Levan's 93' hatchback resto/custom 180sx build thread.

[Levan. B]

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.
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5294/5452303576_dff6e210c1_b.jpg
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:
http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/IMG_6523.sized.jpg
http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/IMG_6522.sized.jpg
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.
http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/IMG_6560.sized.jpg
http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/IMG_6561.sized.jpg

Then went the interior.
http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/IMG_6562.sized.jpg
http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/IMG_6569.jpg
http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/IMG_6568.jpg



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 :eek3:
http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/IMG_6578.jpg
http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/IMG_6577.sized.jpg
http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/IMG_6582.sized.jpg

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.
http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/IMG_6579.jpg
http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/IMG_6583.jpg
http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/IMG_6580.jpg

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.
http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/IMG_6588.jpg
http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/IMG_6586.jpg
http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/IMG_6594.jpg
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Put the car up on the lift where it would sit for a while, and dropped the front crossmember and rear subframe.
http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/IMG_7014.jpg
http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/IMG_7010.jpg
http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0009_003.jpg
http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/IMG_7006.jpg

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.

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0015_001.jpg

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]

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

[HPKMotorsports3]

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

[s14fbs]

sweet giant sized pics brooooooooooooooo
florida fail <3

[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

[RandallSharp]

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]

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

:picardfp:
Fixed.

[Levan. B]

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

[va240dude]

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]

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]

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

[kyles1988]

Looking forward to more man! Loving it so far.

[Bushido]

ol goldie was very clean

lil turquoise will be even cleaner i bet

[SUPbRAh]

I'm liking this so far.

[bigz1234]

Good job, looking really good

[xBtony]

diggin it so far!

[justinedible4]

Love that color man! Subscribed!

[punxva]

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

[tricky_ab]

I'm loving that colour :)

[SHIFT_destroy]

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

[taran!]

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]

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

[handsomecs]

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

[Levan. B]

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!

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/IMG_0841.jpg

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.

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/IMG_0936.jpg


Brand new OEM rear lower control arms.
http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/IMG_0911.jpg

Energy suspension bushings in the spindles with fresh coat of gloss black.
http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/IMG_0914.jpg

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.
http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0025_001.jpg


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.
http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/IMG_6573.jpg
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Finished product:
http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/IMG_7026.jpg

[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

[Levan. B]

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

[s14fbs]

this shit cray

[Slideurmom]

Ain't it jay

[idahotuner]

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

[STL240SXDRIFT]

Nice build man, lizard skin looks dope.

[jchrisw85]

ball so hard

[Levan. B]

Onto the rear subframe and suspension of the car..
Bolted up all of the suspension arms, spindles, Diff, Axles, and Hubs and then re-installed the subframe to the chassis.

The sway bar was put back on after this photo was taken with brand new end links and energy bushings in them.

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0024.jpg

As for the suspension arms I decided to go with ISIS, I know there is a ton of criticism on the brand, but I have ran these arms on my DD for a while now with no problems. This car is NOT a race car, I'm not trying to save weight or anything like that. That being said, I see no problem with running these arms on it aside from Heim joint noise, which could be replaced with aurora heim joints. If anything happens to them i know I have a great warranty on them.

For the Coil overs, I threw some old ISIS coil overs on the chassis for Mock up so that the car could be rollable until I remove the BC Racing BR coil overs off of my other car and install them on this one.

The BC racing BR's the day I bought them.
http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0005_003.jpg
Front suspension, Rack, Hubs, Brake lines and brakes installed.

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0001_005.jpg

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0062_001.jpg

I went with Agency power brake lines, and some re-manufactured Z32 30mm Calipers up front. The rotors I attempted to use were 13" Brembo's but the bracket I purchased ended making the caliper too far away from the rotor. I went ahead and put the stock z32 rotors back on until I could find a solution to the problem.

Re-installed some goods into the engine bay, repainted the brake booster so it could look fresh again and cleaned up the grime on the brake/clutch lines. Also pulled the harness back up obviously.

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0057_001.jpg


As you may have noticed in the other photo, the gas tank was dropped. It was caved in pretty bad, and It was looking like I wasn't going to be able to replace it...
So i ended up buying a brand new OEM gas tank, Lol.

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0063.jpg
http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0064_001.jpg

I also ran across a BRAND NEW OEM sunroof, The sunroof whistle has always peeved me... especially when I could hear it over my radio at highway speed.
I attempted to just replace the rubber on my old sunroof with an OEM seal, but it fit terribly. I think that they are vulcanized to the glass at the factory and I had no way of doing this, so I seized the opportunity and picked up the new sunroof.

I love it.
http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/IMG_6380.jpg
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[project_silvia]

wish i wouldve took the time your taking with my build :(

[jdmjap808]

Where did you get the sunroof from?

[RichieSR20]

The bottom of your car is outstanding... This car is going to be incredible!

[Tempo]

Where did you get the sunroof from?

bump +1 id like to know also lol

great build btw, love that first pic of your gold hatch, sorry to hear about it being peiced away, but you gotta do what you gotta do.

cant wait to see more :bigok:

[PSI240SX]

We bought the last one in existence from the dealer new :) along with a lot of other parts which you will soon see.

[sky high]

wow this is really nice. I'm using this build as a prototype for my own hatch build.

[CamryOnBronze]

Man, so jelly of the underside of this car and the sun roof. Awesome attention to detail!

[srstan]

loving it. keep up the good work

[Levan. B]

Where did you get the sunroof from?

bump +1 id like to know also lol

great build btw, love that first pic of your gold hatch, sorry to hear about it being peiced away, but you gotta do what you gotta do.

cant wait to see more :bigok:

We bought the last one in existence from the dealer new :) along with a lot of other parts which you will soon see.
Yep, The sunroof came directly from Nissan, And as my Father said (PSI240SX) was apparently the last one.

I miss driving that gold car already, its sitting on dollies right now.

Man, so jelly of the underside of this car and the sun roof. Awesome attention to detail!

Thanks man! Haha, I figured some of the other type X bros would get a kick out of the sunroof.

[tricky_ab]

The bottom of your car is outstanding... This car is going to be incredible!

I was thinking the same thing!

[iLagX]

how much did the brand new gas tank/sunroof cost you?

[azsr20det]

how much did the brand new gas tank/sunroof cost you?

pretty sure fr sport has the tank for like 250 or something lik ethat
dunno about the roof tho

[wacko2]

so wat happen to ur old s13 hatch

[Frankz91]

Looks real clean loving the paint man.
Hopefully I'll see you dipping around some time i be out in Pomona sooner or later i'll see you.

[PSI240SX]

We're on the opposite coast of Pomona lol. Try Florida.

[Levan. B]

Back on track to the body work..

I wanted to keep the stock body, and to fit the wheels I was planning on buying I would need to pull the fenders. Since I pulled the fenders on my old car, and I knew how the old battles fit compared to how the new wheels would fit by calculating the width/offset I brought out the eastwood fender roller and very carefully pulled the fenders.

