project sileighty

[ppd_sileighty]

well ive had my car offically for a year now. i bought it back on novemeber 2nd 2005 in laguna beach california for $2700. this year i was able to save up a little money and start working on my car. i paid for the car fully by myself and i am paying for all parts by myself so it is taking awhile. there are only 3 people working on my car at this time. its me jdm_master_x and mrzabala. we do what we can with the time we have. all three of us have our projects going at once so it takes us some time to get stuff done. well anyways now i have time to make a post so here starts the project.

this is how the car started a 92 240sx se with leather le seats. oem silvia front end. Q's bumper and 280z rims. not to fancy when first bought but still a lil done to it. i thought it would be a pretty good base to start off with.

later that year i finally got tired of the whole 5 tone sileighty and opted to rattle can the front end. i didnt think it looked that bad and then at least i dont get the stupid people around town complaing that my car was worthless and a "scraper" cause it was 5 colors anyways....

next bunch of money came and we got some q45 brakes from a junk yard . didnt cost that much and i got to say it was well worth it. i love these brakes i think everyone should do it. i like em better then z32 brakes but maybe thats just me idk.

new rotor vs old rotors. as can see q45 was way bigger but was 5 lug. we just drilled for 4 lug and resurfaced the rotors. alot bigger in front. and drilling wasnt that hard. we didnt even use a drill press.

a friend of mine donated a after market front bumper to me so that was also primered and thrown on. he gave me a gtr grill too its in the picture just not painted yet. hey i can never pass on free parts thanks marcus(not on the forum but just bought a coupe)

he also gave me some widened fenders. pretty cool cant complain when its free.

*UPDATE* we finally finished striping down the car of everything in the world.we rand out of dry ice so we used a blow tourch to get the rest of it off. it was kinda easier that way but it did leave some tar left. but a little sand paper got the rest off.

then we used this super thick primer, yea i know its orange, kinda like a rust color(well thats what the can said) but it was think and it only needed one coat. we brushed it on instead of rattle caning it. i think it came out a lot nicer this way. then came the bed lining. it was super easy only took a couple of minutes to put on but it will take a couple of days to dry. but well worth it in my opinion. now our 3 of our cars our bed lined. only one is working right now but they are all almost there.!!!!!finished pictures of the interior will be up probrobly next week

so thats it for the project right now. i still need to find side skirts and a rear bumper let me know if u guys have one. plans for the near future include bed lining the inside of my car, with jdm_master_x and mrzabala. kouki lights and paint. that what i plan to finish this year. next year has more to come only time will tell... maybe blacktop sr maybe kat havent decided yet. but ill keep u posted
Modified by ppd_sileighty at 12:52 PM 11/21/2006

[amolao]

Nice, those Q45 brakes really look like they are worth the upgrade, nice size rotor...Is the red hatch in the rear also yours??

I wish I had your friends...I never get any free stuff....

[knx2]

keep up the good work.

[ppd_sileighty]

Nice, those Q45 brakes really look like they are worth the upgrade, nice size rotor...Is the red hatch in the rear also yours??

I wish I had your friends...I never get any free stuff....

no the red hatch in the back is my friend marlon's he is on the forum but doesnt post much i dont even no his acount name he is starting his type x convertion soon

[nvrplzd240]

tis lookin good

with a some nice wheels it'll be even better

ive been thinking about getting Q45 brakes in the future.. we'll just have to see

[boj240]

im likin the brakes.... need me some!

[AmoebAssassin]

Good lord take off the front bumper and put the stocker back until you get matching aero,

[180sx+silvia=sileighty]

I bought my Shiet back in october. still working on it. Im about as far as you. but did you use the bumper support for the front bumpr? mines didn't seem to fit n my areo. tight shiet though

[JRd916]

ok i was jst wondering not to be an *** or anything, and SOME people are probably thinking the same thing, have you seen of the laguna beach crew? you know, like LC, Stephen, or any of last season's people? THANKS IN ADVANCE!

[boost_creep]

do you still have the stock silvia fenders?willing to sell them?

[Poor_S13_Driver]

Can you take a pic of the front brakes when its light? Like a nice wheel shot. Ive been considering the Q45 brakes ove the Z's.. Seems like they might be a better choice for a a daily driver. looks good man

[bt2s14]

Looking good so far.. but i agree with AmoebAssassin about the aero

[adrianfromthecastle]

you gotta nice project goin... lookin good

[~4N~]

Nice! It'll look even better once you put some pop-ups on it.

Haha, just kidding!Or am I?

[ppd_sileighty]

Can you take a pic of the front brakes when its light? Like a nice wheel shot. Ive been considering the Q45 brakes ove the Z's.. Seems like they might be a better choice for a a daily driver. looks good man

i will as soon as i get to my house i have a picture with the caliper and the rotor but no rims on it here it is ill have the other picture up last night

[kamikazestorm420]

ive had q45 brakes for over a year and love them.

[240on430]

lookin good.

do the calipers bolt right on?

[sil8y-X]

Looking good man, makes me jealous. I'm undergoing a sil-eighty project my self. I just got my hands on some silvia headlights and when I got home found that the plastic housing where it mounts to the headlight bracket is completely broken off. Sigh, this thing is worthless now.

[ppd_sileighty]

Good lord take off the front bumper and put the stocker back until you get matching aero,

i dont even drive the car so its okay... im not going to drive it until i get the rest of the kit

[ppd_sileighty]

ok i was jst wondering not to be an *** or anything, and SOME people are probably thinking the same thing, have you seen of the laguna beach crew? you know, like LC, Stephen, or any of last season's people? THANKS IN ADVANCE!

i dont live in laguna beach i just bought my car there.. laguna beach is actually like 8 hours away from my house. i just happen to be on vacation and find the car so i bought it. lol but no i never seen any of them.. i saw like where they live and there house but i didnt see any of them

[ppd_sileighty]

do you still have the stock silvia fenders?willing to sell them?

sorry i dont have them anymore... i might be able to get some depending on how much u will pay for them

[ppd_sileighty]

they sure

lookin good.

do the calipers bolt right on?

do..... super easy direct bolt on

[ppd_sileighty]

Looking good man, makes me jealous. I'm undergoing a sil-eighty project my self. I just got my hands on some silvia headlights and when I got home found that the plastic housing where it mounts to the headlight bracket is completely broken off. Sigh, this thing is worthless now.

mine are actually the same way (long story) but yea just drilled into the side of it and zip tied my lights in place. works pretty wheel until i can get some dual projectors

[sil8y-X]

I thought about doing that but I want mine to be bolted up right. Don't like my headlights flopping around and misaligned. I'll just get another set.

[ppd_sileighty]

yea me neither but im kinda broke right now...ill get new headlights eventually

[240_l3oi]

im the owner of the red 240sx no longer red

[whiterps13]

Definately lookin good, but I hate that front bumper. Id much rather see a stock one on there.

[240_l3oi]

zerothread?id=209361there so u can see my car. ^_^

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Modified by 240_l3oi at 11:22 AM 11/19/2006

[s13redtaz]

looks good! the front bumper im not feeling it, but then again it was free i might look into the brake upgrade...thanks

[zenkii]