my first car

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mystro2424
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so this is my first car a 95 zenki 240sx and i wanted your guys thoughts about it.i am 16 about to turn 17 haha but i still dont have my lisence until january 6th so until then its my project car.

ugly a** rims

about to buy some stance gr+pro coilovers next week to drop her.





my ka going sr next summer



so yeah theres my 240 sorry no interior pics but its fairly clean ill post some up tomarrow but yeah please tell me what you think



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Nice start. You'll love coilovers if you don't care about ride quality. Big improvement on the handling.

In my opinion, the next mod (after maintenance of course) should be getting it repainted if you can, or even just restoring it if the funds aren't there. You'd be surprised how much of a difference that would make.

Take care of her, and welcome to NICO fellow jailbait.

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AZ89two4Tsx wrote:Nice start. You'll love coilovers if you don't care about ride quality. Big improvement on the handling.

In my opinion, the next mod (after maintenance of course) should be getting it repainted if you can, or even just restoring it if the funds aren't there. You'd be surprised how much of a difference that would make.
right now the ride quality sucks anyways the ride is so...mush i guess you can say so coils wont bother me one bit.and yeah after i buy my coils ill have about 500 more dollars from my very last paycheck before school starts so i may be able to do a bit more prob going to throw an exausht on it or buy new rims not to sure tho.and as for paint im going to ask my uncle to help me out there cause he fairly well in that area of expertise.

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Well, in my opinion, the wheels don't look that bad. They'll look 100x better once it's lowered.

I would get all the maintenance I needed done first. Once that's taken care of, mod away! Good luck dude.

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AZ89two4Tsx wrote:Well, in my opinion, the wheels don't look that bad. They'll look 100x better once it's lowered.

I would get all the maintenance I needed done first. Once that's taken care of, mod away! Good luck dude.
x2, Good score for a first car!

take care of it.

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AZ89two4Tsx wrote:
I would get all the maintenance I needed done first. Once that's taken care of, mod away! Good luck dude.
took car of that the first day i bought it. well the only major problem is that my speedo reads double of what im going dont really know whats wrong with it but my guess is the speed sensor.

and thanks man.

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Yep probably your speed sensor or cluster.

I have the same problem cept my speedo only works when it wants to. I'm actually changing mine tonight. It's an easy fix.


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yeah well hopefully i can figure out what it is. and its and easy fix if you know how to go about fixing it in which this case i dont.

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Well, if it's anything like the s13 it's very simple.

- Jack up car- Locate speed sensor in transmission- Disconnect it from harness and transmission- Replace with new one

That's it.

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very clean how much did u pick her up for?

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mystro2424 wrote:
took car of that the first day i bought it. well the only major problem is that my speedo reads double of what im going dont really know whats wrong with it but my guess is the speed sensor.

and thanks man.
sounds to me as if you have a s13 speed sensor . most likely a former automatic car converted to 5 speed?

looks like a good starting point. coils will really make you like the car. she needs some work but as long as you are willing to put effort into it it will be worth it.

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bambam2010 wrote:very clean how much did u pick her up for?
i picked her up for $2000

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s14derrick wrote:sounds to me as if you have a s13 speed sensor . most likely a former automatic car converted to 5 speed?

looks like a good starting point. coils will really make you like the car. she needs some work but as long as you are willing to put effort into it it will be worth it.
yeah it was an autotragic converted to a 5speed.yea needs some tlc which i am more than willing to provide.

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s14derrick wrote:sounds to me as if you have a s13 speed sensor . most likely a former automatic car converted to 5 speed?
i have the same problem, how exactly do you fix it... do i just need a new speed sensor sry not trying to thread jack

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Awesome find man!GL with the project.

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Crautz240 wrote:
i have the same problem, how exactly do you fix it... do i just need a new speed sensor sry not trying to thread jack
im actually not to sure. pretty sure a speed sensor from an s13 into a s14 will make it read double.

as for the s13 im not sure. maybe an s14 sensor makes s13 read double lol/ if it does and you somehow have an s14 speed sensor wanna trade lol

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yeah i just bought a speed snesor and gonna put it in sometime this week.

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shouldnt be too hard. the sensor is right toward the back of the transmission. i believe it is like one screw holding it in and thats it

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s14derrick wrote:shouldnt be too hard. the sensor is right toward the back of the transmission. i believe it is like one screw holding it in and thats it
alright thanks for the help man


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