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0019_001.jpg

Took all of those silly stripes off of the doors, and started sanding.

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0015_002.jpg

Taped off the area where the stock hood insulator went and sprayed some lizard skin on that too.

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0026_001.jpg

Then put on some coats of paint.

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0038.jpg

After filling the door with sound deadening, laid some paint on the jambs

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0001_006.jpg

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0004_004.jpg

Took some time to test the color out on a fender that was not being used on the car.
This is just single stage paint, the car will be painted in a booth with two stage.

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0020_001.jpg

Finally, the chassis was back on the ground again.

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0002_003.jpg

As for the hatch, the spoiler was already removed on it. The only thing we had to weld and smooth out was the window wiper hole. When the car goes to the painter it will have the third brake light and rear markers welded up!

Also as I forgot to mention previously we welded and smoothed out the antenna hole.

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0002_004.jpg

Here is another random shot of the lizard skin inside the car.

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0005_004.jpg

Laid some primer on the chassis and sent it off to have the front end put on a frame machine to see if it was straight, and to line up the front bumper and fenders as perfect as possible.

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0013_001.jpg

[AMPZ]

Sick build! Really excited about seeing this finished!

[sky high]

What did you use as sound deadening in the doors?

[alexanderig]

Build is looking really nice and I'm in love with that color. What part of Florida you in?

[Martino]

Fml, such an awesome colour. Stoked to follow this build.

[Pray And Spray]

Love the attention, looking forward to this

[killer240]

that color is sex

[Levan. B]

What did you use as sound deadening in the doors?

Dynamat, covered the entire inside of the door. If you tap it sounds like its solid. I did that on my gold car and it worked great for road noise.
Build is looking really nice and I'm in love with that color. What part of Florida you in?

Thanks man! Central FL
that color is sex

I'm pretty happy with it, Pictures really don't do it justice. Plus, everything that has been posted is only single stage, the two stage color on the actual body is insane looking in sunlight.

[homeslicej2]

I'm enjoying seeing the stages of your build come along. What led you to use Lizard Skin over other sound deadening products? Also, why didn't you spray it inside of the doors? Seems like that would have been easier than trying to get the Dynamat laid down. I wish now I would have used a spray liner in my wife's car. Installing all of that dynamat extreme was a pain.

[Riq]

One of the rare fla builds being done by a person that takes pride in their car. I wish Miami wasn't so full of fail wanna be ricers. Moar builds like this are needed here. I commend you sir, keep it up.

[EazyS13]

awesome build cant wait for the final product. thumbs up for doin things right!!

[alexanderig]

do you attend any of the local events at CFRC? i live in miami but would love to see this car when it gets done in person lol

[Levan. B]

I'm enjoying seeing the stages of your build come along. What led you to use Lizard Skin over other sound deadening products? Also, why didn't you spray it inside of the doors? Seems like that would have been easier than trying to get the Dynamat laid down. I wish now I would have used a spray liner in my wife's car. Installing all of that dynamat extreme was a pain.

Glad to hear man. The reason I used the lizard skin in the interior over the dynamat is because it is much easier to cover that much space with it, its a very thin coat, and it's much less expensive than trying to cover the whole car with dynamat. The inside of the door had a coat of lizard skin and dynamat, just to try to get it as quiet as possible.
Yeah, its definitely annoying.

[Levan. B]

One of the rare fla builds being done by a person that takes pride in their car. I wish Miami wasn't so full of fail wanna be ricers. Moar builds like this are needed here. I commend you sir, keep it up.
thanks, I appreciate it. I definitely hope this shows that there are FL guys out there that do things right. we have a shitty reputation for a reason, haha.
do you attend any of the local events at CFRC? i live in miami but would love to see this car when it gets done in person lol
Yeah, I've been there a few times. Not really a fan of the place though.
I'll be at Simply clean with it tomorrow actually.

[MrFairlady]

holy shit man.

Mr.OEM.
i love it.

curious the total you've got in this thing.
still blown away at the frame rails how perfect they are.

[Irresistible]

Clean as hell... Wish I had the money and patience to do something like this.

[Levan. B]

Since I haven't posted anything about the motor, here we go.
For the motor I decided to stay with the Ka, I didn't wanna deal with getting a junk motor from an importer. The main reason is that I just like Ka Turbo, Torque is close to the same as horsepower yada yada.. It's just my opinion.

Unfortunately I don't have as many photos as I would like to have with the motor build stuff, but this will suffice.

Just as the chassis was, the motor and tranny went through a very thorough cleaning, then stripped down and completely rebuilt.

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/IMG_6590.jpg

After completely taking it down to the block, the crank, and head were sent to the machine shop. Polish/Bore Etc..

I just decided to a mild build on the motor, nothing ridiculous. I wanted the motor to be fun and somewhat reliable.

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0009_001.jpg

After it got back from the machine shop I gave the block a fresh coat of gloss black.

My engine builder mike dealt with assembling all the internals of the motor.
Since I don't plan on going much over the 300 horsepower range I kept stock rods, now I regret this and wish I would have bought some Eagle rods just in case, oh well :smash: Went with some JE pistons, Clevite bearings, Bc valve springs and retainers, Cometic Head gasket, FiveO 550cc Injectors, Vibrant oil drain kit with AN fittings, ISIS Turbo manifold, ISIS 3871, ISIS O2 housing, OEM T2 Gasket, OEM 5 Bolt gasket, brand new timing chain and guides, Brand new OEM oil pump, Water pump, lower water neck, Valve cover gasket, Alternator, Starter, SPEC Stage 3 Plus clutch, RS ENTHALPY rom tune.. much more I've missed.

onto the photos.

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/IMG_1240.jpg

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Moving along quickly, we plopped the motor back into it's original home.

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/IMG_1294.jpg

[Levan. B]

holy shit man.

Mr.OEM.
i love it.

curious the total you've got in this thing.
still blown away at the frame rails how perfect they are.

Ah... I don't really wanna think about how much it is, Haha.
Yeah man! this car was taken care of quite well its whole life.

[va240dude]

I'm not a big KA guy, but that motor looks super fresh! What's your first impression of the ISIS turbo?

[Levan. B]

I'm not a big KA guy, but that motor looks super fresh! What's your first impression of the ISIS turbo?

To each their own, haha. Thanks Matt!
First impressions right off, the quality of the turbo is definitely decent for the price. casting isn't flashy or anything but that is nothing of importance anyways. Oil feed inlet and drain look fine, the turbine wheel spins smooth for a journal bearing. Thing is, I've witnessed many of these turbos work very well on friends cars with no problems whatsoever, they spool quickly, and I know if anything happens to this turbo I have a great warranty on it. There will be no problem with sending the core back and receiving a brand new replacement.

BUT, I do plan on going to a Garrett if i start having problems. I enjoy driving my car.

