1. Megan Racing brackets - like 99 bucks or something on ebay
2. 2 sets of sparco side mounts - paid about 50-60 a set, shipped. Again, ebay...and I had to wait for these prices.
3.Sparco Evo 2 seats - they come in evo size, evo 2, and evo xl for you real large fatties. This set I copped for $450! Practically new, no rips or tears. Only thing I hate is the color.

1. So, the side mounts suprising fit on the megan brackets, only problem is: The seat is not normal size (at least the base), so I had to slot out the openings on the side mounts and the bracket. I kept doing this trial and error, little at a time...since the less I need to slot out...the stronger the bracket should be. Also to guage how much I would need to do this before I butcher the passenger set. Here are some pics:

Finished set

Afterthoughts: Maybe it's my car...or just the pair of brackets I had...but just FYI: I had the hardest f'ing time mounting the entire assembly back into the car after I was done. The "240sx megan bracket" didn't seem to line up anywhere with the bolt holes on the floorpan. So, I had to mallet here and there...and even use an impact wrench at one point. the result: A slightly tilted seat. Anyways...after this wednesday I'll come back to look at it. Besides, tilted right is not so bad anyway...since I'm always leaning my elbow on the center console. It just looks madddd gay from the back though - you can tell the seat is tilted.

also fyi: Even on the lowest setting, I still feel the seat is a bit higher than stock...even with the cushions out. For those of you who don't know...I tried using a set of nagisa rails before which was impossible with a wide seat like this. Again, I'll come back to this height problem later.

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OMG!! I SOOO needed that pic! I was gonna post a thread about that soon, but you've answered my question! I had the MT conversion done and when I got the car back, the key wouldn't release from the ignition. (Car doesn't register it's in "park"). There is no way in hell I am leaving my car sit *anywhere* with the key stuck in the ignition, even if I *do* have a Viper security system. EFF THAT! THANK YOU!!

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Modified by kingdutka at 10:04 AM 6/1/2007

Also Update:

Got some vids (kind wack...too dark and sliding looks slow - I swear I'm not drifting that slow!)

Me losing control on the sweeper...damn
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQ_mqjyo8cM

Me doing better - last turn was decent.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3FlzUnk6Sc

Your homie again with some ClubLoose buds. Matt Petty (east coast drifting legend...so they say...) on my left, my homie Odin on my right.

Woah - Chi dog again, chilling with the PowerZamCrew Sal + Chris (chris has that black vert with the cage everyone loves so much).

Modified by wirelessalpha at 12:59 AM 7/28/2007

Anyways, I'm grateful anytime a camera is pointed toward me:

a. I spent maaad hours on craigslist and found a guy selling the flex for 800.

b. He claims they are brand new (yeah right).

c. I go to check them out - lo and behold, those f'ers are brand spankin new. Literally, still in the box...stickers...etc.

How could I say no? That said - I hate these to hell and I don't want them. Nick/Matt @ autoxtreme are always throwing comments about them and (p_ssy coilovers) and honestly, I couldn't agree more.

Hear that kids? Heed my words. Tein Flex coilovers = joke. Don't believe the hype. Cop them greddy's or Tanabe's.

(don't get me wrong, I hear the tein springs are pretty dope though).

my reason for asking was because i noticed in the pics your car had massive body roll.

I swear - before the season ends:

1. CAGE
2. Wheels
3. Actually spend some time to dial in some camber
4. Maybe get some rods if I got left over loot
5. Install that damn boost controller one of these days
6. Lose the VLSD and buy a welded diff (do you got one btw?)

but first things first: fix my HID problem.

damn...so much to do...so little time...eh.....

Modified by wirelessalpha at 10:11 PM 11/23/2007

lol thats going in the sig!

NY was madness as we said it would be lol. I did nothing but run around all day. I had the pleasure of working on nos energy drinks lexus sc300, and than i had to work on the rest of the powerzamcam cars. we had 1 loss in the event and it was the buddy club street car we built. sadly it hit the wall on the most dangerous turn of the course. Sal was driving and he is ok but the car is in ctritical condition. Myself and george hope to start working on her as soon as possible to get her up and running again. to all those who came out to the event thanks for coming and showing your support.
-much love
Gio

haha - nice! I think is the first time I have ever been quoted. It's good to know that I've played my part in history this way. Sheesh.

