bersh's ca18det s13

[S13AL]

I like the stance of the car combined with the relatively thick side walls of the tires.
IMO it looks much better than the hellaflush guys with 18" wheels.
Oh, and what size are the wheels in the last pic on page 5?

[240sxjoe92]

More Pics!!

[troskinatior]

Holy s*** thats so nice!!! Its so simple and clean. So when are you going to start rallying?

[bersh240]

thanks.
but I gave up the rally dream months ago.

[troskinatior]

Why? Im going to do it when my car is running

[bersh240]

id have to raise and lower the car everytime i want to do smthin different.
i did have afriend with an alignment rack. but he sold the garage.
its easier just to buy another car to rally

[troskinatior]

Just put some stock suspenson on it and let the alighment be all outa wack, it wont matter youll be on the dirt anyway. And I can really picture and jumps in rally-x, is there?

[bersh240]

ill play the update game now that i have some time.

After the coilover install my car was parked for weeks.
couldnt drive anywhere cause of the spacers needed to clear pepboys wheels. lugnuts kept falling off.
so i bought some xx4 513s and a bunch of crappy tires from some guy out in the middle of nowhere.

tires where 225/50. way to big. and a chopped them to death driving 20 feet so i parked the car again.
bought some federal 595s for them in 205/50. best tires evaaa.



in the middle of this i sanded the car down to its factoryish primer/paint stuff.
and all of a sudden my paint guy backed out again.
so i called up some random guy i met twice. RXEVAN.
and he said he had a barn. so... 20 mins later we were hanging plastic and buying paint guns and all kinds of stuff.
drove the car over there with no bumper, no paint, studded tires, past a police station, past a tank. epic.
pic of barn with car in it..
started taping.

our lil plastic room was fun.

then the next morning my good friend from work and I started painting.

let it sit overnight, then drove it home the next day.
everyone came over and we wer chillin and putting stuff together.

you can spy diddersons hardbody in the background.
it turned out pretty good.


ill finish other half of update tonight.

[breadbox]

It seems Barns are pretty handy to have. Looks great.

[S13AL]

I was wondering how do you sand around the plastic/rubber moldings around windows without scratching them? or can you take them off?
I might be doing some painting so, it would be nice to know, thanks!

[Didderson]

Sweeet pic update man. Federals run wiiide look at dem 205's dayum!

That was a fun afternoon, installing tails is always fun too

Twas one of those last summer days I didn't wear a shirt much. Loved the summer weather, I've grown fond of the freedom? hahaahhaha.......

[bersh240]

opps sorry s13al forgot about my build thread.
sanding is nothing but time consuming.
just tape off the windows and be super careful.
no biggie.
i used 220 to strip the paint then 400.
i sprayed high build self etching primer reduced alot to make it into a sealer also.
then 2 coats color.
3-4 coats of clearcoat.
i dont have time for update right now.. but i have lots of stuffs.

[badbob2121]

the paint looks great from here....

gotta love a s13 hatch with 16x8 205's...

lol

[hbpignosePA]

wow bersh looking really nice... where did you order your paint from? is it a factory color or something else?

i gotta get out to lancaster to check it out sometime.

[ridge]

filthy build.looks better than it did out of the factory no doubt hahahah

[bersh240]

hello wiring from hell.
this is the ignition switch. ewww replaced that..

so.. 3 days of soldering and wire cutters + a visit from MGE
= all wiring fixed.
moved guages around to eliminate the stupid pod thingy.

explain this tho. the PO. decided to smash a hole in the dash to run the wires. instead of using that perfectly good vent right there.
ugh.

i undercoated the bottom of the rockers.

installed super cut fender liners

started to gloss black stuff like the rear wiper.


decided to try out rotella t6 oil.
got a new air filter and 1:1 rad cap, and hubcentric rings too.
i love doing little things.
its soo nice to have money in the bank.

[Hijacker]

Word of caution with those fender liners. You can get crap caught behind it that can trap moisture against the metal of the fender well and start some rust.

[Didderson]

He's right, drill some holes in the bottom of em
But from time to time it will hold dirt and leaves, so beware.

Try to install front fender liners, gives high pressure up front and flows thru IC and rad better.
Lookin good BersH! lol

[mrgreeneyes]

[RXEvan]

It seems Barns are pretty handy to have. Looks great.

Yeah, my barn is pretty epic. It stored an old VW beetle, then a 240Z, then my RX7, and now had a 240SX painted in it! Woo hoo. Hopefully we can get a garage attached/built in to the barn so my dad can get himself a mustang and I can store my RX7 in a clean place and not outside.

[nevertheless]

any updates?

[bersh240]

[Magnum375 Jr.]

LOL, way to post a 2 month old picture :P

[bersh240]

fine. i took one just for you.

i heart snow. was out playin in 240 for about an hour. then the salt truck came thru the park
595's look cool in snow.

[RXEvan]

Hey, it looks like that around here too, snowwwwwwww.

[Didderson]

That's a sweet picture BubububERSH! lol.
I like those tail lights. Clean, oem, yes.

[S13AL]

lookin clean

[Magnum375 Jr.]

LOL, i find it funny that recently anytime Tom makes a post, its about taillights lol.

[bersh240]

i noticed that too...
i guess he likes rear ends.

[bersh240]

bahh stuff is breaking. i need a job.
i need:
tie rods
tension rods
alignment
the ca is acting up. spittin oil smoke/ reving like poo/ smelling like death.
time for vq30?
3rd gear grinds.
slave is bad and clutch needs bled.

i did however get the car inspected.
installed a 24 panel led dome light i got for a doller on ebay...
and finally removed the gay jdm speed chime. that thing was sooooo annoying.
any ideas of how to destroy this lil sucker? or if one of you zuper cool jdm boys want it you can have it aslong as you promise to take it FARR FARRRR AWAY!




pic of car in snow. again. we keep getting lil dustings here in lanc.