Joe's 91 240sx 3/7/12

[240sxjoe92]

Many of you know me as ( 240sxjoe91 ) well due to the update I had to change my name and make a new account because I lost my password. In late 2009 I bought my car, 1991 Nissan 240sx hatchback. The Man I bought it from was the second owner. He had owned the car for 4 months. He bought it from the original owner, who was an older lady that bought the car brand new in 1991. She sold it to the guy who was going to fix it up to be a drift car with his son. Well his son had no interest in it and he decided to sell it. I came across it one day on craigslist while I was at school. So that weekend my dad and I drove down to look at it. I ended up buying it for $1100 cash.
138,750 original miles on it when I bought it.
Trans shifted smooth
Motor ran great- Other than a slight hesitation.
No rust
Bad- Needed a hell of alot of bodywork.
But it did come with a full folder of paperwork telling you whats been done to it. The woman had put well over 4grand into it since 1998 i think it was.
Everything was tuned up in the past 4 years.
Onto the pics.
The day I brought it home.






And here is the huge a** dent. While it was parked on the street ( before i bought it ) someone backed into the side of it and left this ugly eye sore.

Here is one of my favorite pics. It looks low but its really on 4x4 stance. Idk i just thought it looked cool

Then one day I came out of school and looked at the side of my car and was like I really need to do something about that dent.
I went home backed the a** of the car into the garage, and went to work.



Hairdryers work well to heat up metal.



Came out well. I was happy for the time being.
Then I decided I wanted to get an exhaust for it. After looking around, I found that the Apexi N1 Clone was the best bang for the buck at the time being.

$130 shipped to my front door.

Put it on in 30 degree weather


Fitment was great



More updates to come.

[240sxAli4Life]

Hey whats up! Thats what i want a 240sx like yours, where there is no rust, clean, and good miles!! Ill find a nice one like this and buy it!! The SOHC is just not enough power for me!!

[240sxjoe92]

Alot of people will agree otherwise..just buy a twin cam and build that up use the single slammer until thats done, then drop the twin in and there ya go.

[badbob2121]

dude overall it looks like you have a fun project started Joe

but please, please take that lil stuffed animal off your tow hook, leave that for the honda guys to rock

[TroubleBound]

Aww i hate seeing awesome gray chuki hatches they make me all nostalgic R.I.P Selene. It looks like you are off to a good start i am sure you will love her! I do agree that the stuffed animal should go though, and idk why but off center plates bug the hell out of me if they arent oem, but its your car and to each their own! Did you paint the wheels black? It looks that way in your sig. Poor little se's.

[240sxjoe92]

dude overall it looks like you have a fun project started Joe

but please, please take that lil stuffed animal off your tow hook, leave that for the honda guys to rock

Trust me its off...I had it like that for a week and was like its stupid.

Aww i hate seeing awesome gray chuki hatches they make me all nostalgic R.I.P Selene. It looks like you are off to a good start i am sure you will love her! I do agree that the stuffed animal should go though, and idk why but off center plates bug the hell out of me if they arent oem, but its your car and to each their own! Did you paint the wheels black? It looks that way in your sig. Poor little se's.

Yea i painted them black.

[240sxjoe92]

Back to more updates...
I was home one night and had nothing to do..it was cold out but i wanted to work on the 240. Im not a big fan of pin stripes so I was like what the hell im going to take em off. Backed the car into the garage and got to work.
Yes I know it's dirty as s***

Now onto removal process.
Tools used...
Hairdryer
Razor





I waited until the day after to take some better pics.








Its starting to look good now!
More updates tomorrow. Let me know what you think.

[240sxAli4Life]

HEY JOE, I RECIVED YOUR MESSAGE, BUT I DONT KNOW HOW TO REPLY FROM THAT PERSONAL MESSAGE! SO I JUST WENT TO YOUR THREAD, AND HEY! I MAY BE BUYING A 240 HATCH WITH AN S14 SR20 ALREADY INSTALLED!! ILL SEND YOU THE LINK FROM YOUTUBE, I DONT WANT ANYONE HERE TO SEE IT AND BUY IT BEFORE ME LOL!! ITS IN TENNESSEE!!

[240sxjoe92]

Don't type in all caps next time.
More updates, ill start with some more pictures of the pinstripes removed...



I don't know why but i think this picture looks really cool.



I decided i wanted to paint the stock SE's
Cleaned up the wheels, Sanded them down, Cleaned them again, Sprayed the primer, Then sprayed the black. Multiple coats each.





I can't seem to find any pictures of when i sprayed them black.
I only painted the two rear ones that weekend because i needed to get front tires.




The next weekend i did the front ones. I think they turned out great.


Next to my friends V6 boostang, which he is now selling to buy...Gues what? a 240

More updates later.

[AZ89two4Tsx]

Ehhh..well it looks like you're learning?

[240sxjoe92]

Thanks, Im planning on going to the junkyard next weekend to see if they have any 240's. If they do then I'll see if I can cut off a rear drivers side qp. Also looking for rims. The stock se's arent doing it for me. It will also be dropped soon.

[Morph]

S14 Seats man place near me wanted 20 bucks for both. Cant beat it.

[240sxjoe92]

Yea ill look. Last time i went to the junkyard there were only two 240's there.

[240sxAli4Life]

Hey Joe, if your looking for a quarter panel... Check craigslist to see if anyone is parting out an s13 hatch. And check to see if someone is just selling one! If your gonna take off your qp to install a new one anyway, you mays well just take yours off, and bang it out somemore! Yours is not ruined yet, and if you take it off and fix yours its gonna be the same color.

