420sxWETDREAMS build "Still Coming"

[420sxWETDREAMS]

Ok This is yet another build in process thread: Budget Build Pic Heavy!

A little about me, I'm a Marine Married with two kids and a GREAT wife. I got the 91 240sx hatch about three years ago when my wife was pregnant with our first child my boy. The right quarter panel was smashed when I bought it. My wife played an Overhaul trick on me (knowing I loved that show and wished it happened to me). Basically had her mom who drives stick and an officer that lived in the same building where in on the joke. I came home and it was gone she had the car at a shop getting the quarter pannel done.

Being that we had only one income not much was done to it besides that except little things here and there which I will get to. It had only 147,000 or so miles on the ka24de and pretty clean but needed some tlc.

Plans: Keep Clean & Original with what it came with plus upgrades
Exterior-
Pig nose lip - Already have (want the xenon one)
Mud Flaps- Already have but not on yet
Rear Valance- Not sure which ones yet
Sleep eye Flip Lights- Done (first mod)
HID (Not yet but have egay projector housing)
Fogs not yet installed but will be in the vents
Painted vents black (done)
Led Chuki Half Amber/Clear front bumper turn sigs
HB Alteeza Chrome Tail lights- Tinted Red and Center Black (Second Mod)
Power Folding Mirros
Rims '08 oem BMW 750li 19" (have)

Interior:
New carpet Blk (stock one is ripped)
Back Seats Black dye
Front seats s14 blk (have)
Walbro pump 190 (have)
Digital Climate Control (have)
Nardi 330 dep corn steering wheel blk/red
New turn signal switch and light switch from CourtesyParts.com
pioneer all round head unit and speakers plus amps (have)
Gages (not sure which ones yet)
Re-sound proof the interior
new dash
re-do interior glove box/headliner/door pannels


Drivetrain:
Ka24deT with ITB
cams/pistons/rods
Exhaust Apexi N1 dual (have traded for a smart phone)
Fidanza Short Shifter (have)
New OEM clutch (on 500 miles ago)
New Slave (same as ^^^)
steel braided clutch cable (have)
welded diff (have)
Fidanza Lightened Flywheel (got for $10 FTW)
Nismo power brace

Brakes and Suspension:
350z Calipers Fr/R (have)
Drill & slotted Rotors
Steel Braided Brake lines
Stance LX plus
Sub frame bushing set
Collars
Stance upper Control arms
Stance traction Arms
Toe Rods

I'm pretty sure I forgot somethings but you get the idea, now on to the build and its progress!

What she looked like when I first got her. The first mod was the sleepy eyes $10 on ebay wired right to the light switch.


The hatch was stock with the wiper and the stock wing the was rusted out so I got this black one in the juck yard $30


Then I got the Alteeza lights and chuki 1/2 & 1/2 front lights and needed paint bad


Interior Pic when i got her bone stock


My shift knob which I love the look plus it opens to a hide stash. In those days I was blazing (HENSE The name 420sx) You can get this at auto zone, I like it better than the dildo ones ughh


Current System


Old clarion radio, I have a new one now but I will post anyway

After I painted the bumber and center garnish with regular spray paint auto zone. The bumper was really ugly.




Before I tinted the Alteeza


After I painted the trunk also with spray paint ( keep in mind budget build and first time I attempted any of this)


This is how I drove it around for a bit



Before tail light tints


After:


After half & half lights and Pig lips in


Fidanza Fly Wheels worth $300 I got for $10 the guy had no idea what he had lol!


After resurfaced


Old seats


New Seats


Old and new dash



Last pic before I got a new place with a garage and put it on jack stands for the winter to do the interior work


exhaust I also got for a phone Apexi N1 dual


Electric Fan


Calipers and rotors before paint

After paint for calipers and fuel pump cover



Why I need a new carpet


Started the tear down



Where I stand currently
Before







After







Waiting to put in the Dash/ DCC/ radio and new audio wires and alarm wires after undercoat and sound proofing




Old steering wheel cover and new one


Re wrapped Wheel

Fixed quarter pannel that was smashed in when I bought the one that my wife got fixed <3


Wheels I just got for another smart phone trade! Your boy is a hustler!


I'm not in to the sticker thing but I had this for like ten years it was from an old club name called NFA you figure it out.




My next door neighbors car and mine looks like a before and after pic in it self lol Made me laugh.


Latest pics until I install fuel pump





And for anyone who can read my tags and want to try to steal something I will be waiting!


Peace out until the next update peoples!

[badbob2121]

alot of good stuff here.... i like

[420sxWETDREAMS]

thanks badbob!

[420sxWETDREAMS]

My wife was driving around a 97 Sentra with 198,000 original one owner(her) miles until it was time for a new family car. She got tired of my two year old holding the gallon of milk and my 6 month old (at the time) holding the eggs because we had no room for anything with two car seats. So I had to buy our new-er family car which is why my build has taken forever. I dont like payments so I bought it out right. This is the cause of my delay on progress.....ohh yeah and those two hungry children lol! Oh and the sentra is now my DD until my hatch is ready again. 208,151 miles strong and only changed two alternator since purchased. I will get pictures of the sentra up next time but she is no looker. Go Nissan! The truck is nice to even thou it is not a nissan but drives great.

