Grilled's Project S14

[Speckid4]

Nice work. Brakes look good. Like what your doing with the car.

[S14Kouki10]

you have stock rear calipers and stock bmc?

[GrilledCheese33]

Sweet.

Won't you need 300zx front conversion brake lines for the front though?

I wish I painted my new rear rotors when I had them off.
I have the tiniest layer of surface rust on them.

No conversion lines needed. I talked with the previous owner about the brake setup on the car before I bought everything and turns out I have the JDM s14 line setup on my car. I wanted braided lines, and those nismo ones were a score for me to add to the setup. I bought new calipers so I could take my time painting and have no downtime.

I wasn't going to paint the rear rotors, but I pulled the fronts out of the box and they were already painted, so I had to match them haha.

Nice work. Brakes look good. Like what your doing with the car.

Thanks

you have stock rear calipers and stock bmc?

Yes, except stock Automatic BMC, which is just fine.

[GrilledCheese33]

Finished Product:

[GrilledCheese33]

Well folks, today was a good day but with a bad ending, here we go!

Today was the day of install. First was to pull the rear caliper brackets and hit them with some VHT:


Then it was time to get down to business:


Things went quite smoothly, the lines and calipers all went in just fine.








Everything looks awesome.

So then, me and a friend went on to the bleeding portion. The driver's rear banjo bolt was a bit sketcky going in but tightened up. It leaked like crazy once fluid began pumping. I loosened it and tightened it back down and got all the brakes bled. It then started leaking AGAIN. So I tried tightening it a bit more and felt it was about to strip. I brought the bolt back out to find metal shavings all over it. I guess my re-manned caliper was a dud and the threads were messed up. It also ruined my banjo bolt. I was so stoked for a test drive too . I tried to re-tap the bolt and the hole just to get the car on the road but it wouldn't tighten up.

So, I ordered a replacement caliper from work which will be in tomorrow. Nissan will have a new banjo bolt for me on Friday. I will paint tomorrow then install Friday night after work. Until then the car hangs out on jack stands. I'm so frustrated but these kind of things do happen. Whats rather funny is that I have never swapped out a caliper for being defective at work, never! Thats the main reason I even bought them because normally I do dealer only stuff. But anyways I will update on how all the new parts perform once everything is all set. Until then, stay classy Nico

[GrilledCheese33]

Well, I'm back. The car is back on the road and all is well. I took a 30 mile ride just to test everything out and it feels great! I won't feel the full effects until everything is bedded in properly. The pedal feels awesome though with the ss lines, nice and solid. Not one bit of noise out of the ceramic pads, either. All in all i'm satisfied

[Raz007]

Pictures? Brakes gotta look good behind those wheels.....

[GrilledCheese33]

Pictures? Brakes gotta look good behind those wheels.....

Will do. Sadly, the car hasn't really been on the road much since I finished. I have been through 3 defective rear calipers since the install went down the first day. That made for some downtime since I wouldn't drive the car with a messed up caliper. I finally got that all sorted out and went to dinner last night. I drove the car maybe 2 miles and stopped off for some gas. The driver's rear wheel and hub was so hot that I couldn't touch it. No brake smell though, thank goodness. So in other words, I have a bad wheel bearing. The car is up on jack stands yet again waiting for a wheel bearing. The bearing comes in tomorrow, then right after work i'm off to my buddies shop to have the new bearing pressed in my hub. Then hopefully back on the road!

[Tsunade]

Man nice S14...wish mine was that clean. T__T

[GrilledCheese33]

Thanks.

Got an update guys. The 240 is no longer in my possesion . Back in april I traded it straight up for a 2007 Honda Fit:



It was something I couldn't pass up. The trade was awesome. So I drove the fit for a while then decided it was time to get back into the car I belong in. Fast forward to this week:



So the 240 is gone, but it was all worth it. I am so ecstatic to have another wrx again!

This car I do intend to keep for a while

/thread

[PapaSmurf2k3]

You go through a lot of cars, and they are all uber clean. How long til you open up your own dealership?

[AZ89two4Tsx]

Man, they must have really liked Zenkis! Who would make a trade like that lol?

Worked out for you big time though.

[Hoffman5982]

wha......why would you trade it for a Fit?

[PapaSmurf2k3]

Because the fit is worth 3x more on a bad day. Think of it as a stepping stone to a WRX.

[Hoffman5982]

I guess I can understand that. Sucks to see it go though. Atleast you can look back and say that you bought an s14 in semi rough condition and completely turned it around.

[GrilledCheese33]

You go through a lot of cars, and they are all uber clean. How long til you open up your own dealership?

Yes I do. Honestly if I would have never crashed the first wrx I had, I know I would still have it. They are just such awesome cars that I really enjoy. And funny you mention that, owning a used car dealership is my dream one day haha. I think it suits me well.

Man, they must have really liked Zenkis! Who would make a trade like that lol?

Worked out for you big time though.

wha......why would you trade it for a Fit?

Don't think about it as far as liking the car or not. I didn't. They way I see it, I could have probably gotten like 7K or so max on the 240, making me lose money on it (Yes I know cars are a losing proposition anyway). The fit is worth around 11-12.5K. I get all my money back for the 240 and I finally get to own another wrx by doing this! Yes it does suck that I put all that work in the 240 then dumped it, but I just couldn't pass up the trade. It was too good.

Funny thing is that I actually like the fit. Its an awesome daily driver. I just found this awesome deal on the wrx I couldn't pass up. So now the fit is for sale lol. I'm done getting new cars for a while now.