SoCal-S13's Hatch Build

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SoCal-S13
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Car: 1984 Z31 50th Anniversary Edition VG30ET
Location: Glendora CA

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or a sorry excuse for one.

Chapter 1:

Purchased my 1st S13 hatch for $3500

Good Stuff:
-Function & Form Type II Coilovers
-Uncracked Dash
-Super Clean Interior
-KA24DE Rebuilt 15k Miles Before I Bought It

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About 4 Months After That I Was Wasted Drunk Comin Home From Downtown Fullerton And Decided I Didn't Agree With Stop Signs. I Hit A Brick Wall Doing About 60mph. Damaged Right Behind My Passenger Side Rear Wheel. Shattered My Speaker Trim And Launched 6x9 Speakers And One Of Them Hit Me In The Back Of The Head. Extensive Metal Work, A Frame Straightening, New Bumper And Bumper Skin, New Exhaust, New Tail Lights, Strut Bars, Fresh Paint, And About $3000 Later I Had This.... (No Pics Of Crash Damage Sorry)

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Next I Spent An Ungodly Amount Of Money On A Pair Of S15 Seats, A Brand New Carpet Kit, And Custom Embroidered Mats. Oh And A Carbon Fiber Hood Which I Never Used.


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Next I Tried Wrapping Some Interior Stuff In Black Suede To Get Rid Of The Retro OEM s*** And Installed A Retarted Multi Thousand Dollar Stereo System, Which Was Removed Three Weeks Later Because It Was Too Loud.


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After I Installed The Seats, Carpet, And Other Random Interior s***


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Once My Bank Account Recovered I Got A Greddy Intake, Omori Oil Filter Relocation Kit, Kouki Tails, And Circuit Sports RUCA's


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Before I Could Install Any Of Them I Had Another Drunk Driving Escapade Which Left Me Asleep Doing 80mph On The Freeway. I Hit The Back Of A Big Rig With No seat Belts And No Airbags (Obviously). My Chest f*** Raped The Steering Wheel, And My Head Hit Somethin Really Hard. No Idea Why But I Just f*** Ran Off The Freeway And Made It To My House. Right About Then Was When The Pain Kicked In And I Couldnt Breathe. Went To The E.R. And The Cops Showed Up Blah Blah Blah. Facing D.U.I, BAC Over .08%, Hit And Run, And No Proof Of Insurance. Took Me About 3 Weeks To Recover. I Took Pics Of This Crash.


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I Basically Destroyed Everything In Front Of The Front Tires. Major Damage Was A Cracked Valve Cover, Cracked Head, Bent Sub Frame, And A Relocated Radiator Support. After Recovering From Being The Worlds Biggest ***hole I Got A Buddy To Let Me Part Her Out At His House and Help Fund My Next 240. About A Month Later I Bought (With A Little Help From The Most Wonderful Girlfriend In The World) This Abomination.


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I Paid $2000 For It.

Good Stuff:

HKS Coilovers
Custom 18" Tenzo DC-6 Wheels, 9.5" w/ 225/30/18 In The Rear And 8" w/ 215/20/18 Up Front
APEXi Dual N1 Exhaust
VLSD w/ J30 Axles
SPL Camber Arms
TCSportline Front And Rear Strut Bars


This Is Currently What Im Working With. Im Planning On Pulling The Fender Dents And Getting Paint Done First. Then Im Gonna Focus On The Motor. Until Then.....



UPDATE*******





Car is at the body shop gettin sexy.



Took some more pics for like a before/after take on the body work.

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Im also stripping the interior and makin these faded interior panels look good again.





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Progress on the stripping

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Heres a shot of the work we started today. (this panel used to have a huge 9" wide by 18" long band-aid that hid what i thought was "a little" body damage) look how deep that bondo goes. body guy said whoever did it did a really good job, but a 1/4" thick of bondo is waaaaay too much.



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and here's a video that isn't really necessary. enjoy!



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Update 12/5/10




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***UPDATE 12/12/10***


So heres some pics of the drivers side damage that was repaired (huge quarter panel dents, antennae hole, fender flares repaired, etc)

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next i had the antennae hole filled and sanded down to look all sexy


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^^^God that looks epic



Passenger side repairs (quarter panel dents, dings, and such)


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i need more of that side but whatever



Then i had the two license plate screw holes filled and sanded



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After that my unit took our HMMWV's offroading and then we washed em!!!!


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more pics hopefully tomorrow. loooooots of work to do still, until then.....
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motoman399
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oh your the guy that modified the ebay headlights.. those were looking good. your old car was clean

maybe you should stop drinking... maybe. i have never gotten a dui or wrecked while drunk. but if i had, it would never happen twice!

good luck with your next build and no more drunk driving. your gonna seriously hurt someone you dont want that

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SoCal-S13
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i dont drink at all anymore. i learned a $7000-$10000 lesson. Oh and destroyed those modded headlights in the process :)


dont drink and drive. youll run out of money.

