moutain-mans' s14(under going surgery)

[i4jdm]

hey, hi to all. my name is Ivan, im a 20year old dude that lives in nor Cal(Mountain man).i been going to a community college and working full time (cook at a local restaurant) since i graduated high school. i bought my s14 as a shell right after graduation and been piecing it together slowly. i wish i had pictures of the car before i bought it to show some comparison. not much as progressed as im a little under budget. so basic run done is i purchased the car as a shell with no transmission for 2ks'(woot woot) i bough an s13 transmission and had a friend swap guts into the s14tranny that was in the trunk of my car. its a 95 se with leather, sunroof,vlsd,"all goodies" 194k miles, the bad of the interior is that the driver seat feels like ur sitting on a piece of wood(fat owner before me squished the cushion flat) all other things seemed to be good when i first started it up. to current ive bought gotten a cat-back,refreshed plugs/seals under the hood(used to smell like burnt oil anywhere around the car) and put on a jdm kouki bumper. i ran into some oem aero when i bought a salvage title zenki with a complete kouki conversion for 1500. i pulled the whole kouki conversion and threw it on my SE right after i sold the salvage title with a zenki front for 2300(so i made 800 and got a kouki conversion with zenki skirts and valances!)i spent that money and the only thing i bought for my car was a z32 calipers,ss breaklines, z32 BMC and kouki 180 steering wheel. **so that being said i recently decided my sun burnt-black paint wasn't cutting it any more so i stripped the car and begain sanding today.

on to the pictures so far.found a swimming pool in the trunk!after doing some sanding i found out that someone sprayed paint straight on a red hood without even taking out the clear so shinnyand thats where i stopped at about 10pm today. i wont say much about the color scheme im going to paint because ill prolly get crap for it but its cool.(its my car, its what i like) but also this is going to be my first paint job ever but ive been doing lots of reading for months on painting cars and i have been talking to local body shops about techniques, so i have a fairly good idea of what needs to be done. so what do you guys think?

[OM3GA]

Sounds like youre having fun, i hope you paint it like your shift boot.

[jeff420]

damn that pic of the hood looks crazy. at first i diddnt realize that was the reflection of a tree. i say you should paint your whole car like that!!! lol.

[mudvayne9790]

i liked how the hood looked with the red owell

[laxands13]

looks pretty goood. sounds like you found some good deals on a ton of stuff. good luck painting

[Pdawg]

i liked how the hood looked with the red owell

I would have left the hood like that too. I might have to do that one day.

[i4jdm]

Sounds like youre having fun, i hope you paint it like your shift boot.

damn that pic of the hood looks crazy. at first i diddnt realize that was the reflection of a tree. i say you should paint your whole car like that!!! lol.

i liked how the hood looked with the red owell

I would have left the hood like that too. I might have to do that one day.

yea i like the shift boot too but my sewing skills suck so its already coming apart. as for the hood....wow....talk about a surprise!!! 30 mins of sanding and looks like candy

[i4jdm]

just some pictures cuz everyone loves pictures

is this bad....i broke the plasic when i went to pull the steering wheel off

modding the cruse control to fit on my kouki 180 wheel.

and i picked up some of this great stuff(thanks to whoever found this stuff first!)

[motoman399]

hey man im not far from you. just in eureka. you got a deal on the kouki front. hella jealous. hey i was reading that you had ?busted? 14 trany guts. if you still have it whats wrong with it. might want to buy/trade you for it. i could make it down there sometime in the near future. anyways let me know email [email protected]

nice looking project

[i4jdm]

[QUOTE=motoman399]hey man im not far from you. just in eureka. you got a deal on the kouki front. hella jealous. hey i was reading that you had ?busted? 14 trany guts. if you still have it whats wrong with it. might want to buy/trade you for it. i could make it down there sometime in the near future. anyways let me know email [email protected]

nice looking project[/QUOTE

that was done last summer...wish i still had guts, id give u them free but i dont think they was any good. it had bad linkage and sincros and no R at all...