[240sxjoe92]

My clearcoat was coming off of my hatch, i had some left over paint from my rims. I was like you know what it cant hurt. Once i started sanding i knew that this hatch had the normal rust sponge on it...









It came out pretty good.

I know about the teddy..trust me i removed it already...


Here is some pics from like 2 weeks ago


lots more to come guys.

[240sxjoe92]

So Ive taken some more pics of my car. not much of an update yet but there will be some to come for sure!
My rear bumper has some fitment issues, not sure what the heck is wrong with it but i want to fix it.
On the left side its in way under the tail light..The more right you go it gets flush? About the middle is where it starts to get flush.
This is what it looks like.

I took off the rear bumper to see if there were any dents or anything but i looked and nothing really?


Does anyone have any ideas on this?
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On an upside today was really nice and since its fall tree's are beggining to loose their leaves, so I thought it would be cool to take some pics at my girlfriends house under the big a** Tree in her front yard. I think they came out great....




But guys i really need some input on my rear bumper please. Thanks.

[Milkmusic]

Looks good, but really look into hang new qp's or even like a 30mm overfender? Just a though,

With the rear bumper the bumper could be warped itself or (I hope to god it isn't this) I seriously doubt it because were it was hit is the frame of the car is actually bent..
That's all I can think of but I'm still a noob myself, just going from what I've seen and done myself.

[240sxjoe92]

So its been a while since i last updated this thread..Its not a big update but its noticable..After having my car for About a year and a half it was finally time to lower it, Its not coilovers but it will do for now. I got megan racing lowering springs and some Kyb, Agx's. Im planning on doing all of my suspension work and then hopefully get a motor. This spring i plan on fixing the dreaded dent on my rear qp. And painting it. Here are some pics. Thanks guys.



Before:


After:


More pics to come, I dont have that many pics yet ha been working alot. Ill try and get more up tomorrow. Thanks guys.

[FlipCoupe]

very nice, im about to buy this combo for my coupe and its sitting on stock se's too haha.

[Caveit77777]

Your build was never fast but for some reason I've always liked it haha. Are you talking about just repainting the trunk and the qp or the whole car entirely? Got any ideas for wheels?

[240sxjoe92]

Yea repainting the whole car white.. Maybe do black on the top where the sunroof is..Im getting it for free so im not going to complain the guy already has the paint and bondo and he's a family friend of my gf's family...so he was like do you want help with the qp and paint cause i have it..I jumped on it..As for wheels Im not sure yet. I dont have alot of money considering i just spend $700 on a college class. I may go with xxr's or something not to sure yet any suggestions?

[Caveit77777]

Yeah those would probably be fine. I'm not really a wheels guy so I'm not too sure. Plus s14 and s13 rim styles are a little different. S13's can get away with meshies. Just search around I guess. And white paint would be sick I've always wanted my s14 to be white.

[feoo]

hows your license plate mounted? is it just screwed right into the bumper under the turn signal?

[Caveit77777]

Yea repainting the whole car white.. Maybe do black on the top where the sunroof is..Im getting it for free so im not going to complain the guy already has the paint and bondo and he's a family friend of my gf's family...so he was like do you want help with the qp and paint cause i have it..I jumped on it..As for wheels Im not sure yet. I dont have alot of money considering i just spend $700 on a college class. I may go with xxr's or something not to sure yet any suggestions?

Actually I forgot. If you haven't checked out the xxr 526 and 527's, I recommend doing so. They look good, they're 4 lug, good sizes (+20 if i remember right too) and they're like $165 a wheel. Thats a deal haha.

[240sxAli4Life]

Looks so much better now that you lowered it! Are you going to get rear agx's in the future???

[240sxjoe92]

Alright so another update...Back in january ( my moms b-day the 21st ) I got off work early and i was coming home.. i was about 1/4 mile away from my house coming around a corner, i hit some black ice and lost control of the 240...well lets just say the good side isnt so pretty anymore.. i ended up hitting a guys mailbox ( which i talked to him and offered to replace it and he said it was no big deal ) i think i hit a telephone pole and i ended up in a ditch...Ugh i hate f***ing ice... here are some pics..
Got most of the dent out it was huge.. No pic of the dent before..
Everything was ok except the body damage.. no frame damage or suspension damage


And here is the Mailbox ( which is fixed )... The telephone pole... And the ditch
ugh i hate ice.
Hopefully ill have some fenders here shortly.

[240sxjoe92]

Just alittle update....I have some new fenders coming in, they will mostlikely be here in the middle of the week, I ended up getting both sides because the drivers side fender was all ready messed up. Since i posted ill put some pics up because we all love pics.
This is my 240 and Crab's 02 PowerStroke with a built motor..Sh***Y trans, 06 front end conversion

This is Dustin's Vr6, Nick's 06 Evo (RS) with 370 hp...And my 240.

[240sxjoe92]

Update... New passenger side fender is on Ha it looks great. Even though its red, i didnt paint it yet but w/e idc im buying a driver side fender hopefully this week or next week.. Tell me what you all think. I want to get all my bodywork done for now. When i crashed my car i wasnt motivated at all and i just wanted to get rid of it. Once i got my fender on it motivated me so im going to work on getting it to all stock for now and saving for a motor swap.
Pics....

[truckmtr240]

typical 240 haha

[Ghettopoptart]

^ this.