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what mirrors are they gandor is it ?
ya dude the Genuine Ganador mirrors, where hard got, there are Replica sets on e-bay for sale but iv seen them fitted before they kind of swoop up as they come out and look absoultly muck in comparison!! you couls easily get them off yahooauctions in japan.
Surprised you werent happy with the brakes, i find mine excellent. Running endless pads though.
i Havent fitted the GtsT's yet, my stock breaks are beyond terrible so i thought for the money these are a nice little upgrade :) would love larger disks up front tho :afro:
this will hopefully be her last weekend like this :D
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spent 3 hours today wiring down underneath with a Wirebrush attachment on a Grinder, and gave it a light coat of Etch Primer, gonna give it another coat and while its drying change the Breaks and then a coat or two of Waxoil seal :D might fix up the Ridge front bumper too while im at it i fell like working tomorrow :D
mattybyrne2008
08-05-13, 21:51
they seem a good 2~3 inches longer than whats on the caliper already...
i should have a update on the clutch situation next week :D
youll need differant brake pipes as the skyline rear callipers has a male fitting on the brake pipe where as the silvia one has a banjo bolt going through it..
i got mine off db-power there hel braided lines done the job nicely..
http://www.db-power.co.uk/product_info.php?cPath=128_147_244_473&products_id=548
youll need differant brake pipes as the skyline rear callipers has a male fitting on the brake pipe where as the silvia one has a banjo bolt going through it..
i got mine off db-power there hel braided lines done the job nicely..
http://www.db-power.co.uk/product_info.php?cPath=128_147_244_473&products_id=548
cheers man i was actually considering getting Braided lines alright, i noticed that he is £30 for fronts and £30 Rears.
where Driftworks are £50 for a set of front and rears :eek:
would these be the Right ones the lines are designed for Gtst Breaks?
http://www.driftworks.com/driftworks-braided-brake-hoses-nissan-skyline-r32-gts-t-gt-r-r33-gts-t-r34-gt-t-4-line-type.html
Lovely car mate. Where did you get your mirrors? Sorry just saw your reply above about yahoo auctions I must have a look on it for them. Have you dealt with them much I dono why I'm nervous enough getting stuff off it.
i got mine secondhand from a guy in England, Iv bought a Few bits off yahoo auctions through Jesse Streeter, i was ordering my flywheel through him also but he is apparently up the wall with orders and he reckons he will have to cut back orders as he has no place to store the stuff, contact juice on here he is in Japan ATM and im sure he would be more than happy to get you stuff and send it onto you ;)
Cheers ya I will get on to him and see what he can do.
Lovely car, Not many 15s iv actually liked in this country, keep it up! Veilside sticker hurts my eyes but other than that, Its perfect
Cheers Lads.
what started out as a change the Front breaks to the Skyline ones got a bit carried away today :eek:
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Decided to Pull off everything and properly under seal inside the Arches, then decided to Strip the coilovers and Check everything and give them a good copper Grease again
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cannot recomend this stuff enough, i copper Greased these 2 years ago and they came apart easy as today :wink:
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Back to the Breaks... im Ordering Braided Lines off Driftworks... now i was told ill need GTST lines.. but the lines that came with my calipers are really Short
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Compare to the S15 ones that are on the Inside of this Photo.
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If im getting the lines should i be looking for s15 Front ones and R33 gtst Rear ones?
Dont get the drift works ones, they wont work for ya.
I got the hel ones as above, std s15 front and z32 rears. Worked a1.
got em through apex perf in the uk.
The do all the different combo of brake lines too front and rear.
mattybyrne2008
09-05-13, 22:38
Just stick with what subzero said its only 10 sterling..if you buy the Driftworks ones there going to be a full set for a skyline which I don't know if the front ones will work I doubt they will..
Your some man for hardship for a guy that ain't a mechanic to do all this himself to a car well done man..wish I wasn't a mechanic then maybe I might not be as lazy with my own car
Dont get the drift works ones, they wont work for ya.
