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I'm nearing the end on my 95 240sx build and figured it would be cool to post it on here and see what everyone thinks. Enjoy!
Being the son of a mechanic I've had my whole life to be familiarized with cars, from Hot Wheels to video games and finally real cars now. Over the past couple years I started to sway towards the import tuners and appreciate the things you can do with and to them. I've always preferred RWD cars and thought that drifting was one of the coolest things out there. When I turned 16 and got my license I started saving my money, from working part time at my dad's auto shop, for a car to make mine. At first I wanted a Mazda rx-8 but soon decided otherwise because of all the rotary problems, I then chose to pursue buying a S14.
In Northern Wisconsin any 20 year old car, even 10 years old, is completely rusted out, so while on vacation in Texas the search began. If I learned anything while searching it's that nice 240s for sale are hard to find! We finally found a decent one for a reasonable price in Dallas, the first S14 I had ever seen, and followed the owner back into the projects to get the title, very sketchy, but we made it out and with a S14 Zenki.
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This car was in good shape and would turn out to be a really nice project car. Being a 20 year old car there was obviously going to be some problems, I'll just list the pros and cons.
PROS: completely stock, dash wasn't cracked, no tears in interior, no running problems
CONS: caved in arm rests (very common), oil covered engine bay, started hard, multiple dents, faded spoiler, would need new bumpers, shredded tires
Despite any problems the car had I was happy with my purchase! From here it was onward to Wisconsin. For the rest of that summer I just got used to the manual and saved money for my next big purchase. I did get some center caps and tires for the 350Z or 370Z wheels that are on it, they've got some pretty bad curb rash from the previous owner.
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Here are some cool pictures I took over this period of time.
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Somewhere in here we came to the conclusion that we needed a new intake, so we ordered one and a couple days later...
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Before I even had a car by brother got me a sheet of stickerbomb vinyl wrap, which kept me busy for a while. I did some research and found some people who vinyl wrapped some of their interior pieces and thought it looked cool so I did the trim around my stereo and shifter. If you don't know how this stuff works you just size a sheet to the item and cut it out, slit the corners, and use a heat gun on low to help shape it for the corners.
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I thought it turned out cool, what do you guys think?
We replaced some seals to stop the oil leak.
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This is all I have time to post right now but I'll post more when I get a chance. Stay tuned!
To Be Continued...
Being the son of a mechanic I've had my whole life to be familiarized with cars, from Hot Wheels to video games and finally real cars now. Over the past couple years I started to sway towards the import tuners and appreciate the things you can do with and to them. I've always preferred RWD cars and thought that drifting was one of the coolest things out there. When I turned 16 and got my license I started saving my money, from working part time at my dad's auto shop, for a car to make mine. At first I wanted a Mazda rx-8 but soon decided otherwise because of all the rotary problems, I then chose to pursue buying a S14.
In Northern Wisconsin any 20 year old car, even 10 years old, is completely rusted out, so while on vacation in Texas the search began. If I learned anything while searching it's that nice 240s for sale are hard to find! We finally found a decent one for a reasonable price in Dallas, the first S14 I had ever seen, and followed the owner back into the projects to get the title, very sketchy, but we made it out and with a S14 Zenki.
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[/IMG]This car was in good shape and would turn out to be a really nice project car. Being a 20 year old car there was obviously going to be some problems, I'll just list the pros and cons.
PROS: completely stock, dash wasn't cracked, no tears in interior, no running problems
CONS: caved in arm rests (very common), oil covered engine bay, started hard, multiple dents, faded spoiler, would need new bumpers, shredded tires
Despite any problems the car had I was happy with my purchase! From here it was onward to Wisconsin. For the rest of that summer I just got used to the manual and saved money for my next big purchase. I did get some center caps and tires for the 350Z or 370Z wheels that are on it, they've got some pretty bad curb rash from the previous owner.
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[/IMG]Here are some cool pictures I took over this period of time.
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[/IMG]Somewhere in here we came to the conclusion that we needed a new intake, so we ordered one and a couple days later...
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[/IMG]Before I even had a car by brother got me a sheet of stickerbomb vinyl wrap, which kept me busy for a while. I did some research and found some people who vinyl wrapped some of their interior pieces and thought it looked cool so I did the trim around my stereo and shifter. If you don't know how this stuff works you just size a sheet to the item and cut it out, slit the corners, and use a heat gun on low to help shape it for the corners.
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[/IMG]I thought it turned out cool, what do you guys think?
We replaced some seals to stop the oil leak.
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[/IMG]This is all I have time to post right now but I'll post more when I get a chance. Stay tuned!
To Be Continued...
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