can i hAZ build? s13-sr20 - 56kno way lots of custom parts

[azsr20det]

semi new here, i lurk, but never post.
i figure, i have some neat stuff on my car and its come along way, so i need a build.
(hopefully this forum is chill with that, because ive been to some others and they are not new member friendly. im talkin like if you arent some s13 master you dont get s*** and if you havent made a mag everyone scoffs at you.

hoping this will be a little more friendly here.

this is my s13.
i want a coupe, but i guess ill settle for my hatch for nows

please excuse my noobiness on some topics, and any strange questions i ask

2 years ago, i knew nothing about building cars. no automotive backround here.
i figure, ill build this 240sx to be beast, and learn my way around doing it.
its nice to have a car you can do whatever to, and not have to worry about payments, resell value, breaking something, or anything of that nature

so here it was
chilling on the lot
1991 s13 240sx hatch (fastback, liftback, whatever the **** you wanna call it)
5speed SE (electric locks, windows, interior lights everywhere, pretty loaded for 91



heres how it sits now (late december, if photobucket wasnt f*** up id have some newer pics)





didnt look like much, but did come with a lovely, freshly partially built and swapped in, sr20det redtop bored out to 86.5 (weak, dont know why the **** youd stay that small when your already doing the work why not go balls out and sleeve it too, more work for me...

so i brought it back around to my side of town, 5k poorer missing my lovely stack of cheeze i just spent

sadly i dont have pictures of the sound deadening, but this car was gross as all hell inside, only had the front of the interior.
frotn seats, door panels, dash etc and some dirty a** ******* carpet.
so i removed the seats that were destroyed, took out the carpet, and scraped the sound deadening.
being a noob, i was unaware that you could dry ice it and have it out like that.
so i sat in the car in the arizona sun in may scraping out the sound deadening with a chizel and mallet. then razorbladed it, sanded it, and painted the interior glossy white again. i have no ac, so i figured the white reflecting sun waves would help keep the car cool.
so heres the janky a** interior put back in the freshly rattle canned interior so the car would be mobile again.





came with ksport coils!
1 less thing i have to buy now



no shift knob, the next generation in theft prevention :


mmm
floor wires


look at them dash cracks!
i know i needed that fixed, and i got some idears....










horribble seats



got these for cheap, didnt realise they would need rails, so in the garage they went


and cindy waited patiently while her new friend got some attention


car came with wheels to compliment the coils, but they wack imo


the bloody red heart of the beast






anyone have experience with these?
i heard they can stick

[azsr20det]

so i realised, this car is just sitting here, waiting on all kinds of stuff, so i asked myself, why am i paying insurance for a car a dont want to drive yet?

so canceled my driving insurance and rented a storage unit (well flip flopped order i did not drive uninsured)
however the battery decided to go out so i had to jump it and i was off
and got this


and started ripping **** apart











got some panels


heres an issue
wtf
this is out of gear, chillin in nutral


heres first








and the dash
waiting for something special

[azsr20det]

went to harbor freight, got some goodies fer CHEAPPPP







used rattle cans of touch up paint to paint the car true 240sx style


all the bolts that came off


some supplies


and the hondas oem headlights and tails


removed ****



door panel wouldnt go back on so i kicked it and it broke




a fuel tank
pretty sure dumbass before me drilled the battery tray through the fuel tank when relocating the battery
so i havent checked fuel level, but the gauge doesnt work
so i hit the junkyard and got this.
i was trying to clean and paint it, but im having second thoughts on that
no rust though

possibble penetration?


compost heap


this is the civic stuff waiting for carbon, see my civic build thread!





part of the bumper broke off when replacing it
haha
getting an aero kit so no matter



got this badboy for 20$
i have another racing seat, but im too cheap to buy the rail atm


it was stained so i dyed it black, as i do with everything else




i get nrg for dirt cheap
hence the racing seats, 4points, hub, and quick release
and got my jdm tastic blox neo shift knob!


annodized blueeee


gonna gold plate the center

hydro ebrake also blue



to match my lovely
now blue
home painted
sonic blue pearl car


dat orange peel before sanding llooks like the civic ha!


hood looks black



but its got jdm tite rainbow drift car steez yo



neato burrito radiator


no idea wtf these go to
ac maybe?
anyone know?





this is abs brake cylinder i do beleive, need to upgrade and get rid of abs


more mystery plugs!


wondered why my horn didnt work
but thennn
found it!


gunna upgrade to hella horns

janky temp painted fenders waiting s13.4 conversion fenders so i said **** body work


blue body
black roof


needa redo roof


bucket seat with like 3 different seatbelts



wheel



greddy


ive decided to do all my piping in neo chrome along with my valve cover and possibbly timing cover and turbo housing if doable



me!


checker jdm tite wink mirror lol


black panels

weather stripping


cant wait to put the dash in


tenzo r dood
craptastic
will be upgrading and getting a high flow cat to pass emissions




trunk doesnt fit, i need carbon one
taillights are wack and wont be on long
bar under lights has yet to be normal cleared and instead was prism cleared.
wish i didnt do that, but when i paint the body kit i will redo it


coming along slowly


no orange peel!