I got the hel ones as above, std s15 front and z32 rears. Worked a1.
got em through apex perf in the uk.
The do all the different combo of brake lines too front and rear.
Quick Question are you still using the Standerd s15 Break master cylinder? or did you upgrade?
Just stick with what subzero said its only 10 sterling..if you buy the Driftworks ones there going to be a full set for a skyline which I don't know if the front ones will work I doubt they will..
Your some man for hardship for a guy that ain't a mechanic to do all this himself to a car well done man..wish I wasn't a mechanic then maybe I might not be as lazy with my own car
Ya id say ye are right lads, its just im ordering the Flywheel through WKD from Driftworks and i figured i would get the Lines and a coilover Adjuster Knob all in the one package and Save postage on them. I still cannot understand how that R33 Front break line is so short tho :O. I checked the rears Earlier on what you said man iid be well stuck if i didnt have the Lines from the Rear calipers LOL
Haha ya im lazy as hell Normally, i just love tinkering with this haha. i would have had the clutch smashed out in a few days only foe i knew something was up when the clutch went after such a short while and its never really abused, good thing i spent all the time i did at it, i don't want to see this Exedy clutch out again for at least a few years LOL
Im sure it is... but ill double check for ya tomorrow.
Your master cylinder could be the culprit for your bad brakes. The hel braided lines are tasty out with all the clips for the test etc. There just boring black and not cool dw orange :)
Im sure it is... but ill double check for ya tomorrow.
Your master cylinder could be the culprit for your bad brakes. The hel braided lines are tasty out with all the clips for the test etc. There just boring black and not cool dw orange :)
Id be thinking the same my fronts are savage just the hand brake is shit
Im sure it is... but ill double check for ya tomorrow.
Your master cylinder could be the culprit for your bad brakes. The hel braided lines are tasty out with all the clips for the test etc. There just boring black and not cool dw orange :)
col man cheers, im thinking i should upgrade it while im at it but fuck i may just wait and see how it takes to the new breaks first :D
Id be thinking the same my fronts are savage just the hand brake is shit
ya the handbreak was hopeless on mine would bearly hold the car on the hill let alone pull a skid :wink: single pot sliding calipers are rubbish anyway, hopefuly the drums are a big improvment :D
Anyway been a busy few days i finally pulled the fingure out this week and hope to have it through the Test next week sell the golf and get back in this :D
i pulled out the rear coilovers and split, tested, cleaned, copper-greased, and Rebuilt them.
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so they are all 100% and im thinking of selling them up and getting something else need them to pass the NCT first tho :wink:
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started on the Breaks fronts where a peice of piss, straigtht swap using the old breaklines
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then onto the rears
before:
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comparision
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During:
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After :wink:
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Then decide to give the headlighs a quick spruce up, this was after a was all dull looking
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sanded them down with 1000, 1500 and then 2000 and 2500 grit paper, and buffed them up with some polish i found lying around and buffed them up, pictures dont show how much better they look but its a big diffrence!!
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Then finally my Driftworks super fly Flywheel came at long last :) not bad ordered it Friday through Wesley keating, he saved me E60 on the price of it and it landed this morning, ya cant ask for better service than that!!
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Everything stacked up and Waiting for D-Turbo-Ladddddddd to give us a hand fitting the clutch and it will be under its own power by the weekend hopfuly :afro:
Nice work dude. Did you get everything fitted alright with the brakes in the end up?
Nice work dude. Did you get everything fitted alright with the brakes in the end up?
sure did man :) accidently cut a small hole in the driverside CV joint somehow so just waiting for a replacement from the autofactors then she will be back on all 4s again :) thanks for letting me pick your brain was a awful blonde moment there with the break lines haha i owe ya 1 :D
NissanSilviaLover
14-05-13, 17:25
nice s15 there lad well looked after but as for the seats wtf.
Oh she's going swimmingly
nice s15 there lad well looked after but as for the seats wtf.
