Lets try this again.... My 'new' coupe!

[Tangerine Sky]

So a while ago i had picked up a s14 rolling shell with a blown motor. tore it apart, found a crap ton of rust and decided at this point in my life it was not the project i was looking for. I parted most of it out, and already wanted another one. So her she is, my new pride and joy. Picked her up a few days ago.






She needs work obliviously. Interior is decent, putting my s14 fronts in soon. drove her home with 3 cylinders, barley any brakes. and no oil. Fixed the cylinder (bad injector), all new plugs, cap and rotor, oil change and removed the idiotically dark tints in the front. My friend told me my calipers were seized up and did the honors of getting them unsiezed. E brake barley works. The back end is pushed in, going to pull it out using a come-along. New tails, driver side door handle(broken as hell right now) rear valance and power mirrors(one is tapped together) were included with the sale. i picked her up for 2150. She has a timing rattle which im trying to figure out if its from low oil pressure(she smokes a bit) has a 146k on the odo.

[costa_rican13]

timing rattle could be the guides on top and on the side. take them off. doesnt look bad, but only one side has the mudflaps??

[Tangerine Sky]

timing rattle could be the guides on top and on the side. take them off. doesnt look bad, but only one side has the mudflaps??

the plan is to check the guides, but i figure the smoke and lack of oil could be a sign of something bigger. and shhhh about the mudflaps

[s13eddie]

Her body looks great, can't even tell she had her s*** pushed in! Just needs paint, a drop, and a tint removal

[Tangerine Sky]

Her body looks great, can't even tell she had her s*** pushed in! Just needs paint, a drop, and a tint removal

Thanks man. its a little more rough then it looks, i just go those angles down like a fat girl on facebook. Doing brakes today as long as theyre in stock. S14 seats, removing the rest of the tint goo today as well. Hopefully ordering a short shifter soon the stock one makes me want to kill babies

[alms24sebring]

Is it me or does $2200 seem like a little much for the problems. Before you buy any aftermarket parts, I'd would look it over reeeaaal good. Definantly change or remove the timing guides and maybe add a little lucas oil in the next oil change to keep it from smoking. Hopefully it had oil at one point, that could mean bad news shortly. If the brakes were really siezed up hard, I wouldnt trust them either. Safelty is number 1.

Other than that I think the body is decent. That dent isnt as bad as I thought. Alittle bit of work and maybe paint if you want can fix that just right. You can find all the parts you need easily either here or new, for cheap. Good luck with it all.

[Tangerine Sky]

Is it me or does $2200 seem like a little much for the problems. Before you buy any aftermarket parts, I'd would look it over reeeaaal good. Definantly change or remove the timing guides and maybe add a little lucas oil in the next oil change to keep it from smoking. Hopefully it had oil at one point, that could mean bad news shortly. If the brakes were really siezed up hard, I wouldnt trust them either. Safelty is number 1.

Other than that I think the body is decent. That dent isnt as bad as I thought. Alittle bit of work and maybe paint if you want can fix that just right. You can find all the parts you need easily either here or new, for cheap. Good luck with it all.

It had oil when i checked it out, which is a bit of concern, but honestly the motor doesnt need to live very long. it got the car home and thats what matters. i have a daily. I will look into the lucas oil aswell. The brakes werent too bad, the driver side rear caliper made need replacing. we installed the new front brakes today, getting at the rears tomorrow. i dont feel 2200 was too much for the car, it has a few small rust spots, here in NJ 240s in good condition are a rarity.

[alms24sebring]

Sorry, didn't mean to be so critical about it now that I reread it. I wouldn't say it sounds like you got ripped or nothin.

Dang I have a passenger rear caliper I need to get rid of too, owell.

[nani]

nice clean base

[zachfit]

did you check the timing chain guides for the rattle? usually that what it is and if thats the case just take them out and your good

[Tangerine Sky]

did you check the timing chain guides for the rattle? usually that what it is and if thats the case just take them out and your good

i know thats what it is, its the marble-in-engine sound. We're taking them off next weekend. Waiting on stupid advanced auto to get me my rear calipers. front is all good, new pads new rotors, back has new rotors pads and getting calipers.

Sorry, didn't mean to be so critical about it now that I reread it. I wouldn't say it sounds like you got ripped or nothin.

Dang I have a passenger rear caliper I need to get rid of too, owell.

all good man. and if you would have told me yesterday i woulda been all over it. Also got my s14 seats in the car. ill have some pics when the rain lets off.

[Tangerine Sky]

Little update

She loves to smoke at low RPMs, buying a new steering wheel/hub cuse mine is covered in electrical tape and i want to splurge on something. started pulling the back end out, need to get my front rotors cut, and my ex girl stepped on and bent my new rear valence. Don't bring females around cars.....


old seats

new seats

[Tangerine Sky]

yesterday, i started pulling apart the interior to get rid of some unneeded wires from whatever the hell this is


as i was doing so, i found things such as broken glass(back window had to be shattered at one point), half of a joint... you know the usual. tore apart the carpet because it was wet and smelled like mildew. cool.







grimey

ill give you a disgusting coin if you can figure out what these are

i left the dash in so i didnt get the whole carpet out, but i got most of it out. debating on sanding down the interior and painting it, or just getting a new carpet. just ordered coilovers off one of the guys on here, also got my nismo hub in(no pics yet)

[Steady_One_S13]

Nice looking coupe! Interior pieces look good too. Good luck with it.

[420sxWETDREAMS]

the nasty looking one is a penny and the other is a dime......I win!

[mastakilla08]

only copper turns green so itll have to be 2 pennies and 1 dime!

[Tangerine Sky]

Hahaha correct! jsut got done putting in the coilovers, have to adjust the front camber since its at full negative right now. ill get pics up tomorrow with my painted wheels too