[Levan. B]

Back to the body for a bit.

As you've probably noticed on my old gold car, I had almost completed my OEM 180sx Kouki Aero, but due to QP damage i couldn't ever have my rear valences on.
This car would get all of the OEM kouki aero from that car.

Mocked up the side skirts and drilled all the holes out so that It could be mounted as it was from the factory, along with the front speed panels and spoiler.

I had a professional remove the rear quarter windows for paint sake.

Random shot of the build and my fathers LS1 Fd.

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0006_001.jpg

Side skirts/speed panels mocked up:

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0013.jpg

Rear valences chilling.

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0004_002.jpg

Drilled the holes for the rear spoiler.

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0001_004.jpg

After all the body panels were mocked up and ready for paint we continued to button up the engine bay and get it 100% driveable before it was sent off to paint.

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0008_003.jpg

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0009_002.jpg

Started on the intercooler piping, and got a little crazy with my MAF and air filter placement. I'm worried about driving in the rain, but they will be isolated from the wheel with fender liner.


Then I decided against using the OEM clutch fan, and purchased a SPAL fan controller and two 12" fans.

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/IMG_1315.jpg

Also had Mike weld a bracket to the oil catch tank so it could be bolted to the radiator fan shroud. Did a small wire tuck also, and went nuts with AN fittings and braided lines.

[nathanong87]

http://www.cinemablend.com/images/news/13322/_1243554702.jpg

you and damon, meet john hammond. i believe you know him

[Style]

so was the chassis straight when you put it on the frame machine??

[ruthlessef-9]

Not a fan of ka but with the time and effort you did it looks as proper as an SR

[PSI240SX]

Jurassic Park reference? I don't get it.

[nismoracingsx]

looking awesome. I wish I had the time and money for this ^_^.

[homeslicej2]

double post

[homeslicej2]

Glad to hear man. The reason I used the lizard skin in the interior over the dynamat is because it is much easier to cover that much space with it, its a very thin coat, and it's much less expensive than trying to cover the whole car with dynamat. The inside of the door had a coat of lizard skin and dynamat, just to try to get it as quiet as possible.
Yeah, its definitely annoying.
^oh, you doubled it up inside of the door. Cool, yeah, spray in liner would be so much easier and provide better overall coverage than the sheets of dynamat. Look forward to seeing more updates.

[benarovi]

this is why i love zilvia

[nathanong87]

Jurassic Park reference? I don't get it.

u should watch the movie again. it's a classic

[punxva]

ka-t for the win i love mine and dont regret it one bit. as long as the motor is built and you have the right parts. Keep up the great work man

[da_crew10]

This build is just gettong better and better , love the color. This build and treefishes' 180sx are some of my favorie, great attention to detail and the paint choice is awesome!

[Felipe]

cant wait for the interrior!!!

[EazyS13]

valve cover looks sweet my dude

[ki_JDM_ds]

I'm liking your build man. Let me know if you need anything!

[Edwin562]

subscribed!!! awesome progress..you took my build out of my head....i was planning the same exact things.. but different colors..lol

[frizzle]

Good shit so far

[Levan. B]

so was the chassis straight when you put it on the frame machine??

Nope, It was a bit off. got it all straightened up and with some work made the front end fit like a champ.

^oh, you doubled it up inside of the door. Cool, yeah, spray in liner would be so much easier and provide better overall coverage than the sheets of dynamat. Look forward to seeing more updates.
Yep!
ka-t for the win i love mine and dont regret it one bit. as long as the motor is built and you have the right parts. Keep up the great work man
Definitely, they are fun motors. I've got a few bugs that need to be addressed and then hopefully its golden. Your Ka setup is pretty wild, haha.
This build is just gettong better and better , love the color. This build and treefishes' 180sx are some of my favorie, great attention to detail and the paint choice is awesome!
Appreciate it man!

valve cover looks sweet my dude
Thanks!

I'm liking your build man. Let me know if you need anything!
For sure, if I decide to get some more sweet parts I'll be sure to. Just gotta figure out what is next! haha.

[ka24debt]

One epic build thread! Can't wait to start ripping apart my car for an overhaul!

[smellslikecurry]

love the color bro

http://zilvia.net/f/chat/409925-spicy-ls1-curry-build.html

[kouki-gymkhana]

I remember your Dad used to be pretty active in the 240sx scene about 10 yrs ago, no? PSI240sx is a real OG if I recall correctly and you couldn't have a better mentor to guide you through the build. He's built quite a few S-chassis in the past, if I recall!!

Keep up the good work!

[Levan. B]

One epic build thread! Can't wait to start ripping apart my car for an overhaul! Thanks, dude!

love the color bro

http://zilvia.net/f/chat/409925-spicy-ls1-curry-build.html

Saw your bay a while back and noticed the color was pretty close to mine, love it. Respect for that tube front and motor swap, it was done well.
I remember your Dad used to be pretty active in the 240sx scene about 10 yrs ago, no? PSI240sx is a real OG if I recall correctly and you couldn't have a better mentor to guide you through the build. He's built quite a few S-chassis in the past, if I recall!!

Keep up the good work!

Yes sir, He's pretty familiar with the chassis to say the least. He's owned more than I can even remember.

Thanks!

[AE_Racer]

Saw this car yesterday at SC3. Holy. Fucking. Shit.

Props bro.

[hummer96]

http://www.cinemablend.com/images/news/13322/_1243554702.jpg

you and damon, meet john hammond. i believe you know him

We spared no expense.

[Levan. B]

Saw this car yesterday at SC3. Holy. Fucking. Shit.

Props bro.

Haha, thanks a lot man.
It makes me wanna post the rest of the build, but I'm not at home.

[jdm2191]

Love your attention to detail, but damn if your Dad is 37? how old are u if u dont mind me asking?

[PSI240SX]

He's almost 19.... Yeah I was gettin it in early lol

[username]

Saw this car yesterday at SC3. Holy. Fucking. Shit.

Props bro.


^^^^ this. Definitely looks beyond amazing in person. Put my coupe to shame there lol Its nick btw.

[Levan. B]

^^^^ this. Definitely looks beyond amazing in person. Put my coupe to shame there lol Its nick btw.

Sup Nick! haha.



After we got the motor running and the car completely rolling, it was ready to leave for paint.

The exhaust was also installed, unfortunately I don't have any photos of that. Mike did a lot of work to get as much clearance as possible, he also extended an SR downpipe so it would clear the floor board, and relocated the O2 bung for easy access.

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0001_002.jpg

I picked up some MINT Aero marker electric mirrors from va240dude

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/IMG_1277.jpg

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/IMG_1276.jpg

After waiting for three months, my wheels came in!
I spent a lot of time deciding on sizes and offset. Didn't want something that would be way too aggressive, I went with 18x9 +10 A disk front, and 18X10 +18 O Disk rear

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0081.jpg

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0076.jpg

Finally got the car over to the painter, where he would then shave the third brake light and rear markers, and prep the car even more to get it as smooth as possible.