LOL ah the ol seat Collection has dwindled down now only have the loxmax's and the black DC'2 now, would love a set of veilside seats but fuck all chance in getting any for a Decent price :eek:
Oh she's going swimmingly
cheers baiii :wink:
great work man keep it up!
great work man keep it up!
cheers man,
well i really wanted to move the Loom as alto it was pulled up over the metal guard the Wheels are so Wide that they where rubbing on the Rubber grommet where the loom enters the cabin, i had the dash pulled out but was too afraid to Go disconnecting the loom incase i break something LOL so after dieing with a hangover all day, i had a couple kopperbergs and at around 9 o clock at night i though fuck it just get it done!!
couple hours later and bobs your uncle Fannys your at Loom Mover never to be in the Way again :)
ready for surgery
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Cabin was in a bit of a state lol
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As it started note where the Bonnet release cable is, it was getting eaten by the tyre too
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so i disconnected the cable, re routed it through the engine bay and drilled a new hole higher up and connected it back up :)
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Got brave with the 3 1/4 whole saw bit and Drilled a hole for the loom
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you can see old hole Vs new hole,
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the finished Article
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For anyone who wants to do this go for it its a peice of piss!!
this is what you need to Disconnect the cable to the steering colum and the 5 conectors on it
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this top connector take the connector at the back of it,
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these two connectors on the Fuse board
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and another Black plug on the back of the fuse board,
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and this big white block connector
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then pull out your loom re route and plug back in 2 hour job just need to fill up the two gaping holes now :)
well had a busy 2 days collecting stuff and most of it wasnt eve n for me :) managed to get a standerd rear bumper and side skirts and i have a set of rear spppppaaaaaaattttttsssss boi on the way soon, :afro:
im ment to be getting a standerd front bumper for a guy in germany i the comming weeks but im awful impaitent dose anyone know where i would get a standerd front bumper and DC2 lip like yesterday!!!!!!!!
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back on the road after 2months... well sort of :D
well spent all today fixing up all the random fiberglass bumpers i have lying around. really makes me hope that the standerd bumpers suit this and im well over this fiberglass craic for a while.
painted up the new skyline breaks and polished the lettering thanks to d-turbo-lawwwwwdddddd for the paint i seen his and really wanted that shade of red ;)
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met kruizer during the week and he suggeated that i fiberglass up the hole for the old looms seems alot easier than plating it or fitting and sealing grommets so 2 layres of fiberglass in and outside. paint then waxoil and its water tight ;)
before
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after.
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them polished the lips on the wheels wound down the coilovers as low as possible for the craic and took her out. im going to have to remove locking collers up front to get the height i want but the back is perfect right now :)
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offered up the aero skirts looking good sofar :)
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and offered the old bumper up after a lot of repair work incase i go back to the kit :)
https://fbcdn-photos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/s720x720/420273_571979936157705_1073793027_n.jpg
nice handy guide on the re wiring !!
loved this all kitted, be interesting to see how it comes out . you keeping the wings ? surely after the pain it was to get them.
what exhaust have you. thats what i find the biggest prob going low not really the bumpers. although the front is a bit of a pain .
nice handy guide on the re wiring !!
loved this all kitted, be interesting to see how it comes out . you keeping the wings ? surely after the pain it was to get them.
what exhaust have you. thats what i find the biggest prob going low not really the bumpers. although the front is a bit of a pain .
defanatly keeping the wings i trimmed the lip off them and put a extra layre of fibreglass behind it hoping that if it makes contact with the wheel they wont shatter lol i still have the steel wings there if needs be :)
i was told its a mongoose exhaust but there are no badges on it, it sits really high tbh it used to catch at the subframe and it wore through but iv a 3mm plate welded on it now so when it catches tbe road it wont damage the exhaust. want to get a twin pipe attachment for it now dont like the big round exit on it now :)
I really didnt want one... but you cant pass them up can you :O
aero front bumper ...
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Very nice! Where did you come across an aero bumper might I ask?
nikkisixx69
05-07-13, 18:02
this is gonna be epic!!!!
Very nice! Where did you come across an aero bumper might I ask?
