Project Patients/ Oh god what have I done

[Baz_180]

This is my first ever proper go at a built, only ever use to putting on body kits and alloys on previous cars so I will probably need a nice bit of help for you guys. I'm a student too so I don't exactly have loads of cash to spend, I work part time as a electrician so that's what's funding the whole thing.

Right that's the excuses out of the way, I bought this 180sx back in march (1st rwd) been mad to get one for ages after following prodrift for about 3years. The plan from the start was to put money into it but then I joined up here and plans have spiralled out of control .Hopefully at the end it'll look something like this.



I have read through nearly all the built threads on here at this stage and a good few on driftworks so I've convinced myself that I can do most of the work. I'd fancy myself to be fairly handy at anything I go at too so nothing really scares me.

Started working on the car a few weeks ago, didn't stick it up here straight away just in case I thought way the hell am I doing and abandoned the whole thing. But at this stage now I'm well into it.

Here's a picture of the car before I started



Then I got stuck in and started ripping everything . Took off the original kit, wings, back lights, centre panel and panel under the lights. Then took out the shocks and springs and dropped the subframe and took it all apart. Last night I took out the original intercooler, rad and started taking out the aircon. Here's a few pics as it stands now. Parents aren't exactly delighted at where I went stripping it.











Picked these up over the past few months.













All comments and advice are greatly welcome!

[Prodrifter86]

best of luck lad!!

looked a sweet car b4 you touched in the Japenese pic

[MarkII]

not the same car lad! that how he wants it to look

[Aidan Hogan]

best of luck lad!!

looked a sweet car b4 you touched in the Japenese pic

Thats not a pic of this car , its how he wants it to look.

Cool looking build anyway will keep my eye on this one

[Prodrifter86]

not the same car lad! that how he wants it to look

woooopss! my bad must hav read it rong!

[bart]

are you going 5 stud or why you take off evertyhing under neath,
kinda a silly thing to do starting it outside your house..
then again you pbob dont have a shed...
as for looking like the 1st pic.. ya nearly have everything..
be amazing what the bits you have on the car will change its looks..
what rear lights are you going???
kouki go really well with the black

[Estie]

nice build lad!

[Baz_180]

Thanks for all the comments lads, much appreciated!

are you going 5 stud or why you take off evertyhing under neath,
kinda a silly thing to do starting it outside your house..
then again you pbob dont have a shed...
as for looking like the 1st pic.. ya nearly have everything..
be amazing what the bits you have on the car will change its looks..
what rear lights are you going???
kouki go really well with the black

No plan of going 5stud yet I want to fit solid subframe bushes, adjustable control arms for some stance and getting a 2way diff so I'd though I might as well take the lot out. Also want to clean up the underneath of it and rub some anit-rust coating to it.
Stripping outside the house isn't ideal but it would really be in the way in the shed. My house is down a country sideroad and there is hedging all round so no one can see it.
As for rear lights, its a 97 type x so has the kouki lights but I want the same lights as Nigel Colfer's car, think they're clear lens with a red tint.

[nick180sx]

if ya want the car in the first pic buy mine as it is mine....

[Baz_180]

lol! Yeah was thinking some on here might know it or own it. Did you buy it off mike fitz when he brought it in? serious car!