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Levan. B · 11-01-2011, 09:25 PM

Sup dudes. I'm finally getting around to starting this build thread after almost a year of building the car, better late than never.

My goal with this project was to try to build the cleanest s13 that i possibly could, nothing extreme, I just wanted it to be almost like " new ". With my old 92' SE Hb I ran into a few problems with body damage, and not having the time or ability to get that fixed due to it being my daily driver, I decided to go for a whole new chassis.

Because of the fact that my whole family has been car enthusiasts for as long as i can remember this build has been a family effort of sorts. My father Jay, and my grandfather Gary have been helping me out with this thing for the past year tremendously, I can't possibly thank them enough. It's pretty neat that I can say that about a silly 240 build of mine.

Some of you may already be familiar with my ol' Goldie hatch.

Sad to say I had to begin reaming it of its parts for the new chassis after working so hard to get it the way it was, but I will still be driving it nonetheless.

Onto the new chassis:
While i was on the lookout for a new car to start with, my father ran across another gold hatch, what a coincidence. It was a 93' and was also an SE; right down the road from his house, and it was for sale. He said it was the cleanest completely stock s13 he had seen in a while. The car had two owners it's whole life. The current owner at the time had owned it since 1995. So of course i jumped on it and bought it a few hours later.
Here it is the day of purchase:

Drove the car once completely stock, just because. ran into some small electrical problems and addressed them right away before i started stripping it down.

Started off day one pulling the front end, doors and hatch off of the car.

Then went the interior.

All of the doo doo brown interior would be either replaced or painted to be black and grey.

The interior of the car was sprayed with Lizard skin for sound deadening. I was skeptical about it at first, but it turned out okay apart from the messy overspray

Then came some minor body work, I wanted to have it as smooth as i could before it went to the painter to try to make it move as quickly as possible, since I am unfortunately a very impatient person. Hah.

Pulled the grimey KA out, it wasn't quite as " Clean " as the rest of the car, Then worked on stripping down the KA and feverishly cleaning the bay.

Put the car up on the lift where it would sit for a while, and dropped the front crossmember and rear subframe.

Finally, the bay was prepped and ready for paint. unfortunately i couldn't find photos of it in primer.
I wanted the color for the car to be something that was a little different, I spotted some photos from japan for some inspiration, and went for it.

The color is a bit more green than what it looks like in the photo. Thats all I'm posting tonight. bare with me on the photos, they are scattered everywhere on different computers.

RandallSharp · 11-01-2011, 09:37 PM

Wow, that's a gorgeous color man. Lucky dog, I wish this was mine!

HPKMotorsports3 · 11-01-2011, 09:53 PM

Man she looks sweet... cant wait to see how she looks finished... great work

s14fbs · 11-01-2011, 09:56 PM

sweet giant sized pics brooooooooooooooo
florida fail <3

Wheelchair · 11-01-2011, 10:21 PM

Great start! Paint looks like it was done well~

But please.... for the young people on the boards... there is a difference between IRONY and COINCIDENCE

RandallSharp · 11-01-2011, 10:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wheelchair

Great start! Paint looks like it was done well~

But please.... for the young people on the boards... there is a difference between IRONY and COINCIDENCE

I don't get it?

Levan. B · 11-01-2011, 10:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wheelchair

Great start! Paint looks like it was done well~

But please.... for the young people on the boards... there is a difference between IRONY and COINCIDENCE

Fixed.

Levan. B · 11-01-2011, 10:44 PM

Thanks for the positive feedback dudes. I should be adding tons more when i get the time.

va240dude · 11-02-2011, 02:33 AM

Good stuff, love that your dad and grandpa are helping out! I really want to do something similar and build one from the base up so I'm sure I'll get lots of inspiration and ideas from yours!

Levan. B · 11-02-2011, 07:21 AM

Thanks Matt! Yeah I'm pretty thankful to have them help out, its been pretty nice. Especially the past two weeks, been busting ass on it. Nice, I'll try to post more as soon as I can.

CamryOnBronze · 11-02-2011, 08:39 AM

So cool- really looking forward to the rest! I'm jealous man!

kyles1988 · 11-02-2011, 09:46 AM

Looking forward to more man! Loving it so far.

