Project "Murder" coupe build

[hbpignosePA]

its begging you to tear the A/C out

it doesnt get that hot around here

[Dizel01]

Lol, im gonna be that guy who keeps it in this time. 4 years of no A/C on the hatch got to me.

[hbpignosePA]

well i just want to see this w the silvia front soon!! and rollin around

[Bumnah]

Frame rails work as a place to put your jacks, but they can bend.

I normally use the jacking point by each wheel as my jackstand location.

Although the point are much smaller than the frame rails.

Give and take I guess. More room to maneuver down there if you use the jack points.

[danmansil80]

um.... is this murder to you guys???? sick cupe though... alot of potential for sure

[Hooked on 240]

This is Ghost518 and i approve this thread. And those Seats!! i like my 98 silvia seats. soo much better then s13 crap

[White Comet]

Lol, im gonna be that guy who keeps it in this time. 4 years of no A/C on the hatch got to me.

booooooo but oh well, i'm still not tired of no ac

[hbpignosePA]

psh jeff you dont count you got the wifes mazda to cruise around in

[Dizel01]

Well my time was taken up my my red hatch today. Apparently after I replaced a bad fuel injector, it wants to sputter out a TON of white smoke and spit out fuel and oil through the exhaust.

Now I gotta get this coupe on the road earlier than expected which means its my new daily already. . So ill be riding this thing stock looking and boring for now once its inspected this week. Im gonna have to call on my fellow York and Lancaster crew members to help me bang out the 5-lug swap and coilover install one weekend. In the mean time I got the front end painted and ready to go on tom night. Pics are a lil dark... sorry.

[White Comet]

looks good, josh was just filling me in about the coupe dieing. count me in for a 5 lug swap / coilover weekend. you rattle can the front end parts?

[SirSilvia]

that gloss black is sexy, keep up the progress

[TimTurboZ]

How did you paint your front end...if that's rattle can it look pretty good tho definitely need daytime shots with it installed to know for sure how good it is. Murdered out..

[hbpignosePA]

the hatch died foo

but its all good; ya man im down for helpin u do the brakes etc.... next weekend works for me

[Dizel01]

The paint is rustoleum gloss black FYI. I have to get the coilovers first. But one weekend, i want to do everything in one shot. If i get a couple of yous over, that should be easy.

However, i stayed up late and put on the front end since this is suppose to be inspected on Wed. It only took me four hours. The driverside fender will need to be tweeked since the tucked harness makes it difficult to line up perfectly. Tomorrow night I will put in the headlights and corners. As for the hood, its gonna remain ghetto pop-up style until I pick one up next Sat.

The assembly of this coupe may be rushed, but I was dealt a bad hand and this needs to be on the road or no job for me.

[fourLUG_hero]

Doooood don't rush it!! Get a daily or something.

[Dizel01]

Its just being rush for the inspection. Then I will add parts and what not over the weekends as I daily this. No biggie. I just didnt expect my hatch to give out so suddenly.

[breadbox]

nice. keep up the good work.

I need to get a coupe too.

[fourLUG_hero]

Hmmm what's the condition of your hatch other than the h00ge dent on the driver's rear quarter? If it's fine other than that, I might hop.

[Dizel01]

Bada Bing... front end is on and wired up.

I should score a hood Saturday and take some daytime shots over the weekend.

[-RJ-]

i wish i had a garage, my car would be shiny and pretty like yours

[Koshin]

what is this JDM everyone keeps talking about?

[Didderson]

Shut it koshin, your gloria is bellissima lol.

Dale, u do some quick work LOL. Did you black out the silvia center grill already too???

[240freak90]

I should score a hood Saturday and take some daytime shots over the weekend.

ah keep the stock hood. itll provide more ventilation lol. plus when people see it theyll be like

[Dizel01]

Shut it koshin, your gloria is bellissima lol.

Dale, u do some quick work LOL. Did you black out the silvia center grill already too???

Yea the center grill is smoked out. I painted, fitted and wired up the front end in a days time.... no one can do that, lol. Plus its all inspected and fully legal now.

No more stress now.

[White Comet]

nice. the people want to see pics of the sil front and stock usdm hood

[Dizel01]

Its been awhile but I got a mini update. I got my red hatch back to life and I just ended up restoring my entire interior. Mostly because I'm such an interior slut and also... it smells like diesel and dying old men. I ripped out all the sound deadening crap and laid new sound mat along with a new headunit, speakers, steering wheel, LED key light, DCC system and giving the carpets a good steam cleaning.

Got some dry ice and ended up realizing that i need more... lol.

So me and HBPignose got more and did work.

Action shot of me hating this s***.

This stuff worked great and got it all out.

Laid down the new mat courtesy of Josh (HBPignose)

Ran out so the only spot not getting it was the rear passenger seat....o friggen well.

Interior back in and all the electronics wired up.

And a front shot with of profile of my doo doo stock ride height (I know its lame but my $ and time is tight and its f***en cold out now!!)

That all for now. I wanted to get that done so I could just hop in a car that smells normal and fits my needs during the winter. As for the new sound proofing, it does do the trick but its not like you're stepping in a Mercedes now. It muffles out the exhaust and road noise pretty well. So now I continue to collect my parts through the winter like a squirrel and get ready for spring.

[240sxJoe91]

Nice coupe man...dont worry your not the only one on stock ride height lol i am too..Planning on getting lowering springs in may Merry christmas and good luck with the build ill be back for updates

[fourLUG_hero]

Stock height feels good.

[Dittie Doughnuts]

Definitely gonna keep my eye on this build

[SirSilvia]

Looks good mang, would seriously reconsider doing up some more sound deadening. zer...age=1

Stock ride height is pretty good for me around here, anything off the main roads and my car scrapes n'sh1t as it is.