Midnight Purple, Type-x S13 Build

[sftmb]

Hey everyone!

I've been on zilvia for a while, but I figured I should finally post up a build thread.lol You may have seen me spam the kouki aero thread a few times with this car. lol Overall to get to this point it took about 6 months. so, there was lots of living paycheck to paycheck. haha My plan when first starting this was to just have a really clean, streetable, fun car that is reliable but still puts down decent power. Well, lets take the blue pill, and see how far this rabbit hole goes! onward!

oh, and shoutout to KansaiDrifter for helping me out a bunch with this project. Alot of the bodywork is thanks to him since I'm still at noob at that stuff and it took some trial and error to get it looking decent on my part. haha

Day 1, sitting in my driveway


The KA24DE transplant it's going to receive.. RIP my old s13...*sigh*


the old car is now being used as a prop for others among the S13 graveyard that used to be my buddies shop, Kami Dori. haha


Gitting into the nitty gritty for body work. Spent many nights with lack of sleep covered in body filler.


More find getting all the little door dings and imperfections out


got the new subframe painted, PBM risers, and Yamato Garage sus


Whole rear end assembled!


all the type-x goodies minus the lip


getting the wheel fitment to be spot on!


masking everything and adding the finishing touches for paint



Shiny and purple!




wired up the Raybrig Purple/Blue housnigs, Shining Wizard 5k bulbs, LED position lights,and turn signals


How she sits now







Usage?
Right now this car is my Daily Driver, and also the weekend track warrior. I haven't quite put it up to drifting yet, but I mostly do auto-x and lapping days with it.

New Shtuff
As for mods, right now it's just a stock dual-cam with intake and exhaust, but I plan on building a SR20VET the beginning of 2012. I just finished completely rebuilding the Tranny, and adding a B&M Short Shifter with HKS Shift Return Springs. So far, the thing feels like butter! it's a completely different car to drive. I love it!

Things to come
As for mods to come,All I really have left really is a 1piece driveshaft and a 1.5way OS Giken Diff to top things off. once those are done, then I'm going to start working on building my SR^_^ overall my HP goal should be around 300-400. enough to have fun at the track, but still keep the car streetable.

[chiboy002]

are those clearcorner led positions?

how u like em

[Drifting-pedobear]

Originally Posted by chiboy002

are those clearcorner led positions?

how u like em

lol, thats your response?

lord.




nice job rebuilding it, looks great!
*but* need MORR LOWAR

[DanielZ]

Damn dude this looks awesome, definitely inspires me to try my hand in painting a car although when you see a before and after pic like that. Looks like work is being done.

[kOOpA]

kinda confused as to why you'd build a sweet ass car and use yamato garage arms. cool car nonetheless.

[HPKMotorsports3]

looks sweet love that purple...

[sftmb]

thanks for the compliments guys!

The position lights are OEM just with LED bulbs in them.

Yeah, alot of people have told me MOAR lower, especially in the front. haha for now though, I like it. maybe eventually I'll drop it just a tad in the front. but, it really only looks bad with certain angles. plus, when I eventually get my lip, I don't want downtown Seattle streets tearing it up. lol

As for the Yamato arms, yeah I was ballin on a budget. so, I went with what I could afford at the time. haha the type-x stuff set me back a bit, so I had to compensate in other areas. I figure, its better to get OEM aero, and go a bit cheaper on arms for now. than go legit on arms, and get version select aero that fits like poo. once the yamato stuff starts to wear out, I plan on either going SPL or PBM.

[Antigini]

Damn, I love that color and love those wheels.

[jdm2191]

Nice car I hope there is more to come as for a "real build thread"

[sftmb]

Originally Posted by jdm2191

Nice car I hope there is more to come as for a "real build thread"

thanks lol, yeah most of the suspension and exterior stuff is done. so, the rest of this build thread will involve finishing off some things, and starting my SR adventure.

[Zero-Offset]

haha glad you found use for that last pic. nice to see my shots in a build thread
paint is reaaaally gorgeous and shiny. hope it stays like that for a while.

orrr, yennow, break it in with a bit of sliding at the MULTIPLE NW tracks next season :P

[DamianN.]

Very nice and crazy good job, looks just like a oem Type-X 180. I can't tell but kinda looks like the rear is a bit lower than the front.

