Already making some progress on the old Datsun pickup :)

Post by **NSR_s30** » Wed May 13, 2009 4:22 pm

idahotuner wrote:it would be sick to havea sr datsun to run around town and do errands with

SR....Nah.

Post by **PEZi** » Wed May 13, 2009 4:26 pm

keep it as is... mikuni side draft it and call it good!

Post by **NSR_s30** » Wed May 13, 2009 4:38 pm

Why mikuni's? It has dual SU's.....no 521 I know of has dual carbs like Jerry's.

Post by **PEZi** » Wed May 13, 2009 4:40 pm

i dunno... just love the look of them! i still need to find some used 44mm

Post by **NSRG50** » Thu May 14, 2009 7:54 am

cool beans with those blocks dude

Post by **NSRsheets** » Thu May 14, 2009 12:50 pm

Can't wait to see it fully lowered in person.

Post by **nsrZ32** » Fri May 15, 2009 6:17 am

Did some paint work on the turbine wheels. Decided on flat black (its still wet in the picture) and the machined lip.

There's overspray on the lip that I'll need to take some steel wool to and then hit it real quick with some polishing compound. Should look sweet though.

Flares should arrive today btw.

Will post pics of how it looks with the drop blocks installed as I'm putting them on this evening.

Post by **Logan76** » Fri May 15, 2009 7:23 am

How do you plan to lower the front? Why didn't you tape off that lip if you didn't intend to paint it?

Post by **nsrZ32** » Fri May 15, 2009 7:48 am

Logan76 wrote:How do you plan to lower the front? Why didn't you tape off that lip if you didn't intend to paint it?

Already lowered the front 3" by indexing the torsion bars, can go much lower if I can with the new wheel/tire combo.

As for the lip, it was a last minute decision to spray the wheels and we didn't have any tape. No big deal as I want to polish up the lip anyway. Only 15 minutes of work or so.

Post by **NSRsheets** » Fri May 15, 2009 8:55 am

Wheels look good in person.

Post by **NSR_s30** » Fri May 15, 2009 4:38 pm

Alls I can say is that the truck is dumped now and still go lower...Wow. Installing the drop blocks was cake....Took seriously a 1/2 hr. No rusty bolts/nuts broke. Just a sample here....

Post by **Beancooker** » Fri May 15, 2009 5:29 pm

Dunno how I missed this thread, but badass Jerry. Can't wait to see it sitting on 10" wide wheels.

Post by **nsrZ32** » Sat May 16, 2009 2:22 am

Update from yesterday

They're huge!

Doesn't hit anything, will be tight with tires though. Going to stretch 225/50/15's on it

New Datsun steering wheel in place

Got these yesterday as well....ZG flares for an s30. Fit up surprisingly well

Post by **nsrZ32** » Sat May 16, 2009 8:43 am

Test fitted up the s30 flares on the truck today. They fit much better than I expected. The front will require a little modifcation and the rears will require little to no modification to fit. I'm picking up a fender roller sunday to flatten out the lips of the stock fenders and shape them to fit the flares.

Here's a couple pics, don't mind the duct tape, I just put them on to get an idea of what was in store...

Post by **LAKE ERIE Z32** » Sat May 16, 2009 11:29 am

o0o0o cant wait for those and the wheels to be put on

Post by **nsrZ32** » Sat May 16, 2009 4:06 pm

Decided after seeing how the flares fit up that I needed to fab up some weatherstripping/trim to go between the flares and the body not only to give it a cleaner look but to take up some of the irregularities between the body and the flares.

So I went to home depot and bought some garage door rubber weatherstripping (which only set me back like $10) and got to working on modifying it...

After cutting it to size I used some 3M spray adhesive which I applied with a Q-tip and then used mini c-clamps to hold it in place for a minute or so until the adhesive cured. Turned out awesome IMO.

Also, stopped and picked up some stainless allen head hardware for putting the flares on

Post by **Black on Gold** » Sat May 16, 2009 4:11 pm

Love the updates. Makes me want a Datsun now

Post by **NSR_s30** » Sat May 16, 2009 4:15 pm

Can't wait to get the fender roller tomorrow man and maybe get the motor too. Will be a fun day tracking down lugnuts too.

Post by **phlebmaster** » Sat May 16, 2009 4:43 pm

Holleee crap!! That's a long thread. lol

Nice work and I can't wait to see those turbines with the flares. I wish this thread was in ODPL....lots of good info, but I see you posted a link which is very nice.

I will be subscribing to this thread fo sure.

Post by **NSRsheets** » Sat May 16, 2009 6:08 pm

Looks awesome. Can't wait to see it with the flares finished and the new wheels on.

Post by **nsrZ32** » Tue May 19, 2009 5:58 pm

phlebmaster wrote:Nice work and I can't wait to see those turbines with the flares.

In this reply....I deliver what you have all been waiting for.

Drum roll please

........

Love it or hate it, I think its amazing by epic proportions.

Will post pics of the process tomorrow. Its late and I need sleep.

Post by **NSR_s30** » Tue May 19, 2009 6:01 pm

DUDE I'M SO glad we got that all accomplished tonight...Man it was a short 6hrs working on the truck. Glad you got some teaser shots up for the rest of nico.

Post by **Beancooker** » Tue May 19, 2009 6:10 pm

Superbadfreakinass!!!!

Post by **Logan76** » Tue May 19, 2009 6:19 pm

I love it jerry, my only dis-like on that whole truck may be that rear bumper, something just does'nt seem right about it.

btw we have 3m spray glue at my work, and we sometimes spray bugs that fly through the shope and light them on fire and watch them go nuts, it sucks getting that sprayed on your arms also

Post by **SnowSurfLax** » Tue May 19, 2009 6:38 pm

Logan76 wrote:I love it jerry, my only dis-like on that whole truck may be that rear bumper, something just does'nt seem right about it.

+1

That thing is tits except for that rear bumper. That should be your next piece of that project. Otherwise,

Post by **NSR240sxe** » Tue May 19, 2009 8:10 pm

Looks good! great work guys

Post by **PEZi** » Tue May 19, 2009 8:48 pm

i almost came to those pics

Post by **DrifterXRPS13** » Wed May 20, 2009 4:07 am

Nice work! as usual...its looking wayy good mang!

Post by **nsrZ32** » Wed May 20, 2009 5:56 am

Thanks for the compliments everybody

SnowSurfLax wrote:That thing is tits except for that rear bumper. That should be your next piece of that project. Otherwise,

Yeah I'm on the fence about the rear bumper as well. It looked awesome when the truck was stock cause it fit the old truck well. Now that its lowered and flared and such it doesn't flow as well. I'm thinking of either doing flat black so it matches the wheels and flares and bed cover like this....

or maybe try to locate a set of factory rear bumperettes. We'll see

Post by **phlebmaster** » Wed May 20, 2009 7:00 am

I likey...

Already making some progress on the old Datsun pickup :)

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