I have never had so much bad luck rebuilding a car.

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Vicious176
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Two Aprils ago I bought by 95 SE. I wrecked it in less than a month. I lost traction on a muddy road with a slipping clutch but that's a story in it's own.

I gave up trying to fix my car working on tips and so I've been buying parts for it every semester with left over school money. I also decided to rebuild it Kouki, yes I killed a zenki.

So far I was completely scammed by an old member here, RBpowered(something) on a rad. support., ordered a very expensive VIS oem cf hood and they accidentally sent me a 97 Sentra hood which has been impossible to sell and now I recently ordered my kouki fenders from nimso parts, which i received today and they ended up getting zenki fenders.

All I need now is the fenders i should have got, the hood i should have got and a bumper and i'll be back on the road, but I dont see it happening anytime soon.

So now i need to try to get the right fenders and try to work something out with the sender, remain zenki even though I have kouki corners and heads, or do something dreaded and use zenki fenders and corners with kouki heads and hood.
Modified by Vicious176 at 12:15 PM 12/17/2009


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SirSilvia
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dude no, you send that sh1t back and demand the part you paid for. IMO Kouki much more sexeh time. and don't let yourself get pushed over by those ppl.

Lace up some old work shoes or something and loose them up their azzes.

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nifares240
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for the front end parts, you shoul buy it locally. this way you know you're really getting what you need.

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breadbox
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getting scammed happens and it shouldn't but oh well, but for real, If you pay money for a new product and they send you the wrong one, send that s*** back and get the right one.

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visser003
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Live and Learn.

Whenever I get a car part in the mail, I open that shiz up in front of the postman and check too see if its the right part, in the right condition.THEN I SIGN FOR IT.

This has saved me from these bad spots, I have refused a couple of packages because of this and saved myself a lot of trouble.

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Vicious176
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Well, in the case with the hood they ended up refunding me the total of $600 and never sent anyone to pick it up so it wasn't really a problem.

Theres no way I would let this just go, but I must say the people at nismoparts have been awesome about it. When the first got the part from nissan was fender was damaged and shipping, they made sure to place it before shipping, somehow shipping ended up being 60$ more than what they originally charged me and covered it and through in a Silvia emblem, unfortunately they were 95's.

I ordered over phone and people make mistakes, this time it was actually a manager, he apologized and ended up working it out so that the Kouki fenders would be delivered at the same time I give them the zenki fenders to ship back out. So basically instead of happening to ship out the ones i have no and wait Im shipping them out and getting my new ones in one go. They were quick and 'fixed' the problem in one day, though it shouldn't have happened at all but no complaints.

Now I just have to worry about what bumper to get, I was thinking the K's but I saw a version select I liked, has anyone heard anything about how they fit or their quality.

I'm hoping to have her back on the road by april.

On thing i noticed is comparing the new fenders, even though they're OEM straight from Nissan, they're a lot lighter and thinner and somewhat feel flimsy compared to the ones make back in 95.

have to remember to make a sale thread for all my old zenki stuff.
Modified by Vicious176 at 4:40 PM 12/17/2009

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S13Joe
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Price on zenki headlights shipped to 11778, e-mail me [email protected]

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SirSilvia
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Vicious176 wrote:On thing i noticed is comparing the new fenders, even though they're OEM straight from Nissan, they're a lot lighter and thinner and somewhat feel flimsy compared to the ones make back in 95.
Thats why newer cars rust so fast n shiz nowadays. like my car and an elantra sitting side by side. my paint is a little faded, but it didn't have rust cancer like the elantra did. the only thing holding the panel together was the paint.


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