My 240sx to 350sx restoration/conversion build thread

[ThuG LyFe]

wow i like how ur not cutting any corners. and pretty much it's gonna be a brand spankin new car when ur done with it...lucky.

[sommmatt]

thank god I thought you were doing a 350z body conversion.

[White Comet]

wow, amazing attention to detail. i love the trunk and the contrast of the red fp covers

[gregfarz78]

thank god I thought you were doing a 350z body conversion.

oh hellz no

[THAIGER420]

clean coupe can't wait to see the finished project

[QuicksilverFX]

subscribed cant wait to see the progress on this car

[S13-Chuki]

damn dude this is gonna be a amazing thread good job.

[gregfarz78]

Refinished the headliner it was pretty easy actually

1. stock headliner not in bad shape for its age I could probably clean it but I hate the gray I want it black



2. strip the fabric off the headliner it should peel off with a little force



3. take some 80 grit sandpaper and sand off any left over glue/fabric/etc



4. I got black headliner fabric at jo ann fabrics it was pretty cheap I think $10, also 2 cans of 3M super 90 $20. Spray the super 90 on both the headliner and the fabric wait about a min then press fabric onto the headliner smoothing out any kinks. I worked in small sections at a time its too hard to try and do the entire headliner in one shot so I worked back to front in about 1' sections, let that dry then continued. Sorry didnt take any pics during I only have 2 hands lol



I think it came out pretty good for my first time, its not perfect but close enough. It was a little tough around the weird contours work slow around those areas.

The carpet came in last week gonna try to get to that this weekend if I have time.

[Prius'aregay]

Nice, you made it look brand new

[CSUPUEBLOTIM]

Looks awesome so far. I am planning to go with the same trunk look as well. I am already dreading the "tar" removal. I am subscribed the thread so I will definetly be watching for updates.

[240ingthe240er]

hey man im doing this too right now. just wondering how you went from teh first pic with all the left over tar to the second pic where everything is nice and smooth.

right now mine looks like the first picture and i dont want to paint over it with the left over tar pieces

[sbird1]

I'm guessing he used the method of torch, hammer, and chisel. I could be wrong...

[karism]

Holy horse shoe batman!Way to go with all of the " unseen" areas getting so much attention.

Hard to think half of the stuff wont even been seen,even though it shiney,and new!

I salute you on a job well done!

[gregfarz78]

hey man im doing this too right now. just wondering how you went from teh first pic with all the left over tar to the second pic where everything is nice and smooth.

right now mine looks like the first picture and i dont want to paint over it with the left over tar pieces

ah I should've explained better...soak an old rag in some paint thinner and the leftover tar crap should just wipe right off it might take a little elbow grease but the paint thinner dissolves the leftovers so it looks clean like in the second pic

[CoNcEpT_RS13]

Nice work, very good...more pics!

[robojew]

Very nice work man. This is pretty much the exact thing my ride will be going through next summer.

Also, I was looking into the RAAMAT and was wondering how much RAAMmat and Ensolite you ended up using? Love the details!

[gregfarz78]

Very nice work man. This is pretty much the exact thing my ride will be going through next summer.

Also, I was looking into the RAAMAT and was wondering how much RAAMmat and Ensolite you ended up using? Love the details!

I got the 62 sq ft roll it will probably be just enough to do the floor and doors and maybe 4-5 sq ft of ensolite should do it, ran me around $200 not bad and much cheaper than dynamat. If you want to do a little more than I did def get the 100 sq ft roll you'll need it.

[JesusGLS]

Hey man... I am amased in the work you have done to your car. I am about to start with the paint in my car and would like to do the same thing to my car. I was wondering what materials did you use to do that (I see you used dry ice and a tourch). What did you use them for? And of course how do you do all this. I would really appreciated if you would help me out. THANKS!!

[gregfarz78]

Hey man... I am amased in the work you have done to your car. I am about to start with the paint in my car and would like to do the same thing to my car. I was wondering what materials did you use to do that (I see you used dry ice and a tourch). What did you use them for? And of course how do you do all this. I would really appreciated if you would help me out. THANKS!!

Hammer and chisel for some of it, its painfully slow doing it this way but it works. The torch can soften it up a little bit just don't overheat it and burn it. I did about half the car that way and got tired of that so I picked up some dry ice, that was simple just dump the dry ice on the sound deadener let it sit about 10-15 mins and it freezes it enough it'll chip right off with hardly any force. Search around some a bunch of people used the dry ice method

[Flicktitty]

Man that thing is Nuts! very nicely done!

[gregfarz78]

Tonight laid down a layer of raamaudio ensolite its a closed cell foam to help absorb some more road noise





and the carpet roughly fitted still needs some trimming around the edges



BTW got the carpet here http://www.auto-interior.com/

[MagnumP_I]

Hey I already striped my car an I was going to buy dry ice but I was just wondering when you painted it did you just use spray cans or do you have some type of spray gun?

[gregfarz78]

Hey I already striped my car an I was going to buy dry ice but I was just wondering when you painted it did you just use spray cans or do you have some type of spray gun?

The undercoat was in a spray can, I used rust bullet on the floor pans and I just brushed that on

[sr20deTsomeday118]

...that is all

[heartofaskyline]

Tonight laid down a layer of raamaudio ensolite its a closed cell foam to help absorb some more road noise



BTW got the carpet here http://www.auto-interior.com/

i had that same carpet in my car. and i hated it. the fit is ok at best. i pulled it out, threw it away, and went and found some nice pignose carpet.

[UndftdSole]

thats very nice man. awesome

[gregfarz78]

i had that same carpet in my car. and i hated it. the fit is ok at best. i pulled it out, threw it away, and went and found some nice pignose carpet.

True the fit is decent but any aftermarket carpet isn't going to fit perfectly, I think it will look fine once I get all the trim back in etc. I wanted black carpet and brand new its hard to find OEM carpet not beat to hell

[White Comet]

i had that same carpet in my car. and i hated it. the fit is ok at best. i pulled it out, threw it away, and went and found some nice pignose carpet.

in the other thread you said you got a carpet from stockinteriors.com now your saying you had this one, so which is it?

op- about how many square feet on sound deadening did it take tocover the interior?

[gregfarz78]

in the other thread you said you got a carpet from stockinteriors.com now your saying you had this one, so which is it?

op- about how many square feet on sound deadening did it take tocover the interior?

I got the 62 sq ft roll that should do the floors and doors, if you want to go nuts get the 100 sq ft roll

[Spiffy240]

I commend you on some fine work here. Wish i had the time and money to do the same.

For the headliner and for next time working with fabric, a heat gun does wonders. Just 10-15 sec with a heat gun will make the fabric stretch and fit those contour lines and then all you have to do is wait for the glue to set. Also, i got a heat gun from harbor freight for 10 bucks, well worth the 10 dollars.