Scotty Dont's Progress Thread

[Scotty Dont]

Been forever since I updated NICO what was going on with my car so here goes.

This is how it sat about 2 months ago.





At the time the only mods were a 2.5" Megan Racing exhaust. Kind of regret it now. After only a few months, I've quite grown out of the coffee can look and sound.

So then about a month ago I figured it was time to lose the SOHC. So a CA18DET was thrown in in it's place. Unfortunately I don't have any pictures of the swap process. So you'll have to take my word for it for now.

Then 2 weeks ago I made the dumb mistake of rear ending some broad at the mall. Pretty much the entire front end was shot. Good excuse to have a Sil80 if ya ask me.



But who likes having a car that's half and half. So I ran to Advance Auto Parts and got some rattle cans.



But where's the hood? Oh, there it is.







Ok, now before I get flamed to bad, here me out. I'm really not into the whole, "OMG, JDM is so ****en cool, I gotta have it!! " thing. I have the CA18 because it was better than a beat up SOHC and I have the front end because I think it looks better and offers a substantial savings in weight. Now there's also a kid on one of the local forums in my area that is all about JDM parts. Me and my buddies all think it's the funniest thing, so we figured we'd paint the hood like that inspite of him. It's just a slight jab.

So anyway, the paintjob is just a temporary thing until the springtime when it goes through extensive body work and a serious paintjob. Just gotta wait for warmer weather.

Already on order are some KTS coilovers. Hopefully they'll be ready for install in about 2 weeks. Supposed to have a wicked snow storm sometime this week, so there's no point in slamming it now. Wheels are soon to come. No idea what I want really, so we'll see when the time comes. And umm, I guess that's it for now.

[redtop91]

Someone vandalized your hood.

[adrianfromthecastle]

nice... i gotta admit, your hood is far more JDM than mines

[E7-S14]

looks good

did you paint the whole front end with spraycans?? and the hood isnt that bad

[Kckouki]

I kinda like teh hood.

[Scotty Dont]

looks good

did you paint the whole front end with spraycans?? and the hood isnt that bad

yeah, whole front was spray canned. 3 cans of black, 1 can of red. just left the white, because why the **** not.

[yessir240]

my first words upon seeing it together again were "****en right!" haha that hood should attract attention.. im loving the sil80 esp witht the non projectors.

[redfred18t]

that is such a bagner

anyways, god dayummm, how long did we take to mask the hood.. 3 hours?

what a PITA

and that is ****ing right i have a nico user name

[Biggamehit]

man precision can job bro.

[Nick240sx]

my first words upon seeing it together again were "****en right!" haha that hood should attract attention.. im loving the sil80 esp witht the non projectors.

non-projectors ftw

[daconkiftador]

I LOL @ the hood, but whatever. I like the dual halogens look = better than projectors IMHO.

[Scotty Dont]

haha, thanks guys. unfortunately Nico's resizing of the pics is kinda killing the appearance.

freddy mercury, nice to see ya over here son.

apparently the non-projectors are a hit. haha, never knew. i gotta get a grill though. anyone have one layin around?

[E7-S14]

I kinda like projectors a little better

[Mr.Twister]

Your car is sick!The lights r dope and tha hood is pimpin bosuzoku style.I cant wait to see that thing when its done.

[bt2s14]

You did a really nice job on the hood. Yay for halogens

Edit: I like the way you worded this: "I made the dumb mistake of rear ending

some broad at the mall."

[Bwana]

I like it man! But it did make me laugh...

[Scotty Dont]

haha, I'm glad I could bring a smile to my fellow Nissan owners faces.

[DJButton]

Nice, I'm trying to figure out some local NE meets this summer, I'll have to remember you. Brick headlights are whats up, muy atractive! The hood makes me laugh, but cool none-the-less.

[Scotty Dont]

Nice, I'm trying to figure out some local NE meets this summer, I'll have to remember you. Brick headlights are whats up, muy atractive! The hood makes me laugh, but cool none-the-less.

hell yeah bro. i'm always down for a meet of some sort. i'm over on 240sxONE too so i keep my eyes open.

[redtop91]

How does the rattle can look, look?

[Scotty Dont]

surprisingly not to bad. i guess when the rest of the car's paint has 17 yr old faded paint the gloss rattle can matches up nicely. haha. i have no misconceptions of this being a permanent thing, but its certainly better than rocking a half and half car.

[yessir240]

I like the projectors better because of the yellow foglights in them. but i never see these non projectors so they are cool too.

[Scotty Dont]

i still need to figure out how to wire in the fog lights actually. i have absolutely no idea. been to lazy to search. i couldn't even tell ya if there's bulbs in there. haha.

[Bumnah]

cool stuff.

i can't love the silvia front end on a hatch, but as long as you like it.

congrats on the ca, good motor.

the hood. oh my god.

[Scotty Dont]

cool stuff.

i can't love the silvia front end on a hatch, but as long as you like it.

congrats on the ca, good motor.

the hood. oh my god.

i hear ya bro, it's an acquired taste. i think i'm gettin used to the CA now too. when i first put it in, compared to the stock SOHC, I felt like the fastest thing on 4 wheels. now I feel like im driving a SOHC again. weaksauce. time for more boost.

[redtop91]

time for more boost.

Time for .2 Liters more displacement . Haha I know that feeling well.

[Scotty Dont]

Time for .2 Liters more displacement . Haha I know that feeling well.

haha, never. i'll never turn to the darkside of the SR. something about the CA attracts me.

[redtop91]

I am your Father Scotty Dont!!!!!!

[Scotty Dont]

^^^^hahahahaha

toughest part was figuring out how to mask the hood off for the paint.



i honestly spent an hour staring at the hood like, WTF do i do?

[redfred18t]

scotty, it had to be way more than an hour

i got to your house at 12 something, i think we were only shooting paint at 3...

easily the most complex thing i've done in a LONG time