I've owned 3 240's before this one; all moderately decent builds, but nothing special. My heart and soul (and lots of money) are going into this build.
I bought this 1992 Nissan 240SX SE from the original owner about 1.5 years ago with 170,000 miles on it. Everything was original when I bought it, the valve cover has never been removed, and the check engine light has never been illuminated. She looked so fresh she could have rolled off the show room floor. Her name is Vida. She's my project/daily.
This is how I bought the car:
After Megan Street Coilovers installed:
Installed Tein Z33 Inner Tie Rods with spacers, SPL Tie Rod Ends, and Energy Steering Rack Bushings:
A shot of the Megans, new rotors and pads:
New Boston Speakers, Sony Amp, Pioneer head unit, and little 8" PYLE sub dat BUMPS:
Exedy Stage 2 clutch and Fidanza Flywheel (not pictured) were installed:
The diff is welded as of right now, but I have plans to change that (you'll see in a second). I bought these 16x8 +15 (I believe) SportMax 512's. They aren't on the car anymore because I'm upgrading, but here's some shots of the car at that time:
Some dumbass girl driver thought it would be cool to hit the pristine 240 parked in the far back corner of the huge lot, the damage is visible by the chips in the front bumper. That happened about 8 months after I bought the car. I touched them up with a little touch-up paint.
Interior shots:
I got back from a deployment recently, so I pulled her from storage and went to the DMV for my new tags. As I was pulling out of the DMV a F250 rear ended me. This is the result as it is now, but you cant really see how the tail light pockets are actually pushed in; it's bad, real bad:
You can also see the hatch rust I ghetto taped there too.
Fortunately, I already bought all this stuff on deployment:
-Brand new Kouki tail lights & RPS13 center piece (not pictured)
-Tomei 2way LSD
-Full Z32 brake swap
-Hawk HPS pads
-Circuit Sports Rotors
-SPL conversion brake lines
-Speed Bleeders
-Ichiba front 5 lug conversion hubs
-SPL Rear Upper Control Arms
-SPL Rear Toe Arms
I'll get the F&F quote out of the way; "Overnight parts from Japan."
I bring the car to my shop Monday for repairs and to paint my new lower panel.
Took apart a Z32 Caliper to clean it, and it took FOREVER. Here's pics:
There was some kind of dried packing grease stuck on the letters; I felt like a dentist with rifle cleaning gear trying to scrape it all off:
Old Vs. New:
Finally for this post, today I cleaned the engine bay. I didn't get ALL the little tiny spots and the hood because I was tired of playing 'Beat the Timer' on the little sprayer. I'll finish it up once I get ahold of a garden hose. These are pictures of it dry BTW (I hate when people post pictures of wet s***):
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Thanks for looking! Updates when I get back from post-deployment leave.
nice work!
. Fenders get rolled and rear gets lowered friday. Decided to take some pictures! Sorry for the size.
