my 180sx winter streeto project

[LennyS13]

so I got another s bodie again hopefully will have some better luck with this one

so was chattin with another member on here (D. Daly) , telling him I wouldn't mind something for the winter nites.

few weeks later I get a call one evening about a guy wanting to get rid of his s13.5 , maybe interested in a swap some sort.

after chattin with the guy I loaded up one of my cars that he was willing to swap for and trekked down to cork.

deal done and after busting two tyres on my transporter I was finally home with.

plans are to put 180 front back on, change the kit, wheels and get some driving in this one most importantly.



so here one of two pics before I tear it apart

small bit of a spec for you guys to read

97 kouki

163km

engine just rebuild with acl race bearing , cosworth gasket

front mout

tubular mani

aliminiumover flow bottle

apexi turbo timers

kouki spoiler

original mats mint interior

front and rear braces

few other pieces

amyway heres how it stands right now

[jdmjimmy]

Good to see another build happening Please make it cool

[grange]

Damn fine project

[LennyS13]

Good to see another build happening Please make it cool

I'm gonna try alright jimmy. It's gonna be few different shades for while until I figure out what colour I wanna put it.

As for wheels I am leaning towards somethin more usable than big dished wheels

[LennyS13]

so after collecting a few bit at japfest and selling the wheels skirts and rear bumper i set about test fiting the new kit

kit off
before i cleaned it
superlites are only to keep it rolling so dont panic lol


front support had a little bit of rust as you can see from this pic which i will address soon


looks much better than the kit


i think that kouki spoilers gotta go too

some bullock put silage wrap on the windows


tint removel specialists called to do the job while i tackled the front window and that silly sunvisor



while i was in dublin too i popped in to redpowermotorsport and got some bride material to see could i make a gaiter and cover few pieces

glovebox not so bad for first attempt


hopefully gonnna have few more things tidied up this week weather being nice

[ste]

Mates old car he purchased it from wez in wkd and was 1st registered owner here

[Billy_P]

Kit looks well dude. Much nicer than uras kit.

[NoelB]

Coming along nicely Lenny

[LennyS13]

long time away but some major progress ill just let the pictures talk and add a little here and there

so i gathered up everything layed out the panels i had and offered up to see what i had in my head was ok








sold the rear type x lip for a g-grow from tomas kouki on here





with all that done came time to loan it up on my recovery truck and take it to the unit








i had a week to use the lift and shed to myself so things got going





it needed front panel changed as it was butchered up in japan to fit the 15 front along with a rusty battery tray and tub


the new front i got was cut a little short of where i was hoping so had to add in a piece looks rough here but i tidied it up as i went (learn by doing it they say)









i said to hell with i and stripped the bay back and decided to paint it now and have it back together before dropping it for paint, shaved off few brackets around the bay and bolt whole too





so finished all the welding and cleaned up the bay primed and painted it before japfest at mondello 2017







this is how it sat leaving for the weekend

[LennyS13]

got everything back in its place and fitted some nagisa auto fender braces i had collected some time ago before starting on the rear




some of you may be mad at me for cutting perfect rear arches but sure hey had to be done lol



i dont think i did to bad for my first attepmt, i cut them and added in a piece so they could be welded up and look some way factorty only bigger



passenger side also deleted the ariel while i was here as my over fenders didnt have a hole for it which i was pretty happy about


all welded up