My Zenki S14 Overhaul

[Tonto]

Been meaning to do one of these for awhile, actually meant to start it while i was doing the project but seen as its nearly finished i might aswel start it now


Bought the car with the intention of changing the turbo as it was blown and then drive the car and learn the rwd drifting craic, but that hasn't happened yet. I have the car nearly 11 months i think and its turned into a massive project but i find it hard to leave things alone

I have done most of the work myself and am by no means a mechanic or painter but il give anything a go, so if I've done anything the wrong way i only have inexperience to blame

heres the car when i bought it



as you can see it needed some bodywork taken care of

i stripped it back to get a good look at the car


seemed like a decent base, no signs of repairs or rust, the plan was to go overfenders, wide wheels, lows and some power

i set about marking up the rear arches for the first cut,



then cut the first skin off





didn't go too bad, never took pictures of it all welded together and sealed but its all done and plenty of room for the wheels

[Tonto]

this build thread probably won't be in any proper order, I'm just trying to dig through the photos i have of it

got some 5 stud hubs and got them cleaned and painted


then starting spending money with driftbits/stevo

got some kaber arms for setting up the suspension


and got an apexi twin exhaust, it seen better days but i sorted that out


to this


also dropped the subframe and petrol tank

dropped the subframe to change out the bushings, got some partshopmax solid subframe risers, the raise the frame closer to the body to account for lowering the car and to relieve the angle of driveshafts and suspension arms when lowered


dropped the tank so i could change the 20 year old fuel lines

[pole drift]

Looks like a great base, please get rid of the black stripe down the centre.

[Tonto]

got my hands on the kit i wanted, rocketbunny front bumper, front arches, rear quarters, side skirts, kouki rear bumper and spats






started to prep them for paint, well prep them for primer

[Tonto]

also got my hands on some jic magic coilovers


and some rear wheels, 11.5j et-6

[Tonto]

cleared out the shed to get the car in primer, tackled it myself to save some money, took me weeks/months to get the car to this stage, spending weekends in the shed blocking the car down to get it nice and straight and fixing any minor dents it had



went fairly well and the started to block out the primer


then put it back together and test fitted the wheels

[seanie R.33]

Should be savage when done.some work so far

[Dave]

This is gonna look amazing. Love the progress!

[derek89]

Following this on Instagram and it's savage looking. Keep up the build dude.

[Spartacus]

Its threads like this that will give other people the motivation to post theres. Fair play dude, rockin the kit and wheels. Whats your instagram?