Well anyway, my name is Gabriel, 19 from Miami, FL! I'm on a couple other forums like SFLDrifters, and Zilvia. I drive an '89 S13 Silvia with the lovely CA18<3 I got really lucky with this car. I was originally going to pick up an GTR32 with rear quarter panel damage and a blown 3rd gear (Along with a number of other issues), clean title until a buddy of mine called me up about the Silvia. Went to check it out and fell in love.. The car is legit, FL registered etc, power EVERYTHING!, A/C, PS, full clean interior, minus the rip on my driver seat and some cool JDM goodies. The car and I have had our ups and downs but in the end, it's coming out how I want it to be. Now enough of the talking, here are some pictures..
Here's from the beginning to how she sits currently!
2009
Got her a couple of days before my birthday, was seriously the best day of my life seeing how it's my favorite car!
4x4 status haha!
Interior is MINT!! No cracks on the dash, full interior, Silvia carpets, etc..
Found a pignose lip for 25 dollars, and I love how they look on this front end so I couldn't resist!
About a month before Christmas I ran into a little dilemma
but that really didn't hold me back!
The next day I ordered new lights, and luckily found an S13 hood for a good price which is really hard to find! I fixed the bumper myself and the fender as well! (Sorry some of the pics are really small, they're cell phone pics!)
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Well, Christmas rolled around and I got some nice goodies :nod:
And got to putting em' on the same day!
BEFORE:
AFTER:
For my birthday the girlfriend got me a GTR grill!
Well after a few months of not buying anything I came across some P45R's that my friend was selling! Saved up my money and picked these babies up! Sizes are 17x9.5 +12 all around for those who were wondering. (Don't have any pictures of them when I first got em') Not a fan of the black/red lip combo so the next day I got to stripping them!
And then for paint!
PRIMER:
PAINT:
PRE-CLEAR:
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AFTER:
Got me some Nexen N3000's for 65 bucks a tire brand new! (235/40/17)
And got my buddy Juergen to mount 'em and balance for free!
Couldn't put them on without rollin' and pulling my fenders and everyone was charging an arm and a leg, so that being said.. Picked up my own PBM fender roller and now it's paying itself off!
Got to rolling:
And these puppies came in the mail:
My Uber JDM stickar collectionz!! Waiting for the car to be finished before putting these puppies on!
Now:
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I decided to pick up some speakers and a new radio seeing how my speakers were blown to hell and I hated my radio. Got an awesome price on my speakers (Inifinity Kappa 629.9i series) and radio from a friend of mine who works at Best Buy!
So we mocked everything up using the old rotting wood as a template (from the old speakers). At first we used a nice thick wood, but was just too thick so we couldn't fit it. My dad and I came up with a better idea and used aluminum sheets!
We used the wood templates to transfer them onto the aluminum, and cut them out. These things are sick!
Wood:[/B]
Aluminum!:
Here's how we set up the front speakers: (That black sheet you see is plastic to prevent any water from dripping onto the speakers and screwing them up)
Didn't get many photos of the back speakers after it was done 'cause I was mainly busy cutting out the back to fit the bigger speakers in. I'll take pictures tomorrow during the day, looks super clean!
Before:
After:
Filed it down to make it smooth, speakers fit in perfectly!
Also had to cut out the wood/fabric part to fit the speakers (obviously). Doesn't look too clean but then again, the speakers go over it so you really don't see it.
Contd:
Old crappy Alpine (I HATE IT) (45 watts x4)
Picked up a new Alpine: (50 watts x4)
Some pics of my daily!
2010/11
I hope you guys had a great holiday like I did! The car is coming together! Grandfather's Christmas gift was to help me do all the body work and paint the car! My parents got me a GT28R with all the gaskets and SS lines. Bye bye T25! With the money I got I'll be ordering a Tru Boost and a new front mount. 2011 will be all about swapping out all the bushings and upgrading fuel! Injectors, fuel pump etc.. For now, keeping it low boost but reliable. Some pics of the progress:
All we've done is pull the fenders a little more which still have some more work along with pulling the front fenders which we haven't started (So disregard the height for now!), put on the lip and side skirts (Still gotta put my grill back on and the rear mud flaps). We haven't even started on the body work yet! Yes I know, the car needs a car wash lol.
Pics:
!Ordered some new goodies from FRSport to get this girl up and running again. Got the AEM Tru Boost and the GReddy Air intake suction kit. Already took out the stock turbo, just waiting for these things to come in and bolt is all up! I'll be sure to post those pics when I get a chance and when it's running
Thanks for looking!
What part of Miami are you from? I'l have to make sure I keep n eye out for you if I'm ever on the street as your car is pretty distinguishable. As for my car, I too have a black 93 coupe with a silvia nose conversion as well as trunk conversion, but it's not as detailed as yours. If you see a black coupe on the street with a silverish-colored trunk, catch-up to me and say "Hi"...Don't try to race because it will be over before you change gears 
. But keep up the good work and please "No drag racing" in Miami (This you should already know).
lol I made mine form that MDF stuff or w/e and my speakers come loose haha.
As you can see