Bushido · 11-02-2011, 10:10 AM

ol goldie was very clean

lil turquoise will be even cleaner i bet

SUPbRAh · 11-02-2011, 10:43 AM

I'm liking this so far.

bigz1234 · 11-02-2011, 12:23 PM

Good job, looking really good

xBtony · 11-02-2011, 12:30 PM

diggin it so far!

justinedible4 · 11-02-2011, 01:10 PM

Love that color man! Subscribed!

punxva · 11-02-2011, 02:11 PM

this build is awesome just from the sneak peek from the kouki thread

tricky_ab · 11-02-2011, 04:38 PM

I'm loving that colour

SHIFT_destroy · 11-02-2011, 05:01 PM

hell yeah brett this this is gonna be awesome cant wait to see more .. ps this is matt from ohio

taran! · 11-02-2011, 06:22 PM

Very jealous you got to basically take everything off the car, wish i had another chassis to do that do! Anyways can't wait to see the whole thread infold!

Slideurmom · 11-02-2011, 07:26 PM

Can't wait to read the rest ...and this is Gabe by the way

handsomecs · 11-02-2011, 07:43 PM

so far, awesome sauce!! looking forward to seeing what it turns into!

Levan. B · 11-02-2011, 08:54 PM

Wow! I was not expecting so many replies already. Thanks for all the appreciation guys!
Finally I get to sit down and do some more posting.

As you may have noticed in the last photo, When i dropped the front crossmember and rear subframe I applied some de greaser and went to town cleaning on them.

After the thorough cleaning the spindles, suspension arms, diff, axles Etc.. were pulled off to be refinished with gloss black paint, and have all the bushing replaced with brand new energy bushings!

Please excuse the very poor photos guys, I did not have my Nikon around for a lot of this build, I will dig up as much as I can.

I also purchased a " new " Oe replacement rack, Oe replacement lower control arms, and Ichiba 5 lug hubs.

Brand new OEM rear lower control arms.

Energy suspension bushings in the spindles with fresh coat of gloss black.

Also here is the Underside of the chassis with a fresh coat of lizard skin after pressure washing the underside. That was a giant mess, and pain in the ass. especially in cold weather.. huge thanks to Gramps for helping me out with that.

I had my buddy Mike cut and weld up some of the seams in the fender wells, cut that razor sharp seam at the top of the fender, and welded that before all the coating was applied.

Finished product:

zomgsohc · 11-02-2011, 09:06 PM

That gold hatch at the top of the page (your previous car or whatever) is one of the cleanest hatchbacks I've ever seen. If that is any indication of what this car could become, I cannot wait to see more.

Also, all your parts look really sexy cleaned up. Makes me wish I had another car to daily so I could take mine apart and clean it up nice like yours haha

Levan. B · 11-02-2011, 09:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zomgsohc

That gold hatch at the top of the page (your previous car or whatever) is one of the cleanest hatchbacks I've ever seen. If that is any indication of what this car could become, I cannot wait to see more.

Also, all your parts look really sexy cleaned up. Makes me wish I had another car to daily so I could take mine apart and clean it up nice like yours haha

Thanks man! I love that car, sad to say its in pieces right now

Yeah I'm really happy about the way they turned out, It's been a whole lot of work.

s14fbs · 11-02-2011, 09:52 PM

this shit cray

Slideurmom · 11-02-2011, 09:55 PM

Ain't it jay

idahotuner · 11-02-2011, 10:15 PM

even though mine has nice paint i am thinking of swapping it all over to a vert....

STL240SXDRIFT · 11-02-2011, 10:17 PM

Nice build man, lizard skin looks dope.