Cheers man had a thread up looking for a stock bumper on SXOC and a lad pm'd me offering me this i turned him down as i dont like them tbh, but fuck it its no harm to have for a spare/rainy day :D
this is gonna be epic!!!!
everything yours should have been!! :evil:
nikkisixx69
05-07-13, 21:10
everything yours ahould have been!! :evil:
bastid!!! your words hurt
bastid!!! your words hurt
:kiss:
looking forward to seeing this done :D
well after 5months in the shed its finally back... alot of it due to lazyness on my part and generally losing total interest in the car :( but after having a terrible few weeks i decided to get it back in a roadworthy condition and passed the nct wednesday so spent this evening putting the aero on and the wheels coilovers arms ect :) still have to put the mesh and foglights in the grills, fit and paint the spats and fit my exhaust along with a few other touches :D
home from the NCT
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so here is v5.0 of my s15
spat is just taped on for the mo
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had to move the lockign coller to the bottom of the shock to get it sitting just right :)
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nikkisixx69
24-08-13, 17:12
you have created the s15 that i was ment to, i hate you
:(
The price has just gone up on this :)
How did you pass NCT with no clip on the break line?????
Altogether the car is looking fine as!!!!!!
Fuck yeah....aero kit looks the shit!
decobyrne106
26-08-13, 00:43
looks very good! never seen anyone moving the collar underneath the mount, does it stay tight on it?
@rico aslong as the brake line is held its nct approved, in this case its held in by a cable tie
No way!!!!
This is the NCT centres right across the country picking and choseing what's right and what's not. I'm just haveing a dig at the NCT wankers.
Fuck yeah....aero kit looks the shit!
Cheers man, you back in a s-body yet?
looks very good! never seen anyone moving the collar underneath the mount, does it stay tight on it?
@rico aslong as the brake line is held its nct approved, in this case its held in by a cable tie
I guess we will find out :P it should anyway i dont see why not and the arm is tight agienst the top also so its good and tight i cant see it going anywhere :()
No way!!!!
This is the NCT centres right across the country picking and choseing what's right and what's not. I'm just haveing a dig at the NCT wankers.
Cheers as deco said its ziptied on and it was a retest anyway so i doubt he was going to ask me to come back again.
But I hear ya man i went mental, when i went in first he said my front break lines where corroded and the rubber perished on them, and i knew because i checked them 2 nights before that they where in great condition but there was no argueing with him i just had to change them. Even tho it passed the break test the first time, i had to pay €28 to get the breaks tested again as i had to change the lines, surly he could have just done a visual!! And iv had a few people look at the lines that came off and noone can see anything wrong with them. They are just a Pack of cunts!!
you have created the s15 that i was ment to, i hate you
:(
Ah now nikki your having better banter with the 14 anyway :)
The price has just gone up on this :)
Has it :P wouldnt matter will NEVER BE SOLD !!!!
My s14 failed on a corroded brake line aswell, but was the main ones under the car, was only minimal surface rust, I just sanded it and sprayed it and passed no bother.
The reasoning I was given for another brake test is so that the new lines were fitted and bled properly.
It's a complete money racket IMO, every so often you hear about the newest clampdown they have on something small, just to get a retest out of people .
Cheers man, you back in a s-body yet?
Afraid not...I'm not home from the states until the 9th, I'll pick up something then I'm sure, the chances of it being an s-body are getting lesser by the minute!
My s14 failed on a corroded brake line aswell, but was the main ones under the car, was only minimal surface rust, I just sanded it and sprayed it and passed no bother.
The reasoning I was given for another brake test is so that the new lines were fitted and bled properly.