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0003.jpg

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0005_001.jpg

The painter was really happy with how smooth it already was, so aside from the markers and third brake light he didn't have to do as much body work as we thought he would. The fender pull was the biggest thing, it had the typical low spots above the pull.

The first thing to get a coat of paint was the hood, he wanted to let me see the color in person before he started on everything else.

Needless to say I was really happy with it. The color changes a whole lot in light, and is really hard to capture correctly with a camera.

It looks very green in this light/photo.

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/IMG_2104.jpg

Clay, my painter suggested a Super glamour clear to give the paint a very deep glossy finish.

The next time I came to see the car it had been to the booth, and had the whole main body painted and cleared.

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0084.jpg

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0083.jpg

My buddy pat was over at the shop and took some photos of it in the light for me, it got me pretty excited for sure.

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/IMG_2142.jpg

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/IMG_2141.jpg

Clay ended up refinishing the door jambs, since the single stage was slightly different than the two stage.

a few weeks later the time had come to pick the car back up. everything but the front lip, mirrors and spoiler had been painted. We had a professional come install the new windshield, and the quarter windows. I really wanted to start busting ass on this thing.

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0032_001.jpg

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http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0036.jpg

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[Levan. B]

Put the car up on the lift to install my BC racing coil overs.

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0057.jpg

Then installed the tail lights

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0045.jpg

After that, started on the brand new door trim, rubber seals, sunroof and door windows.
the door handles were also fairly new, they were on my gold car.
These are some of my favorite things I've purchased for the build :naughty:

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0008_002.jpg

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0010_001.jpg

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Picked up some tires, and had them mounted on my works.

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0002_001.jpg

Layed the new molded carpet down, its pretty dirty in the photo but is really dark and shiny.

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0005.jpg

Finally, put the wheels on the car and rolled it outside to check it out.

I immediately fell in love, haha.

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0032.jpg

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0014_001.jpg

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0015.jpg

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[pacotaco345]

Oh my GAWD...

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e392/pacotaco345/thread-delivers.jpg

[Pinggg]

Speechless!
i love the color choice!

[s13silvia_R]

freaking speechless, the paint is mint :D
You plan to get the front lip?
3 month wait for those wheels is worth it, they look damn good.

[slydin240sx]

Oh lawd! I'm loving the outcome man.

[bataangpinoy]

awesome build!

i cant wait to see what you have planned for the interior.

[Levan. B]

Speechless!
i love the color choice!

Same here! I'm happy with it.

freaking speechless, the paint is mint :D
You plan to get the front lip?
3 month wait for those wheels is worth it, they look damn good.

Yeah, Clay did an amazing job on this paint. he's the man.
I've had the front lip on my Goldie hatchback for a long time now, it wasn't painted yet when i took those photos.
Thanks.

[s13 @ fullboost]

gorgeous super rad bro loving it

[Z_Spool]

only qualm is the power steering reservoir being body color... and that's something super minute to be bothered with, so good job.

[Levan. B]

awesome build!

i cant wait to see what you have planned for the interior.
Thanks man.

gorgeous super rad bro loving it

Thanks!

only qualm is the power steering reservoir being body color... and that's something super minute to be bothered with, so good job.

Nice, I knew somebody else would pick at that.. haha.

That is on the list of things to change, along with the brake calipers.

[MikeyMikee]

wow i love teal...so sickkkkkk ..what name is the paint?

[AWDtoyota]

How did you remove/hide the "240SX" from the quarter glass?

Could you provide me with some contact info for the bodyshop that painted it?

[jdm2191]

He's almost 19.... Yeah I was gettin it in early lol
like a bauss

[Irresistible]

Wondering what the rough cost of all this was...

[Levan. B]

Back on topic.

Picked up the mirrors from paint, and installed them
these Aero markers have really spot on fitment, and I love the way they look.
they make funny noises when you adjust them though haha, the motors are so loud.

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0001.jpg

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0002.jpg

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0006.jpg

Dropped the Ol' 180sx seats in there.

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0007.jpg

refinished the windshield trim

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0008.jpg

For the interior, I went a little bonkers with replacing stuff to say the least...

Pulled the lens off of the gauge cluster, air dusted everything out of it and replaced the lens.

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0023_001.jpg

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0022.jpg

Oem buttons and screws and such.

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/IMG_2189.jpg

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0026.jpg

Signal and Wiper switches, hatch/gas door lever, dome light stuff.

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0065.jpg

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0062.jpg

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0064.jpg

A sea of parts.

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0067.jpg

refinished gauge cluster bezel with new buttons.

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0069.jpg

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0073.jpg

Ash tray that won't ever have ashes in it, haha.

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0014.jpg

I knocked the headliner area out real fast, new sunroof seal.

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0010.jpg

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0009.jpg

Dropped the dash in, and then installed the new ignition switch and signal/wiper switches.

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0007_001.jpg

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0008_001.jpg

Started on rear deck liner, Also installed the brand new hatch seal.

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0004_001.jpg

refinished the headlight bezels, then installed them.

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0001_001.jpg

[Levan. B]

wow i love teal...so sickkkkkk ..what name is the paint?

It's similar to an older mustang color, also similar to a hatchback civic color.
It's been mixed a little differently than when I bought it though.
How did you remove/hide the "240SX" from the quarter glass?

Could you provide me with some contact info for the bodyshop that painted it?

When you pull them off there is a foil strip on them, just remove that and use black vinyl to cover it up. You can still see it if you look close in person.

I'll PM you about the painter.
Wondering what the rough cost of all this was...

Way too much for a 240.

[kouki-gymkhana]

What are you using to "refinish" all of those black trim parts like the gauge cluster surround and headlight bezels? With all that minty-fresh OEM swag, are you getting all this stuff from a single source? If so, where? I'm definitely super jelly, man!! This build is BONKERS!

[MikeyMikee]

thi is gong to be the cleanest 240 on the planet lol great work man.. i wish you did more of a tuck in the bay and a built sr lol

[Pray And Spray]

Im glad you went with a KA getting tired of seeing SR swaps!

how much did that paint job cost you?

Very nice build congrats on the outcome

[justinedible4]

Love everything about this!
I was wondering tho what are your tire sizes? If you don't mind me asking.

[7evil]

Incredible clean!

[AMPZ]

OMG super clean! Beautiful build!!

[kyles1988]

New mouldings. Well done sir.

[CrimsonRockett]

Pretty much spot on with what I'm doing to my car (plus some wire tucking, stitch welding, and a few other misc things).

Love the attention to detail.

[conrad_s13.5]

this is ridiculously awesome!

[nightsauce]

man....this thread is full of win. So much that my head might explode

[Levan. B]

Thanks for all the compliments dudes. Hopefully I will post the rest of it tonight, photobucket stopped me from uploading anymore last night.

