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Post Title: Howdy from Texas!!! Finally got a few pix of my project vert.
Posted by: DailyDrifter at 10:48 PM 9/9/2007

I bought the vert back in Dec, and I'm now finally getting the car running.
I dropped the car off at 786 motoring (http://786motoring.com/) here in houston to get the s13 blacktop installed. We got it running last night so we took it out for a test run this afternoon.

Before:

1st Mod:

As of today: (body kit and seats go on this week)




Post Title: Few test runs this afternoon
Posted by: DailyDrifter at 10:50 PM 9/9/2007







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Posted by: krash at 2:16 AM 9/10/2007



SWEEET ride man! and the unpainted parts actually look kinda cool lol, im not a ricer! good job man



Post Title: Re: Howdy from Texas!!! Finally got a few pix of my project vert. (DailyDrifter)
Posted by: koontek at 2:32 AM 9/10/2007

Cool Vert! What brand of wide body parts did you go with and how wide? are you planning to get side skirts and a rear bumper too? also what size wheels and offset are you running? looks like a perfect fit for that wide body kit.



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Posted by: moulton712 at 3:36 AM 9/10/2007

nice vert. what brand/model are those wheels? and what model is that front bumper. looks sweet



Post Title: Re: (moulton712)
Posted by: distant240sx at 3:44 AM 9/10/2007

Sweet ride man. Loving it lots.Could you tell me what kind of wheel set up you have? Im in the market for a new set. I would like to know what you a running on all around, wheel size, offset and tire size. and what mods did you need to do to get them to fit, and if it rubs or any thing like that. ohh and did you lower it or does look like that with the 18's on? thanks man. Ride is awsome.



Post Title: Re: (distant240sx)
Posted by: S15nS13vert at 5:01 AM 9/10/2007

bad *** wheels, i had a hard time fittin my wheels on my vert, 18x8.5 30 offset, 18x9.5 30 offset, i had to put 15mm spacers front, 25mm spacers rear,
but i like your wheels better
wanna swap?/



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Posted by: DailyDrifter at 7:08 AM 9/10/2007

Thanks guys!

I'm running a Origin overfenders front and back.
I'm installing my body kit this week, also Origin (streamline)

The wheels are Work VSXX
front 18x10 +12 offset
Rear 18x12 +12 offset

No spacers and no rubbing. I do have some control arms to straighten out the rear camber.

I'm running K-sport coilovers =(
I know they'll blow out some day, but I've had them for 3 years now and they're still working.

The Sparco seats go in this week, and it's getting painted black.




Post Title: Re: Howdy from Texas!!! Finally got a few pix of my project vert. (DailyDrifter)
Posted by: DirftKing102 at 7:13 AM 9/10/2007



Car looks awesome! Just please don't make it a ricer! But its your car! I love the body kit and the wheels! Those look sweetttt!!



Post Title: Re: Howdy from Texas!!! Finally got a few pix of my project vert. (DirftKing102)
Posted by: Eikon at 7:30 AM 9/10/2007

Very impressive car!

I'm always so amazed by how a set of wheels can just MAKE a car! Especially on a 'vert. Those wheels are incredible! (prob cost more than you paid for the car originally..lol).

Pretty nice looking body kit.. gotta love the widebody!


Thanks for joining us! Thanks for sharing the pics.

Please check out the 'vert registry and add your info to it.


Keep us updated on further progress!



Post Title: Re: Howdy from Texas!!! Finally got a few pix of my project vert. (DirftKing102)
Posted by: DailyDrifter at 8:10 AM 9/10/2007



Quote, originally posted by DirftKing102 »
Car looks awesome! Just please don't make it a ricer! But its your car! I love the body kit and the wheels! Those look sweetttt!!

LOL I'll try not to, but I can't gaurantee it.

I already installed the LED bubble shift knob.




Post Title: Re: Howdy from Texas!!! Finally got a few pix of my project vert. (Eikon)
Posted by: DailyDrifter at 8:11 AM 9/10/2007



Quote, originally posted by Eikon »
Very impressive car!

I'm always so amazed by how a set of wheels can just MAKE a car! Especially on a 'vert. Those wheels are incredible! (prob cost more than you paid for the car originally..lol).

Pretty nice looking body kit.. gotta love the widebody!


Thanks for joining us! Thanks for sharing the pics.

Please check out the 'vert registry and add your info to it.


Keep us updated on further progress!

Thanks man, yea wheels and a drop changes a car drastically, and yes the wheels were more than the car is worth even with the motor. lol

I got the vert for $800 without a motor.

I'll look up all the info on the vert and update the post I made on that thread.