[motoman399]

oh damn you dont have it anymore? that sucks i need parts for my spare transmission, i beat it too hard lol

[i4jdm]

painted both door jams today and started putting peel n seall in car...took tons longer that i expected...on to pictures

[i4jdm]

so i went to move my car into the sun to wash it (cuz sanding gets dirty you know) and i noticed that the kouki 180 steering wheel makes clicking sounds when i turn the steering wheel left or right, not so much a problem but prolly will get annoying...ill have to look into it later.

[motoman399]

ill just trade you for my stock one haha. did you make your clock spring work correctly. if you dont do that right it can mess up the ribbon inside. im sure thats what your hearing.

[Razi]

Painting the door jams, nice.

[i4jdm]

ill just trade you for my stock one haha. did you make your clock spring work correctly. if you dont do that right it can mess up the ribbon inside. im sure thats what your hearing.

i dont think its a big problem though, nothing that cracking the tunes wont fix

[motoman399]

nothing that cracking the tunes wont fix

ummm probably not the best idea... the clock spring is a ribbon (like a computer ribbon in a lap top) and if you damage it there is a possibility that your air bag could go off, or not work (depending on if you hooked it up).

there is a thread on here that you might want to check out. here ya go

zerothread?id=340620

just dont want those wires touching each other in the clock spring....

[Black on Gold]

Just wanted to point out that scrolling up and down to see 1 picture is annoying as hell.

[Dire91]

Really good thread dude! Future plans? How hard is it to remove the interior of a S14

[motoman399]

Just wanted to point out that scrolling up and down to see 1 picture is annoying as hell.

what do you mean. i dont understand what your talking about...

[TroubleBound]

what do you mean. i dont understand what your talking about...

He means the pictures are too large to fit on his screen without scrolling...

Nice car dude love the new bumper can't wait to see the car painted. It looks like you did a good job on the door jams

[i4jdm]

Really good thread dude! Future plans? How hard is it to remove the interior of a S14

no major plans just lowering springs(untill next summer) a set of either P45r's or Grids.. and some new seats...i plan on riding the motor till she blows then going to an s13 SR.

interior is not hard to remove at all...just be careful with some of those clips because the break very easily

[i4jdm]

He means the pictures are too large to fit on his screen without scrolling...

Nice car dude love the new bumper can't wait to see the car painted. It looks like you did a good job on the door jams

appreciate the comments guys its no where near perfect but i just trying to make my car a little more desirable. ill keep posting little things here and there for those who care

[obg3506]

I just got the same type steering wheel and was wondering about the cruise controls! How did you get it on there, glue?

[i4jdm]

I just got the same type steering wheel and was wondering about the cruise controls! How did you get it on there, glue?

i just cut the steering wheel to a big enough hole to fit the cruise control(cut a bit too big) then glued it with gorilla glue...its only temp untill i find a way too mount with brackets....and i think i need to buy a maxima clock spring because i broke my 240 clock spring and now it makes clicking sounds when i turn the steering wheel...

[i4jdm]

so i started painting and wow i got runs in the primer. well some pics of work so far

[motoman399]

wow i got runs in the primer.

keep at it, practice makes perfect. here is one i just did, im 22 and havent done it much but it turned out good. base+clear

WHAT IS GOING ON HERE??? omg

[Caveit77777]

This paint job is either going to turn out really good or really bad not sure. I'm hoping that it doesn't look ricer when you're done with it. That peel and seal stuff is pretty good for the price. I used the same stuff and did my car with 3 rolls barely. Did the doors and the trunk next I'm going to rip up the carpet and go to town under there maybe idk. The door jams look go though.

[Hoffman5982]

looking good. I don't really like that peel and seal. Its too thin. Try edead, you can pay $1 per square foot. I think I'm going to try it soon

[i4jdm]

This paint job is either going to turn out really good or really bad not sure. I'm hoping that it doesn't look ricer when you're done with it. That peel and seal stuff is pretty good for the price. I used the same stuff and did my car with 3 rolls barely. Did the doors and the trunk next I'm going to rip up the carpet and go to town under there maybe idk. The door jams look go though.

ive been hoping that same thing! but so far its too my liking, moo pics to come tomarrow. as for the peelinseal, there is tones of factory sound deading to kill under the carpet(just a heads up)