What are you using to "refinish" all of those black trim parts like the gauge cluster surround and headlight bezels? With all that minty-fresh OEM swag, are you getting all this stuff from a single source? If so, where? I'm definitely super jelly, man!! This build is BONKERS!

I used a DuPont satin finish exterior trim paint, it comes in a spray can. It was a higher grade than the usual spray can stuff. Nope, all the parts have been scavenged from various places.

Thanks!

Love everything about this!
I was wondering tho what are your tire sizes? If you don't mind me asking.

215/40/18 and 235/40/18 Federals, the fronts are a bit to big, because federals have a weird sidewall.
Im glad you went with a KA getting tired of seeing SR swaps!

how much did that paint job cost you?

Very nice build congrats on the outcome

Haha, yep. The paint would normally have been around 3500 without body work, but my father has helped Clay out in the past and ended up getting it done for a bit less.
New mouldings. Well done sir.

Appreciate it. Love all that stuff.. the doors open like a new car now.

Pretty much spot on with what I'm doing to my car (plus some wire tucking, stitch welding, and a few other misc things).

Love the attention to detail.

Nice! I'd love to see some progress on that thing man, I know you've said you haven't been able to get around to much, though.

[STL240SXDRIFT]

I would love to know where you bought the new door, hatch, and sunroof rubber seals. I'm in need of some badly....help a brotha out!!

[azsr20det]

any chance you could hook it up with part no.s and info as to where you got the weather stripping / rubbers from?

[CamryOnBronze]

Dang man, I tip my hat for sure. It's funny to me that people are comparing this build to my car, lol. I might shell out on some cool parts or whatever, but my car is a MESS compared to this thing when it comes to attention to detail. I don't have nearly the cash/time/patience that you do into my car- dents, dings, scratches, busted clips and destroyed moldings everywhere lol.

Awesome job!

[tricky_ab]

I LOVE the attention to detail going down with this build!

[CrimsonRockett]

Nice! I'd love to see some progress on that thing man, I know you've said you haven't been able to get around to much, though.

Yeah. Also have a few other things up my sleeve (different wheel sets, way bigger brakes, KA-T build, lots of tucking, etc), but I've put the car on hold for the time being until I can get a few other things taken care of house wise.

I'll more than likely get around to it come Feb 2012. Should give me enough time to finish things up around here.

Any reason why you didn't relocate the engine bay harness? Just curious. That's something that always ends up bothering me with most builds. Hah

[EnjukuBG]

Bread likes to party.

[yomisiu]

wowowowow, so nice. great stuff

[Future240]

This build shows me that I need to get off my ass and get some real work done on my car. Subscribed!

[PSI240SX]

any chance you could hook it up with part no.s and info as to where you got the weather stripping / rubbers from?

Just give a local dealer parts guy a call.

[Jared0934]

Definitely the cleanest 240 I've ever seen, some people aren't a fan of it but I really love the fact you kept it moderately stock with OEM parts and really made them shine.

[Prove It]

Brett you have put an insane amount of time into this thing. looks so good and cant wait to see it in person.

Love,
Greg <33

[Levan. B]

Dang man, I tip my hat for sure. It's funny to me that people are comparing this build to my car, lol. I might shell out on some cool parts or whatever, but my car is a MESS compared to this thing when it comes to attention to detail. I don't have nearly the cash/time/patience that you do into my car- dents, dings, scratches, busted clips and destroyed moldings everywhere lol.

Awesome job!

I highly appreciate that my dude.
Imagine a Damon/Brett hybrid car.

Blow. minds.

Yeah. Also have a few other things up my sleeve (different wheel sets, way bigger brakes, KA-T build, lots of tucking, etc), but I've put the car on hold for the time being until I can get a few other things taken care of house wise.

I'll more than likely get around to it come Feb 2012. Should give me enough time to finish things up around here.

Any reason why you didn't relocate the engine bay harness? Just curious. That's something that always ends up bothering me with most builds. Hah

That sounds like it should be really neat, nice to know somebody else want's to stick with the KA. I'm excited to see the wild parts you scrounge up for it too...

Ah, well at the time the goal was to get the car running in reasonable time.. and unfortunately that is something I sort of made a short cut on and just left it in the stock location :-/. I will have that on my to do list for later on, along with other things.


Bread likes to party.

Buy me some bread, Bread.

Definitely the cleanest 240 I've ever seen, some people aren't a fan of it but I really love the fact you kept it moderately stock with OEM parts and really made them shine.

thanks man.
Brett you have put an insane amount of time into this thing. looks so good and cant wait to see it in person.

Love,
Greg <33

Haha, thats for sure dude! Come by the shop sometime and I'll drive it over so you can have a look at it.

[1jz_240]

you sir are an inspiration to me haha i love the color. my wheels on my hatch are almost that color their teal. i one day hope to do this same exact thing to my car except with my sr.keep up the great work!

[lovdrifting52]

damn !!!!!!! subscribed for sure this thing is about as good as it gets i think ..

[Levan. B]

More posting time.


New center vents. Feels crazy, they don't flop around at all.

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0011.jpg

Mirror switch

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0013_002.jpg

Refinished center console

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0016.jpg

Cluster, Bezel, steering column cover and steering wheel installed.

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0017.jpg

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0019.jpg

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http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0021.jpg

The seal that goes under the hood to seal off the Ac vents from fumes and such.

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0023.jpg

Window switches and bezel.

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0027.jpg

Rear speaker covers installed

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0028.sized.jpg

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0029_001.jpg

Picked up a new RPS13 center panel cover.

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0031_001.jpg

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0033_001.jpg

Clay came over to do some final buffing on the car, so I had a chance to get it in the sun and take some shots.

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0006_002.jpg

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0004_006.jpg

Dad, just chillin.

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0014_002.jpg

Then I was finally able to go pick up the front lip from the paint, which Is one of my favorite pieces.

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0004.jpg

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0011_001.jpg


installed some clips and rubber bushing for the hood prop :wan:

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0014_003.jpg

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http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0016_001.jpg

Fender liners, which I could barely make myself cut up. I really didn't want to.

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0002_006.jpg

But I did, and started working meticulously on so they would clear the tires.

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0004_007.jpg

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0010_002.jpg

The undercoat was rubbed off by the giant front wheels that it rolled on previously.

Then came the time to do the last remaining things for the interior.

I spent a lot of time trying to figure out my seatbelt situation, and finally came up with a solution. I'm very pleased how they turned out.

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0015_003.jpg

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0016_002.jpg

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0019_002.jpg

There it is, complete. Alarm was installed just before this photo. Still more work to do to the interior when I can, though.

Couple shots of the underside of the chassis

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0009_004.jpg

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0008_004.jpg

Then I got it all cleaned up and ready to roll out for SC3.

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0010_003.jpg

[240 GTR]

breadlife

nerd.

[ki_JDM_ds]

The front lip!! I always show your car to my friends. I sold that dude his lip! Fucking sick man!