It's a complete money racket IMO, every so often you hear about the newest clampdown they have on something small, just to get a retest out of people .
i know man they are awful gobshites but its just one of those things need a NCT so kinda have to just bend over and take it :/
Afraid not...I'm not home from the states until the 9th, I'll pick up something then I'm sure, the chances of it being an s-body are getting lesser by the minute!
ya nothing nice around Atm man, ya should look at importing for the LOL's
Fuck all done tbh est it passed the NCT,
bought new HSD's
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set about finally fixing the rear spat,
looked like this
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plastic welded as much as i could
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then gave it some fiberglass for extra umph
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sanded it down
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then gave them lick of paint and through on :D
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so now the battry wont stay charged longer than a day so iv to jump it everytime i want to go for a blast up and down the road
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and as i thought i might... im thinking i may be going back to the bodykit again soon.... nothign defanate yet, so ill defanatly push back painting / wrapping the car until iv my mind made up.
Where did you get the coilovers Alan?.
Sure paint both sets of bumpers, then you can swap over as the mood takes but still have a perfect paint match.
u never updated the new gaf build wdf :P
The big kit looked million times nicer then this ''aero'' thing, just my opinion, kitted 15s much nicer then aero any day ! But your car, your money and your choice :) don't be influenced by the ''cool guys'' on DI they are full of shit and they don't know better !!!
seanie R.33
23-10-13, 20:58
Im also in favour of the body kit goin back on
ye alan we are going to bring kits back in #BESTFRIENDS XD
defo as per pepsterx .... and please dont wrap it ... it will ruin the car . just my opinion anyways .
Deffo back to the bodykit man. To each their own like but the car looked sweet with the kit and those Veilside's on it :cool:
The big kit looked million times nicer then this ''aero'' thing, just my opinion, kitted 15s much nicer then aero any day ! But your car, your money and your choice :) don't be influenced by the ''cool guys'' on DI they are full of shit and they don't know better !!!
gota lol at this! isnt he a cool guy as there isnt any other guys with 15s with aero kits on here!?
gota lol at this! isnt he a cool guy as there isnt any other guys with 15s with aero kits on here!?
You might want to read this again, or go cut your bumper again cause it was a real brake trough in car styling !!!
nikkisixx69
24-10-13, 21:56
The big kit looked million times nicer then this ''aero'' thing, just my opinion, kitted 15s much nicer then aero any day ! But your car, your money and your choice :) don't be influenced by the ''cool guys'' on DI they are full of shit and they don't know better !!!
Fuck you petko im the coolest! U are all high if you think the vertex kit looks better :P each to their own though :)
seanie R.33
24-10-13, 22:02
I think the dmax spoiler suits the kit better altough I do love the aero front bumper
Fuck you petko im the coolest! U are all high if you think the vertex kit looks better :P each to their own though :)
I'm sorry Nikki but this perticular car looks million times nicer with the vertex kit! And as said above it is just my opinion, and since it's Ali's car it's his choice :p
You might want to read this again, or go cut your bumper again cause it was a real brake trough in car styling !!!
Haha words fail me! It's funny that 90% of people wpuodnt even thin of cutting a bumper to make it look better.
Also +1 for kit back on
nikkisixx69
25-10-13, 15:56
I'm sorry Nikki but this perticular car looks million times nicer with the vertex kit! And as said above it is just my opinion, and since it's Ali's car it's his choice :p
haha its ok petko, ive always just loved standard aero s15s over any other style s15, as said, its all personal preference!
so alan, if you do decide to go back to the kit, can i have first dibs on the front bumper for a possible future s15 plleeeeaasee
Where did you get the coilovers Alan?.
Sure paint both sets of bumpers, then you can swap over as the mood takes but still have a perfect paint match.
Got them from wez at WKD highly recommend him as usuall!!
u never updated the new gaf build wdf :P
Must start a thread on that soon lawd :D
I hear what ye are saying lads, he reason i binned the kit was i had that vertex bumper 4 months and i repaired it 4 times as it just kept hitting off the road and breaking because the car was so low and finally some wanker put his foot through it.
I wanted to stay as low but gain some clearance so standerd kit was the way forward.altho personally id rather a spec-s bumper and Dc2 lip or the vertex kit. :D and I begrudge painting the car because the bumpers will get damaged and need painting again and then they wont match so a wrap. If i could get someone to watch me paint and tell me where im going wrong id spray it and spray the bumpers everytime meself no bother. But no one wants to help poor alan :(
Oh and Im sure we can work something nikki :D
Where did you get the front bumper, is it vertex lang?
yip dude its a vertex lang.
finally plan on pulling my fingure out on this,
its been off the road over a year and i need to sort this out :L
Atm its partially stripped.
