Project Blackout: Mrgreeneyes' Coupe Build

[White Comet]

yeah i figured, i'll have to check it out in person

[mrgreeneyes]

SPL Parts order came today:

1 Pair rear wheel studs4 Speed Bleeders for the brakes1 Speed Bleeder for clutch slave1 Stainless braided teflon coated clutch soft line

I have a christmas every other week


Modified by mrgreeneyes at 1:03 PM 1/28/2008

[Didderson]

Looks yummy man. Can't wait to install all those stainless goodies!

by that i mean the rest of ur stainless brake lines and the clutch line.

[mrgreeneyes]

haha, this "no cheap parts" philosophy is muuuurdering my bank account. but, the badassery is about to be done. this weekend, all wiring will be done, and the battery hooked up to test all systems

and all body panels will be hung/painted too...

[idahotuner]

yeah. no cheap parts. keegan you need to come do my wiring.

[mrgreeneyes]

im half tempted to say that if you shipped it to me, id redo it. but honestly it isnt that hard at all, just time consuming to do properly.

you are more than welcome to email me with questions... i 90% remember the layout i did with toms off the top of my head... and FRsports' write-up is spot-on. its great.

[White Comet]

+ 1 for the frsport wiring and +5 for keegan's wring. i had him stop over the other day and asked if he knew the horn wire off the top of his head (which he did) and few other wire colors. pretty much if he doesnt know it off teh top of his head (which is rare) he has it saved on the laptop thats always with him and he pulls the diagram up in no time

[idahotuner]

yea i need to get my horn fixed haha. i need to get a horn and plug it in. i think that is all i will have to do.when i mean wiring i mean like my gauges and boos controller and electric fans with a thermostate. lol

[mrgreeneyes]

mmmm, audio treats arrived today. these are some of the sexiest sub-$200 components you can get IMO... cant wait to install. They are Eclipse SC6500 2-way components. I love the way Eclipse products sound when amplified, so I cannot wait to fire these things up...

[White Comet]

those look great. i'd be jealous.............if i didnt get the same ones!!! i cant wait to enjoy them (them for the super amazing hook up )

[kietdude]

those look great. i'd be jealous.............if i didnt get the same ones!!! i cant wait to enjoy them (them for the super amazing hook up )

what happened to the ones you "Borrowed from me", and where was I when this all happened

Oh, also when did tom get an SR.

[xxmexx]

did the interior come stripped or did you strip it ? whats the plans for the insdie ?

[derrick113]

you lancaster guys and satin black. Is it an Amish fadd?? j/k man build looks like its coming together nicely. If you or any of your friends come across a ka24e to get rid of shoot me and email i have a friend that will take it off your hands. ([email protected])

[mrgreeneyes]

did the interior come stripped or did you strip it ? whats the plans for the insdie ?

i bought that shell for $150 with a crappy blue interior in it, manual everything, base model. i transferred my entire hatchback harness into it, with the exception of the taillight areas, they are spliced with the coupe. my hatchback interior is going in this car, using as much of it as possible. i dont have the time, motivation, and extra cash to track down a full black coupe interior, but i do plan to have a full interior in the future. IMO, coupes look cleaner that way, hatches i like stripped.

those look great. i'd be jealous.............if i didnt get the same ones!!! i cant wait to enjoy them (them for the super amazing hook up )

yeah, they are freakin impressive speakers, my phone pics do them no justice. they are awesome in person. installing them this weekend.

+ 1 for the frsport wiring and +5 for keegan's wring. i had him stop over the other day and asked if he knew the horn wire off the top of his head (which he did) and few other wire colors. pretty much if he doesnt know it off teh top of his head (which is rare) he has it saved on the laptop thats always with him and he pulls the diagram up in no time

yeah, its a sick obsession i have... i hooked up the illumination to toms boost gauge tonight and had the wire color/location right off the top of my head... its kinda scary. thanks for the props on the wiring, means a lot man, and im always willing to help with something that i know inside and out...

oh, WC, text me or something, we have business to discuss about a welded diff i dont need, a flexalite OG status fan, speakers, etc. maybe some S13 parts can be bartered, etc? since i have my tomei, i dont need the welded diff, which was to trade for the fan. so maybe you have some other treat that i would like in trade for a fan? and also, when would you like to pick up your speakers? lets talk homie, and you gotta come chill with tom and myself sometime soon, perhaps in hershey?

[Didderson]

Just inspected these tonight lol. The center aluminum 'bullet' fixture is crazy nice. It even has rough machine marks on it which help shoot out crisper sound waves. Hard to describe. I love em. Tweeters r tits too.

and you gotta come chill with tom and myself sometime soon, perhaps in hershey?

QFT. A m e n. Cmon man tell teh Melissa u need a guys night out this weekend
Modified by Didderson at 1:08 AM 1/31/2008

[mrgreeneyes]

The center aluminum 'bullet' fixture is crazy nice. It even has rough machine marks on it which help shoot out crisper sound waves.

