WC's never ending s13 project

[White Comet]

ahh got ya. the black hatch is perfect besides the small holes drilled for the type x wing, its all good im busy too so no hurry. i just got off work and was there all day so i'm feeling to beat to upload those pics from a few days ago, and i have to go back in in 6.5 hours so probably no update tomorrow either

[White Comet]

small update- i have the uprights and hubs painted and dried and ready to go on but no pics of them yet. i have some of the hardware for the rear suspension cleaned up and painted but not all of it.

the rlcas have the es bushings pressed in

after that i started to truck bed line some of the underside finally, i didnt get it finished though since i ran out of the liner and it was freezing. heres some shots of before i started lining it

while i was under teh car, my wife was in the car mocking up the fatmat and trimming pieces of it.she'll cut you, biotch!

the rear diff is mounted to the sub frame as well as the pass side axle

and heres a random pic of the fuel pressure gauge to go in

and thats about it for pics then. im going over tomorrow morning before work to wire wheel and paint the rest of the hardware, then after work i'll pick up more truck bedliner and finish that while working on the fatmat. I shoudl have more pics tomorrow but not a whole lot of time on it so we'll see what gets done.

[Chris28]

Question: The two front mounting hole for the diff...how are they set up? Is it like a bolt inside of the subframe, or is the subframe actually tapped? One of mine is stripped, well I can't tighten it past like 5 turns, it gets impossibly hard and starts stripping the bolt. I'm wondering if I can just drill it out and tap it for a bigger size bolt or if I'm gonna have to grab a whole new subframe. Your car is coming along nicely!

[White Comet]

im not entirely sure how those threads are but it mgiht be possible to remove that plate and weld a nut on the inside and weld the plate back on. if it was me, i'd just find a new subframe

[White Comet]

small update- progress is slow lately since i only have a few hours to work on stuff before work in the mornings. my only day off this week is thursday which is thanksgiving of course, but i'll be working on my car anyways.

i ran to the local hardware store and picked up new hardware for the diff where it bolts to the subframe with the cover. they had anodixed blue hardware, but not in the size i needed, its all good the gold ones are still ballerI see you lookin' at my nuts

i had to remove the pass side axle that was bolted up. the first few threads were messed up so there was no chance of the axle nut going on straight. i used both axles off of the black s13. here they are painted and cleaned up.i got both axles bolted on a torques down to spec, then installed all the other arms except the rucas and toe arms. the toe arms are on, but not bolted to the sub frame since the hardware was still drying when i left.i should be finished with the truck bed lining tomorrow or thursday, and first order of business tomorrow is to clean up and respray the rear calipers real quick then install the rear brakes and toe arm hardware. at that point i just need to wait for the rucas. im gonna pick up new exhaust hangers tomorrow and the subframe shoudl be going up shortly. stay tuned!

[spooled240]

good shyt man, I will someday have enough patience and attention to deal to do all of that.....as of right now I'm just a hyper *** 20 year old that slaps shyt together as quickly as he can to drive his car the next day :roflmao

[brizanden]

wc loves oj

[White Comet]

[gmac708]

why the bedliner and fatmat?

[White Comet]

the bedliner to keep the underbody pristine and prevent rust and the fatmat to cut down on outside noise and give and overall quieter ride. 18 year old cars normally have squeaks and noises that i'm trying to cut down on

[IanS]

Man, I wish I had time to pull the sub frame out of my S14, I would like to do all of the above, if only I didn't have to wait until spring. Looks like a lot of fun.

[White Comet]

its very nice to be able to get the sub frame just how i want it, next up for it will be some pbm arms. since you're dailying the s13 whats stopping you from working on the s14's sub frame

[White Comet]

well, no big update today like i wanted to do . i got a call at 9:30 am to go into work early so i decided to go instead of working on my car . i made good money so its ok . I'll be working on my car tomorrow and updating as well . There's no way in hell in going in if they call me tomorrow . this is all for now check back tomorrow

[cmoody2006]

I know what ya mean.... I've been workin like crazy to save up the cash to buy the rest of my suspension parts.... I'm going to do a huge update on mine here in a lil bit since I'm bored and i'm off work for today It seems like the more parts I get in the colder it gets outside I officially hate winter! But it's all good I'm happy my car's on blocks for winter hehe

[IanS]

its very nice to be able to get the sub frame just how i want it, next up for it will be some pbm arms. since you're dailying the s13 whats stopping you from working on the s14's sub frame

I cant work on the car where it is being stored for the winter. I will be moving it to its new home in febuary, then work will begin.

[idahotuner]

well i finally got a chance to go through and check out your updates.

dropping the rear subframe and changing out all of those bushings is so much fun. oh and were is the credit that goes to ......oh lets say ME for figuring out about cutting the metal sleeves in the subframe bushings shorter.

and whats with al lthe sound deadener? are you getting old WC lol240s are suppose to rattle and be noisy.......

with that said where did you get the stuff and how much was it lol?

