plficht's 1991 240sx | Project: Kontrollverlust

[ki_JDM_ds]

nice build man.. maybe I will see you around town?

[pflicht]

Depends on what side of town you are on! lol.. but hey a freakin person from wichita! FINALLY!!!

Ok, re tinted my tail lights, tinted my turn signals, and got a new passenger fender... Pictures come later!

For now, PEACE!

[pflicht]

Some shot of the car as of tonite (5/3/08)



The new fender!!!!

My CD Player

Unwrapping the cat back exhaust!

OK, well i think i will get better daytime pix tomorrow!

[idahotuner]

turn signals turned out awesome man. I am going to tint my tail lights to. put i am not sure how i will do it yet. Might do the film tint

[pflicht]

^ Thanks, Ben. I love the smoked look. Black on black on clear on polished stainless = teh sechs for me, but those damn steelies have got to go. I got a local buddy that is gonna sell me some alloys for a good price so out with the old and in with the old???

I've got two projects I'm going to start up, and I am going to need 6 Blue LED's with pigtails to complete them, and a bunch of epoxy. Maybe even a write up once they are done... cause i know for sure one of them has never been discussed before, but the second I think was mentioned, but IDK if it was ever done...

In the mean time, whilst trying to aquire the alloys, I am thinking about tinting the windows and saving up a little here and there to invest into some coils. IDK, the tenzo R springs are rated @ a 2-2.5" drop, and at first that would be fine. But I think im looking more for a 2.5-3" drop, and I like the fact that with coils, you can go back and adjust ride hight.

Several people on here say stay away from K Sport, others swear by them, but IDK. I mean, I'm not looking to track or drift the car, maybe take it to the drag once or twice a year AT MOST. The only need for the coils is to lower the beesh... So basically something that isn't 1.5K bucks but not a set of $350 coils either...

[m tr4nch]

the tint looks all black = stealth = FTW

I've got two projects I'm going to start up, and I am going to need 6 Blue LED's with pigtails to complete them, and a bunch of epoxy. Maybe even a write up once they are done... cause i know for sure one of them has never been discussed before, but the second I think was mentioned, but IDK if it was ever done...

what is this surprise??? must know

looking good so far, keep it up

[pflicht]

Haha, you will find out when i am done! And thanks man!

Now for a little afternoon delight... (sounds like a good idea! )



And a FAIL shot at my work place:

And thats it for now!

[EnjoiNismo]

looks great man! im diggin the smoked lights

[mrgreeneyes]

Parts Shop Max coils man. Buy em on zilvia. $1k on the dot, they ride amazing and look/feel great. I am in love with mine. I had ksports before... so Ill tell you honestly, do NOT NOT NOT buy them, they look like ****, ride like ****, and WILL blow on you cus they are ****.

[BMAR240SX]

OK, got a little more work done yesterday... I removed some of the emissions from my car and plugged the open vacuum lines created cause of this... runs smoother and slightly stronger. I hit +8.5K RPMs several times now, still holding up.

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Has the car given you problems since?

[pflicht]

BMAR240SX, nope! No problems as of yet!

mrgreeneyes, decided NOT to go with coils, just for now... Gonna do a spring/strut combo....

[idahotuner]

Parts Shop Max coils man. Buy em on zilvia. $1k on the dot, they ride amazing and look/feel great. I am in love with mine. I had ksports before... so Ill tell you honestly, do NOT NOT NOT buy them, they look like ****, ride like ****, and WILL blow on you cus they are ****.

I TRIED TO TELL HIM MAN exactly the same thing. he wouldnt listen.

hey ben.

i dont think your KA was designed to rev that high man. ! are you trying to kill it

[pflicht]

YES! Damn it! I AM trying to kill the bastard! I need an excuse to rebuild the motor... LOL And NO, I WONT listen, I'm not spending $1,000 on coils just to lower the car...

[idahotuner]

excuse. real tuners dont need an excuse lol

[pflicht]

Ya, well i need REAL money, which i REALly don't have... lol

[Didderson]

All in good time man. Doing your car up properly should be job number one. Get the right parts the first time; ie coils. Unless you're really set on not tracking it then springs/shocks are fine.

adjustability=racing.

[pflicht]

Yeah, rite now, no tracking... And probably never. It's cool to watch, but I don't partake... So I'm just going springs/shocks. Later on down the road, if my interests and needs change, I can always buy some good coils.

Dark in the daytime:

Still well lit for night time driving!

Edit: She needs a good waxing and buffing Then she will SHINE Also, sometime this week, I will be running GUNK motor flush through my crankcase again and changing the oil, but this time imma use Royal Purple. What weight though? 10w30, 10w40, 15w40??? I've got 168,000 on the motor. Runs strong but there are a couple of small yet noticable sounds coming from the head.

