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NicoHiyoko
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Here's my new 89 S13 hatchback. When I purchased it, it was running really rough. It had a really bad idling issue and a terrible interior. It had two different seats, and one sat so high that only a midget could sit in it without hitting his/her head on the ceiling.

Car currently has HKS high power exhaust, Tein coilovers, drilled rotors, Silvia front, Kouki tail lights, S14 seats (which I stole from my husband ;) along with his pink shift nob), and some off brand rims with new tires.

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My husband just installed this kick-a** sound system. :chuckle:
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Xdisaster240sX
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The interior looks remarkably like mine...or the way it used to look :squint:
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Lonismos14
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Nice you dont find to many girls with 240.

:squint: :squint: :squint: :squint: :squint: :squint: :squint: :squint: :squint: :squint:

We see what you did there.
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Xdisaster240sX wrote:The interior looks remarkably like mine...or the way it used to look :squint:
lol now your son just needs a 240. Too bad powerwheels never made one :dblthumb:
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Welcome to NICO. Good luck with the build.
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laxands13
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yep. welcome. looks pretty good...
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NicoHiyoko
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Thanks.
Xdisaster240sX- Jealous? :naughty:
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hatedinthemind wrote:lol now your son just needs a 240. Too bad powerwheels never made one :dblthumb:
This'll do...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SzDYoIKQOk
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Nice job, OP! And welcome to NICO! :bigthumb: What are your future plans for the car?
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Taylor008
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Looks good!

LOL at the entertainment system subwoofer.
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Awsome a 240 Couple, So whos is faster??!?? lol. LOL at the youtube video! Now I want one :squint:.
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simmode1 wrote:
This'll do...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SzDYoIKQOk
:spitout:
this plus go-cart motor could be epic....
sorry for thread jack

good luck on the build :bigthumb:
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locoluna825 wrote:Awsome a 240 Couple, So whos is faster??!?? lol. LOL at the youtube video! Now I want one :squint:.

Mine is definatley the boss of his! :biggrin:

Looking to make it orange, black hood with some sort of design...I will most likely hand-paint it myself. Nothin like your own design!
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Nice, its cool to see a couple that builds cars together. My girl likes cars, but she wont spend her money on them.
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CJH wrote:Nice, its cool to see a couple that builds cars together. My girl likes cars, but she wont spend her money on them.
I prefer not to spend to much on them, but if it means the car will run correctly and also as fast as I want it to...than what's a few hundred dollars? ;)

To be honest, it took a while for me to come around to the 240's. I hated them at first because my husband would talk about them non-stop! :mad: But now that I learned to drive 5 speed...it's really fun! And learning to work on my own car is great as well.

Hopefully I can get him to teach me to drift soon...
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NicoHiyoko wrote:Looking to make it orange, black hood with some sort of design...I will most likely hand-paint it myself. Nothin like your own design!
Thats cool... What kind of design are you thinkin of?
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zach-Ka wrote:
NicoHiyoko wrote:Looking to make it orange, black hood with some sort of design...I will most likely hand-paint it myself. Nothin like your own design!
Thats cool... What kind of design are you thinkin of?
I really like abstract art...so I was thinkin' black hood with different sized orange circles and/or rings...I want the car to be orange.

Sorta like this:

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But maybe not so complex. Want to keep it sorta simple.
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That has potential to end up really cool. It reminds me of a painting I have in my living room, but mine is mostly blue...
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zach-Ka wrote:That has potential to end up really cool. It reminds me of a painting I have in my living room, but mine is mostly blue...

Thanks! I'll post pics up as soon as I begin.

I'd like to get the car painted first though.

And get turbo my KA
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If you teach yourself how to paint with a gun you can paint a whole car for less than $300.
How many miles are on the ka?
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zach-Ka wrote:If you teach yourself how to paint with a gun you can paint a whole car for less than $300.
How many miles are on the ka?

My husband's grandfather owns a paint gun and all the stuff that goes along with it...hoping that I can just go that route.

The KA has 150k. Suggestions? Should I go SR? JZ?
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Honestly thats a little high to turbo it. Especially if you want to learn to drift and such. I love my sr, parts are easy to get from your local parts store and is plug and play turbo. But you could do a OEM rebuild on the ka for half the price of an sr. Depends on how much down time you can afford when it comes to your car and you finances. You could alway just buy a sr with rod knock for super cheap and rebuild it while you drive your perfectly fine ka. Then when the ka starts to have troubles throw the sr in. lol JZ in my opinion is just not worth it.
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Thanks for the tip. We'll see what happens! :crazy:
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Nice great start.....
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zach-Ka wrote:Honestly thats a little high to turbo it.
No it's not. My ka-t runs great and I have almost 170,000 on the clock. Just do a compression test and see what the numbers are. There's no replacement for displacement :gapteeth:
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great start .. hope you build it the way you want it.. not how someone else does ..
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zach-Ka wrote:Honestly thats a little high to turbo it..
MALARKEY!!!! If you rebuild the motor it wouldnt matter which I plan on doing for her.
JDM Sil4ty wrote:great start .. hope you build it the way you want it.. not how someone else does ..
She will. Ive already tried the "you should do this" and she turned me sown before I could finish. She was telling me her plans and they sound pretty effing awesome.
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Do this...
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Xdisaster240sX wrote:Do this...
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I love Takashi Murakami!!! :yesnod
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^^^ That is pretty cool...
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You should see some of his other work.
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