man, Yeah no funds here. Just saving every extra penny to get what i need.

tdaffern

Update for 3/29-6/16



After we got the rear Origin 50mm overs mounted we worked on mounting the 40mm fronts noticed some minor waviness on the fenders so it was fill time and more sanding.



Once the fenders were on we tired to mount the side skirts. But for some reason with the 40mm fronts and the 50mm rears the skirts were 7/8'' short so it was time to extend the skirts.



my cut line



where i cut the skirt you can see the gap i had to fill




i cut down a paint stick and uses some 60second epoxy and gued the paint stick where i wanted the skirt to be held together.




After the epoxy was set up enough i used some blue tape to keep the fuberglass resin where i wanted it.


I then took some 10 oz fiberglass cloth and put the strength back into the skirt for filling the gap Got two layers of cloth.


I then took the paint sticks off sanded away the epoxy and filled the gap on the other side with light weight filler.


all better .. fit like a glove now


after this was done we decided to go back to body work got alot of the dents we missed fixed the front fenders and block sanded the car again

We also decided to build a new front bash bar. The other one looked like a foot ball mask. The front bash bar now has a center jack point and mounts the fmic to it and the bumper supports. We olse decided to flip the fmic upside down for shorter fmic tubes and ease of install.



Finished bash bar.. We also had to re mount the self ejecting dzus fastener back plates for the front bumper.


Center jack point and lower fmic mounts


We also decided to put a center jack point on the rear bash bar.




After that we took all the windows out for paint. We were trying to use a torch and heat up a putty knife but that was a no go. I remembered this tool the window guy had when he came to remover the windshield so i made my own. 1'' putty knife welded to a sawzall blade and holly fuck did it work just keep it lubed with some water. Had all the windows out in 15-30min

all the windows out


We were doing some cutting on the rear of the oem fenders to make the 50mm overs for better and found some rust so it har do me patched.

In the last week plus we have been sanding - filling - sanding and painting. As of now that car is fully primed and ready for paint. The cage has been painted and we are letting it set up for a couple days because we want the cage copper and the car silve so its got to be taped off.



the car up and fully primered






taped of the car for over spray when painting the cage


The cage all painted up and ready to rock.



We decided to use a 16oz aluminum BudLight bottle for a radiator catch tank because this build is powered by budlight .
Budlight Can + -4 bulkhead + -4 90deg an =




In the last 3 months there has been alot of work but alot of down time to. I know i have missed some thing in this update but if i remember i will put them in.

1on1

wow.......

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Havasu is HOT! Excited for paint

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dude,....glad i clicked this build!
looks great man

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beems240sx

amazing! wish i had the space and time to be able to do all of this. i tip my hat to you sir

Darren

looking good.

Just "finished" a 2 year bodywork episode myself. You must be just chomping at the bit right now to get it finished!

Props for taking your time and doing it right.

tdaffern

Yes it is 117 yesterday and today. Hard to stay motivated in that.


Thanks guys, i really appreciate that.

Ineedparts

Amazing!! Car couldn't be in better hands.

jdm2191

Yeah I know My Dad lives in Bullhead

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