[2slow2go]

damn that shit was thorough as fuck

[RichieSR20]

I think my favorite thing about this build is the restoration. It must be nice, and very well worth it to have all brand new parts from Nissan!

[Kriskouki]

Clean build....Professional works done.....Good job man.....

By the way, I saw one of your pictures of the interior....especially in the spare tire well.....Did you sparyed some undercoat on that too?.....Or, you just leave it on the stock paint?.....

I would also recommend Project Mu BBK.....you color do really match those Project Mu calipers......

[shobotan]

First class build, congrats.
I noticed you've even got the black plastic trim on the ends of the rear pods, I haven't seen that too often, these are usually long gone. The valance also has this trim where it meets the rear bumper, can't quite see this in the pics but you've probably got it sorted.

[va240dude]

Man the more you keep updating this thing the more I'm loving your attention to detail...many of the same ideas I have about replacing little seals, and trim pieces that most guys with our cars don't even care about :) How long did it take you from start to finish on this so far? Job well done sir! Thanks for the shout-out on the mirrors btw!

[7evil]

Embarrassingly clean!

[EnjukuBG]

breadlife

nerd.

Come here so we can make some bread with breads car. He asked us to bread it all up for him.

I want bread to take this car to Sebring and get some action shots :o

[Levan. B]

breadlife

nerd.

HAHA!


The front lip!! I always show your car to my friends. I sold that dude his lip! Fucking sick man!

Yeah man! Love that thin, I'm really glad you were able to help me out with that. That's awesome, haha.

damn that shit was thorough as fuck

Here I am thinking I didn't get into detail enough..
Clean build....Professional works done.....Good job man.....

By the way, I saw one of your pictures of the interior....especially in the spare tire well.....Did you sparyed some undercoat on that too?.....Or, you just leave it on the stock paint?.....

I would also recommend Project Mu BBK.....you color do really match those Project Mu calipers......

Thank you sir. The spare tire area was also sprayed with lizard skin.
Yeah, a couple people were suggesting those. It's a possibility.

First class build, congrats.
I noticed you've even got the black plastic trim on the ends of the rear pods, I haven't seen that too often, these are usually long gone. The valance also has this trim where it meets the rear bumper, can't quite see this in the pics but you've probably got it sorted.

Appreciated! Yep, once I can get around to it I will put the black trim on the center valence too as long as the fitment is still good.

Man the more you keep updating this thing the more I'm loving your attention to detail...many of the same ideas I have about replacing little seals, and trim pieces that most guys with our cars don't even care about :) How long did it take you from start to finish on this so far? Job well done sir! Thanks for the shout-out on the mirrors btw!
:wan:

Thanks Matt. That's the stuff that counts to me, the things most people don't even pay attention to. I guess that's partially why it turned out the way it did. The build only took about a year.. and about 4 months of that time the car was just sitting around collecting dust.

[Levan. B]

I just noticed a couple things I forgot to post, I will work on that later tonight.

[CamryOnBronze]

breadlife

nerd.

Woah woah woah. You guys bros? So much type x... :wan:

The underside is just... I don't even... lol.

[240 GTR]

Come here so we can make some bread with breads car. He asked us to bread it all up for him.

I want bread to take this car to Sebring and get some action shots :o

wouldn't count on that. lets hide some gator bait in his fuel filler door.

[Darren]

Like everyone else, i appreciate your attention to detail...

I just wanted to thank you for taking such nice, clear, and plentiful pictures.. being an OEM build... there is a tonne of valuable info in those pics that other, detail oriented individuals require to complete their builds.

Also, thank you for building this .... absolutely beautiful

[Levan. B]

Woah woah woah. You guys bros? So much type x... :wan:

The underside is just... I don't even... lol.

We get BRO'd out on occasion when he visits.. :rawk: I hope there is another FD event next year. perfect excuse.

Haha, it's actually much more messy under there from the paint and wet sanding.

wouldn't count on that. lets hide some gator bait in his fuel filler door.

I see what you did there...


Like everyone else, i appreciate your attention to detail...

I just wanted to thank you for taking such nice, clear, and plentiful pictures.. being an OEM build... there is a tonne of valuable info in those pics that other, detail oriented individuals require to complete their builds.

Also, thank you for building this .... absolutely beautiful

I wish i would have taken even more! I'm pretty happy I had my handy Nikon around for most of it.

Thank you!

[AMPZ]

So beautiful....

[Slideurmom]

my bread just exploded with bread babys...im so jelly i could make a sandwich with it .

[MrFairlady]

I thought I was the only One buying new Hood prop Grommets and Small little trinkets.

1:Did you refinish the dash as well as the center console? Using the Same Stuff you listed on an earlier Page?
2:Need to know what you did to the doors to quite them down on the inside??
3: what carpet did you go with?

Gonna def replace my 1/4 windows and Black them out like yours. Just a Vinyl Strip in there??

[MidwestMyriad]

yo is this the king of Dope thread?

[Levan. B]

my bread just exploded with bread babys...im so jelly i could make a sandwich with it .

Aw, Shit.

I thought I was the only One buying new Hood prop Grommets and Small little trinkets.

1:Did you refinish the dash as well as the center console? Using the Same Stuff you listed on an earlier Page?
2:Need to know what you did to the doors to quite them down on the inside??
3: what carpet did you go with?

Gonna def replace my 1/4 windows and Black them out like yours. Just a Vinyl Strip in there??

The dash and center console were refinished with an actual spray gun, I would have to ask my painter what paint it was. I thought it was DuPont, but It's slipped my mind.

The doors were sprayed with lizard skin, then dynamat was applied.

Yeah, vinyl should do the trick.

I really wanna get different quarter windows though. I kinda doubt anyone will be able to remove them without scratching the paint...

yo is this the king of Dope thread?

He's somewhere in here...


:wan:

[herbieS13]

i really like how the center console came out what did you use to do it?

[d-man478]

I had friends texting me pics of this car at SC3 and now I've stumbled across your build. So dope!

[pacotaco345]

I'm worried about driving in the rain, but they will be isolated from the wheel with fender liner.

http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l197/brettl81/DSC_0028.jpg

Haha this is like my 3rd time reading through this thread and I caught this. What is the need of locating the intake pipe all the way down there? I understand on a N/A car where the air doesn't go through an intercooler, but on a turbo car doesn't the whole turbo/intercooler setup defeat the purpose of this?

[s13silvia_R]

Damn what a sweet ass car. Loving the detail you put into this car, I like how you rejuvenated the interior pieces.
Keep up the good work.

[sex14]

nissan couldn't have done a better job. good stuff man.

[Edwin562]

http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l197/brettl81/DSC_0004-10.jpg


I don know why, but the gap the rear valance to the bumper has always bugged the crap out of me. even on my oem valances,that gap exist.... how can i fix this issue?? i really hope u fixed your gap... because this would be the perfect build in my books if that GAP is not there!!!!!

