180sx road build

[jeff nelson sileighty]

Well a few months ago a shell came up for sale on here and ended up somehow owning it?? i hadnt anticipated owning a road s-body for a good few years yet but this was too good to pass up :) this is her as i bought her http://i1358.photobucket.com/albums/q766/James_Kiely/IMG_0172_zps68fc2ef1.jpg (http://s1358.photobucket.com/user/James_Kiely/media/IMG_0172_zps68fc2ef1.jpg.html)url]http://i1358.photobucket.com/albums/q766/James_Kiely/IMG_0173_zpse751937e.jpghttp://i1358.photobucket.com/albums/q766/James_Kiely/IMG_0173_zpse751937e.jpg[/url]
http://i1358.photobucket.com/albums/q766/James_Kiely/IMG_0172_zps68fc2ef1.jpg
http://i1358.photobucket.com/albums/q766/James_Kiely/IMG_0175_zps1b4244d8.jpg
the shell was really really straight not a spot of filler and the paint is good on it.
so i got her home and had a kouki fiberglass back lip so placed that on to look at it http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h403/jnelson19/IMAG0472_zpsa8dcfd35.jpg (http://s1108.photobucket.com/user/jnelson19/media/IMAG0472_zpsa8dcfd35.jpg.html)
http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h403/jnelson19/IMAG0471_zps4b12ae96.jpg (http://s1108.photobucket.com/user/jnelson19/media/IMAG0471_zps4b12ae96.jpg.html)
the front legs had alot of surface rust and grit on them from sitting out
http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h403/jnelson19/IMAG0473_zps13b712f2.jpg (http://s1108.photobucket.com/user/jnelson19/media/IMAG0473_zps13b712f2.jpg.html)
so i sanded them back to bear metal, rust primed and sprayed them up
http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h403/jnelson19/IMAG0475_zps8530d156.jpg (http://s1108.photobucket.com/user/jnelson19/media/IMAG0475_zps8530d156.jpg.html)
i also sanded down the rear panel behind the lights because i felt it was a bit grubby and sprayed that back up
http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h403/jnelson19/IMAG0478_zps8e5e9fcb.jpg (http://s1108.photobucket.com/user/jnelson19/media/IMAG0478_zps8e5e9fcb.jpg.html)
i also compounded the back bumper and was amazed at how well it came up i thought it was foooked but it came up perfect
http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h403/jnelson19/IMAG0479_zps3e4ebe56.jpg (http://s1108.photobucket.com/user/jnelson19/media/IMAG0479_zps3e4ebe56.jpg.html)
and i had my old boot lid off the drift car so put that on
http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h403/jnelson19/IMAG0483_zps61bcf1f5.jpg (http://s1108.photobucket.com/user/jnelson19/media/IMAG0483_zps61bcf1f5.jpg.html)
i then picked up one kouki light and centre panel ( had one here already :) ) which reeeeeally tidied up the back end :)
http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h403/jnelson19/IMAG0495_zpse685dd6c.jpg (http://s1108.photobucket.com/user/jnelson19/media/IMAG0495_zpse685dd6c.jpg.html)
i borrowed a pair of rear hubs off one of the lads so id have her rolling to get her off the transporter so slapped on a pair of my ssr meshes
http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h403/jnelson19/IMAG0500_zps2ac33f9c.jpg (http://s1108.photobucket.com/user/jnelson19/media/IMAG0500_zps2ac33f9c.jpg.html)
http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h403/jnelson19/IMAG0504_zps40237394.jpg (http://s1108.photobucket.com/user/jnelson19/media/IMAG0504_zps40237394.jpg.html)
i then picked up a looad of bits and pieces for the drift car and this road one off rory (slithertooth)
http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h403/jnelson19/IMAG0583_zps58a23a36.jpg (http://s1108.photobucket.com/user/jnelson19/media/IMAG0583_zps58a23a36.jpg.html)
and in this lot i got a pair of headlights which were in bad need of a bit of cleaning
the old ones on the right, new on the left
http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h403/jnelson19/IMAG0620_zps76976e85.jpg (http://s1108.photobucket.com/user/jnelson19/media/IMAG0620_zps76976e85.jpg.html) amazing what a bit of thinners and compound does
i took off both surrounds because as you can see in the pic above, one had a hole in it and wanted to lube up everything and clean it all up so sanded them both down and started fiberglassing that hole
http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h403/jnelson19/IMAG0621_zps6e922c5f.jpg (http://s1108.photobucket.com/user/jnelson19/media/IMAG0621_zps6e922c5f.jpg.html)
even the good surround had a few little gouges into it
http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h403/jnelson19/IMAG0624_zpsbc5d65a4.jpg (http://s1108.photobucket.com/user/jnelson19/media/IMAG0624_zpsbc5d65a4.jpg.html)
so idecided to be proper anal about it and said id fill them
http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h403/jnelson19/IMAG0626_zpsb3995370.jpg (http://s1108.photobucket.com/user/jnelson19/media/IMAG0626_zpsb3995370.jpg.html)
and being even more anal i sprayed all the screws holding in the surrounds :o
http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h403/jnelson19/IMAG0628_zps0f9213cc.jpg (http://s1108.photobucket.com/user/jnelson19/media/IMAG0628_zps0f9213cc.jpg.html)
well thats all i have now because i have to start knuckling down to the leaving cert :(:rolleyes:
but ive put up another thread looking for colour/ styling suggestions so fell free to give any input in there or in here and i should hopefully have a few more updates soon :)

[marksull]

nice clean base bud. gimme a buzz if you need any bits for interior. have most bits at home here. keep up the good work.

[180sxbreaker]

that bonnet came off of my first ever 180sx............ made good money too back in its day :)
best of luck with the build i have few bits like front sr subframe and hubs also have front rb subframe if u go down that road
few other bits like rear speaker tray etc

[jeff nelson sileighty]

Bastards yer all tryna sell me stuff I can't afford :p

[180sxbreaker]

swap ya for a few good pencils and a sharpener :p

[decobyrne106]

this is exactly what i would love to do. you can say your ''anal'' but every little touch makes a car. you might aswell put stands under it and seal underneath it now. keep a good shell a good shell if you know what i mean. keep us updated im interested to see how this goes

[jeff nelson sileighty]

swap ya for a few good pencils and a sharpener :p Haha mmm duno about the sharpener , but ill certainly swap you a few pencils :p


this is exactly what i would love to do. you can say your ''anal'' but every little touch makes a car. you might aswell put stands under it and seal underneath it now. keep a good shell a good shell if you know what i mean. keep us updated im interested to see how this goes

Jesus I duno how I didn't even think of doing that ??? So that's definitely another thing to put on the list :) and as you say its all the little details , I want her to be as fresh as the day she came out of the factory , and shell be kept that way :)

[james k]

your getting there slowly but surely lad :)

[jeff nelson sileighty]

your getting there slowly but surely lad :)

I am indeed lad , picked up a loooooooad of interior bits today off marksull on here ,( an insanely sound lad to deal with ) so hopefully will have another up date soon :)

[180sxbreaker]

Let me know what bits u stuck for maybe able to help ya

[jeff nelson sileighty]

Let me know what bits u stuck for maybe able to help ya

Spot on Martin :kiss::kiss: must keep away from buying stuff for a few weeks now , I'm spending money I don't have at the minute :p