11-01-2011, 09:25 PM	#1
Levan. B Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: FL fail Posts: 443 Trader Rating: (7) Feedback Score: 7 reviews	Levan's 93' hatchback resto/custom 180sx build thread. Sup dudes. I'm finally getting around to starting this build thread after almost a year of building the car, better late than never. My goal with this project was to try to build the cleanest s13 that i possibly could, nothing extreme, I just wanted it to be almost like " new ". With my old 92' SE Hb I ran into a few problems with body damage, and not having the time or ability to get that fixed due to it being my daily driver, I decided to go for a whole new chassis. Because of the fact that my whole family has been car enthusiasts for as long as i can remember this build has been a family effort of sorts. My father Jay, and my grandfather Gary have been helping me out with this thing for the past year tremendously, I can't possibly thank them enough. It's pretty neat that I can say that about a silly 240 build of mine. Some of you may already be familiar with my ol' Goldie hatch. Sad to say I had to begin reaming it of its parts for the new chassis after working so hard to get it the way it was, but I will still be driving it nonetheless. Onto the new chassis: While i was on the lookout for a new car to start with, my father ran across another gold hatch, what a coincidence. It was a 93' and was also an SE; right down the road from his house, and it was for sale. He said it was the cleanest completely stock s13 he had seen in a while. The car had two owners it's whole life. The current owner at the time had owned it since 1995. So of course i jumped on it and bought it a few hours later. Here it is the day of purchase: Drove the car once completely stock, just because. ran into some small electrical problems and addressed them right away before i started stripping it down. Started off day one pulling the front end, doors and hatch off of the car. Then went the interior. All of the doo doo brown interior would be either replaced or painted to be black and grey. The interior of the car was sprayed with Lizard skin for sound deadening. I was skeptical about it at first, but it turned out okay apart from the messy overspray Then came some minor body work, I wanted to have it as smooth as i could before it went to the painter to try to make it move as quickly as possible, since I am unfortunately a very impatient person. Hah. Pulled the grimey KA out, it wasn't quite as " Clean " as the rest of the car, Then worked on stripping down the KA and feverishly cleaning the bay. Put the car up on the lift where it would sit for a while, and dropped the front crossmember and rear subframe. Finally, the bay was prepped and ready for paint. unfortunately i couldn't find photos of it in primer. I wanted the color for the car to be something that was a little different, I spotted some photos from japan for some inspiration, and went for it. The color is a bit more green than what it looks like in the photo. Thats all I'm posting tonight. bare with me on the photos, they are scattered everywhere on different computers. __________________ enjukuracing.com Last edited by Levan. B; 11-26-2011 at 03:59 PM..

11-01-2011, 09:37 PM	#2
RandallSharp Zilvia Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Ohio Age: 32 Posts: 183 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Wow, that's a gorgeous color man. Lucky dog, I wish this was mine! __________________ 1991 240sx Hatch Daily'd!

11-01-2011, 09:56 PM	#4
s14fbs Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: candy mountain Age: 34 Posts: 1,543 Trader Rating: (11) Feedback Score: 11 reviews	sweet giant sized pics brooooooooooooooo florida fail <3 __________________ http://strictlycoolstuff.tumblr.com/

11-01-2011, 10:44 PM	#8
Levan. B Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: FL fail Posts: 443 Trader Rating: (7) Feedback Score: 7 reviews	Thanks for the positive feedback dudes. I should be adding tons more when i get the time. __________________ enjukuracing.com

11-02-2011, 02:33 AM	#9
va240dude Post Whore! Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: 千葉県／Virginia/Under my 240 Age: 42 Posts: 2,833 Trader Rating: (161) Feedback Score: 161 reviews	Good stuff, love that your dad and grandpa are helping out! I really want to do something similar and build one from the base up so I'm sure I'll get lots of inspiration and ideas from yours! __________________ 180SXオタクだ!

11-01-2011, 10:21 PM	#5
Wheelchair Leaky Injector Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: ATL Posts: 137 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Great start! Paint looks like it was done well~ But please.... for the young people on the boards... there is a difference between IRONY and COINCIDENCE

11-02-2011, 07:21 AM	#10
Levan. B Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: FL fail Posts: 443 Trader Rating: (7) Feedback Score: 7 reviews	Thanks Matt! Yeah I'm pretty thankful to have them help out, its been pretty nice. Especially the past two weeks, been busting ass on it. Nice, I'll try to post more as soon as I can. __________________ enjukuracing.com

11-02-2011, 08:39 AM	#11
CamryOnBronze Post Whore! Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: MI Age: 38 Posts: 3,916 Trader Rating: (131) Rides Gallery: CamryOnBronze Feedback Score: 131 reviews	So cool- really looking forward to the rest! I'm jealous man! __________________ CamryOnBronze.com

11-02-2011, 09:46 AM	#12
kyles1988 Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Normal, IL Posts: 1,026 Trader Rating: (12) Feedback Score: 12 reviews	Looking forward to more man! Loving it so far.

