Front End conversion

[sethulrich]

Hi...my car has been through a hail storm...a while back. Mainly where the damage is noticeable is the hood...and I'm getting tired of pop up headlights. So I'm considering a front end conversion at some point in the future. I have seen S13s with a jdm silvia front end, (sileighty) and the strawberry face conversion. But, has anybody ever attempted to put an s14 front end on an s13? would this be possible? I expect it would be cheaper than either the s13 or s15 silvia conversion, because the s14 front end is all available USDM....and I think it would look good too...

So...any thoughts? Has this ever been done? Would it even be possible? I did do a brief search but couldn't turn up anything...

Thanks for any advice/info.

[DriftinNC]

What kind of car are you putting it on...a hatch or coupe? Ive seen a few pictures on here that have the s-14 front end, but they were photochopped, so im not sure if it is possible or not. Did you want to do the shark eyes or jellybean eyes?

[240DRFT]

its been done and its possible...theres been a thread going on with s13 pics take a look(its the first pic):http://www.nicoclub.com/zerothread?id=89775&page=4

[Bruno240]

i really like that, how much would that cost?

[DriftinNC]

yeah, that is pretty nice....maybe a junkyard around here will get an s14 wrecked in the backend

[zombieman]

personally i think the kouki s14 frontend will cost probably a little more than the s13 silvia conversion after the cost of parts and fabrication on to a s13 chasis.

[deCksy]

i think it would cost more also.... cause it only came in the late model s14s.... on the other hand if you're trying to do a s14 zenki.... it would be cheaper...

[sethulrich]

Hey, thanks for the links to the pics. I'm thinking more towards the 95-96 front end...mainly because as deCksy said (and I tend to agree) that it would be cheaper.

But the s14 front end would be so much more unique than the s13 or s15 silvia....

Maybe it's time for me to do some photoshopping...

[Doomed2Walk]

I believe a zenki -> kouki conversion costs more than a S15 conversion. As nice as the Kouki looks, for that kind of money, I'd do a S15 conversion because as rare as koukis are, the strawberry face is less seen.

[twlnbro69]

Ive only seen the kouki, not the zenki