what is the biggest regret you've done to your 240

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Azrial
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Car: 93 240sx vert, 1990 pignose hatchback roller

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-RJ- wrote:
yeah but I had nice paint lol, now its primered and ugly looking.
I'll trade you a stock front end for it.

I regret letting Zerolift Autolab 5spd swap my car. Because after going through it it's missing the spring and ball in the transmission. It had some makeshift bolt setup. One that was like six inches long with about 20 washers crammed on it. They forgot to wire it for my convertible top. Then the headgasket blew on my motor anyhow. I could have just went sr20 on my own with all the money i spent on the conversion. Not very happy. So now I just order parts from them now and again. They still try to fight me on prices even when they advertise them at one cost.


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AZ89two4Tsx
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I just tried painting the fixed parts on my car that didn't match (fender, bumper) with a paint gun. It was my first time with one. Bad choice.

Worst fail of my life on my car. It looks horrible, am I'm just gonna strip it and paint it primer black like it was before. FML.

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Clawhammer
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I love when these threads come back from the dead and I look through them to see what I posted in them lol.

In response to page 2, the front mount wasn't THAT big when the bumper was on haha...

Been about 7 months since I got rid of the car, don't regret it one bit! Every once in a while when I see pics of it I'll miss it, but that's about it. Those feeling fade fast when I get on the whip.

And I still call it a crotch rocket lol. It's funny to me.

Oh and I was right...I've made about 9K out of parting out a car I had almost 20 into. Still got my SR longblock which if I sell it before I get the itch to drop it into a track car or something, will have netted me about half out what I put into the damn car.

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amakadius
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my biggest regret is the chrome ball shifter its too hot in the summer and too cold in the winter

Eddiemac
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Car: 93 Nissan 240SX vert
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The only regret I have is not having a bigger garage,I have four S13s. And selling my first red hatch, lot of good memories, didnt even know it was a four cylinder till I bought plugs. I was like WTF only 4 plugs, this thing is a V6, I know it. LOL

I drive naked
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Don't realy have any regrets... yet.Only had my s13 for a month.I drive my Jeep daily, and my 240 just sits around, kinda collecting dust.

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ddgsxr504
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My only regret.....

Not being patient when I rolled/pulled my rear fenders.

Other than that it's been an awesome journey. 9 years and 150,000 miles later I can honestly say that this is the best car I have ever bought.

Only things that NEEDED to be replaced where the waterpump and starter.

s14danny
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owning 8 240sx

dubbinit
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Car: 1990 240sx, 2002 Nissan Xterra

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Streetglows, masked ebay headlights, fwd wheels, & cup kit
Modified by dubbinit at 6:19 PM 11/23/2009

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chaosli
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getting my single cam turboed.....with the money ive spent on the turbo and everything i could of gotten a rb swap....... i want a rb swap now.......

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DrifterXRPS13
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Having too many bills. the kouki would've been all finished by now if i didn't have to pay for other crap...oh well , all part of life and growing up.

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HurryupandrunS13
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Car: 1992 240 fastback

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Sellin my first one

Fi Drift
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Car: 1995 nissan 240sx s14

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Totaling my first 240 with the silvia front end swap into a poll but i have a s14 now ....

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nismobenzo
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I drive naked wrote:Don't realy have any regrets... yet.Only had my s13 for a month.I drive my Jeep daily, and my 240 just sits around, kinda collecting dust.
this is a big enough regret..buying a 240 just to sit around..FAIL

i wish i woulda bought a good running stock 240 and worked on itinstead of trading my good running daily for an sr swap that blew

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zerodameaon
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With all the money iv put into my RB, I want a turbod single cam... atlest I know it would run reliably... Kind of kidding.

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3CL1P5
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Wc240 wrote:buying one an idiot build instead of waitin for a stock one. now i get to spend money making it stock
umm why u makin it stock o.o?

mine is saying yes to dynamat covered interior X.X

<3 silvia still no matter what...

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spooled240
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Sometimes I wish I kept the engine stock so I didn't have to worry about getting my hood popped by cops but feeling 120 whp in a 3000lb car told me that going turbo was a decent trade-off.

I kinda wish I had a RB25 tho

I have other little regrets like doing full gracer aero but w/e

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zach-Ka
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Sr swap before suspension.

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matt_240sx
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buying an automatic 240 lol

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kniv3z
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selling my s13. i miiiiiiiss heeeeer!!

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Ter240sx
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Coeur de lion wrote:Letting someone else work on my car. Huge regret.
agreed, let someone install s14 VLSD into my s13. he cross threaded the bolts into the rear subframe before the pumpkin sat snug so it was loose. everytime i shifted the differential would move up and down when the driveshaft hooked up.resulted in my rear subframe to crack cuz it had to bend with the differential bobbing up and down. next weekend im gonna replace the rear subframe. im excited! =)

Shift_Kouki
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Either wrecking my old kouki into a tree at 90

Or not buying a kit when I did the turbo thing, and I'm still sitting here trying to finish the little s*** on the project so I can drive it again.

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yangs13
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hitting a jeep that ran a red light


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