Post by
wmdavis007 »
https://forums.nicoclub.com/wmdavis007-u35898.html
Thu Jan 08, 2009 12:56 am
(Ok...a lot of these are reposts...I just wanted to do a build thread.)
Nemo talked me into making a build thread. So I'm going to compile everything just on one post...so I'll start when I first got my vert.
I bought my car back in Nov 2005. When I got it the motor was blown (spun two main bearing). I only paid $500 for it. It had been sitting at a friends house in the woods with a cotton car cover over it for a little over two years. My buddy's parents had bought it for his ex-girlfriend cause she lost her job, car, and house and needed some transportation...later I found out why she was down...she started smoking crack...last I heard she was living under a bridge where some homeless people live...sad. But back to my car...the interior was shot...cause it sat leaking for so long it had about an inch of white fuzzy mold growing on everything in the car...pure nasty! I ripped the interior out...and when I did I found 3 crack pipes and about 20-30 crack baggies...sheesh. In Jan and Feb. of 2006 me and my buddy towed it to his shop and yanked the KA out for the rebuild. Had a local machine shop do all the machine work and head work (the same buddy works part time there too). We put the KA back in after the rebuild and found out the auto tranny was shot as well. I ordered a 5-speed swap from a company down in Fl. for about $350. The 5-speed swap was a lot easier then I every thought it would be. While we where waiting on the 5 speed parts I did the pillar removal...3 packs of sawzall blades and 5 or 6 grinding wheels later I had coupe doors! Bought some new tires for the stock wheels and tossed in the JDM S14 front seats I got off the internet and it was finally road worthy. This was about July...first time with the top back...I was hooked! But I still didn't have a new top, and the back window was completely gone so I had to keep it in a friends basement garage until I got a new one. I kept doing little odds and ends to it until I could get my top installed. Soon as that happened I started using my vert as my daily driver...and my wife parked her Altima and started driving my 06 Expedition. Ok ok...here is some pics:
Here is my car the first night home, first mod...JDM turn signals:
Pillars removed:
Interior gutted:
Rebuilt KA just dropped in:
Soon after moving my car to my other buddy's shop, I stored it in his basement garage for almost a year:
Pic of my ugly a$$ old MOMO steering wheel and nasty pedal covers (they came on the pedals with my 5 speed swap) which both are gone now:
JDM S14 seats installed:
Eibach Sportline lowering springs and new KYB's installed:
New tail lights:
Parts! My VLSD when it first came in the mail:
Xenon lip!!!
New side skirts that I've never installed:
S15 steering wheel and shift knob...decided to go another way:
S15 Floor mats:
Pics after I finished my rear seat panels for my relocated seatbelts:
New quarter window switch:
Finally...new top installed:
New Circuit Sport overflow tank:
Skid plate:
Some Nismo love...got these from a dude for only $75, shirt not included...it was already mine:
New (used) wheels...love the meshies...old skool:
S13 Silvia steering wheel, looks brand new...Super HICAS II...hehe:
Brand new Silvia lock set (still haven't installed yet):
Q45 brake caliper rebuilt and painted (also got drilled and slotted rotors, ss braided brake lines and speedbleeders):
New LED tail lights, turn signals (w/ LED flasher) and license plate bulbs:
Working on hooking up my CDRL's up to my JDM fog light switch:
Plug behind battery, you have to make harness from here to lights:
fog light relay:
New silicon radiator hoses:
New Hammer shift knob:
Ok...I know this was a long post but it's two years worth of work...I'm sure I left a lot out, but I'll post up anything I remember.
Modified by wmdavis007 at 6:11 AM 1/8/2009
Modified by wmdavis007 at 6:13 AM 1/8/2009