[c_mancuyas8]

Wow man! There are no words to describe this build Ill leave it as incredible! Glad to see you kept ka btw :)

[Levan. B]

Thanks for all the compliments dudes.

Haha this is like my 3rd time reading through this thread and I caught this. What is the need of locating the intake pipe all the way down there? I understand on a N/A car where the air doesn't go through an intercooler, but on a turbo car doesn't the whole turbo/intercooler setup defeat the purpose of this?

The intercooler chills the cold pipe, that goes into the intake manifold.
The intake pipe goes directly into the inlet of the turbo.. It's much better to be sucking in cool air under the engine bay, than sucking in all the hot air in the engine bay. Lol.
I don know why, but the gap the rear valance to the bumper has always bugged the crap out of me. even on my oem valances,that gap exist.... how can i fix this issue?? i really hope u fixed your gap... because this would be the perfect build in my books if that GAP is not there!!!!!

It kinda bothers me, they are OEM valences, and I'm not sure how to fix it. They fit very well everywhere else. it makes me wonder if the 180sx bumper skin is slightly different, but i HIGHLY doubt it. I have no real solution to it, feel free to suggest some. haha.

[Edwin562]

I heared there are some clips that prevent this. I will search around cuz I aint this lil gap ruin this grorgous car...lol I will keep u posted..

[sr20drifter1]

I had two sets of 180sx valances. One fit perfect and the other one fit just like yours. That's another reason I decided to stay away from 180sx valances. Your build is amazing. I love your attention to details.

[NismoTuner21]

This thing is insane. I fapped when I walked up to it at SC3. Sorry if I missed it, but what are the motor specs?

[bigz1234]

Sorry total noob question, Did you just buy a 240sx and just change it into a 180sx???

Also what did you do with your ka24?

[Levan. B]

I heared there are some clips that prevent this. I will search around cuz I aint this lil gap ruin this grorgous car...lol I will keep u posted..

Well, the valences have all of the original hardware. To be honest i think they just fit like shit from the factory.. It wouldn't surprise me at all.

But thanks man! I'm open to suggestions.
I had two sets of 180sx valances. One fit perfect and the other one fit just like yours. That's another reason I decided to stay away from 180sx valances. Your build is amazing. I love your attention to details.

I really would like to have a G grow one piece valence... but that is pretty difficult and equally as expensive to get.

Thanks a lot man!


Sorry total noob question, Did you just buy a 240sx and just change it into a 180sx???

Also what did you do with your ka24?

It's still just a 240sx with 180sx aero on it :wan:

Go back a few pages and you'll see some of the specs listed on the Ka

[Crondy]

I want a faaaawwwking lift!
not a fan of the color but im sure pics dont do as much justice as the sun like you said.
holyshitholyshitholyshit

[CamryOnBronze]

My valences fit like that too. Never really tried to fix it before, lol.

[silviaguy240]

http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l197/brettl81/DSC_0008-5.jpg

http://illsquad.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/5145842446_177127f42f_b.jpg

[JesusFreakDrifter]

absolutely inspiring....u gotta love enthusiast build threads, makes you appreciate the game just that much more. thank you

[s14fbs]

i seen the car and was like :bowdown: then u opened the hood and i was like :bash:

[Levan. B]

My valences fit like that too. Never really tried to fix it before, lol.

Hahaha, Yeah it doesn't bother me all that much.. little stuff that people don't even see does though. I'm weird.

Koguchi bossness

Not sure if I would compare mine to king... but I did have thoughts of that photo when I took it haha!

absolutely inspiring....u gotta love enthusiast build threads, makes you appreciate the game just that much more. thank you

You're welcome good sir. :bow:

[Levan. B]

i seen the car and was like :bowdown: then u opened the hood and i was like :bash:

Just because you can't get yours to run!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!







You Cray fool

[Persona]

Awesome build, wish I could have seen it at SC3. This is a proper way to build a car, its all in the details.

Charles car runs, on hopes and dreams!

[A54]

Nice Thread... Thanks for allowing us mere mortals in on the build.

[Darren]

What's with the bracing by the diff... is that just for lateral support or does it hold another purpose (i see some bolt bungs there)

Edit: nevermind, i was looking at that backwards... just new trans mount...

[s14fbs]

Just because you can't get yours to run!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!







You Cray fool
oh hokay hopefully u keep boxes of spark plugs in your door panel :hide:

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t72/easternbikes1990/that-shit-crazy-false-that-shit-crayjpg.png

[Riq]

Wow, just wow. You my friend have built something special.

[Seen]

This just makes me hate my car that much more! Now I need to find an excuse to drive back out to Enjuku just to check this thing out!

[blo0d]

EPIC *golf claps* *golf claps* *golf claps* Im going to pull apart my car TODAY thanks to you :D

[Coolwhip]

you know I love this car :)

[Levan. B]

Thanks everyone!


you know I love this car :)

;) You were so busy at the show we couldn't chat about it! Thanks for the tools by the way.

[Boorito]

This is what building a car should be. Absolutely perfect!

[taran!]

love your car man! nice talking with you, and looking at this beauty! My friend has a nice picture of your car, ill post it when he stops being lazy and sends me it! :D

[Wake]

Subscribed.

[Levan. B]

:picardfp:

Great... Bandwidth exceeded!

Now I get to post photos all over again hosting them elsewhere.

[silviaguy240]

dude, just photobucket pro its like $2 a month..

[towlie]

or just make another photobucket account

[tricky_ab]

Go with a pro account...

[bigz1234]

Sorry to ruin your day but your pictures got blocked because they exceeded the limit of views :(

also don't mean to make this a personal question but how much would you say this build cost like higher then 20k less or whatever? No need for exact values.

Thanks

[Tantwoforty]

your car has been my backround for like 4 months... lol
do you have a nice hd collection somewhere i could just download?

[Levan. B]

dude, just photobucket pro its like $2 a month..

or just make another photobucket account

Go with a pro account...

I have a website that I can host photos from, I don't know why I didn't use that before. I'll get it all sorted out.

Sorry to ruin your day but your pictures got blocked because they exceeded the limit of views :(

also don't mean to make this a personal question but how much would you say this build cost like higher then 20k less or whatever? No need for exact values.

Thanks
Yeah I've been procrastinating and have not fixed it yet. Lol
Yes.

your car has been my backround for like 4 months... lol
do you have a nice hd collection somewhere i could just download?

The old gold car? haha, that's neat.
Not at the moment, just my flickr.

[Edwin562]

where are the updates!!!!!!!

[Pinggg]

where are the updates!!!!!!!

i'm with this guy..

[ka24debt]

^^

Seems to me like this build is more or less completed lol he revamped the entire car! Beautiful car and nice job on making all the little things count, it clearly shows in the attention to detail

[killer240]

fix the pics.. please

[handsomecs]

^^^^^ second!!!!