Modified by Didderson at 11:42 PM 1/30/2008

not totally true, the woofer design is shaped that way to provide clarity and a physical structure to the cone/basket assembly. also, a lighter, stiffer cone delivers crisper sound, as it is able to respond quicker. less cone material=less intertia.

oh boy, its bedtime

and these speakers are amazing

[Kataki_]

coupes look cleaner that way, hatches i like stripped.

one bright thing i see about stripped interiors no backseat drivers or people whining about our cars backseat

[White Comet]

what happened to the ones you "Borrowed from me", and where was I when this all happened

Oh, also when did tom get an SR.

tom just went sr a few weeks back and besides an odd idle (thats working itself out) it runs great danny's sr too now. i thought those speakers were going with ben and the old coupe. if u want u can have em back but their pretty beat. the one tweeter was bad and then the one speaker went bad.

yeah, its a sick obsession i have... i hooked up the illumination to toms boost gauge tonight and had the wire color/location right off the top of my head... its kinda scary. thanks for the props on the wiring, means a lot man, and im always willing to help with something that i know inside and out...

oh, WC, text me or something, we have business to discuss about a welded diff i dont need, a flexalite OG status fan, speakers, etc. maybe some S13 parts can be bartered, etc? since i have my tomei, i dont need the welded diff, which was to trade for the fan. so maybe you have some other treat that i would like in trade for a fan? and also, when would you like to pick up your speakers? lets talk homie, and you gotta come chill with tom and myself sometime soon, perhaps in hershey?

im texting u right now. i can swing by CC asap if ya want, we can talk bizniz

QFT. A m e n. Cmon man tell teh Melissa u need a guys night out this weekend

i'll see what i can do. the thing that sucks is that melissa isnt the problem. its the little things im doing on my car that turned into big things and now its in pieces and homework, double majoring ftl

one bright thing i see about stripped interiors no backseat drivers or people whining about our cars backseat

i like the no back seat but i dont like fully stripped interiors. and when u pull the back seat u just see all the metal underneath which is really out of place with carpet everywhere else. i took a spare hatch area carpet cut a piece to fit and used a heatgun and aerosol adhesive to carpet the bare area

[idahotuner]

hey mr greeneyes

you get your PBM coilovers yet. i want some feed back on them when you do. because i am planning on going with them and RUCAS.

[mrgreeneyes]

waiting to hear back from them. they are 1.5 months backordered. so i will be paying to have them shipped from Japan to my house directly. waiting on a pending sale tomorrow then ill have the money for them and will be ordering monday. then just a few small things need to be ordered and my car will just have to be totally assembled

[idahotuner]

damn that long of wait sucks.I really want to have mine on my car before it rolls outta the shop. so if the wait is 1.5 months what does that mean. i wonder if i i can call and have them mark me a pair and when they come in i can order them.

or in 1.5 months they will have them completely in stock?

[ILoveMyRHS13]

Awesome looking build so far. Mad props for keeping the pignose! I love the hood, too! I'm willing to start a camera fund for you, though, hahaha. Keep us updated. I look forward to it being done.

[mrgreeneyes]

Awesome looking build so far. Mad props for keeping the pignose! I love the hood, too! I'm willing to start a camera fund for you, though, hahaha. Keep us updated. I look forward to it being done.

haha, the ROUGH build tally (aka the lowball) is at $5050 NOT INCLUDING THE STUFF FROM MY HATCHBACK... so NO camera for me... ill get niiiice shots when its all done... but for the build, its not that important as long as you get the idea of whats going on, right?

damn that long of wait sucks.I really want to have mine on my car before it rolls outta the shop. so if the wait is 1.5 months what does that mean. i wonder if i i can call and have them mark me a pair and when they come in i can order them.

or in 1.5 months they will have them completely in stock?

as in, the shop in cali wont have any instock for 1.5 months. you cannot order for that time period. im airshipping from japan to my house. costs a good bit more, but i WANT them... so ill pay for em. they even sold their display models off their freakin showroom floor... to the guy who ordered right before i tried to place mine... i was ONE PERSON AWAY....

[idahotuner]

wow that is crazy. well they will be getting them in stock right when i will need them so in 1.5 months i will order them as soon as they are instock

[Chris28]

Well, after seeing it in person, the hood looks a lot better than the camera phone gives it credit for. Once it's all put together, it's gonna me pretty sweet. Tomorrow for me it's off to sports authority for some hockey puck engine mounts, then I'm gonna tackle the subframe and transmission. Courtesy of mrgreeneyes, I will have a 5sp in my car in no time. haha thanks again man.

[mrgreeneyes]

thanks man! def good to meet someone in real life, thanks for coming up.

yeah, its slow going, but as you know, its getting a heck of a lot closer to done... last of the parts will be ordered monday.

good luck w/ your build man!

[lofapoo]

MOAR!!!

Diggin' the hood.

[crazy240kid]

Nice project, loving the snowcamo it looks bad@ss. nice work

[White Comet]

so whens the next update coming? this is just starting to come together nicely. im almost done with the stuff on my car and i should be able to lend a hand in the upcoming runs to hershey to make progress

[mrgreeneyes]

here's your update:

there is no update. i couldnt get a ride up to work on my car, nor could i get a ride to the bank to deposit my cash so i could order coils. pretty sucky day actually. i will be bringing the car home sometime in the next week or two, to cut down on travel costs and to make this all easier and more accessible. i wont have the storage capacity that i have up there... but the car is close to assembled, so its not really that much of an issue anymore.

WC, i look forward to some assistance with this, as many people have flaked or just have too busy of schedules...

And to clarify for everyone, i had a 93 ranger for a daily up until last week, when the ford decided that its headgasket was optional... and that it didnt need it anymore... coolant in the oilcap FTL. so needless to say, im a total dependent for transport to my car, and even to my work at this point. it really sucks...

well tomorrow ill be depositing my money into my account so my order for PBM coils/rucas will be placed, and i will be getting tires hopefully later this week. also, i need to order diff shims for my tomei... shims from the nissan dealer... at $16/pair... but to stick with this build's premise... no cost is spared... ill pay for quality parts...