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Posted by: ProjectS15 at 8:20 AM 9/10/2007



Finally the Vert runs! :p



Post Title: Re: (ProjectS15)
Posted by: DeXteR at 8:59 AM 9/10/2007

i love this picture!

i don't know why, but i'm really excited about the progess on this car... it might have something to do with looking a lot like my teammate zach's car as it was multi-colored for a while and when it finally came together and was one color, it just felt great to see it "finished"...

anyways, i'm loving everything about this car - especially the wheels gorgeous.

keep up the great work and definitely keep us posted with more pictures.

Modified by DeXteR at 3:19 PM 9/10/2007



Post Title: Re: (DeXteR)
Posted by: DailyDrifter at 9:38 AM 9/10/2007



Thanks man! I'll pos
Quote, originally posted by DeXteR »
i love this picture!

i don't know why, but i'm really excited about the progess on this car... it might have something to do with looking a lot like my teammate zach's car as it was multi-colored for a while and when it finally came together and was one color, it just felt great to see it "finished"...

anyways, i'm loving everything about this car - especially the wheels gogeous.

keep up the great work and definitely keep us posted with more pictures.

Thanks man! I'll update pix later this week when the kit goes on.



Post Title: Re: (DailyDrifter)
Posted by: BOOMSHAKALAKA at 11:43 AM 9/10/2007



Very sweet vert! I like what I see so far and I can't wait to see the end product! Keep up the good work buddy.



Post Title: Re: (BOOMSHAKALAKA)
Posted by: DailyDrifter at 12:24 PM 9/10/2007

Quote, originally posted by BOOMSHAKALAKA »
Very sweet vert! I like what I see so far and I can't wait to see the end product! Keep up the good work buddy.

Thanks!



Post Title: Re: (DailyDrifter)
Posted by: moulton712 at 4:32 PM 2/12/2008



i finally found this thread again. please post some newer pics of the car.

i love them wheels, but need more pics



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Posted by: Juanit0 at 5:55 AM 2/13/2008



nice



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Posted by: DeXteR at 6:29 AM 2/13/2008





Post Title: Re: (DeXteR)
Posted by: pyroteknikz at 1:47 PM 2/13/2008

wow that looks great! cant wait for it to be finished



Post Title: Re: (pyroteknikz)
Posted by: redtopsdrop at 3:07 PM 2/13/2008

yay for more houston people. i've seen the car on h240 a few times. i used to hang out with ameen and all them a few years ago.



Post Title: Re: (DeXteR)
Posted by: GoinTopless240 at 7:58 PM 2/13/2008

Belated Welcome,
Car is looking good. Keep it up... and keep up posted. Liking the pic at the warehouse ... me personally I like the mulitcolor look.. I know the feeling.. And Eikon is right.. it is amazing what a set of nice set wheels does..

And Dex... I love the pic police post.. ROFLMAO... too funny..




Post Title: Re: (GoinTopless240)
Posted by: DailyDrifter at 11:51 PM 4/21/2008



Hey what's up guys! Well I sold my Origin kit and got a BN knock off kit.
I figure I'm gonna bust it up drifting so I might as well not tear up some nice stuff.

Haven't taken many new pix, but I did get the kit in, haven't installed it.
Might get it done this week. Sold my Sparco's and got a Bride Zeta III Type-L seat. Man those seats run super small. Also got a new top, it's soo nice and clean looking. I'll take a pic with the top up as well. Oh and upgraded to a T-28. Haven't run the car with the T-28.

And I guess I haven't posted my chain steering wheel for hard parking.
It's probably gonna kill these guys:
http://jdmasia.wordpress.com/2...hings/
(Kinda cool, never been clowned from a whole other country, woot!)

Here's a couple of me messing around:

Already broke the fender (fixing this week):

My new DailyDrifter.com crest:

Modified by DailyDrifter at 8:02 AM 4/22/2008

Modified by DailyDrifter at 2:44 PM 4/22/2008



Post Title: Re: (DailyDrifter)
Posted by: crzycav86 at 12:21 PM 4/22/2008



Badass Alex.

You gonna be there again on friday? I'm coming down for this.



Post Title: Re: (crzycav86)
Posted by: DailyDrifter at 1:26 PM 4/22/2008



Quote, originally posted by crzycav86 »
Badass Alex.

You gonna be there again on friday? I'm coming down for this.


Yea, we're running the drift portion of the event.



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Posted by: USDM240 at 7:10 PM 4/22/2008

i normally hate widebody anything, but the whole setup and execution of that car with those wheels is amazing. it looks hot. the only thing better would be a Silvia front end. :



Post Title: Re: (DailyDrifter)
Posted by: BOOMSHAKALAKA at 7:17 PM 4/22/2008

Quote, originally posted by DailyDrifter »

http://jdmasia.wordpress.com/2...hings/
(Kinda cool, never been clowned from a whole other country, woot!)
Here's a couple of me messing around:

Haha wow...those Aussies getting worked up over a shift knob.

