Hi. I just got a 240sx

[JoltinJoe]

Hi guys. My friend told me to come check you guys out. I just got a 1991 240SX SE. It has 118k and is insanely clean. This is the original paint job too. There is not one mark of rust on it also. And no it is not a stick, it is an automatic, sadly.





It is all stock...so far, but it runs amazing as is, so I'm not even sure if I want to modify it just yet.

[SoCal-S13]

dont mod that please. remove the foam spoiler and ur straight

[AZ89two4Tsx]

^ Who would want to drive around a stock 240sx?

It's not like it's some sort of collector car..

[badbob2121]

^ Who would want to drive around a stock 240sx?

It's not like it's some sort of collector car..

agreed, just try and keep it tasteful

nice buy though...

[SoCal-S13]

finding s13's that are unmolested and that clean is HARD. if it were mine it would stay that way.

[JDM240SXcoupe]

Welcome looks awesome. It can be modded and still look stockish lower it on a good coilover suspension, stockish looking exhast and bam looks great!!

[JoltinJoe]

Thanks guys. Yeah I wasn't looking to do anything major to it. I wanted to get the fog lights. Maybe also put a neon bar in the gap under the front bumper. I also wanted to see if I can change the color of the lights behind the odometer and stuff to red.

[badbob2121]

Maybe also put a neon bar in the gap under the front bumper.

, well thats a shame...

[JoltinJoe]

Maybe also put a neon bar in the gap under the front bumper.

, well thats a shame...

I saw it on one car and it looked kinda cool, plus if I don't like it there I could always put it under the door so when I open it the ground will light up.

[JDM240SXcoupe]

neon lights under car are not cool IMO. U just bought some leds for my cluster too but havent installed them.That i would recommend, i got em white tho.

[Valiant240sx]

Nice car, even if is autotragic. Do what fits your taste, you'll probably go through stages if you stick with it for a good while. I would start with good coils and wheels like the guy above said. Good luck

[Razi]

I saw it on one car and it looked kinda cool, plus if I don't like it there I could always put it under the door so when I open it the ground will light up.

Ewwwww

[badbob2121]

I saw it on one car and it looked kinda cool, plus if I don't like it there I could always put it under the door so when I open it the ground will light up.

Ewwwww

but seriously... OP, double think that purchase..

[JoltinJoe]

Welp. I got into an accident yesterday. Some guy slammed his breaks in front of me...in the rain. He was going through a yellow light and decided he wasn't going to, so I hydroplaned into him. The car runs but the front is a mess. The hood is bent up, the left side (Drivers side) of the car is fine, but the right side got pretty messed up. The headlight bent back and part of the quarter panel bent in. I need a new compressor. I don't know much about what happened under the hood because its jammed, and I won't pop it open. The batter might be cracked too. The bumper is surprisingly fine. I literally went under the guy's rear end, and of course only his muffler bent. The headlight on the drivers side is only down (partially) because I shut the lights off, it still moves.



The guy tried to take full responsibility for the crash but the officer was a real d!ck about it. Luckily, he wasn't that much of a d!ck, he didn't give me a citation. I have collision but my agent told me there is a possibility they might claim it as totaled. The insurance adjuster is coming tomorrow to look at it, they are also looking into the guy claiming fault. But I'm not giving up this car. All this on a first date with a girl too haha. What a night....

[TurboSauce]

That's Def. Totaled.
Insurance agency's love to get 240's off the road for simple repairs like such.
but you could buy it back from them and fix it yourself, and do your own upgrades and make the car your own.
or not.
Easy come easy go i guess.

[JoltinJoe]

We'll see tomorrow. The agent told me it would be worth it to get collision too.

[hbpignosePA]

that was short lived

[JDM240SXcoupe]

Daaamn that sucks! If that was me I would have probably have getten out of my car n just punch the guy in the face for being such an idiot. Hope you get at least some money so you can fix it or buy another one and use that as a parts car and sell em too.

[red 300zx]

Theat reminds me of what happened to my 240, i bought it off my brother after he rear-ended a f-150. Then i fixed the front end and drove it around for 2 years or so, only to sell it to my buddy because of a bad headgasket, he had the car for less than 24 hours and insured for less than 3 hours when he thought he would be slick and drift it on an up hill bend only to find the front of a honda accord half-way through. The damage looks about the same aside from another buddy of mines' head print on the passenger side of the windsheild. What a shame, i'm sorry for your luck dude.

[scotty-2-forty]

Damn, that went downhill fast! Glad you're ok ... and it may be poor timing all things considered, but "Welcome"! ... ??

[JoltinJoe]

The insurance adjuster is coming sometime Wednesday now. I took it to a body shop and the guy estimated it is going to cost around $6,000. But he added in a lot of extras just in case, and said that if I find the parts I could ship them to the store and it will drastically cut down the price. Hopefully the insurance company will look into the other guy taking fault, that will do something good. And hopefully they wont give me a terrible price for my car if it is totaled, which is still unknown because everyone I talk to gives me a different answer.

[TurboSauce]

Insurance usually values s13's out to 5k.
but hey you just might be lucky...

[JoltinJoe]

Insurance usually values s13's out to 5k.
but hey you just might be lucky...

Maybe I can pull a guilt trip on the guy haha. I looked at the body shop estimate (which was done by my neighbor) and I already knocked like $700 off of it for things I noticed that don't need to be done, and I literally know nothing about cars. He over estimated the price and parts as is because he couldn't open the hood and such. Plus I found a guy who is parting out his '90 240SX which I can probably get a lot of parts off of.

[Fenris]

6k? Hell, i'll sell you my whole front for like... 3k in that case, hood, bumper, support, and fenders... and most of its already red, im just rockin a black hood lol...

[costa_rican13]

Insurance usually values s13's out to 5k.
but hey you just might be lucky...

mine was only valued at 1800?!

[uber240times2]

I will not go back to being the only one in this town with a 240 that isn't a d***. Anything you need I'll do my best to help out bud. It's Anthony BTW lol.

[TurboSauce]

Difference in locale.
Overhere in nassau insurance values used cars by how much they go for on the market.
Silvias usually go for around 5k here. so that's why.
also I knew this, i was just trying to give him a little hope and not shatter it.

[94_240sx]

Wow... in 2 days went from Gorgeous to totally messed up. That's just sad...

[JoltinJoe]

Insurance usually values s13's out to 5k.
but hey you just might be lucky...

mine was only valued at 1800?!

Please don't tell me you have Liberty Mutual.

I will not go back to being the only one in this town with a 240 that isn't a d***. Anything you need I'll do my best to help out bud. It's Anthony BTW lol.

Don't worry, Armando will be fixed haha

Wow... in 2 days went from Gorgeous to totally messed up. That's just sad...

Actually I had it for a little over a week. I chock it up to bad luck

[OM3GA]

Oh man It can be fixed for sure. Put some pics of the quarter panel damage up. It is crazy that the shock would travel that far.