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

[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.

Originally Posted by 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!

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!

Originally Posted by justinedible4

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.

Originally Posted by 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

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.

Originally Posted by kyles1988

New mouldings. Well done sir.

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

Originally Posted by 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.

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]

Originally Posted by Levan. B

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]

Originally Posted by azsr20det

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]

Originally Posted by 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!

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

Blow. minds.

Originally Posted by CrimsonRockett

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.

Originally Posted by EnjukuBG

Bread likes to party.

Buy me some bread, Bread.

Originally Posted by 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.

thanks man.

Originally Posted by 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

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.



Mirror switch



Refinished center console



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









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



Window switches and bezel.



Rear speaker covers installed





Picked up a new RPS13 center panel cover.





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.





Dad, just chillin.



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






installed some clips and rubber bushing for the hood prop







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



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





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.







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





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

[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]

Originally Posted by 240 GTR

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

[Levan. B]

Originally Posted by 240 GTR

breadlife

nerd.

HAHA!

Originally Posted by ki_JDM_ds

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.

Originally Posted by 2slow2go

damn that shit was thorough as fuck

Here I am thinking I didn't get into detail enough..

Originally Posted by 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......

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

Originally Posted by 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.

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.

Originally Posted by 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!

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]

Originally Posted by 240 GTR

breadlife

nerd.

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

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