My official build thread begins.......NOW

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project213
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Ok, so some of you have seen that my new guy idiocrocies about the hatch i was getting. Well today was day two with the mut and all i can say is.....kjsgdhjflhgldfughlwbkjdfh!!!!!! :mad: :cry: . The motor, immaculate, transmission, perfect minus the need to replace a throwout bear which i have sitting in my passenger seat awaiting a low profile jack. Now the fun part, the body. the owner previous to the guy i bought it from fails. Zipties on damn near everything. From what im told he had a s14 kouki front on it, and when he removed it to sell the car he half hazard put the s13 front back on, snapped two of the three top screws for the passenger side fender, only has one bolt on driver side hood hinge, radiator suports two bottom bolts, gone! rubber stops for hood, gone! head light housings cracked and destroyed and both rear quarter panels look like rosie odonald back her big fat a** into em. So whats my solution?? Well since the body has absolutly no rust at all, im just going to get out the snapped screws, get the front end staight again, then get myself a set of origin over fenders for the front and the back. Replace the hatch (witch i forgot has rust from half hazard bondoed wing holes and is now cancerous) and repalce the driver side door with was kicked by an angry ex girlfriend of the previous owners. With that being said im opting for the xxr 552s in the chrome finish in 17x8 up front and 17x9 out back with 0 offset all around. after i get body straight and fenders hung im going to test my painting skills (scary thought havnt painted in over a year) and lay down what i hope to be a perfectly smooth satin black all around with the gutted interior and engine bay in silver with a couple couts of nice glassy clear on top, and my intake mani and valve cover polished up. Thats all ive got for now, ill post up pics tomorrow when i get my camera from the shop, forgot it today trying to escape the wonderful florida summer heat. Lemme know what you think about the possible color choices and throw me some ideas as those are not 100 percent yet. O did i forget to mention that the re re has tien drop springs on it. I know your thinkin "at least he did something right." and yes that is something that was a good idea, until he cut them :wtf2: idiot.


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ash16847
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Sounds like you've got a project on your hands :bigthumb:
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project213
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i know pics are a plus, but i have to track around 30 mins away to get to one of the garages i do my work at to pick my camera up and im going back tomorrow am so ill post up quick fast and ina hurry when i get there

project213
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whats up guys, havnt gotten much done on the mut had alot going on with the home life. Im headed out to my shop for a bit today so ill get my pictures posted up and with any luck ill get my throw out bearing replaced today as well. but aside from that there will be nothing major happening for a short while....unfortunatly as my cash flow is currently non existant. :frown:

project213
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ok. so timing for bad events seem to be interupting my build. once again i got no work done do to tthe fact that im getting kicked out of my apt, solution......move into a work shop!! all i have are phone pics for the time but its a start, feast ur eyes upon the mut!!


http://s343.photobucket.com/albums/o469 ... 7a3c75.jpg

http://s343.photobucket.com/albums/o469 ... 6ae03c.jpg


http://s343.photobucket.com/albums/o469 ... 5ec88d.jpg

not bad for a grand, more to come later :bigthumb:
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duffman1278
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Please don't post anymore images. End this thread now, unless you plan to post the images up with making everyone click on stupid links.

project213
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chill just threw em up rite quick while i had a chance n did it in a rush. ill post em up rite once i have the ones off my camera up.

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i had every intention of reading your thread, until i saw the wall of text in your first post. paragraph breaks are your friend.

project213
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haha. forgive me on that what, that was not so well done. ill edit things up a little once i get the rest of my pics up and actually get this thread moving a little bit.

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duffman1278 wrote:Please don't post anymore images. End this thread now, unless you plan to post the images up with making everyone click on stupid links.
+10... please use image codes...

project213
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Ok guys, im back. no updates seeing as how I cant spend money do to the whole finding a house thing, but i just wanted to keep this alive. i got my camera back from the shop and will post a couple pictures of the mut tomorrow.

For now though, I do have a fun story.

So the other night took out the car for a little run around the back roads near my house, after a couple runs to 100 and a couple times kickin sideways i decide im going to take one more run around in a more behaved manor. About half way back to home i see headlights behind me, and at 3 a.m. in my area the only headlights they could be are........ yep you guessed it, cops. But no worries, im doing the speed limit, i stop at all signs, ive behaved myself this lap around. Well, i get one turn away from my street, stop at the stop sign, pull off, dont even get my back bumper over the line and on come the lights :tantrum: ............S.O.B.!!

