HB's l28et swap

[hbpignosePA]

yup... ycgolfer7

IM me if u want

[Logan76]

Aircraft stripper is my best freind besides from the sandblaster at work

[Didderson]

Sweeet deal man. I need to start cleaning the rear susp. from my old shell just to have some nice pieces to put on the new one Bushings will go in as well.

[hbpignosePA]

im just payin a shop to do em- dont wanna see that bill; or the bill for my bodywork

doh

[Ghast]

Hey man i figured it out.

It was so simple!

I was just trying to get the fender off and it was easier to just take the bumper off first.

Haha, u were the first person i saw that was online.

Thanks for being on standby though man!

[hbpignosePA]

haha idk if i wouldve been much help, i didnt take the fender of a 240 before

but yea takin the bumper off usually helps

it be sweet if there was a PM function

argh im having a hell of a time finding my manual belts

[White Comet]

what do you mean finding the manual belts? i thought you ordered from pandagarage?

[hbpignosePA]

havent had them instock for two months... they havent gotten a new container in yet

and other places ive checked dont have them w blue panels, and im not gonna run two diff color panels

[White Comet]

already told you where to find very cheap manual belts lol. but good luck with that, i'm sure it isn't easy to find em in blue. i could have sworn you had black interior though, but maybe i'm crazy.

[hbpignosePA]

yea.... i know i hate to cheap out on it now; i COULD always look for canadian belts too...

it HAS been a while since you've seen my car.... hell its been awhile since ive seen it

[White Comet]

lol i guess so. it wouldn't be cheaping out, if you get the nx belts you can use your stock panels.

[hbpignosePA]

might do it as a temp fix.... but i already go the headliner so meh

[White Comet]

sell the headliner for cash moneiz

[hbpignosePA]

well...

i am stupid

my panels ARE black- its been that long since ive driven her; i always assumed it was a dark blue cuz my seats/carpets are blue.....

but



they black

so im orderin them soon (i gotta transfer moneyz)

update?

got my arms back w bushings pressed in- only 220 for the labor of removal and install (oo and new balljoints)

SPL said they are shipping my rucas TODAY (finally)

umm the subframe has all four bushings/collars out (worst job ive ever had to do on the car- its a b****) and i started prepping it for paint

got more sanding done- tommorow i hope to finish that mess (should be able to)

plans:

SAT- lay down the undercoating, possibly paint the few pieces i have yet to do either sat or sunday

reassemble the subframe minus the RUCAs monday

install the following sat- then its just paint the interior (order) and install my sound deadening and put the interior back in; do some temp paint for the few panels that got bodywork and im set!!

its commin together!!!

i left my camera at home or i wouldve gotten more pics..... def take it along tmw

stay tuned

[hbpignosePA]

alright ill be honest... i havent snapped pics yet ive been too busy gettin this crap done.

the undercoating is complete; wont have pictures till i put the subframe back in this weekend (hopefully)

went searching for a fender for whitecomet- found a untouched car SE in the yard- picked up some goodies for my fellow niconauts and a pig lip for ME!!!

20 bucks

AND its pretty much perfect

ill get some pics up tommorow as i finish up the subframe and few bits im painting

[Didderson]

Hey man I gotta say thanks so much for grabbing a fender for me and WC. Sucks about the door panels, but we'll see what I can do. If i really need em I'll go back.I'm glad you found a nice condition lip .

Didn't even know you had JDM tyte seats. Nice stuff man. GG.picsssssssss lawl

[White Comet]

threadjack- tom, did you have josh grab a fender for you? i have the pass fender i told you about just sitting in the barn?

[hbpignosePA]

i didnt know jeff had one so i grabbed it.

you can use whichever you want- ill get pics of it tommorow like i said

and i love my seats

pure WIN lol

[hbpignosePA]

ok so i didnt get anywhere on the subframe as you can see



well the collars are out, so i just gotta sand and paint and its good to go.

so as some know i went to look for a fender for jeff-(if it wasnt for that i probably wouldnt have went)found an untouched SE hatch in the yard got some goodies

theres the fenders guys.... the drivers on the bottom is bent a bit but its great otherwise.

MY LIP

also got a perfect overflow tank- ill probably sell it

all my arms back from getting bushings and new balljoints pressed in.

some need paint touch-ups

still planning to have this put back together so saturday i can get everythin back on the car.

i ordered new rear cailpers today too (mine are fubar) and some misc stuff from nissan. ill order my seatbelts tmw and then im DONE!! for now

oo and my RUCAs and fatmat should be arriving today, but i gotta leave for work soon

[hbpignosePA]

alright so i havent updated but i got alot done. basically im waiting on new subframe risers from PBM to raise the subframe back up.

and ive been helping tom (didderson) get his car finished while its at my house

the pinapples are too loose if you take those sleeves out like WC suggested idk how his fit in there but its scary loose on mine.

heres the subframe mostly done: should go up sat and then im done!

but the real progress has been on the car itself. Finished the undercoating two weeks ago over easter (didnt have a camera and it wasnt fun so)



then onto the interior love- painted the floor (totally rushed it so it looked like poo so no pics

but then laid some fat mat, not even an entire 50 ft2 roll i dont mind some noise.

got the gas tank lines back on, had trouble manuvering it into position with just a jack (so its suspended there for now)



then placed the carpet back in, only downside for me is the hump where the stock belts go cuz they arent there anymore



swapped out the headliner- might have to tear it back out thursday i forgot to remove the US spec bracket for the A pillar- which i dont have due to the company i chose to use not sending JDM A-pillars so now i have a gap ill get it sorted out eventually



US spec headliner is for sale locally

ended up being too dirty and got too involved so i missed my class today o well

as i left it today- im so close to the end i can smell it

[gregfarz78]

What did you use on the underbody? Looks like por15

[White Comet]

^ duplicolor truck bed liner.

hmm idk why my es bushings fit, i must be magic. looknig really clean though

[hbpignosePA]

thanks for the props bud; yea the undercoating turned out pretty well if i say so myself,

people never check threads anymore

[White Comet]

lol yeah i noticed. i always check updates on build threads, especially when its people i know

[Didderson]

Dude it's funny that I haven't seen your progress in person. I'm just trying to get my project out of your hair lol.

You've been doin' work man holy crap. I didn't expect a full underbody paintingg, but nice job; looks really clean.

[mrgreeneyes]

the bushings might have fit tighter if you left the inner metal rings in...

[hbpignosePA]

yea those were collars should have stayed in; jeff assures me this isnt the case but im pretty sure you are supposed to have them in for the poly bushings

[White Comet]

i still think my car's magic then, cuz my bushings were snugger then your tightest and then only got firmer when compressed during installation.

[hbpignosePA]

its cool man, the PBM ones actually raise the subframe so it will make it a tad lower- helpful since i dont have height adjustibility.

[White Comet]

yeah by the time the risers came out, my subframe was already up