just flake
but not enough for my taste


this spot is jank, but only up close and you can see the flake good in this picture




i mean this is the first tiem i have ever used a spray gun, or painted a car
not half bad
all the graffiti payed off




i can paint, but **** body work, i say fix it with over fenders

[azsr20det]

then

i decided i wanted to stop some rattles and make it handle nice plus i want an lsd, 5 lug, new axles, the works
so i hit up the junkyard, and got this fer 100

complete rear subframe (i started taking apart befroe the pic)
now i can do bushings, paint it, and get all new arms, brakes etc.


yea
a shock, rotor, half a caliper, and an arm and spring
chea


grossness


anyone know where to get replacements for all my rusted out subframe bolts?



some sides come off semi easy (not really)


and others...
not so much

HOW THE **** DO I GET THIS THING APART?! ITS LIKE RUSTED STUCK


thing is way harder to disassemble than it leads on to be

[azsr20det]

got an assload of scrapes and cuts
and swore up a storm
but got this in right finally lol
100% custom has not been polished, hence the almost oxidized look
it will pop 110% better once i get around to polish









hopefully eventually i can limp this car into a magazine
ive only ever seen s13s with carbon dashes there

[azsr20det]

so now, if photobucket would work, i would post where im currently at.

got a carbon glovebox and shift bezel in, new oem shift boot, stock pass seat, custom done in black,
got my carbon gauge bezel finished (with a custom g37x button start that i need to wire) did a led swap in my cluster, figured out how to get my abs light gone, did the manual seatbelt conversion from a jdm silvia coupe and scooped some tomei procams (270 12.5 lift) nismo transmission mount (hopefully fix shifter) and some tails+red vinyl. im doing the altezza thing with red vinyl over the top as antirice percautions until i can afford some kouki tails

eventually i need to post up a list of whats on the car, and as soon as the sponsor that did the dash gets a little less on their plate, (they s*** busy) ill provide the hookup to fellow nico members for 15% off custom carbon parts.
(if your nice ha)

[azsr20det]

im reserving htis spot

[azsr20det]

this one too for front page goodness

[pj]

looks good. paint turned out really great for a spraybomb job.
good work! dash looks great too.

[azsr20det]

thank you.
im about to redo it with a gun when i get my aero/widebody

the clear was gunned just to to make that known if i wouldda known i was going to buy a compressor etc for flake and clear, i would have just spraygunned the whole car :/
prolly wouldda been cheaper too

[JDMDude91]

Interesting build

[costa_rican13]

where'd you get the carbon dash??? mines cracked like a bish too..

[gijoe392003]

What part of AZ you in? Love the flake and blue. Gonna sweet the the Arizona sun.

[samxini]

Woo +1 for an awesome build and +2 for an AZ build.

[azsr20det]

cracked dash was custom job

and i like how everyone caught the AZ in has lol

goodyear/litchfield

always down for homies to kick it with and to help with the car once its up and going

[samxini]

Cracked dashes suck, mine was perfect when I bought it and a small crack has recently ran it's way from front to back. Damn you Arizona sun.

[Midwest_240sx]

Amazing job bro. Can't wait to see wut you do with her.

[BigDAT]

How did you go about dying that seat? I wanna do that for sure.

[azsr20det]

flat black duplicolor vinyl and fabric spray.
did all my panels, carpet, and pass. seeat

[BigDAT]

flat black duplicolor vinyl and fabric spray.
did all my panels, carpet, and pass. seeat

Thanks, where did you find that? I looked at the fabric store and didn't find anything, I also didn't see it at the hardware store..

[angelscrx]

Dayum where did you get that dash?

[azsr20det]

duplicolor vinyl and fabric spray can be bought at o'riley auto parts (formerly checker) pep boys
or autozone.

dash was custom made

[turbonxsx]

what did the dash cost?? and i am in AZ also the phoenix area!!! maybe a small get together is in order. I am gonna hit up firebird raceway this upcoming friday at 7:30pm on the 25th to watch drift and drag...

[darens13]

i hope you arent too tall, because that mirror would completely get in my way. a friend of mine bought one for his sr5 corolla and just for fun i held it up in my car and i had to slouch to see out of my car.

[azsr20det]

im 6ft
i sit with the ghetto lean though when driving so its not in my way lol

[chaos2000]

bad assness good ish bro!!!

[angelscrx]

Dayum where did you get that dash?

Still wondering?

[azsr20det]

some friends made it custom for me.

[azsr20det]

so in order for me to get this car "street legal" (emissions friendly)

i will be purchasing a bolt on high flow cat.

but, the dude before me made a custom exhaust, and it has a testpipe, welded to the catback.

so im buying a catback as well.

now, im worried that the catback/cat may not fit with the custom downpipe the car has.

so i have a few questions.

1.is a o2 sensor usually on the downpipe or is there another piece?
2. is the turbo elbow between the turbo / downpipe? noob question
3. who makes an affordable downpipe, that will fit a bolt on s13 cat? no test pipe garbage

thx

[turbonxsx]

what size storage shed did you get?? I also have to take the same route no more garage for me!!