My 200sx Reshell

[jim]

well lads brought a 200sx a few weeks back didnt really know much about them but always wanted a s13
so brought this one thinking it was fairly clean whit only small rust in places but the shell turned out to be rotten whit rust , it got a fresh coat under sealer before i brought so i thought the body was all right but when i got it home and went over it whit a magnet i found loads of filler

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Thats only half of the rust its gone by the boot , arches, in the engine bay and around front suspension.
ever where 200sx are known for rusting my one had it. So i went looking for a shell and found a 180sx on here off liamcrowley so brought it and collected last sunday

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all so got a wangan spoiler and pignoise front bumper for it whit side skirts and jap back bumper

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plans are to swap over the ca1.8 into the 180sx and put the car back on the road and just drive it and enjoy it :)

[lady89]

fair play to ya!
they are known for rust indeed, having a rust shell there too ha

gonna keep an eye on it, would be interesting to see the CA in the 180. much mileage on it:?
found them great engines so far

[lukeb]

Jez it was badly gone! I'd a 200sx s14a that was parked in a garden for near 8 years and it had only gone in one sill and jack point

[jim]

lady89
Sound, ya found that out the hard way :) 179300 but on the service book it showed it got a engine rebuild at 80000.

lukeb
ya it was i started fixing it up at the front but things just got worse towards the back of the car