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MidnightKouki · 04-13-2012, 12:37 AM

So I've owned this car for a few years with decent progress. However recently things have been really coming together so I figured maybe it was build thread worthy...

I owned a 95 Zenki for about a month or so until a combination of blown/cut springs from the previous owner/rain/retarded camber wear turned the car into a lightpole removal unit....car was basically toast after that, passenger rear quarter was effed bad (sorry no pics of the damage)

Luckily, I picked up a 97 kouki right after, BONE stock, only 100,000 clicks and only $4500. The owner moved here from some small town in Canada and had NO idea how bad us drifter fanboys get fleeced on S-chassis prices around here. Car was MINT and i was happy. Was was auto tho, but that was all good because I knew I'd be swapping something in eventually.

This used to be the beautiful view from my old apartment haha

On to the build! (I use the term loosely)

Right away I dove into the suspension. It wasn't my first choice but I got a wicked deal on some Megan streets and a full set of Megan arms so I jumped on it. At the same time I picked up an Apexi N1 Evo exhaust.

Cleannnnn shell...

More on the way...

MidnightKouki · 04-13-2012, 12:51 AM

A little time had passed and by pure luck I had struck a trade of sorts for some bodywork and paint in exchange for my Zenki. Steve from the former OZdesigns (and current driftunion bro) totally transformed the car. Total "this is not my fucking car" pimp my ride shit when I picked it up....

+ knockoff vertex

+ knockoff Nismo 270R

+ this with flake

=

Right away I had to address som BADDD rubbing issues lol

MidnightKouki · 04-13-2012, 01:18 AM

So just to give a taste of what low cars have to deal with 'round here, this happened like a goddamn week out of paint:

Passed by a cop, he pulled a U-turn so hard he almost rolled his suburban and lit me up. Gave me a nice fatherly lecture about how my car being so low was basically Auschwitz 2010. then the backup rolled up...

Right on the spot I got what we canucks call a "Boxy 1" or a Box one vehicle inspection, meaning they ticked the first box on this form thing....bad news

They confiscated my plates on the spot, called me a $250 tow truck, cancelled my insurance and told me to have a nice day.

(SWAT team not pictured)

It took jumping through a bunch of hoops and paying for a shady inspection but within a week I was back on the road. The only snag was that I promised the shop I'd roll like this for a while to keep the heatyness down....ugh.

Couldn't take it after a few weeks like that so I decided to spin my shit back down. Can kinda see the flake here:

TN4sty 305 · 04-13-2012, 01:31 AM

what color is that?

MidnightKouki · 04-13-2012, 01:35 AM

2011

Little things here and there for the next year or so:

random pics from said year...

Minor details and interior stuff...

Z32 fronts...

LED Tails...

Authentic FIA Recaro SPG profi

Parking lot harness tuck lol

Sorry if this is getting longwinded, I'm trying to consolidate my build thread from a local forum

MidnightKouki · 04-13-2012, 01:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TN4sty 305

what color is that?

Unfortunately I don't have any codes or anything but what me and the painter agreed upon was "Very deep midnight purple with purple flake"

MidnightKouki · 04-13-2012, 02:01 AM

2011 con't

So one day I was cruising around at 1am and everything was calm until BOOM, a huge bank, a clunk and then the worst rubber screeching sound I'd ever heard. Pulled over asap and looked at my car and couldn't figure what the hell had happened, but i was basically on the ground... I had no flashlight, was like maybe 20 mins out from home, obviously didn't wanna call a tow truck and/or the police to help and i couldn't get the scissor jack anywhere under the car. I decided to limp it home....worst drive of my life. I was like a MM off the ground, and since if I got on a main road and went over like 1omph I'd leave a HUGE smoke trail from my car sitting on the tire, I had to stick to sidestreets.....meaning schoolzones...meaning speedbumps.

The next morning I snapped this (looks pretty dope though haha)

What happened was the bolt holding the bottom mount of the coil over had just fucking fallen out and the coil slid off the spindle... I got free install then I bought the coils so I figured why not.....THIS IS WHY NOT.

Onwards:

JDM grill

Obligatory gas station shot

Audio stuff.... couldn't handle the fully blown oem shit anymore.

Guard dog...

OK.....2011 over....almost caught up

MidnightKouki · 04-13-2012, 02:25 AM

2012

So 2012 started off...bittersweet

bitter:

Girlfriend borrows car in the rain, spins, jumps curb, nails trash can lol. I feel like her having to pick up the phone and make that call to me was punishment enough haha....and she bought me a Dmax style hood as a peace offering. I took it.

and sweet:

Waited and waited and waited for an S14 sr and it was hopless...so i picked up a super clean blacktop. No matter.

