My 240sx to 350sx restoration/conversion build thread

[MeanGreenS13]

very nice work my friend.

[danredick_ca]

inspiring

[RBvipVert]

Nice work!

[ANVIL]

really nice build u got going. love what u are doing to the inside. i always wanted to do that to mine, with the sound deadening and the stuff to help quiet outside noise. good work

[MeanGreenS13]

when i do my RB30 S14 when i move to MA, this is pretty much what i would like to do. do it right from the ground up!

[chaosli]

when i do my RB30 S14 when i move to MA, this is pretty much what i would like to do. do it right from the ground up!

Stay in FL, MA is going to kill your car if you daily them

[White Comet]

Stay in FL, MA is going to kill your car if you daily them

werd, same with a good number of states. thats why im taking extensive precautions to ensure mine lives through winters with no rust

[georgegto]

Great job man...do u have any more updates?

[slow40]

great progress so far, nice to see someone actually making their car liveable. stripped out interiors save weight, but not practical.

[MastaYu]

very nice

[gldnwolf77]

Very nice. Finally someone building a functional car. You might consider doing the structural foam while you have it all apart.

I'm in the middle a similar (way it should have come from the factory) build with my hatch. The new carpet I have fit ok except in the rear floor pan area. It doesn't sit all the way down on the floor so I'm afraid if someone sits in the back seat when it gets stepped on it will get pulled out. Still not sure how I will get around that.

What do you plan to do about the sunvisors? Seats?

[MoldyOldy240]

Gldnwolf - You could try to anchor it with a hoop from the carpet and a tiny screw under the seat.

This is a wonderful build, and I demand more pictures of it!

(also thank you for the informative captions; helps people like me learn )

[gldnwolf77]

Gldnwolf - You could try to anchor it with a hoop from the carpet and a tiny screw under the seat.

I don't often have people in my backseat if I can help it, but still... Screws under the seat will leave 2" of gap between the floorboard and carpet so if someone steps on it the carpet will tear or stretch.

I will probably use a piece of sheet metal and expanding foam to level out the floor pan behind the front seats. I only need about 2" to make up the gap and there are the weird humps in the floorboard back there anyway. It's a similar process that some companies use to package heavy items. Lay down a layer of thin plastic, like saran wrap or shrink wrap, tape it to your piece of sheet metal or partical board with holes drilled in it to inject the foam through. Let the foam do what it do and tape off the hole as it starts to come out. Just make sure it stays level. It will be removable and custom contoured to the floorboard.

My posting was more to find out if anyone knew of a company that made carpet that such a solution isn't necessary becuase this problem is

[gregfarz78]

Sorry guys no updates to report lately between the holidays, work, and vacation haven't had much time

As for seats I was looking at some r32 seats but the guy wanted way too much for them so I think I settled on celica gts seats they look pretty nice and will fit me perfect.

[JDS Performance]

Looking good so far - subscribed

[Cabral]

where in the world do you get that foil insulation?¿?

[gldnwolf77]

You can get a roll of it off ebay. At least that's where I got mine. Basically just dynamat without the brand name. They have different thicknesses. It's messy to work with but well worth it if you are going for quality daily driver.

I was thinking of trying to make some GTO or optima sunvisors fit. Mine are shot, the previous owner destroyed the interior. Shame the way some people treat their vehicles, but it gave me an excuse to do a restore.

[White Comet]

i just got 100 sq ft of fatmat sound deadening today. its a little thin but i have enough that i can double it up in some places. im anxious to see how it does

[MoldyOldy240]

*Removed*

[gldnwolf77]

Updates?

[gregfarz78]

Sorry for the long gap between updates to be honest I didn't do s*** all winter basically I'm not a winter person and my garage has no heat. But its been getting nice out again so time to get back into it...

Ran the RCAs and speaker wiring this weekend its so easy when you have a stripped interior you can run the wiring where you want to run it







and no I'm not putting a huge system in this car but I like my tunes so a set of components and a small 8" sub will be enough for me

[gregfarz78]

Picked up this really clean trunk carpet from a local guy for $10 (craigslist find of the week) not bad for almost 20 years old but I hate the gray so I had to correct that...before



I was kinda skeptical of this stuff but I got some dupli-color fabric dye and it actually worked out well don't think I'd use to do an entire car but its a trunk so I don't really care and its much cheaper than buying a brand new trunk carpet...after



probably no more updates for a week or two I'm pretty busy with work and other things right now but next up is refinishing the trim in my trunk I'm going to carpet it with black speaker enclosure carpet inspired by Broadfield

[breadbox]

Nice. Going slow, doing it right, and keeping it clean.

[3rd_240]

very very nice thread bro... i envy you much lol. looking forward to keeping up with this one! hopefully here soon i can find myself a coupe and start doing the same for my 350 build im planning. have fun with it and looking forward to more!

[gregfarz78]

oh BTW shameless plug I'm selling my VQ35 engine + trans if anyone is interested I had a change of plans

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[Jables]

Awesome resto job!!! doing it right once and being done is the way to go!! Keep up the good work.. Thumbs up brother!!!

[240pav]

thats very nice man. awesome

THREADJACK

HIERO !!! IS THE s*** !!

CLEAN AS CAN BE MAN I WISH I WOULD OF DONE IT LIKE YOU

[stone184]

NICE WORK!

[shanelach]

I honestly searched for this thread last night, and contemplated bumping it, but I didn't think you came on here anymore. Weird haha. Looks great. Keep us posted!

[gregfarz78]

I honestly searched for this thread last night, and contemplated bumping it, but I didn't think you came on here anymore. Weird haha. Looks great. Keep us posted!

yeah I pretty much took the winter off from my car and the forums but I'm back now