Im planning on pulling out the engine, tubbing the arches, then spraying the bay as its messy under there and has a bit of rust on one of the inner arches.
i was looking at a engine swap while it was out but id rather just drive it now tbh so the sr20 will stay.
plan is:
Relocate the Fuse box to under the dashboard.
Tidy up the loom,
Make all new FMIC pipes,
Relocate the Battery to the boot.
Clean up the engine and spray the rocker cover,
add the performance mods i have stacked up.
Hopefully get all done within a month. then get somone to spray it for me and actually Drive it then.
then again ill propably make a good start then lose interest in it and it will sit ther for another year :L
also thinking on going back to the Kit :/
Get the ball rolling again Ali, too nice of a car to be left half naked sitting in a shed!
peterhouze
11-06-14, 12:28
dont worry alan you have me shouting at on a weekly basis to get it done might even help ya out
im a big fan of the kit , think it all worked so well ...
do i remember somewhere in this thread you got hids ? need a set myself just wondering what type i need .
Be good to see it with the kit on again much preferred it to the standard aero. Suited the wheels much better!
never seen the big deal with the aero bumper, big stupid kits FTW!!!
I agree with my former lover
fucking getting plagued with a little miss the last few weeks, its not a full misfire, but idling its rough and every now and again the car jerks a little, i thought it was a boost leak/bad earth/coilpack. so went over the earths and all was ok. so i took off all the pipes and looking into the intercooler the bottom inch was full of water :rolleyes:
this is the result of a little tare on a silicone joiner, but on the upside that pritty much guaranteeing that i have a boost leak somewhere :huh:
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/IMAG1386_zps817a5d92.jpg
(dont worry about the oil in the picture i was cleaning the joint in prep to put back on read somewhere a smeer of oil on all the joints helps with a seal)
so i drained it out and put all the pipes back on but still have it but its better than it was, so im stuck till i get the replacement joiner
so with the water drained from the inter cooler i was wondering if any damage was done,
so i bought a compression tester,
and happly it showed 145PSI on all 4 cylinders, :)
of course i got proof :rolleyes: the best of the 4 photos i took >:(
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/IMAG1413_zps539edeb7.jpg
some might think thats a bit low but reading up online iv seen people with 120psi and still have strong engines, so im happy,
i think its good for a car with 207K :wink:
but ill do a wet test soon with a spoon of oil in each cylinder and see if it changes much :)
but one look at the plugs and i knew they had to be changed,
E78 for 4 new denso plugs recommended by nissan
old v new
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/IMAG1417_zps982b4d9b.jpg
took it out for a quick spin so make sure everything worked ok,
and
Oh
My
God!!
the difference was black and white same kind of pick up low down but as the revs climbed the diffrence the new plugs made was unreal!! :) (not suprised as the old ones looked past there sell by date)
so latley iv been wondering what Mpg i was getting and its working out at 24MPG taking the average over 4 full tanks.
so now ill do 4 full tanks again and see if the new plugs and no boost leaks give me better MPG :)
ah and this is what you car looks like when you use it every day ;)
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/IMAG1418_zps309ae276.jpg
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q171/ali-d1936/IMAG1419_zps05aef8f8.jpg
ill get around to washing it some day :kiss:
Ya I love that kit!
so little update after it passed the NCT last year it was parked up for a year, last week i charged the battery and it started with the the first turn . It Started 2 more times within 5 minuites and now it wont, its getting fuel. i pulled a spark plug, earthed it off the block to test it, it wouldn't spark the first few times i try'ed, and then suddenly it sparked and the car started, i put the sparkplug back in and it wouldn't start again, i pulled the plugs again to test but now they wont spark at all.