I really wanted do LS1 but shit's just not feasible in western Canada...to my knowledge, noone has an LS-S-chassis. No junkyards have any laying around either. And I doubt many shops have experience with it. What we DO have, is mad Japan hook ups, so SR was an easy choice

A can of spray, a bag of zipties, some hood stomping and a set of JDM headlights later...not too shabby.

Got some time the other week to crack the motor open a bit. Pristine condition all the way around. Feeling way better about going SR now.

On come the parts!

Koyo n-flo, UEGO, samco blah blah

carbon Garage Defend knockoff cooling panel and PBM skid plate

Cobra downpipe (QUALITY unit)

More Gauges/ prosport halo

More on this tomorrow....

Alright guys, that's it....all caught up. Thanks for checkin this out!

LOTS of updates to come

yomisiu · 04-13-2012, 03:10 AM

looks good, keep it up

tricky_ab · 04-13-2012, 05:32 AM

Bah...I want that rim news TODAY!!!

240drifter1 · 04-13-2012, 06:56 AM

Gonna look fucking good with those wheels! Props!

A'PEXi · 04-13-2012, 07:02 AM

keen to see the rims fitted

g_mac530 · 04-13-2012, 11:30 AM

gaaahaahhh what a cliff hanger with the LXZ's!! PBM pieces look nice. I was going to get a skid plate but I'm a little uneasy because of how thin it is. I want something a little thicker that will take a beating.

Pinggg · 04-13-2012, 12:20 PM

Damn nice build so far, i like the color, reminds me of a R33 skyline color like a purple or something.

bftII40 · 04-13-2012, 12:20 PM

nice car glws.

lol j/k. Seriously, nice car.

JDM SPUG · 04-13-2012, 12:33 PM

Where did u find that cooling panel?

OBEEWON · 04-13-2012, 01:53 PM

I will gladly pay you tuesday for rim news today.

Imarvin240 · 04-13-2012, 04:53 PM

sucks with the whole cop problem, but im glad it didn't put a stop to building the car. Keep up the good work.

2muchboost · 04-13-2012, 05:01 PM

Absolutely stunning color on the car. I am so damn JELLY! Those rims and that paint color are my dream. I was hoping someone would combine those two soon and you just did. INCEPTION!

MidnightKouki · 04-13-2012, 05:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JDM SPUG

Where did u find that cooling panel?

Luckily I live close to Zilvia's own C-UNIT, who imports carbon everything. Send him a PM....he's got shipments rolling in all the time.

MidnightKouki · 04-13-2012, 05:46 PM

Thanks for all the love fellas, I've just been chugging along for weeks ordering up parts for the swap. Really wished I lived in the US sometimes. most places would ship right to my door, free shipping, no tax within a week. Not up here. If I order from FRsport or enjuku for instance, I have to pay shipping to the boarder, wait an additional week sometimes to clear customs. THEN I get dinged with taxes, duties and brokerage fees

Free healthcare...or saving money and time on parts...sometimes I just cant decide whats better haha.

The wheels popped up unexpectedly locally and I just fucking JUMPED on them. Advertised as 18x10 and 19x11...I already was worried about fitment. Turns out when i showed up with cash to snag them they were 10.5 and 11.5......the dude didnt even know how to read the labels...rich kids.... Now even more sure they'd never fit, I still took them. I just...I had to.

Still cant believe that fell together. Just a week before a local baller wheel importer quoted me $5200 for a set from Japan along with a ridiculous wait. So I kinda put LXZ's on the never gunna happen list.

That night I test fitted to see how much work was needed to fit these. Didnt touch height or camber, just threw them on to get a ballpark idea.

The plan is to keep stock metal at all costs but to be honest, I dont think it'll take too much work to get them to fit. I REALLY wanna tuck rim since theyre 19's in the rear...so...that might require widebody. We'll see.
For now I ordered up 225/40/18 fronts and 245/35/19 rears to try and shoehorn these bitches in. I'll keep you guys posted

g_mac530 · 04-13-2012, 06:18 PM

Yea fitment is gonna be extreme on stock metal.... but it is possible. I haven't run 10.5's up front but I know a few people that have, definitely not for the weak at heart lol. Gonna take some camber. Gonna take some custom metal work to tuck rim in the rear too.

