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











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



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