[jchrisw85]

the underbody on this car is so clean... lol i made it my wall paper on my phone. :Ownedd:

[Levan. B]

Photos are corrected now, finally.


Small updates...


Pulled the lower half of the intake off, The idle up valve was not working correctly. the idle was at a steady 1500 RPM at full temperature, since it was already apart I threw a new IAC on too.

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0033.jpg

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0031.jpg

Found out my old PS hoses had a very small leak, pulled em and thew on some new guys.

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0034.jpg

While the intake was off I also decided to go ahead and wrinkle finish the IC piping and paint up some of the nuts and bolts from the intake.

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0029.jpg

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0030.jpg

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0028_002.jpg

Buttoned it all back up :wan:
Very pleased with the black piping..

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0001_007.jpg

I picked up some STRI electronic gauges for a good price, the quality seems pretty spot on. hopefully I'll have these in the car within a week so I can arrange a dyno day with RS Enthalpy for fine tuning.

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0002_005.jpg

More misc plastic pieces I've been searching for.

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0003_002.jpg

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0036_001.sized.jpg

Got her all cleaned up!

http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0004_005.jpg

[EazyS13]

looks good dude

[project_silvia]

i love your car bro.. looks sick

[travisty_]

I just picked up the same gauges a day or two ago, but in amber. Nice choice. The wrinkle piping is a good addition, I like it.

[va240dude]

Dude I love that wrinkle finish on the piping! Also something I was thinking about on my car, however, over time won't it be harder to wipe clean? Just a thought that I had since I like my engine bays to be easy to clean up :)

[NOTsliden]

sad to see the build come to an end, cause I liked the whole build and want to see more.
great job man.
But where did you order all of your window trim, weather striping, seals, and little interior pieces?

[Bushido]

Where are you going to mount your gauges?


I think an brake lines from the master cylinder would clean up the look of the bay even more. Chasebays has a good deal on em right now...

[NightWolf]

Nice build man congrats. Where can I get that Lizard Skin Insulation?

[Trinidrift3]

wow props man. its like an s13 stock fresh from the factory. exactly what im trying to do but with very little funds. where did you get the carpet, and exterior trim?

[Nizzan4u2nv]

Wow, I am thoroughly impressed with this build especially since this is almost the same things I would do if I had the money resources and more knowledge. This car is truly something special.

[handsomecs]

your car is sooooo sexxxxxxyyyyy!!!

[96Turbo]

in for video of this thing bouncing off the limiter sideways in 3rd.... wait nvm

this thing is ridiculous. well done

[Tomme]

Another build to use as a benchmark for competent, comfortable street cars.

Well done, sir.

EDIT-- and FACK you for buying the last sunroof. :p

[Edwin562]

any more updates???

[Lukasss]

There is hope for Florida yet.

Keep it up dude

[Firestorm]

what brand paint did you use on the IC pipes? looks great, almost like stock plastic! doesnt look like VHT wrinkle paint to me, please tell me! i gots to know!

[tricky_ab]

I think an brake lines from the master cylinder would clean up the look of the bay even more. Chasebays has a good deal on em right now...

Co-signed...I totally agree...

[mitcheyismyname]

mind explaining how you were able to remove only the bottom half of the IM? i too need to replace my IACV. i removed helped my GF remove her IM this past weekend.....man it was such a bitch.

really clean build btw. happy to see a KA-T in a build this awesome.

[Bullet01]

You sir are my inspiration on making the 240sx a clean and beautiful piece of art. Bravo my good man. :bow:

[s13fay92]

wow, this is the cleanest s13 w/ a ka i have ever seen

[speedfreak90]

awesomeness is upon us.... lol very nice build...

[Boorito]

Grats on build-threads.com spotlight! Love this car so much!!

[towlie]

so whats it like to drive a brand new s13?

[s14fbs]

There is hope for Florida yet.

Keep it up dude

u forget the never if front of hope man

[GripTerror]

Absolutely brilliant (pun intended). Good job :)

[CleanAndLegit]

did u ever figure out what ur painter used to refinish all the interior and exterior oem plastics/vinyls etc, very sick build one day i hope i can hold up to par

[Tomme]

did u ever figure out what ur painter used to refinish all the interior and exterior oem plastics/vinyls etc, very sick build one day i hope i can hold up to par

He said this on page 5:


I used a DuPont satin finish exterior trim paint, it comes in a spray can. It was a higher grade than the usual spray can stuff. Nope, all the parts have been scavenged from various places.

Levan. B, did you put LED's in the gauge cluster? Just noticed the blue tint around the speedo.

[EnjukuBG]

Omg this car is so sick!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Enjuku Racing]

I love it!

I wonder where he got his parts!! :oP

[EnjukuBG]

From japan obviously!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Edwin562]

Where are the updates? this is my guideline for my build for crying out loud!!!

[Prok0]

Yea Bread, where are the updates?!?!?!

[blo0d]

Photos are corrected now, finally.


Small updates...


Pulled the lower half of the intake off, The idle up valve was not working correctly. the idle was at a steady 1500 RPM at full temperature, since it was already apart I threw a new IAC on too.


http://www.southeast-performance.com/gallery/albums/album55/DSC_0031.jpg



it looks to me like you have a normal clamp on a steel braided line? could you shoot me a FYI on how you did that?

[PureRush]

How do you like those boost gauges?

[elmajul]

I absolutely love this car!!

[scottie]

Wow. Simply beautiful restoration. Thank you for sharing.

[Jlugo711]

From one Floridian to another... Fucking awesome. When my car is done, we def. have to photoshoot together, hopefully you will still own her when mine is all dolled up :)

[irritatedmax]

Love it. Awesome build man.

[living4surf]

i expect this car to be around tomorrow when greg and i are up there i really wanna see it in person

[waxball88]

it looks to me like you have a normal clamp on a steel braided line? could you shoot me a FYI on how you did that?
They're called AN finishers. Basically a glorified hose clamp.

[Sd2406988]

Sik build dude! Wat kind of rims r those?!

[turbo_dreams]

*insert what everyone else complimented you of*...gonna be p.m'ing you for some part numbers on many of the seals. Love what you did deleting the 3rd brake light, have any trick idea's on a 3rd brake light or just leaving it alone?

[airhead]

Looks like a brand new car!

[KravingAKouki]

Oh my god! i read everything in this thread and i want a hatch so bad now! if i ever get one this is my inspiration man. How did you get all the old parts for this car replaced like trim peices? did you get them at a dealership? also how much money did you spend on all of this including the car if you dont mind me asking?

[Sd2406988]

U never got bak to me about wat rims those r! I wanna buy a set!

wats up with the paint code? I luv that color!

[EnjukuBG]

The paint is a custom mix as far as I know. But email me if you're interested in the wheels. They're work meisters.

[email protected]

[Sd2406988]

SIK! Can u give me the exact sizes? I want my car to look exactly lik this 1!