Drifting-pedobear · 04-13-2012, 09:17 PM

its not that you want to tuck rim...

you NEED to tuck rim.

19s and no tuck? youre going to be rollin in a donk.

shaggy sr · 04-13-2012, 09:46 PM

holy fyck! keep us updated. sorry i almost came out when i read this.

what hub/quick release was that? no airbag light on cluster? hooked up wirings to horn?

MidnightKouki · 04-14-2012, 07:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shaggy sr

holy fyck! keep us updated. sorry i almost came out when i read this.

what hub/quick release was that? no airbag light on cluster? hooked up wirings to horn?

haha thanks, the hub is NRG short and release is NRG as well. I just disconnected the airbag light, it was way too annoying. And I haven't hooked up the horn yet...although it's pretty easy to do from what I've read.

Today was a pretty nice day and I had some time, so I did a couple little things. Mainly mounting (but not wiring) the gauges up and installing the a pillar pod. I also worked on fitting the cooling panel

The end tabs on the panel were getting lifted up by the screw that connects the corner lights to the headlights, making everything fit horribly...so I decided to cut them off.

I had never cut carbon before nor did I try to read about the best way to do so. I just grabbed my dremel and jumped in. Scary shit. the initial cuts were god awful but after some touching up and rounding the corners/edges....it came out pretty good.

ZilviaKid · 04-14-2012, 10:22 PM

please more, please

Om1kron · 04-17-2012, 05:27 AM

you're going to have to run retard camber to get those to tuck on anything. I haven't dialed out any camber since I'm waiting for all of my arms and shit to get in, but thankfully I have a 2-way diff because it's retarded getting stuck going up driveways when the tire gets stuck on the fender.

Grocery Cart · 04-17-2012, 07:00 AM

Oh god please more, this thing looks beautiful.

Also about your girlfriend spinning your car in the rain, was it because of a welded diff? Or just hydroplane?

hardparkd · 04-17-2012, 07:38 AM

+1 for fellow canadian!
keep up the good work, car looks awesome. i loove the paint job :thumbsup:

MidnightKouki · 04-21-2012, 06:44 PM

too many pics on page 1, I'll post on pg2

04-13-2012, 12:37 AM	#1
MidnightKouki Zilvia Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 227 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	MidnightKouki's street S14 build So I've owned this car for a few years with decent progress. However recently things have been really coming together so I figured maybe it was build thread worthy... I owned a 95 Zenki for about a month or so until a combination of blown/cut springs from the previous owner/rain/retarded camber wear turned the car into a lightpole removal unit....car was basically toast after that, passenger rear quarter was effed bad (sorry no pics of the damage) Luckily, I picked up a 97 kouki right after, BONE stock, only 100,000 clicks and only $4500. The owner moved here from some small town in Canada and had NO idea how bad us drifter fanboys get fleeced on S-chassis prices around here. Car was MINT and i was happy. Was was auto tho, but that was all good because I knew I'd be swapping something in eventually. This used to be the beautiful view from my old apartment haha On to the build! (I use the term loosely) Right away I dove into the suspension. It wasn't my first choice but I got a wicked deal on some Megan streets and a full set of Megan arms so I jumped on it. At the same time I picked up an Apexi N1 Evo exhaust. Cleannnnn shell... More on the way...

04-13-2012, 07:02 AM	#12
A'PEXi Leaky Injector Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Japan Posts: 76 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	keen to see the rims fitted __________________ SIDEWAY ★ CIRCUS

04-13-2012, 12:33 PM	#16
JDM SPUG Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: NY Posts: 345 Trader Rating: (7) Feedback Score: 7 reviews	Where did u find that cooling panel? __________________ 1998 240sx 2jz swap in progress 2006 FULLY built WRX Rotated w/ PPG's

04-13-2012, 01:53 PM	#17
OBEEWON Post Whore! Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Hightened State of Emergency Posts: 6,053 Trader Rating: (9) Feedback Score: 9 reviews	I will gladly pay you tuesday for rim news today. __________________

04-13-2012, 04:53 PM	#18
Imarvin240 Nissanaholic! Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: king of prussia, PA! Posts: 1,721 Trader Rating: (18) Feedback Score: 18 reviews	sucks with the whole cop problem, but im glad it didn't put a stop to building the car. Keep up the good work. __________________ https://instagram.com/eck_matthew/

