Project purple s13 daily beater!

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Probably should have started a build thread on this a long time ago on here, but oh well!

Some of you may remember this car from whenever Choppy had it. Basically I ploughed my money into a civic and thought I was going to keep it forever, until Dylan decided to take me out in his s13 shortly after it was completed. From then I decided that I was an idiot for spending so much on the civic, and as soon as Dylan put the s13 up for sale I knew I had to buy it.

I ended up swapping the civic for a stage 3A import S14 with a 14A kouki front, it was an absolute beast. Although I only owned it for a few days before I let it go because I had my mind set on an S13, personally I just like them a LOT better.

Before I took it the kouki stuff was sold and also the wheels. That's what I wanted anyways, as I wanted to go a different direction with it. Hours have been cut in work recently so progress has been very very slow, I've just been driving it as it should be

Over the next couple of months I hope to have it sitting in a fairly good state. Just blew a LOT of money on parts for it, just need to sort out a new bodykit and paint and it will be awesome once again. Already know everything I'm going to get, so I'll keep yous updated once the ball starts rolling.

My old bastard of a civic:



S14A:


S13 whenever I first bought it.

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New coilovers, as the Kei Office ones in the car were leaking and absolutely useless lol





Successfully fitted the coilovers with no bother what so ever, not a seized nut in sight! test fitted the bumpers, the front is an absolutely terrible fit and the rear is alright actually!

And Choppy ate my maoam, cunt!

Old and new


front wheel fitment, jacked up at the back but you get the idea


S13 looking sorry for itself


terrible fitting chargespeed bumper

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Picture of how it sat the day after fitting the coilovers/wheels.




R33 GTST full brake setup. Absolutely necessary as the S14 brakes that were on the car were seized solid as the car was sitting for about 8 months!



Rocketbunny Spoiler

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Refurbed my brakes in BMW sparkling graphite and they came out pretty well, and fitted the TERRIBLE fitting bumpers. Still not perfect, but will do until I get rocketbunny stuff.


Brakes After their first good clean and degrease, look terrible lol.



First coat of primer


First coat of colour


Finished product with a few coats of lacquer and lettering sanded off!


A fraction of what was cut off so the lights could go up and down..


went for a piss and my number plate was there, looks well! Lol


What it's sitting like now. Looks terrible. I need to get skirts sorted ASAP and I'm going to rattle can the front and rear bumpers temporarily.


Thank chopaholic for the racey as fuck splitter sprayed on. Another surprise. Lol

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My friend took some pictures without me noticing the other night, may as well share them!

Me fixing my fucked wiring loom

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Alright, well I put it through MOT and it failed on numerous shitty things! All wee small things though so it's not too bad. The only big thing was the rear wheel bearing was away. I changed that at the weekend and it was a NIGHTMARE. The hub obviously hadn't been split since it was made and the 4x 19mm bolts and 27mm bolt was basically welded in, after hours trying with breaker bars and heat I went and borrowed a corded impact gun which got the job done no problem. Definitely buying my own, not bad for £60! Then another couple of hours was spent with a hammer and chisel set to actually get the hub split

Here's some pictures.

Breaker bar trying to get the 27mm bastard off. lol


No match for a blowtorch and impact gun!


Car jacked up in my driveway


Finally completed