Well im mildly concerned for two reasons. Reason 1 being i have no i.d. no wallet no liscence, nothing on me. Reason 2 i have my 15 year old cousin with me, oh happy day. At this point im expecting to go to jail. Reasons being me and my roomate hade been to a party so now i have a handle of jager rolling arond my back seat, i have no seatblets in my beater which is a $500 ticket between me and my cousin. And i thought i drove past the cop doing 100............ in a 30. Now keep these things in mind while i recount the 25 min stop.

So i pull over and and instantly panic as i see a rather angry sherrifs deputy approch my window :ohno: . Cop says '' I pulled you over cuz i heard you go past me twice now '' I reply '' Yes sir, I was just taking a short little drive before i headed home for tonigh. '' Cop says '' Uh huh, liscence registration and proof of insurence please. " My reply is " I dont have my liscence on me sir. " After hearing this the cops tone changes.....for the worst. " Is the car registerd to you sir? " I say " yesir it is. " and hand over my paper wor. Well after sitting in my car for 20 minutes and 2 more squad cars showing up< I pretty much start to wonder " Who am i gonna call at 3 a.m. to bail my a** outta jail......? " Then he returns, hands me my paperwork and asks " So wheres your liscence? " to which i tell the story of how the shop has eatn my wallet (true story actually still havnt found it). Then he asks me why he heard me go around 2 times at a high rate of speed? And my reply is " Actually sir, it was 3 times. " with a slight grin :chuckle: ". Then i proceed to tell him how the previous owner skimped and bought a cheap after market exhaust which is now broken and essentially a straight pipe that dumps before the rear wheel. and how my clutch sticks which would explain high revs right?? Damn skippy!! he bought every word of it and simply replied " Take this thing home and park it. I dont want to see, or hear you again tonight do you understand me? " i Say yesir and go on my way. :woot:

JESUS TAP DANCING CHRIST i have never been so thankful and happy about a cheap p.o.s. product in my life. I got out scott free thanks to ebay. :dance

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breadbox
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For the lazy NICOnauts
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breadbox
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You got lucky there. But how bout go getting a new one if its not suspended?

Cops in my city would have destroyed you with tickets.

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don't drive like an a$$ on public roads.

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Gcustoms
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numbnuts240 wrote:don't drive like an a$$ on public roads.
second that.

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CRyan
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and third, your off the island.

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Xdisaster240sX
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CRyan your sig is way to big.

project213
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Thanx for throwin the pix up breadbox. and lesson learned no more stupidity for me. but its funny cuz i got pulled for my exaust basically.

and the only reason i got stupid is because its a back road to an airport gate that people take if they own a hanger, the hanger my roomates dad owns is actually at the end of the road and its where we do alot of the work on our cars.

the cop was actually two streets over and heard the uh.....racket from the p.o.s. ebay part. but no worrys, got plans for a buddy club spec 2 too replace it shortly.

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expect to get pulled over a lot more frequently with the buddy club.

project213
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thats what i keep hearing. but i like the not it gets, wana run it with a circuit sports test pipe and a hotshot header. But cops in FL wont pull you for it being loud. noise polution with exhaust isnt something they chase down here. but the will go after you for loud music.

so kind of an update, got a couple boxes of free schtuff today which included, smoked front signals, sohc pistons with a set of brand new piston rings, and a set of brand new axles, along with some other misc. parts. And it was all free, hooray!!

And does anybody around the tampa bay are have a valve cover that theyd be willing to trade for a set of clear signals?? i want one i can polish but id like to take my time doing so and dont wana have my car out of comission while doing so.

project213
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Whod a thunk it!!?? Im baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!! Ill have a full story and some new pictures up in a day or two but just thought id bring this damn post back into the light now that some progress is going to be made. first thing to show off with pictures?? A set of super advans that now grace my garage floor, full of win? i think yes :mike

project213
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Ok, so brief story of my disaperance. I lost my job, then my house, then my insurance, tags, so on and so fourth. No fun.

But now im working again and have a place to live, and can now shove money into the big pit in my yard that some f us refer to as a 240. At least im off to a good start, getting my hands on a set of afvan wheels.

Next order of buisness?? Replace all the bushings, all pbm arms and pbm coils??


i would have pics but the ones i took corrupted. skdhforiughsa i know. Get new ones soon,


Be back ina couple days :bigthumb:

project213
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Image Aint they puurdy!! And i only had to let go of 200 buks to get my hands on em. Full of win hahaha :bigthumb:

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Brent.S13
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>.> I personally wouldn't put those wheels on my car. BUT if you like 'em, then you rock 'em. :dblthumb:

project213
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Alot of people dont get into the 3 spoke wheels but i have a thing for advans. the color is whats killing them right now so thats why theyve been sent out for bead blastng. :naughty:

havnt completly decided on new colors yet, but i m only using the two 16x8s up front. Thinkin 5zigen fns for the rear.


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