11-02-2011, 10:10 AM	#13
Bushido Post Whore! Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: SFL Posts: 3,563 Trader Rating: (10) Feedback Score: 10 reviews	ol goldie was very clean lil turquoise will be even cleaner i bet __________________

11-02-2011, 10:43 AM	#14
SUPbRAh Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Springfield, IL Posts: 37 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I'm liking this so far.

11-02-2011, 12:23 PM	#15
bigz1234 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: PA Posts: 18 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Good job, looking really good

11-02-2011, 01:10 PM	#17
justinedible4 Leaky Injector Join Date: May 2008 Location: NC Age: 34 Posts: 134 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	Love that color man! Subscribed!

11-02-2011, 04:38 PM	#19
tricky_ab Post Whore! Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: It's dark, and hell is hot! Posts: 9,414 Trader Rating: (23) Feedback Score: 23 reviews	I'm loving that colour

11-02-2011, 05:01 PM	#20
SHIFT_destroy Leaky Injector Join Date: May 2006 Location: ne ohio Age: 40 Posts: 133 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	hell yeah brett this this is gonna be awesome cant wait to see more .. ps this is matt from ohio

11-02-2011, 06:22 PM	#21
taran! Leaky Injector Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Orlando Age: 31 Posts: 78 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	Very jealous you got to basically take everything off the car, wish i had another chassis to do that do! Anyways can't wait to see the whole thread infold!

11-02-2011, 07:26 PM	#22
Slideurmom Leaky Injector Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Dumblando, Fl Posts: 89 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Can't wait to read the rest ...and this is Gabe by the way

11-02-2011, 07:43 PM	#23
handsomecs Leaky Injector Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Sacramento Age: 36 Posts: 51 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	so far, awesome sauce!! looking forward to seeing what it turns into!

11-02-2011, 08:54 PM	#24
Levan. B Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: FL fail Posts: 443 Trader Rating: (7) Feedback Score: 7 reviews	Wow! I was not expecting so many replies already. Thanks for all the appreciation guys! Finally I get to sit down and do some more posting. As you may have noticed in the last photo, When i dropped the front crossmember and rear subframe I applied some de greaser and went to town cleaning on them. After the thorough cleaning the spindles, suspension arms, diff, axles Etc.. were pulled off to be refinished with gloss black paint, and have all the bushing replaced with brand new energy bushings! Please excuse the very poor photos guys, I did not have my Nikon around for a lot of this build, I will dig up as much as I can. I also purchased a " new " Oe replacement rack, Oe replacement lower control arms, and Ichiba 5 lug hubs. Brand new OEM rear lower control arms. Energy suspension bushings in the spindles with fresh coat of gloss black. Also here is the Underside of the chassis with a fresh coat of lizard skin after pressure washing the underside. That was a giant mess, and pain in the ass. especially in cold weather.. huge thanks to Gramps for helping me out with that. I had my buddy Mike cut and weld up some of the seams in the fender wells, cut that razor sharp seam at the top of the fender, and welded that before all the coating was applied. Finished product: __________________ enjukuracing.com Last edited by Levan. B; 11-26-2011 at 04:02 PM..

11-02-2011, 09:06 PM	#25
zomgsohc Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Earth Age: 33 Posts: 24 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	That gold hatch at the top of the page (your previous car or whatever) is one of the cleanest hatchbacks I've ever seen. If that is any indication of what this car could become, I cannot wait to see more. Also, all your parts look really sexy cleaned up. Makes me wish I had another car to daily so I could take mine apart and clean it up nice like yours haha __________________

11-02-2011, 09:52 PM	#27
s14fbs Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: candy mountain Age: 34 Posts: 1,543 Trader Rating: (11) Feedback Score: 11 reviews	this shit cray __________________ http://strictlycoolstuff.tumblr.com/

11-02-2011, 09:55 PM	#28
Slideurmom Leaky Injector Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Dumblando, Fl Posts: 89 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Ain't it jay

11-02-2011, 10:15 PM	#29
idahotuner Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: St. Maries, Idaho Age: 35 Posts: 1,276 Trader Rating: (17) Rides Gallery: idahotuner Feedback Score: 17 reviews	even though mine has nice paint i am thinking of swapping it all over to a vert.... __________________ My Twin Scroll Gt30r Sr22det Build

11-02-2011, 10:17 PM	#30
STL240SXDRIFT Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Dance Floor Posts: 585 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	Nice build man, lizard skin looks dope.