BTW nice shots! Not often you see a vert tearing it up at the track. Good stuff.



Post Title: Re: (BOOMSHAKALAKA)
Posted by: DailyDrifter at 7:56 PM 4/22/2008



I thought about the Sil front but then I figured I'd end up smashing it up. So decided to go with the easiest thing to fix after crashing. So far, so good. No real crashes.

The venue in those pix is death for drift cars. When I hold drivers meetings at that venue, I tell the drivers one of you is going to crash today. So get it over with, so my odds lower. We've probably had more than 25 events at that venue with a 100% crash rate. At least one car crashes every event.

I'll try and get pix this week with the new kit. My goal is to get it painted before the May11th event.



Post Title: Re: (DailyDrifter)
Posted by: BMAR240SX at 8:05 PM 4/22/2008



Don't paint the car, leave it just like that



Post Title: Re: Howdy from Texas!!! Finally got a few pix of my project vert. (DailyDrifter)
Posted by: BMAR240SX at 8:11 PM 4/22/2008

Quote, originally posted by DailyDrifter »


No fair you have the original key



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Posted by: TIMELSS_vert at 9:02 AM 4/23/2008

looks great man, but what happened to running a full kit? either way, love the VS-XXs!



Post Title: Re: (TIMELSS_vert)
Posted by: DailyDrifter at 11:33 AM 4/23/2008

Not installed yet, that whit bumper is gone. I just got the BN kit this past week, but I havn't installed that one either. =(

Looks pretty gay without it, I know, but it'll get done soon. I hope this week if I can sneak away from my wife long enough to get it done.

Can't wait!



Post Title: Re: (BMAR240SX)
Posted by: DailyDrifter at 11:39 AM 4/23/2008



Quote, originally posted by BMAR240SX »
Don't paint the car, leave it just like that

lol, we're pushing Team Drifting at our events, so I'll probably end up painting it to match other team members.

And yea OG key, but I need to make copies before I loose it. lol



Post Title: Re: (DailyDrifter)
Posted by: redtopsdrop at 7:32 AM 4/26/2008



i need to hurry up and get my vert on the ball, so yours won't be so lonely in houston



Post Title: Finally threw on the kit
Posted by: DailyDrifter at 10:49 PM 5/4/2008

Couldn't mount the front bumper, I let some friends borrow my pop rivet gun, so I mocked it. I need the gun for the quick release latches. I had them on the older bumper above.

Took these a few hours ago:

I hope they're not too big. If so, let me know and I'll resize them.



Post Title: Re: Finally threw on the kit (DailyDrifter)
Posted by: Topless_92 at 6:07 AM 5/5/2008



With a Sick car like this, the pictures are allowed to be big haha looks great! keep it up



Post Title: Re: Finally threw on some paint!
Posted by: DailyDrifter at 10:18 PM 9/27/2008

Not the best pix but I'll get better ones once I get on the road and throw on the vs's on the rear.





Post Title: Re: Finally threw on some paint! (DailyDrifter)
Posted by: DailyDrifter at 10:31 PM 9/27/2008



Next upgrade is DMAX vented hood and this spoiler: (if I can find out who makes it)





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Posted by: AZ89two4Tsx at 10:33 PM 9/27/2008



Just extend the tail pipe out a little more and you'll be perfect!


Awesome vert dude, looks great.



Post Title: Re: (AZ89two4Tsx)
Posted by: DailyDrifter at 10:41 PM 9/27/2008



Quote, originally posted by AZ89two4Tsx »
Just extend the tail pipe out a little more and you'll be perfect!


Awesome vert dude, looks great.

Thanks!
Oh yea I forgot about that, the guy that installed the Sr installed that exhaust. I'm cutting it off and installing staggered dual pipes. Nothing too crazy though. oh i also need an alignment. lol



Post Title: Re: (DailyDrifter)
Posted by: DeXteR at 8:01 AM 9/29/2008



Love it. This car is awesome.

NEED MOAR PIXORS! Put the top down too!




Post Title: Re: (DeXteR)
Posted by: JST2KWIK at 7:26 PM 2/9/2009



ha i know it's a bump from the dead but what does your car look like now? I'm currently doing up my vert and have an origin agressive body kit, wide body fender etc similar to your look so I was just wondering



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Posted by: TIMELSS_vert at 9:04 PM 2/9/2009

since its back from the dead, the spoiler is D-Max / Super Made



Post Title: Re: (TIMELSS_vert)
Posted by: EPD at 4:27 AM 2/10/2009

Dudes on ziptied so you probably wont hear much from him.



Post Title: Re: (TIMELSS_vert)
Posted by: S15nS13vert at 6:13 PM 3/4/2009

he has 18x12 what size tire he is using in the back, i am gettin the same wheels and i wonder if 265 40 18 will stretch to a 12" wheel?? or should i buy 305 30 18?




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