Got my front end!

Post by **RobDET** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 1:40 pm

I got it installed today. I'm taking it to get it painted Monday!

Post by **Hijacker** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 1:40 pm

i swear i'm gonna get one of those one of these days

Post by **silkk** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 1:40 pm

that looks freaking nice!

bart, get one now!

Post by **Hijacker** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 1:40 pm

give me money

Post by **RobDET** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 1:40 pm

Here's a pic of my baby all nekked

Post by **NoStickers** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 1:40 pm

Oh I love it, gonna try and get my lights offa ebay in an hour or so.

Post by **justmerging** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 1:40 pm

Looks nice man. Where did you get it from? Price? I need to get one soon. My left headlight's been acting up lately. It likes to wait a couple of minutes before it goes down. Why just fix it when you could upgrade it.

Post by **Altiman94** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 1:40 pm

wow rob, looks awesome. I love that color and those wheels make it even better

Post by **NoStickers** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 1:40 pm

you gonna put anything between the headlights?

Post by **Hijacker** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 1:40 pm

rob, did you have to make any alterations to the hood latch?

Post by **NotDave** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 1:40 pm

looks good except for the stock bumper. IMO you NEED an aftermarket bumper for that front end

Post by **SeVa-S13** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 1:40 pm

NotDave wrote:looks good except for the stock bumper. IMO you NEED an aftermarket bumper for that front end

Yes, one with ateast 15 extra pounds of folding and and curving fiberglass and "vent" large enough to fit a beetle in. The only way true gangstas roll.

Post by **silkk** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 1:40 pm

that bumper looks good enough. but a zenki lip would make it look nice also.

Post by **Hijacker** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 1:40 pm

NotDave wrote:looks good except for the stock bumper. IMO you NEED an aftermarket bumper for that front end

i'll take a stock k's bumper anyday of the week over aftermarket

Post by **rico05** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 1:40 pm

I'd take a stock Aero front bumper over any aftermarket any day of the week.

Post by **RobDET** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 1:40 pm

I kinda like the fact that the IC pushes right up to the front of the bumper like that. I thought about an aero bumper but it doesn't have the vents and i cut out the bumper support more so they would work better.

I'm planning ot get one of those things for between the headlights with the two slats at and angle. I don't like the stock peice at all.

Post by **zdude** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 1:40 pm

anyone wanna buy me a lip for my 89 hatch?? make my car look much nicer!!

Post by **RobDET** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 1:40 pm

btw it came from jarco for $950 plus shipping. Kindof expensive if you ask me for the quality. They also sent some half *** headlight brackets like 4 days later and tried to say they weren't included.

Noone sells front end conversions without brackets!

Oah well i'm happy now that it's on...

Post by **AZhitman** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 1:40 pm

How hard was the install?

Every Silvia front end install I've ever seen looks crooked, yours looks good from what I can tell.

Does that license plate mount come off?

Post by **RobDET** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 1:40 pm

The hood latch was unaltered...

As far as the install it was a PITA! It took me almost 5 hours because i kept having to tweak everything to get it just right. My hood is a little crooked because the little rubber things under the hood that twist in and out are stripped on my car. I'm going to have to get some new ones from nissan monday. The only other problem is that on the drivers side down low by the rocker pannel the fender doesn't line up quite right. Hopefully the body shop can fix that!

::edit::Oah and the licensplate area is molded into the bumper so it won't come off

Post by **rebelgtp** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 1:40 pm

very nice lookin front end. hopefully i'll be getting mine this time next year unless i can find one dirt cheap in the mean time.

yeah getting the body panels to line up just right can be a PITA on any car even with "stock" parts...use to work in a body shop so use to do that all day lol

Post by **NoStickers** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 1:40 pm

how wide are your front wheels?

Post by **RobDET** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 1:40 pm

7 inches with a +35mm offset. I can't go any wider becasue it would rub the fender on the outside and hit the coilover on the inside...

Got my front end!

Got my front end!

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