I ran a diagnostic and it returned a 55 code (no fault codes present) i found this strange so i unpluged the CAS Turned the car over and ran diagnostic again and still it flashed a code of 55.... surly with the CAS unpluged the ecu would return a fault code for it?? I checked every fuse and relay to see if any where blown and they are all ok, Help i want to get it on the road for the summer :(
well it has been a while... 3 years of sitting up in a shed not starting due to a electrical fault that i just didnt have the time to source, and getting no love, i finally decided to pull it out of its corner and do some work :D
pulled into the work area.
https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13901549_1172965236059169_7265236077120276051_n.jp g?oh=e6e85f69af37e94b8710ba56593330b2&oe=5825B1FE
and started to strip it
https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13962674_1172965929392433_8100647323030947965_n.jp g?oh=c4f0409be614f2f4e75e04d41ed4339c&oe=581D4046
https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13921185_1172965629392463_4714435115591466540_n.jp g?oh=49f3516b6634215041506892d840e6b7&oe=5810FB2B
my phone broke here so iv lost all the stripping of th eengine bay photos so im a bit concerned about putting it back together :)but i should be ok...
anyway Rust!!
i think the car got a tip on the front corner and it was never properly repaired and left to rot, or when the hole for the FMIC was cut out it was left bare metal :cry:
https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13892122_1172966629392363_2800405571620985483_n.jp g?oh=b2644b4ff163416a54383900e7b6f075&oe=582642D2
https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13935038_1172966172725742_1103671834361240009_n.jp g?oh=c35544f9a6b27e09bd8ebedf1dbede9c&oe=58189DE9
either way it was rot right through so went cutting (i cut more than this but its the only photo i have)
https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13892151_1172966746059018_696913117187111295_n.jpg ?oh=f9040daa15389c64e798b60fd3b2e70e&oe=58284EB7
and welded in some 2mm plate
https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13925131_1172967166058976_1778874819147122868_n.jp g?oh=49f0535849ae32e4503fa101e80a4d3d&oe=582B1046
I then wire wheeled back everything tidied up any more spots of rot, used Krust rust converter Gel, when that had finished treating used a Zinc primer over it,
https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13912446_1172553539433672_5996098398282562873_n.jp g?oh=c31d3aea9dfea22142db5ce61c1560a0&oe=5812F367
https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13873082_1172553372767022_3803983770063439217_n.jp g?oh=fa4dda27370d88f85870336ef8f197b9&oe=5817DF3F
then a Regular 2 pac primer, then 4 coats of a gray colur i picked at random at the Autofactors :thumbs:
https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13900148_1172553199433706_8916206120055462233_n.jp g?oh=3cfa8aa96b820af529b02b49e7020d02&oe=582193CB
and the finished outcome!!
https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13912446_1172552836100409_6670447856231461479_n.jp g?oh=d3e6fded77709fe16d2d1eb0ecb2dbe2&oe=5811BE3B
https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/13920938_1172553032767056_2788934130881409872_n.jp g?oh=b501077d6df60d06287a49469933b798&oe=58171FFD
now to stone chip over it and to make a start at the rear :)
can anyone just confirm that that is the right sequence for doing underneath the car
wire wheel the shit out of the Rust
rough sand the paint with 240 grit paper
use Krust rust converter Gel,
clean off with white spirits,
use 2 coats of zinc primer on bare metal.
then use a etch primer on after wards
and coat with undereal?
martycturbo
09-08-16, 21:39
Etch primer first,, decent etch primer should mix 1:1 with a re-active thinner which is full of acid,, eats into the metal and prevents rust from reforming,
Thanks marty �� ! Can that be brushed on? As i only have a gravity fed gun and cant spray underneath. Any advice for something to shoot into the sills and rails?
Thanks marty �� ! Can that be brushed on? As i only have a gravity fed gun and cant spray underneath. Any advice for something to shoot into the sills and rails?
Cavity wax maybe? I bought a can of it to do mine. Haven't got that far yet tho.
Oh yeah-good work too. Mine had a couple of rusty spots aswell.
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