My 240sx Story, and Winter Fix....( To Come ) : LOTS OF PICS :

[240sxJoe91]

Hey guys im 17 and have owned my 1991 240sx Hatch since early October, I picked it up for $1100 cash, I know a little to much but it only had 137,*** miles on it, and blue book value was $1075 so i don't think i did to bad. She needed some TLC on the body like paint and it has a huge dent in the rear drivers side qp. I drove it home from Washington Dc Its about a 45 min drive with pretty good traffic. I was so excited lol my first car and its a 240 . The next day i told all my friends i had bought a 240 they all laughed but i didn't care. So any way i got home from school and started taking pics, and cleaning her, Here are some from the day after i brought her home because it was dark when i got her to my house. ( Still had the guys tags on it lol, i took em off and sent them back to him the next day ) [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG] I drove it around my house and a road behind my housefor a week or two because we were to busy to go get tags..[IMG][/IMG][IMG][/IMG] During these few days that seemed like forever i cleaned it like no other lol moved my license plate bracket to the side cause i think it looks better, here's a pic of that. [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG] I finally got tags on her, drove her around for about two weeks then realized on a rainy day that the dent was getting annoying so i backed the rear into my garage...[IMG][img][IMG][/IMG]

Now here are some pics of the ugly dent [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG]

Well i didn't have like any tools so i used a scissor jack..it worked pretty well, [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG]

So now i am just waiting until i get on Christmas break from school so that i can grind it down and apply some bondo to make it less visible/fix it. Here are some pics as of tonight( there is some ice on my car from the snow yesterday )

[IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG] Well other than the qp above ill be fixing some dings, a crack on the hatch, and a front left fender extender... [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG] closer pics of the above pic [IMG][/IMG] The Crack on the hatch..Kinda hard to see. [IMG][/IMG] And finally the fender extender [IMG][/IMG] I will be working all of my Christmas break to do the bodywork on my240, oh yea and one more thing, since i have to work in my garage i have to clean it tomorrow which sucks here's a pic of it lol so many bins [IMG][/IMG]Thanks for looking at my thread updates will be as soon as i clean the garage lol...
Modified by 240sxJoe91 at 6:47 PM 12/6/2009

[duffman1278]

Don't give a ride to the friends that laughed at you, than laugh at them from inside your car.

[HardDrifts4Lace]

that for 1100?!?!? thats a b****ing deal.

stupid California that would go for 2k up here

otherwise thats a great find and buy. also Ka24de ftw!

the QP you might want to replace, and the other small dents you can try blow dryer and keyboard spray method.

[240sxJoe91]

Lol thanks i don't give em rides...They don't understand the potential that the 240's have.. They are all about V8's and that stuff but o well lol..

[240sxJoe91]

Yea thanks the qp isn't that bad looks way better in person...

[Steady_One_S13]

Its got potential. Keep it simple and stay away from the rice-look......and have fun with it.G/L

[HardDrifts4Lace]

gives character, and you can tell girlies you were doing mad touge and hit a police car but got away.

instant road dome

[240sxJoe91]

lol thanks guys...And dont worry im totally anti ricer...NO huge spoilers...im getting a catback for christmas...and lowering springs in may for my b day...and maybe a front lip..No body kit or anything like that...

[Ramonesfreak2010]

Good start. I'd like to see how this turns out after Christmas break.

[240sxJoe91]

Yea im so eager to get started but i gotta wait until im off school for a few days lol

[zenki-S13]

congrats man looking good

+1 for attempting the body work

[jdm_dean]

love that grey

makes me miss my old coupe good luck tho on the project

[TJcars2]

You should save your money and buy a vh45 to shove in there and turbo it. Then you can smoke whatever car your friends have.

You could also get some nice over-fenders to cover up that dent and +1 your jdmness.

[justinedible4]

looks good man!same color as mine.

[hbpignosePA]

eh its just cosmetic so thats not a bad pickup

id check to see if the subframe is true; if it has that big of a dent it prob got hit HARD

and i wouldnt bother with bondo, its going to just cause it to crack/ trap moisture since you need a TON to hide that

just massage it out as best you can; rock it till you can get a nice drop and wheels and then some overfenders

[240sxJoe91]

thanks guys

[Cody240]

I am not trying to rain on you parady op but I got my 240 with no body damage a clean interior with 134,xxx on the drivetrain, and it the SE same as yours for $650 in Califonia. so yes you did get a good deal I just hope you dont have rust ir not than sweet cause you paint is a bit better than mine and you have a wingless hatch mine has the wing hatch with no wing lol any way nice car and before you bondo that body do some hammering on it first get the body with in like 1/8th of an inch for best bondo results because down the road you dont want the dreaded bondo cracks in your nice paint job. good luck with the car.

[breadbox]

Nice. surprised at how well a jack worked. I would have tried inflating different size footballs and basketballs.

[240sxJoe91]

Yea i am going to hammer it out more...And also the paint is OK on the sides bit the rear is pretty dreadful..And i used what i had the scissor jack worked pretty well other than putting some unwanted dimples in it but o well ill hammer it back in. lol here's a pic of the paint on the rear.

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Thanks for all the support guys...

[baron_harkkonen]

They are all about V8's and that stuff but o well lol..

Sounds like all the f**kin a**holes around here. "V8's have alot of horsepower from the factory," and I'm like, "Yea? Can you put alot of performance parts on that 'V8' and still get around 28+ MPG? No? Then STFU and get out of my face.'' F**kin redneck hill billys, and inbred bastards.

[240sxJoe91]

F**kin redneck hill billys, and inbred bastards.

Lol true fact haha

Edit: I just came in to check the forum and eat dinner still cleaning the F***ing garage...Itll be done soon though hopefully before 7:30 lol

[240sxJoe91]

OK so this is a small update kinda... Haven't started body work yet but i cleaned the garage so here's a before pic then after pic...Then some pics of the car in the garage ( finally lol ) [IMG][/IMG]before I started [IMG][/IMG] After [IMG][/IMG] She's Parked in the garage [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG] Here's some pics that show you how much room there is...Its alot hard to see in the pics though [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG] [IMG][/IMG]

Thanks guys...ill be doing body work soon hopefully.

[Shift_Kouki]

lol nice - at least you're working inside

One of these day's I'll have a place where the garage is not a storage shed for crap. But I guess I need a place w/ a garage first lol.

[Coeur de lion]

Nice! Good buy. Keep us updated for sure. Sounds like you have a good plan so far.

[240sxJoe91]

Thanks and i will...

[90notch_5.0]

Keep up the progress

[240sxJoe91]

Thanks im getting ready to go out and clean out where the spare is...lol ive been meaning to get to it its all groady however you spell that. Ill take pics of it before and after.

[krash]

sweeet, you're somewhat local! thats a nice find man

[NismoZRS]

it seems some people have it all >_<.. hah jk.. i would kill for a garage right now hahah

[Caveit77777]

Is there a way to subscribe to a thread? With me being a year younger than you (16) I want to see a build thread from the start from someone my age too. This thread has potential because all the pics so keep it that way haha.