[pflicht]

OK, idk it just reposted one of my posts from a previous page... hmmmm

[pflicht]

Yay! I got the seat belts in today! I don't think pictures are needed, but damn Ben. Those belts are HELLA clean! +2

[pflicht]

So yeah I'm bored as hell so I'm gonna make a random post in my thread. Free bump I guess. But yeah on my break I'm gon... never mind. I left the seatbelts at home. F***! Now I'm gonna just have to be bored the whole damn night.

[idahotuner]

yeah mand most the interior of my car was super clean. cept fora dear i nthe drivers side door panel. so i bought other ones that arnt much better lo. but at least they arnt missigna huge chunk out of them. hehe

[pflicht]

OK, a couple of pictures. I think I might take some more on my break and I will also post those. Most of the pictures I take are from my cell phone. Its conveinient. I take an oversized picture, send to photobucket, resize, then link. And the pictures arn't that bad. Later on, after I get the car lowered a bit, I will take my digital cam and go on a photo shoot.

[idahotuner]

yo ben where did you get the paint for your tail lights. i am thinkingi want to do that to mine too.

[pflicht]

Hobby Lobby. Michaels might also have it. The company is "Testors" the spraypaint is "Model Window Tint" or something like that. I'm gonna go to break in like 30 minutes. I have a couple of cans out in my car. I'll get all the info you want. And some pictures of the paint. I would HIGHLY recommend using a clear auto paint over this. The first time I tinted, the tint stayed for a while, then peeled right off. Now that I've re-sprayed and clear coated it, it hasn't given me anyproblems, and we've have MASSIVE amounts of HEAVY @SS rain and really hot days and cold nights. So pretty much all weather except for ice/snow and its lasted.

[idahotuner]

that be great man if you could do that. i ma trying to decided between doing this for film tint.

[pflicht]

OK, here is what you use for the tinting Ben.

And for all of you, here are some cancer shots of my frame rails!

Passanger Side:

Driver Side:

[mrgreeneyes]

All in good time man. Doing your car up properly should be job number one. Get the right parts the first time; ie coils. Unless you're really set on not tracking it then springs/shocks are fine.

adjustability=racing.

so how WERE your springs at carlisle yesterday nub? lol. somebody wants coils... but i wont mention TOM's name... OOOPS

but yeah, just a small auto-x course on a paved area... toms car did grip pretty darn well, and i guess we wont find out how the PBM coils do out there, cus i woke up with a killer migraine and my back feels like death. figured a 3hr round trip of driving, a day of tracking, etc wouldnt really help my head or back much. there are plenty of parking lots

but pflicht, seriously, buy GOOD coils. you will not regret it. ive put my PBM's thru their paces already, even on the softest setting, they are nice and firm. i havent had the balls to stiffen them anymore cus i like how they are now. i cheaped out before and bought KSport. ill say it til the day i die, their products and customer service are GARBAGE. driving this car with pbm's is night and day compared to a Ksported car... i was shocked at how big a difference it was.

cars looking good man, but ya may wanna save up your cash and instead of doing cosmetic things to your car, you should probably patch those non-existent frame rails and floorboards. i say this cus i had to on this current coupe. the guy gave me a good deal at $300 for the whole patch job. came out about 90% to my satisfaction, some of the welds werent crazy penetrated (kinda like a cold solder joint) but overall, its such a great feeling to not have to worry about more rust.

/novel

keep at it man
Modified by mrgreeneyes at 3:03 PM 5/11/2008

[ScrapMetal]

Have you decided what springs/struts you're gonna go with? I ended up getting the Tein S techs with AGX's. IMO the Teins are a bit soft but installing the AGX's is probably the best thing I've done to my S13.

[pflicht]

mrgreeneyes: NO no and NO to coils... I don't need them. They are a very nice luxury. I can hold off for a long time, being Im not gonna be doing any tracking. Spending +$900 just to lower your car is F*CKING REDICULOUS and I am not going to do it.

Metaru_Gia: What was the final drop of your car with the AGX/Tein S tech combo? Pictures?

[mrgreeneyes]

if your goal is JUST to lower it, then buy ebay springs. but its not. you want a nicer ride while being lower.

tom has kyb's with eibach springs and my car can destroy his in the twisties... i dont have em just for ride height, i got beautiful performance out of them. thats all im saying man. i just dont want to see ya have spent money on a spring/strut combo then ride in someones car with nice coils and regret not putting that money into coils as well. i did something worse than that lol... i wasted $800 on ksports only to find out that for a meager $200 more i could have had PBMs. I felt robbed/stupid for not doing it right the first time.

but this is your car, your call. i just wanted to share my experience.

if struts and springs are your thing, do it. i wont "look down" on it or anything. i respect being on a budget. i blew my budget outta the water and im in debt because of this stupid car. lol but i heart her, even if shes ugly and spraypainted