04-13-2012, 12:51 AM	#2
MidnightKouki Zilvia Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 227 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	A little time had passed and by pure luck I had struck a trade of sorts for some bodywork and paint in exchange for my Zenki. Steve from the former OZdesigns (and current driftunion bro) totally transformed the car. Total "this is not my fucking car" pimp my ride shit when I picked it up.... + knockoff vertex + knockoff Nismo 270R + this with flake = Right away I had to address som BADDD rubbing issues lol

04-13-2012, 01:18 AM	#3
MidnightKouki Zilvia Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 227 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	So just to give a taste of what low cars have to deal with 'round here, this happened like a goddamn week out of paint: Passed by a cop, he pulled a U-turn so hard he almost rolled his suburban and lit me up. Gave me a nice fatherly lecture about how my car being so low was basically Auschwitz 2010. then the backup rolled up... Right on the spot I got what we canucks call a "Boxy 1" or a Box one vehicle inspection, meaning they ticked the first box on this form thing....bad news They confiscated my plates on the spot, called me a $250 tow truck, cancelled my insurance and told me to have a nice day. (SWAT team not pictured) It took jumping through a bunch of hoops and paying for a shady inspection but within a week I was back on the road. The only snag was that I promised the shop I'd roll like this for a while to keep the heatyness down....ugh. Couldn't take it after a few weeks like that so I decided to spin my shit back down. Can kinda see the flake here:

04-13-2012, 01:31 AM	#4
TN4sty 305 Leaky Injector Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Someplace Interesting Age: 34 Posts: 60 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	what color is that?

04-13-2012, 01:35 AM	#5
MidnightKouki Zilvia Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 227 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	2011 Little things here and there for the next year or so: random pics from said year... Minor details and interior stuff... Z32 fronts... LED Tails... Authentic FIA Recaro SPG profi Parking lot harness tuck lol Sorry if this is getting longwinded, I'm trying to consolidate my build thread from a local forum

04-13-2012, 02:01 AM	#7
MidnightKouki Zilvia Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 227 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	2011 con't So one day I was cruising around at 1am and everything was calm until BOOM, a huge bank, a clunk and then the worst rubber screeching sound I'd ever heard. Pulled over asap and looked at my car and couldn't figure what the hell had happened, but i was basically on the ground... I had no flashlight, was like maybe 20 mins out from home, obviously didn't wanna call a tow truck and/or the police to help and i couldn't get the scissor jack anywhere under the car. I decided to limp it home....worst drive of my life. I was like a MM off the ground, and since if I got on a main road and went over like 1omph I'd leave a HUGE smoke trail from my car sitting on the tire, I had to stick to sidestreets.....meaning schoolzones...meaning speedbumps. The next morning I snapped this (looks pretty dope though haha) What happened was the bolt holding the bottom mount of the coil over had just fucking fallen out and the coil slid off the spindle... I got free install then I bought the coils so I figured why not.....THIS IS WHY NOT. Onwards: JDM grill Obligatory gas station shot Audio stuff.... couldn't handle the fully blown oem shit anymore. Guard dog... OK.....2011 over....almost caught up

04-13-2012, 02:25 AM	#8
MidnightKouki Zilvia Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 227 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	2012 So 2012 started off...bittersweet bitter: Girlfriend borrows car in the rain, spins, jumps curb, nails trash can lol. I feel like her having to pick up the phone and make that call to me was punishment enough haha....and she bought me a Dmax style hood as a peace offering. I took it. and sweet: Waited and waited and waited for an S14 sr and it was hopless...so i picked up a super clean blacktop. No matter. I really wanted do LS1 but shit's just not feasible in western Canada...to my knowledge, noone has an LS-S-chassis. No junkyards have any laying around either. And I doubt many shops have experience with it. What we DO have, is mad Japan hook ups, so SR was an easy choice A can of spray, a bag of zipties, some hood stomping and a set of JDM headlights later...not too shabby. Got some time the other week to crack the motor open a bit. Pristine condition all the way around. Feeling way better about going SR now. On come the parts! Koyo n-flo, UEGO, samco blah blah carbon Garage Defend knockoff cooling panel and PBM skid plate Cobra downpipe (QUALITY unit) More Gauges/ prosport halo More on this tomorrow.... Alright guys, that's it....all caught up. Thanks for checkin this out! LOTS of updates to come

04-13-2012, 03:10 AM	#9
yomisiu Nissanaholic! Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: St. Pete, FL Posts: 1,675 Trader Rating: (16) Feedback Score: 16 reviews	looks good, keep it up

04-13-2012, 05:32 AM	#10
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	Bah...I want that rim news TODAY!!!