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glad to hear. take care and ill be watching your build. maybe you can redo some headlights. lol

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Cody240
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Lol now that I met you I seem to just be seeing you on here, any way if you ever need help with that body work or to just generally hang out and shoot the Sh*t about stuff hit me up I am most always willing to do that sort of stuff. OH and your parts are going in my ride this weekend so ya I will post up how it goes. -Cody
P.S those rims on your new ride are teh sex. lol

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SoCal-S13
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Cody240 wrote:Lol now that I met you I seem to just be seeing you on here, any way if you ever need help with that body work or to just generally hang out and shoot the Sh*t about stuff hit me up I am most always willing to do that sort of stuff. OH and your parts are going in my ride this weekend so ya I will post up how it goes. -Cody
P.S those rims on your new ride are teh sex. lol


dood id definately need some help with the dents. i have a heat gun and stuff but i dunno...heating up my quarter panel and banging it out with a hammer sounds like something i would f*** up for sure. ill let you handle that one. you got my number. anytime you wanna work on the cars or chill man let me know. and if i get my car up and running would you wanna help me with that this weekend?

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I may be able to i will have to check what I am doing but maybe.

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badbob2121
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WOW! that sucks... good luck with the new project

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i like the new car better...

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Cody240
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kyhunter89 wrote:i like the new car better...
You say that cause you never saw the old one in real life cause that thing was F*cking bitchin i love the green on that thing. But ya the new one is pretty cool I have to admit.

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SoCal-S13
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kyhunter89 wrote:i like the new car better...

how high are you right now?

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the old you looked clean as he11. the new one looks like it wants to be driven... I drive my cars, hard. the old one just needed a few things, but i didnt carer for interior...

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i loved how oem clean she was. you dont see 40's like that around here. theyre all fart cannond out with jdm tyte stickers fake a** 180 kits and zipties. she was perfect. i dont drift. i dont race. i drive. and she was fun.

i couldnt pull that off with this new one. lol. cost too much to restore to oem. bring on the stretched wheels and obnoxious exhaust.

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whered u get the clear lights?

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SoCal-S13
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theyre DMAX Crystals. id have to find the receipt to the site i ordered them on.

same as these : http://www.rhdjapan.com/d-max-crystal-t ... 80sx-24403

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they fit better than the eay ones?

get some pictures of the new car, full view..

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i will. im pulling the quarter panel dings tomorrow and ill wash her and take pics with a real cam not the cell shots i have

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SoCal-S13
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+1 for being drunk as f*** right now.


i didnt drive dont truip :)

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SoCal-S13 wrote:+1 for being drunk as f*** right now.


i didnt drive dont truip :)
LMAO good job. Remember this from earlier tonight???
SoCal-S13 wrote:i dont drink at all anymore. i learned a $7000-$10000 lesson. Oh and destroyed those modded headlights in the process :)


dont drink and drive. youll run out of money.
:lolling: :rotflmao :rotfl

:nono:

But speaking of money where in the hell are you getting it all from?? You've gone through more money in the last few months than I go through in a year... easy.

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Sucks about the first one. Second one is pretty nice though.

BTW where did you get the new carpet from? Looks amazing and its exactly what I want.

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hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhha
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Michaelmoore wrote:Sucks about the first one. Second one is pretty nice though.

BTW where did you get the new carpet from? Looks amazing and its exactly what I want.
ACC for the carpet. and i had the mats custom made from plush material (teddy bear s***) and custom embroidered with the almighty 240sx emblem.

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This thread should be called the drunk driving crash thread... lol
How do the hks coilovers feel? Are they firm? I'm planning on getting RS's

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Your old one was pretty clean. Im interested in what you do with the new one.

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S13AL wrote:This thread should be called the drunk driving crash thread... lol
How do the hks coilovers feel? Are they firm? I'm planning on getting RS's

lol. i was waaay too drunk last night. as my post from that night is evidence. why the f*** was i singing lil wayne......anyways. The HKS coilovers.....basically every other coilover ive ridden on pales in comparison to these (from a DD standpoint, not track). My F2's were awesome as far as performance went, driving on nicely paved mountain roads they were a dream. but put them on the 10 freeway westbound and they were a little rough. i got used to them after a month and they stopped bothering me. they were the first coilovers ive ever had so i thought all coils were like this. Then i rode these HKS's. My god. My dad didnt believe me that the car had coils when he rode in it, he thought it was stock. They are firm but also dampen bumps a lot better than my other coils. They also cost twice as much tho. BUT..... i am yet to take them up the canyon. I kinda feel that ive been through enough car accidents and s*** lately to drive up a 2 lane mountain road with no guard rails. Seems irresponsible. So ill let you know which ones "perform" better when i go up there

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You better stop Drinking and driving cause if I do your body work on the new one I would like to see it stay nice for a little while.lol

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Cody240 wrote:You better stop Drinking and driving cause if I do your body work on the new one I would like to see it stay nice for a little while.lol

update your profile pic son. get a shot of the new s***

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Should off yourself before you wreck another car. Dumbass

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SoCal-S13 wrote:
Cody240 wrote:You better stop Drinking and driving cause if I do your body work on the new one I would like to see it stay nice for a little while.lol

update your profile pic son. get a shot of the new s***
I shall when I can find my freakin camera.

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hey were did you get your carpet kit at??
i wanna put some new carpet on mine like yours!
YOUR CAR LOOKS CLEAN!! :)
GREAT BUILDS!


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