S13 240: Coupe vs Hatch

[Drift Machine]

i have a fastback and a power sunroof :bshake

[midnightshadow]

Really??? i was under the impression that it was never offered on the hatchbacks. what year is your 240?

[pigducker]

hey y'all, first post.

anyway i've a 91 coupe. there are few hatchbacks i like, mainly because if i wanted something that looked like an 89 probe i'd buy a probe. but hey i still like some hb's.

[Drift Machine]

Not sure. The junkyard I bought it through, my friends dad's yard( he got the car from a wrecked car auction), says its a 90. Cuase he said thats what it said when he looked it up on the VIN. But it came with a DOHC(even though it didn't run, so I got a 93 KA in there now). I'm guessing it didn't come stock with the power sunroof, but whoever had it before me probably turned it into one.

[Drift Machine]

and it doesn't look like a probe, shut up

[pigducker]

touchy! no offence indended. the first thing my girl said when she saw my chiltons was "that looks like my probe." ever since then thats all i think of when i see one.

[midnightshadow]

saying that fastback looks like a probe would be like saying the coupe looks like a prelude. hell, if u try hard enough u can say it resembles a porsche. and would u really buy a probe? overweight, underpowered, FWD. its sad really.

[pigducker]

hell no i wouldn't want one that is why i have a coupe

[SpeeDDrifT]

Fastback is my preference.....Coupes are easier to find for sell though.Also most aftermarket aero-kit companies agree the Fastback is a better looking car(tons of kits available).....that is why it is much harder to find kits for the coupe...because they just don't make many kits for the coupe.In my opinion the only thing the coupe has going for it over the fastback is a stiffer chasis; however, still more professional drifters pick the fastback over the coupe. and even the drift specific machine nissan produced (sileighty) was indeed a fastback!

so there you have it:1. aftermarket companies like the fastback more.2. professional drifter like the fastback more.\3. nissan produced the sileighty for drifting...fastback

but get what YOU want, not what I or anyone else tell you to get.

[ajbarnes1]

Personally, I think the Coupe looks too much like a Stanza from the back, considering they share the same lights.

[nissanrcer240]

I think speeddrift pretty much covered it, good job:thumbup

[Jarret]

the coupe has .5" less headroom in the front seats, but 1" more in the back, as well has more leg room ( wow...more you say) in the rear seating area.The coupe is also shorter in overall length.

Those are the only physical differences...so get what you like!

-Jarret

[nissanrcer240]

in other words get the fastback:) j/k thats what i would say but since their both 240 s which ever one will be a good choice over alot of others cars.

[Stee Flo]

in their american stock form, i like the hatchback. However, if i were to get one it would be the coupe. The coupe is ugly with the pop up lights imo, but if you swap the front end and create the silvia, it is beautiful. Much better looking than the hatch if the coupe has the fixed silvia lights front end.

[midnight brother]

With me it all depends on the car. Stock I think that the popup headlights look best on the HB. However I have seen HBs I don't like because of missing small spoiler or other details. I like coupes because they are hard to come by down here and the way they look minus the popups; they look pretty sporty to me. I would only get a hatchback if it was the Bee*R HB or Bomex, I absolutely hate stock look and some kits. What I would really want is a Sil-Eighty. With a coupe I would only like it if it had the S13 conversion as I hate the popuplights on a coupe.

What would really be different is a convertible with strawberry face conversion. This would give you the Varietta look

[240SXy]

I like my coupe without a spoiler, but with the factory spoilers I like the fastbacks more.

[SpeeDDrifT]

With me it all depends on the car. Stock I think that the popup headlights look best on the HB.

okay so you like the HB .Quote » However I have seen HBs I don't like because of missing small spoiler or other details. I like coupes because they are hard to come by down here and the way they look minus the popups; they look pretty sporty to me.[/quote] okay so you like the coupe Quote » I would only get a hatchback if it was the Bee*R HB or Bomex, I absolutely hate stock look and some kits. [/quote] okay so you'd get a HB but only if it was Bee or bomex.Quote » What I would really want is a Sil-Eighty. [/quote] okay or if it was a Sileighty that would be first pick.Quote » With a coupe I would only like it if it had the S13 conversion as I hate the popuplights on a coupe.[/quote] okay so the coupe but only with a conversion.Quote »

What would really be different is a convertible with strawberry face conversion. This would give you the Varietta look [/quote] okay so you like the S13 convertable with a S15 face.

i'm a little confused here. you would only get a coupe with a silvia face...or a HB with a Silvia face and a bomex or bee kit. so which do you have?