s14A front end on an s13 hatch...

[drifter sx]

aright how about this one [couldnt find anything in the search]. im arguing with a friend about doin the silvia front end swap on my 90 hatch or leaving it alone. personally, i like the pop up headlights, but he thinks a sileighty is the way to go. [dont get me wrong, i LOVE sileightys but im thinking money wise] the discussion went on for a whilke and then i said: if i were to do a front end conversion, it'd have to be the S14a front end. then i realized that ive never really seen one of those before. ive seen a s14/s13 conversion, but not an s14a/s13 swap. i messed with some pics in photoshop and it doesnt look too bad, but id rather see some real pics. anyway, what do you guys think? would it rock :ylsuper or flop??

[krazy skwerel]

I think it would be nice looking. I know I've seen it before, unless I was halucinating, looked good.

[jdmfreak]

How bout you show us some of your photoshop pics.

[smokdoutinpismo]

they do it all the time on integra's and i think it looks great. and we all know the 240sx hatchback is a far more visually stimulating piece of machinery

INTEGRAhttp://www.importfan.com/image...1.jpg

CIVIC 99 i believehttp://www.autosportz.com/imag...3.jpg

[[Zero-S]]

pathetic...on the honda boys part.

[smokdoutinpismo]

hey he wanted summ advise or direction i gave him summ and you capped on hondas i would like to thank you for your input it really helped

[[Zero-S]]

Anytime. I think nissan parts should stay on nissan cars, thats all.

[rousie13]

I agree with you on that one. I laugh when I see all these Nissan parts on honda's and the like. I just think if you like the look of a Nissan so bad, why didn't you save yourself the trouble and buy a Nissan. But hey, what do I know.

[[Zero-S]]

In ricer terms we obviously know nothing.

[SeVa-S13]

Those Hondas are sacrilege to the S14 Kouki front end.As for the S13, I'd like to see a pic first aswell because just picturing it in my mind doens't always work that well... =\

[[Zero-S]]

Wow look **yet** another person that agrees with me.

btw, I really don't think the s14a front end would work too well on the hatch...I'd personally go with the S15, or S13.

[SeVa-S13]

Well the S15 is a given because just looking at it gives any straight man insta-wood, but if it looks good, the kouki on an S13 would be cool just for the originality factor....

[drifter sx]

heh, appreciate the input guys. ill try to get that pic posted...

[jdmfreak]

Please do b/c I too am having problem picturing this. Im very interested in how it would look.

[drifter sx]

this is my photoshop pic. i kinda liked the way it looked

[drifter sx]

this is an actual conversion that i found somewhere. not too bad

[jdmfreak]

Hmmm... I dont know.

[drifter sx]

i think it could look good if done right, but as of now, its only a thought in my head

[jdmfreak]

I guess it will have to grow on me.

[drifter sx]

ive looked everywhere, havent really found any more actual conversions. guess its not that popular. i always liked the body kits for the s14a front end. this would gimme the best of both worlds.

[Stee Flo]

these conversions have been done before in japan. They can look pretty nice if done right. I used to have some pictures, let me see if i can find them. Ofcourse they probably make conversion kits for it in japan. You would have to custom fit the s14 front on unless you could source the conversion.

[drifter sx]

yeah and thats a whole other mess of problems [and cahs i dont have] so if i see good pics of it that inspire me, ill do it.

[GatorS14]

yea i have seen 2 actual conversions they look nice on the fastback.never seen one on the trunkback.

[Stee Flo]

real conversion pics

[Primer]

real conversion pics

Doesn't Signal Auto called the Drifter X its a 180sx with a S15 front end though (I think it looks better). Their is a site i think its importfan.com that will have S15 front end conversion soon.

[NY-240]

I think the s14 face is too wide for S13, made it looks nose-heavy, may look better with some rear wide fenders I guess...

[NY-240]

kouki face

[[Zero-S]]

yea i have seen 2 actual conversions they look nice on the fastback.never seen one on the trunkback.

You mean 'coupe' right....

And it doesn't look THAT bad I guess...I still prefer the Sileighty or the s15 conversion.

[Stee Flo]

Doesn't Signal Auto called the Drifter X its a 180sx with a S15 front end though (I think it looks better). Their is a site i think its importfan.com that will have S15 front end conversion soon.

Signal auto's s15 sileighty twins do look better to me as well.

[charlotte240]

I know everyone's seen this before but I just figured that I'd do a search on the forums and pull this one out of the archives.