Captain's Build Thread (56k? how cute)

[urcaptnspeaking]

wrong. I had the filler to do the rest of the body work. hence Im painting it, and the only thing I had to buy was the fiberglass $13 at Walmart and my wonderful time. Now you cant beat that.

[White Comet]

This ones for White Comet. You Cutie

aww yeah, im loving this part of the project. you gonna be rockin any aero?

[gregfarz78]

Looks good so far I'm curious how well that fiberglass patch will hold up though

[urcaptnspeaking]

No, and I remember reading your thread saying it will look plain without any, BUT heres the focus on this car: I want to do things to it as if it were a car of the 21st century styling wise. I am bringing it up to today's styling cutting back on some of that early 90's feel Ex: the bottom line, 3rd brake light in that weird position , Im trying to think of what I could do with the lights to make it look "stock" but updated if you know what I mean. and the same for the wheels... I may go with some newer nissan wheels or something that make it look "stockish", but newer. I also thought of the chrome 5 stars off the later 240s..would look nice and stock. But the headlights are the only things Im trying to work an idea on. Interior I have some swell ideas too

Maybe down the road doing a moon roof as well

so that leads me here: any ideas for the wheels or headlights (remember I dont want people to go oh thats custom RIGHT off the bat. I want to say It looks like it could have came that way!)

This would be nice (Altima Wheels) But whats the offset and for that matter what year are they off of? Theyre on ebay but no info about them except theyre 5x114.3 and 17x7 i think is what it was.


Modified by urcaptnspeaking at 9:05 AM 4/18/2008

[White Comet]

sounds good, im curious how it will turn out. for the moonroof, some SE s13s had a power moon roof. so if you get one of those it shouldnt be too hard to make it work

[urcaptnspeaking]

I learn something new everyday ! Also check above at the wheels i just posted.

[White Comet]

I learn something new everyday ! Also check above at the wheels i just posted.

with some spacers they would rock (im guessing the offset is a little high)

[urcaptnspeaking]

I know 40 is a bit sunk am I correct. Im horrible at the offset game. 35 good?

[White Comet]

look at the 17s on my car in my build thread, those are like +35-40. flush is like +10-15

[urcaptnspeaking]

assuming it has around a 40 (those wheels^) Id need some stout spacing ay..

[White Comet]

yep, the wheel and tire forum might be helpful

[urcaptnspeaking]

mighty fine call

[urcaptnspeaking]

Got an update coming soon ! its been raining and I have been busy doing some other things but there are some new things to see as well as more to come!

[urcaptnspeaking]

So I know its been a bit of time since the last update: Bad weather and Grand theft auto keepin me up at night.. Oddly enough his name is Niko(in the game) eh.. eh.. ahhhhh you get it.Im almost ready for paint,silver, I want to go back white... but I have the silver sitting here hanging out in the bedroom so Its something I dont have to buy and if it really gets to me down the road... Ill just repaint it, since Im doing it myself. Anyways, heres whats been done.. enjoy doods.



This is the rear quarter (in front of the drivers rear tire)..before the surgery.



This is when I got the fiberglass work done and some rough sanding..I hate sanding fiberglass...



DONE ! ..I had to make the whole corner out of fiberglass and bondo... not bad for a not-so pro at this eh..I was impressed



Behind the wheel This is after the fiberglass work,but you get it and can see the hole in pictures above if you must



This is it done Again Not too shabby huh?



Tribute to W.C as you can see the body line.. wait ... No you cant ahhhh exactly.

The other side looks the same as well

Booty shot like an 18 year old ( no wrinkles )



Fenders Shaved and hanging out.



Fluid jet be gone Nice and smooth.



New project Interior. Making it nice and up to date. This is after i pulled the fabric off... got some work to do... stay tuned for that



Here she sits.. waiting for her big paint day (soon stay close)



Thats all for that..I hope you boys are enjoying this as much as I am.. and I wish you could share some of the cuss words as I go along, but Ill settle for nice comments.

oh, What the hell is this.. I found this as I was putting some fluids in her..



You can see where it goes into the harness right under my thumb.



Have no idea... and everything was hooked up when we put this motor in..... so Im kinda wondering here. help?

[slipstream_pnoy]

keep up the good work

[urcaptnspeaking]

Thanks a lot man. trying to get the paint done before I move to Charleston (WV)

[urcaptnspeaking]

Bump.

[dalzell240]

man thats some nice body work,

if its on the ka then it looks like it goes to one of the sensors, either the temp sending unit or the one right next to it, in the picture their kinda under the black arrow, hope this helps

oh, What the hell is this.. I found this as I was putting some fluids in her..

[pflicht]

naw, the temp sensor is red or blue i believe... Thats supposed to go to some sort of vaccuum sensor.

[White Comet]

looking real nice, the body work is pretty damn good, especially the filled in body line

[urcaptnspeaking]

Thanks dude. Yeah now I just need to figure out what that ^ goes on.. Its raining here so primer is going to have to wait. But when I do it I will get some pictures of it primered.

Keep Close

[urcaptnspeaking]

Bump for some help here.

[urcaptnspeaking]

bump bump bumpity bump for some help still.

[urcaptnspeaking]

bump. No help?

[tuned4trash666]

hey good job. you have all the same body probs i got. you made it look so easy im doin it tomorrow.Ive been dreading and puttin it off and those holes aint gettin no smaller. Thanx for the infomative how to. Keep em comin. whats your gamertag on cod4? i too spend many wasted hours on there

[urcaptnspeaking]

hey man thanks a lot. Yeah As I got into it I was like...Oh man what did i get myself into.. but it wasnt bad. Just me working on the car and if i would have worked 5-8 hours a day..coulda got it done in a weekend or so. Con a few friends into doing it and youre set man.

xbox live tag is: radioradieux

[tuned4trash666]

are you puttin those patches on the outside or inside the hatch?

[urcaptnspeaking]

if you can put them on the inside. where the wiper was.. its on the inside.. but the others i couldnt really get to them so theyre on the outside...in which i ran into some troubles getting it nice and smooth without taking too much of the fiberglass off... but i managed to do it.. carefully without weakening it. But if you can do it from the inside.. do it.

[Gottoknow]

I have that same harness sticking out for no reason, I wonder if anyone will identify it.

[urcaptnspeaking]

I know.. I dont remember it... when I put the motor in. Thats not saying it wasnt hooked up.. but I pretty much got every angle of the motor.. and i dont remember it being unhooked.