[bersh240]

im wondering what those bmw wheels are gona look like..

[420sxWETDREAMS]

Mind you I just got them like a few days ago and dont have the hub conversion (yet) and no coils. I am about to put in the calipers soon but it is still on jack stands and I put them in the wheel well just to try and get an idea but the pics are not great and the garage is not wide so this is the best I could do for now. I will be getting 40 series size so should look better and am going to switch center cap with nissan ones.

[bersh240]

hmm that may look pretty clean once they are mounted.
whats the sizes of them?

[420sxWETDREAMS]

19" x 9.5 and 19" x 10.5 I believe. I'm not trying to drift it at least not in these wheels. I want this to be a nice daily driver with good over all looks, sound, and performance. I still have the steelies with new tires I bought a few months ago with 95% tread left if I get the urg to drift which I know I will. I have a welded diff but have been contemplating putting it in.

[S14Kouki10]

19" Wheels are way to big for any s13. Tail lights came out looking good!

[scotty-2-forty]

+1 on the tinted tail lenses; looks oh so much better! I particularly love the "before-n-after" pic with your neighbor's car.

[fiznowler]

Car looks really nice! Aren't BMW wheels are real bastard lug pattern? I have seen them on a zenki before and they looked nice maybe I am mistaken lol.

[420sxWETDREAMS]

Car looks really nice! Aren't BMW wheels are real bastard lug pattern? I have seen them on a zenki before and they looked nice maybe I am mistaken lol.

Thanks! They are 5x120 and need an adapter is all. Where there is a wheel there is a way lol! That is why I wanted to be the first with them on an s13 chasis.

[420sxWETDREAMS]

19" Wheels are way to big for any s13. Tail lights came out looking good!

My buddy has 19" on his with plenty of room to spare even though its not "Hella Flush". I would have gone 18" but then came across these, it was "An offer I couldn't refuse". I guess we will see when they are on how they will look!

[Jagstang]

Good s*** 420, your S13 is coming together nicely. I must say, I'm impressed.

[OutToWinPAHC]

Title changed, pleased be mindful of target words for firewalls and filters

[laxands13]

those tinted tails look great, i was wondering why altezza haha. NFA in this thread....

[420sxWETDREAMS]

Title changed, pleased be mindful of target words for firewalls and filters

My bad!

[420sxWETDREAMS]

Good s*** 420, your S13 is coming together nicely. I must say, I'm impressed.

Thank you bro!

[420sxWETDREAMS]

Just got some interior fabric I picked up at Joann's Fabrics after Halloween! I've been wanting to do it black inside. I like the suede but wanted some thing different. It is really subtle and doesnt stand out as much as you can see. I got alot of it because it was all that was left and didnt want anyone else to have it lol . Plus it was 60% off after hallowween!

[420sxWETDREAMS]

Also picked up these at walmart for $18

I am going to put them behide the vents

[420sxWETDREAMS]

what it should look like on my glove!


I'm going to have three days days off this week so I should have some time to do some work on the baby!
Plans for this weekend is to instal this walbro 190

and finish off the back floor with this

[420sxWETDREAMS]

those tinted tails look great, i was wondering why altezza haha. NFA in this thread....

Thanks lol!

[truckmtr240]

tails went from super rice to super nice!!!

[420sxWETDREAMS]

Out with the old in with the new!
Ok I just finished installing the walbro 190 in here are a few picks, But I want to give a shoutout to POSITRON1 whos thread lead to my entire install, Thank you sir!
old one


New one didnt align quite right but works

[420sxWETDREAMS]

Tomorrows projects are:




Also I'm going to try and finish the wiring on the dcc to try and install so I can put in my new dash. But I'm stumped a little bit because I dont have the HVAC motor I think that is needed I only have the analog on e and am wondeing if it will work with the digital one? If anyone knows please chime in!

[420sxWETDREAMS]

UPDATE:
I Got the car started and on the ground on Christmas Day after about a few months, that was my Christmas present! Nothing like hearing it start after so long not hearing her.

NEXT Project started and Completed

Sprayed Undercoating (3 cans I bought a lowes for $8 per can) back to front and let it dry











Then after that I put on the peel and seal also bought at lowes for quieting the cabin.

[SoCal-S13]

wtf did you use to tint the lights with? as said above that s*** went from hella rice to hella nice in one scroll of my mouse. im jealous.

[Farbeyonjason]

Thats so f*** funny! I wanna know the same thing! What did you use for the tail lights? They look clean as f***!

[420sxWETDREAMS]

wtf did you use to tint the lights with? as said above that s*** went from hella rice to hella nice in one scroll of my mouse. im jealous.

I couldn't stand the spray craze because it didnt look clean to me. So I went to a tint shop a bought red translucent vinyl and applied it like tint and bam!

[Pulse]

wanna post a pic of those tails at night?