-Chi

Should be done this weekend...I checked it out last night. Looking good...

I'll have pics up soon.

1. I decided to go with a nice 6 point (halo...etc) b/c a) I needed the stiffness (insert viagra joke now) and b) the rollover safety factor.

2. There's a few guys I could have got this done from...I opted to commission my buddy Tim to do this b/c:

a. He comes well recommended
b. I wanted to help the dude out with $$$ while he is starting his own fabrication business.
c. I absolutely knew he would do a fantastic job since his credibility is on the line.

3. I didn't get the PZC (george aka dukeboy) to do it specifically b/c I chose to help a brother out first (i.e. Tim). That being said, the PZC cages are awesome too (shout out to Chris).

4. Also, as some of you know - I got my seats redone again...since the way I mounted them were shi@t.

Ok, so without further ado...here are some pics (note: the angles of the pics are not that great...so don't be fooled - the seats are not too low - trust me).

Car should be all done this weekend - ready for rippin next week!]

PS: See you all at the next NJ E-town drift event next wednesday!

A. Dose your top open and close from the lacths?
B. Are you keeping any of the interior panels?

speaking of which - I'm gonna need a new one. Mine just broke last week.

no i just wanted to know because i want kind of the same setup but i want to keep all of my panels and seats.

and when you say the top will open/close automatic do you mean that you won't need to pull the lever?

I was thinking that maybe you thought I did something that caused my top to be manual or something....

Anyway, for those who don't know me, I'm Tim, I own TIP Engineering and am the one building Chi's cage. I'm excited, this is the first vert that I've done. It's a toss up which is easier a vert or a coupe, but the vert should be a lot cooler, well at least you can play around on the monkey bars a lot more with a vert.

Here's the rest of the pics of the cage. The door bars and roof bar are in, the dash just needs to be fitted and then everything can go back in and Chi can get whatever else he needs to get ready for doing the drifty on Wednesday. Anyone who's local should come out the event is going to be aweomse. You can come see the cage, the DA guys are going to be there. So come out and drive, it's always cool to see more people out there.

Oh and before the pics, I'll repond to some of the comments. Keeping the back interior panels would probably make things a lot harder than it needs to be. To keep them, you would have to space the main hoop in even further than it already needs to be on the vert. The main hoop is something like 5" thinner than the coupe/hatch main hoop already. So with the panels you would need to move it in even further, which would require the door bars to have an even more extreme bend than you see on Chi's car. Of course this would depend on how you want the door bars to fit and what seats you're running. Chi's seats are a little wider than most, so the door bars needed to be bent further out than if he were running a smaller seat.

But be keeping the panels and putting a bigger bend in the door bars, you would be moving the center of the x even further back. I just don't think it would be worth it.

I don't think there's really much else though. I'll either post pics or let Chi do it after the dash gets fit up and everything else goes back in the car. So sometime tomorrow afternoon/evening they should be up.

Anyway, picture time.

How much would the same setup come out to with out the door bar's? more or less i would like to know to have an idea. i know that your really far away.

non the less this thing looks sweet...

As for pricing, it would depend on how it was done. It's going to be a lot of extra work to either design the cage around keeping the interior stuff or fitting up all the interior panels after, so I don't really know how much I would charge to do it. But fitting up all the panels would definitely negate the money saved from not running door bars and then some.

Anyway, here's the pics from tonight.

All done.

WOW B.I.G. D.I.F.F.E.R.E.N.C.E

SERIOUSLY.

Now I feel good...I mean, real good. This thing is stiffer than me - and that's no small feat...

For those of you who have been thinking about it... DO IT!!!!!

riceboy.

in anycase, thanks for the kind words topless.

PS: next step: wheels! look for updates soon...

Actually, my brother is getting his business started so i can show off some of his work and advertise a bit....Also for safety and rigidity of course Meh...

Also, the pics are nice but you got some drift footage to share?

anyone have whereabouts of this car? I want to see some side shots of it.