My s13 build...vh45/suede/tubs/wire tuck..full resto 56K NO!

[omgshawn]

This is her when I first picked her up



UGLY interior.


I removed the tach, swapped steering wheels, swapped in S14 seats, did the headunit wiring, removed the nasty cloth on the door panels, had my gf make me a banging bandanna shift boot and cleaned the **** out of everything.





I ended up swapping wheels with my friend which brought me here



Then got a system together..







And got this


Added some Cusco Comp S's..




My favorite 'stage' that the car was in






Rocked it like that for a little..

Moved the plate


And got this stuff

Nismo mounts(for sale)


OEM tob


Then bought this


Painted..


Then I got the car up on jack stands and started tearing her apart




...



And I'm left with this..




Old


New


Started cleaning the bay




And got a short shifter


Got it all back together and running...found out the trans I bought was shot...so back onto the jackstands it went and a new trans was put in



Fixed and primed the hatch


Done

Engine..


Interior


Also got this


And this


S14 seats hurt my back(was in a bad car accident) so I swapped them back(dirty I know)

[omgshawn]

Anddd around here is where the engine blew....not even 200 miles after it was swapped




The engine was 'refreshed' I pulled the usual stuff off didn't look bad so I put it in. Turns out revious owner RTV'd the s*** out of everything(front cover, oil pan, upper front cover), and it came off on the inside and completely plugged the oil pick up tube...



This seems oddly familiar




Bought this..


Together..



Started some porting on the head



Pre surgery


The start(again)


...

[omgshawn]

And here is about where I decided to go v8...



Then it turned into a full build

Interior out



Decided to do all black suede so started that..




(still needs the insert done, doing it gucci)





Pulled the carpet and stuff


Painted the dash bar


And dyed the carpets



And got some diamond racing 15's..(for sale probably)


More stripping




It was fully wire wheeled, don't really have any pictures of it..

Then primed



Rust cut out


Hatch primed almost done


Sound deadening


DCC bought/wired up



Relocating the fuse box under the dash/by the toe boards..

One half


Andd the other


Stripped most of the s*** off the firewall...did I mention I'm stitch welding the inside and engine bay also?


Main harness work..






Fuse panels I'm using..


Diagram I was working on



And that's about where I'm at, hopefully have updates in a day or 2

[Hoffman5982]

wow. This car has been through alot. Good luck, Ill be watching this til the end, my friend

hehe that rhymed

good luck

[omgshawn]

Haha, it sure has, thanks

This actually isn't all of it though I have almost 1000 pictures so far just didn't feel like posting them all lol I tried to make this a summery of everything


I fixed the first post...forgot a few pics

[motoman399]

holy wow. good job, ill be doing something similar. just with s14 and no tubs.. but keep up the good work.

[NismoS13Ks]

im loving that suede! i might have to copy ya, thought about leather but that might be way too hard and expensive. Nice work looks good!

[zach-Ka]

Looks like your off to an awesome start man!

[Lonismos14]

WOW THATS GOOD WORK!!
I KNOW!!

keep up the good work.

[omgshawn]

Thanks guys, there's still tons of work to be done and some more pics I need to get up. I just picked up a new camera and fisheye lens too

Engine bay currently..



The previous owner fubar'd this car bad, I was able to pull the rad support and front wheel well off by HAND, yeah, by hand. Scary haha so I decided to redo it all...I hate shabby work

[laxands13]

wow haha thats a great change.. that suede looks sick man. your doing good work so far, keep up the inspiration to finish this beaut.

[l2edken]

im loving this thread so far...

[Seanzyyy]

i will be checking this thread regularly.
keep up the good work!

[Idahos13]

Awesome build man you have done alot! Keep up the great work!

[LeZoSo]

Oh my god, so much work, SO MANY WIRES >__<

Looks frustrating just looking at the pictures P:

Hope to see more updates soon.

[omgshawn]

Haha yes, way too many wires. I've made tons of diagrams and stuff to try to stay organized but most of it is in my head lol...I think I'm at like 60 wires right now..it's a headache

Thanks everyone for the compliments, I've had this car like 2 years, it's been down for almost half that haha but I love it

Progress might be a little slow...parts wise; just quit my job like 3 weeks ago and even me being 18 it's so hard to find something out there.

[s13k1d]

oh hey those wheels look familiar ;] haha looks so sick. when do you think youll have it done? we just started tearing apart dans heep today.

[SketchyRollin564]

I really like what your doing with the suede

ive always wanted suede shift boot, arm rest, and door cards for the longest time, but i sat inside an AMG mercedez today that had suede pillars and roof, and i fell in love, so theres not one doubt in my mind that i will do that

[hatedinthemind]

Yeah the suede is baller

[Sabot]

Nice work What V8 you going with?

[Shusaka]

Judging by the title of the thread, i would guess VH45DE...lol

[Otto.]

Well done! I am liking this build so far. You do good work.

[omgshawn]

The suede is like my favorite part of the car lol. I'm going to be redoing a few pieces, including the dash, I'm getting a new HUD dash to go with my cluster so I have a full hud setup and I want to do red stitching on that and the door panels.

And yes vh45de, from the strut towers forward is going to be tube, and maybe in a year or so if I have the money I have a TT setup with V mount I've been thinking up

[SketchyRollin564]

If you dont mind me asking, what kind of suede are you using? Are you using the legit expensive a** suede, or just faux suede from a fabric store?

also, what are you using to make the suede stick on without coming off over time? im not gonna do my dash, door panels, or side panels, just the door cards and the pillars, and probably the headliner

i know for the door cards you can use 3M adhesive spray, and you can probably do that to the pillars, but what about the headliner?

[bllabong89]

this build is goin great. cant wait to see the end product

[JaredP]

hey man, i too would like to knwo what kind of suede you used and how you attached it on. also, what kind of gauge cluster is that?

i'll be keepin an eye on this one

[Dittoz7]

Dedication.com

[troskinatior]

Thank god you fixed that rust its dangerous.
Are you still goint with the z32 break and z33 track rotors? Are evo bremos any better, if they are id just get them since you need to get new brackets anyway.

[omgshawn]

I used microfiber suede from a seller on ebay, it's 100% poly, 62" wide $10 a yard. Adhesive is 3m Super 77 and the cluster is a stock HUD cluster

And yes z32 calipers/z33 track rotors seems to be the plan, unless I come up with the money and I'll just get some Brembos off a STI.

Brembo's will be better then the z32 calipers, but they both are a lot better then stock

[crash n burn]

how much of a PITA was it to wrap the dash?

plus i just got done tucking my wiring..i feel your pain