[sftmb]

Zero-offset, yeah I was hoping somebody grabbed some shots from FD Seattle. haha thanks! Also, don't worry you'll be seeing much more of it at the track next year. lol although probably not at evergreen anytime soon. But I plan on running in the Bremerton Drift events, and some of the PGP stuff too!

Damian, Yep,That was pretty much the goal when I started. Glad it you like it!^_^ also, yeah fitment with the front is something I get often. hehe

[THE-D]

beautiful color and car, i hope to one day paint mine that color

[tricky_ab]

I remember following this on your blog/site. When are you planning to drop the SR?

[CamryOnBronze]

Love the color. Super jealous of a fresh paint job like I always am, lol. Nice work!

[sftmb]

Originally Posted by tricky_ab

I remember following this on your blog/site. When are you planning to drop the SR?

oh yeah, I remember yo u stopping by. haha Hopefully I'll be able to drop it in springtime of next year. I gotta work on importing my 86 and building the SR first. I plan on running 300-400hp with the tomei arms m7960 turbo and a VE head.

Originally Posted by CamryOnBronze

Love the color. Super jealous of a fresh paint job like I always am, lol. Nice work!

Thanks camry! It's okay, I'm super jealous of your TE's, so we're even. haha

[Zenki_Kouki.5]

Nice build.
whered u buy your oem type x?

[sftmb]

Originally Posted by Zenki_Kouki.5

Nice build.
whered u buy your oem type x?

A guy from Malaysia had the full kit over on nicoclub. So, I scooped it up. I still need to a lip at some point. lol I heard Jesse Streeter is a good route to go.

[truckmtrS13]

love the color!

[jdmlivin]

Amazing !!!!!!!!!!!!

[dsc4130]

Originally Posted by kOOpA

kinda confused as to why you'd build a sweet ass car and use yamato garage arms. cool car nonetheless.

hahaha koopa

[matt_240sx]

I love it! Great looking car!

[KansaiDrifter]

Actually,....your car has been drifted, once Ok well a mini on ramp drift in the rain when I delivered it but it's true track virginity has yet to be broken in haha. Still my favorite street s13 I've been a part of. I'll gladly show ya around pgp sometime

[kyles1988]

looking good man. I've wondered how those HKS Shift Return Springs work. seems like a cool piece.

[KRKC]

Looks nice! Too bad you didn't take the 180sx glass on the white shell, while you had your car getting painted.

[JDM king240]

would look even more dope if dropped a lil more and cambered but right now it looks amazing

[sftmb]

Originally Posted by KansaiDrifter

Actually,....your car has been drifted, once Ok well a mini on ramp drift in the rain when I delivered it but it's true track virginity has yet to be broken in haha. Still my favorite street s13 I've been a part of. I'll gladly show ya around pgp sometime

haha yup, you popped its drifting cherry now, deep down it wants more! my plan is to get some good seat time toward the end of this year at bremerton and at the PGP lapping days while drifting is on its "offseason".

Also, for those that don't know KansaiDrifter helped me out a TON while putting this thing together, especially with the body work.lol so, alot of credit goes to him as well.

Originally Posted by kyles1988

looking good man. I've wondered how those HKS Shift Return Springs work. seems like a cool piece.

yeah those HKS springs are great! the "soft" ones are a tad stiff and take some getting used to, but so far I really like them. I still have the "hard" ones sitting here incase your interested. lol IIRC, the soft ones are 150% stiffer over stock, and the hard ones are 300%.

Originally Posted by KRKC

Looks nice! Too bad you didn't take the 180sx glass on the white shell, while you had your car getting painted.

haha it's funny you mention that. I was thinking about it, but taking out the quarter glass is kind of a pain. lol Plus, I'm not that concerned with being "authentic" I just got the type-x stuff cuz it looks amazing.

Originally Posted by JDM king240

would look even more dope if dropped a lil more and cambered but right now it looks amazing

thanks! the front is maxed out on the camber plates at 3 degrees, and the rear is sitting at 2. Since I track my car, suspension geometry is important. I don't really want the "hella flush, super camber" look since I still want it to be practical. haha

[sex14]

nice to see another fine pnw s chasis

[da_crew10]

looking good man