04-13-2012, 06:56 AM	#11
240drifter1 Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Knoxville, TN Posts: 1,505 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	Gonna look fucking good with those wheels! Props!

04-13-2012, 12:20 PM	#14
Pinggg Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Coconut Creek, Florida Age: 30 Posts: 1,255 Trader Rating: (22) Feedback Score: 22 reviews	Damn nice build so far, i like the color, reminds me of a R33 skyline color like a purple or something.

04-13-2012, 12:20 PM	#15
bftII40 Zilvia Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Gainesville Fl Posts: 217 Trader Rating: (11) Feedback Score: 11 reviews	nice car glws. lol j/k. Seriously, nice car.

04-13-2012, 05:01 PM	#19
2muchboost Nissanaholic! Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Austin, TX Age: 40 Posts: 2,183 Trader Rating: (33) Feedback Score: 33 reviews	Absolutely stunning color on the car. I am so damn JELLY! Those rims and that paint color are my dream. I was hoping someone would combine those two soon and you just did. INCEPTION!

04-13-2012, 05:46 PM	#21
MidnightKouki Zilvia Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 227 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Thanks for all the love fellas, I've just been chugging along for weeks ordering up parts for the swap. Really wished I lived in the US sometimes. most places would ship right to my door, free shipping, no tax within a week. Not up here. If I order from FRsport or enjuku for instance, I have to pay shipping to the boarder, wait an additional week sometimes to clear customs. THEN I get dinged with taxes, duties and brokerage fees Free healthcare...or saving money and time on parts...sometimes I just cant decide whats better haha. The wheels popped up unexpectedly locally and I just fucking JUMPED on them. Advertised as 18x10 and 19x11...I already was worried about fitment. Turns out when i showed up with cash to snag them they were 10.5 and 11.5......the dude didnt even know how to read the labels...rich kids.... Now even more sure they'd never fit, I still took them. I just...I had to. Still cant believe that fell together. Just a week before a local baller wheel importer quoted me $5200 for a set from Japan along with a ridiculous wait. So I kinda put LXZ's on the never gunna happen list. That night I test fitted to see how much work was needed to fit these. Didnt touch height or camber, just threw them on to get a ballpark idea. The plan is to keep stock metal at all costs but to be honest, I dont think it'll take too much work to get them to fit. I REALLY wanna tuck rim since theyre 19's in the rear...so...that might require widebody. We'll see. For now I ordered up 225/40/18 fronts and 245/35/19 rears to try and shoehorn these bitches in. I'll keep you guys posted

04-13-2012, 09:17 PM	#23
Drifting-pedobear Zilvia Addict Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: seattle, wa Age: 33 Posts: 937 Trader Rating: (11) Feedback Score: 11 reviews	its not that you want to tuck rim... you NEED to tuck rim. 19s and no tuck? youre going to be rollin in a donk. __________________ RIGHTWHEELDRIVE.com

04-13-2012, 09:46 PM	#24
shaggy sr Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: queens, nyc Posts: 1,454 Trader Rating: (7) Feedback Score: 7 reviews	holy fyck! keep us updated. sorry i almost came out when i read this. what hub/quick release was that? no airbag light on cluster? hooked up wirings to horn? __________________

04-14-2012, 10:22 PM	#26
ZilviaKid Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Toronto Age: 34 Posts: 1,441 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	please more, please __________________ 2004 Nissan 350z 2002 Nissan Silvia

04-17-2012, 05:27 AM	#27
Om1kron Post Whore! Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Granada Hills, CA Age: 43 Posts: 6,990 Trader Rating: (15) Feedback Score: 15 reviews	you're going to have to run retard camber to get those to tuck on anything. I haven't dialed out any camber since I'm waiting for all of my arms and shit to get in, but thankfully I have a 2-way diff because it's retarded getting stuck going up driveways when the tire gets stuck on the fender. __________________ Wayne Edwards https://om1kron.blogspot.com

04-17-2012, 07:00 AM	#28
Grocery Cart Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana Posts: 582 Trader Rating: (2) Feedback Score: 2 reviews	Oh god please more, this thing looks beautiful. Also about your girlfriend spinning your car in the rain, was it because of a welded diff? Or just hydroplane?

04-17-2012, 07:38 AM	#29
hardparkd Leaky Injector Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Canada Posts: 121 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	+1 for fellow canadian! keep up the good work, car looks awesome. i loove the paint job :thumbsup:

04-21-2012, 06:44 PM	#30
MidnightKouki Zilvia Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 227 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	too many pics on page 1, I'll post on pg2