Hachi's 180SX...... A car with some DI history

[LarZ]

HAHA no way! I remember that car. I nearly bought it! It was here in cork for ages parked up.

[jeff nelson sileighty]

That's cool to see. I remember the car from when Mark had it, had a good bit of work done to it. Be cool to see what you do with it.

[Hachi]

That's cool to see. I remember the car from when Mark had it, had a good bit of work done to it. Be cool to see what you do with it.

Unfortunately most of the work done to it got undone when it was broken for parts. Whoever bought it decided to paint it with black plastidip :facepalm:

Apologies for no real progress on this thread yet, I only noticed that 95% of the pictures I have are detail and reference photos for myself. So I'll take get some better pictures and go from there.

To get it going though here are some some of the first things I did when I first got the car. So as I had know for a long time that I would get a 180sx at some point I had collected a few parts to put on when I got one.

First up was my trust Sparco which I've had for the last 10 years. There was a Nardi on there, but I love the Sparco wheel, so off with the Nardi.



Homemade steering wheel centre thingy



On with the Sparco




Next to the gearknob....Random aluminium one



One new Tomei Duracon Shiftknob


A little blurry, but much better



On with a Broadway mirror.

[lady89]

i might confuse this car now with another one, but is that a 200sx? was that in cork before, macroom area?

[Hachi]

i might confuse this car now with another one, but is that a 200sx? was that in cork before, macroom area?

Jesus are you trying to give me a heart attack! It was down Cork before alright but it's a legit 180sx.

[LarZ]

Yeah this one's a 180 for sure. I looked at the car when it was complete but it must be 3 years ago at this stage. I LOVE when people make the effort to do basic before and after shots of their mods, even if it's steering wheels and gear knobs and mirrors. I don't know what it is but it really makes me enjoy the read a lot more. Thanks for sharing, keep us updated!

[lady89]

Jesus are you trying to give me a heart attack! It was down Cork before alright but it's a legit 180sx.

hahahah i was thinking for a while should i even ask haha that car just looks so familiar to a 200 that was around the place (even the colour swap) so had to ask ha

[Hachi]

So a bit more to the story, as I unfurl the pictures from the last year. Some of the more keen observers may notice that there were no side indicators on the wings in the first pictures.



They didn't come with the car but I was given a myriad of different side indicators "that may fit", That was not going to cut the mustard for me and so onto the bay I went looking for some OEM type x indicators. I don't know if it was just a timing thing but there were none for sale at the time. I kept on searching for a week or so and eventually came across a pair shipped from Japan for €50, score!



It may not seem like a major thing, but they really does add so much to the car (aside from making it road legal). Fitting them was fairly plug and play once I had fished out the wiring from in behind the fender.



All going to plan I should have a more major update this weekend.