Looks like you got your VLSD mounted up in there. very nice.

coming along very nicely.

my Ps addition will be coming when i get back from xmas break.... i get my own lift and everything in the school shop to work on it. being an auto tech major has its advantages.

finally got the drive the beast for the first time in like a month and half today. only running 10 psi but it was sex on wheels.

well that was my ketchup lol. be back later to see more.

[urcaptnspeaking]

I see you sprayed your visors. Kinda like a certain other awesome member on nico...

[LegacyOfPhoenix]

You should paint your car blue

Then all your trim peices should be white...

THEN...get some red wheels.



DO IT NOWWWW!!

[White Comet]

idaho- its called fatmat, got 100 sq ft off of ebay for $110 shipped. yeah thanks for figuring out the pineapple bushing sleeves need cut . the vlsd and subframe are looking very nice, i cant wait to put them to use

captspeaking- yeah but i did mine first

danny- oh h3llz yes!

[White Comet]

got a few pics, worked til it was dark then tried to get some stuff done by flashlight, didnt work too well. i did freshen up the rear calipers before they go on

i also painted the bolts for the toe arms alum colored. it'll be easier to see the hash marks this way for an alignment

and these pics here probably should go in my fs thread as well, but i pulled my spare pig nose front carpet out and cleaned it up a little to sell it.the carpet has a slight discoloring at the back part of the driver side, but it should easily be shampooed out. there's no normal wear on the driver side at the heel area and the padding underneath is nice and thick still. its in very good shape, but its already pending a transaction, these pics are basically for trampdrift.

i also started pulling the items and wiring needed for power options from the doors. i didnt snap any pics seeing as it was dark and cold and i was just working fast. i only work a half day tomorrow and have off on wednesday so more progress to come soon

[mRodiek]

way off topic, but funny story...my sociology teacher was talking about deviance etc etc and brings up the Amish who he talks about nearly every week and says he went on his honeymoon to stay w/ the amish [ iknow] and he says they are practically all honed in in one place...LANCASTER PAnow i thought to myself...where have i heard of lancaster, and boom it hit me! funny **** man-you ever party with the amish? i hear "hops" are real badass lol

way off topic i know. to make up for it-->i like the black calipers..i plan on doin the same, im not gonna be original and get red

[hbpignosePA]

haha actually where hes building the car thers an amish school across the street

no lie

they are funny folk, not using technology and all

sorta admirable
Modified by hbpignosePA at 7:19 AM 12/4/2008

[White Comet]

well it was a beautiful day so i tried to make the most of it. admittedly there arent many pics, but thats because i was trying to get the most out of the daylight. i spent a good chunk of time under the car once again. about 1/3 of the underside is truck bed lined now. theres a few hard to reach places that i still need to spray real quick but for the most part its looking good.

as the truck bed liner was drying i busted out the fatmat and started going to town. heres pics of the progress. i managed to get farther though and covered almost all of the trunk area.

by this point it was pretty much dark so i called it a day. i did start mocking up the battery box and i now see i have to widen the one hole slightly, so tomorrow i'll be doing that, cleaning and rear carpet and installing it before bolting down the rear cusco bar and battery box. its supposed to rain some tomorrow so i might be restricted to finishing the subframe and whatever else i can do in the garage.

[duffman1278]

Your cars going to be so nice and quiet. Damn you

[White Comet]

on another note, its freaking raining today i'm glad i got some stuff done yesterday then

[White Comet]

as mentioned earlier it rained all day, so i made the road trip to the junkyard and scored thisin case you cant tell that's a q45 vlsd i was thinking of using the ring and pinion gear to change the ratio, but after i thought about it, i might want shorter gearing for better acceleration. heres a thread i created to help me figure out what woudl be best, feel free to weigh inhttp://forums.nicoclub.com/zerothread?id=388423

nothing else got done today, heres some funny pics of the junkyard guy torching the diff out of the subframe

[hbpignosePA]

sweet what yard is that? the one near me only has 2 s13s and they are bare... no infinity's or anythin like that either

oo btw finals start next week, so by the 16thish i should have some free time to buy that bumper off you, give you a hand reassembling anything etc

[kietdude]

that is the diff that I was to lazy to get the last time I went. Remember when I called you and you said it wasn't worth it.

[White Comet]

sweet what yard is that? the one near me only has 2 s13s and they are bare... no infinity's or anythin like that either

oo btw finals start next week, so by the 16thish i should have some free time to buy that bumper off you, give you a hand reassembling anything etc

yeah man this yard is the ez pull and savehttp://www.joesusedautoparts.com/EZPull.htmlits about an hour away, but theres at least one cressida there if you need parts. i was gonna give you a call but i somehow dont have your number in my phone, even though it was def in there before cuz i remember calling you the day you stopped by.

that is the diff that I was to lazy to get the last time I went. Remember when I called you and you said it wasn't worth it.

yeah i'm retarded. i dont really want it for the vlsd just the ring and pinion gear. now im not even sure i want it. i really cant make up my mind on gearing.

i have a part from nissan at the dealership im picking up tomorrow, more pics and details to come

[Razi]

Junkyards ftw.Your project is awesome WC too bad you live so far from me, I kinda wanna see your car is person.