LarZ' Black 180sx (The Ugly Duckling)

[Mx5markey]

Tell the garda the plate just fell off. You'll never see that summons haha
Loving the car.

[scottr89]

Ya I wouldn't be too worried about that summons, you'd never know though! Oh and I agree that a car is never finished hahaha

[LarZ]

My USDM lenses eventually arrived. Delighted with them to be honest. I know it's controversial but I prefer them to the oem JDM 50/50 bumper lenses and definitely much prefer fully amber lenses to the clear DMAX ones that were on it.

With the lenses i also got the bumper lens loom extensions. I couldn't find out online whether I'd be able to keep both the parking light AND indicator functionality as the USDM lenses only allow for one bulb. Or whether they'd even plug in properly at all! Another thing that i really wanted was to be able to run the parking lights without having the pop-ups on. For some reason I couldn't do that with the DMAX lenses, but the wiring was a little hacked together on them anyways, hence splashing out on the bulb wiring too. Anyways, that's enough nonsense about my OCD about how they light up. Long story short, the parking lights are good and bright and when you indicate the pulse nicely. So they'll pass NCT and all. No wiring, cutting or lens swapping involved. result.



And here's how they look on the car:

[dashoonage]

Love this car man. C&C pics lead me to the thread here. A credit too you.

[derek89]

Really like the amber as well larz, breaks up the all the black

[LarZ]

Love this car man. C&C pics lead me to the thread here. A credit too you.

Deadly! Which C&C pics? The ones i put on FB? I'm presuming i know you in real life

Really like the amber as well larz, breaks up the all the black

Cheers dude! Yeah i love it myself. I love when you tell people about your plans and they're like "I dunno about that man" and then when you do it they see what you meant Not saying you ever doubted me

[Dave]

Like the USDM sidelights. I got the same for the MX-5 and they make such a cool subtle difference!

[LarZ]

Cheers everyone! Wheel refurb is on the cards, but i'm in no hurry. Right now i'm still trying/struggling to get my hands on a HKS Silent Hi Power exhaust. That's my main priority really. When i find some spare time and some dry time i'll finish installing the new speakers. It also needs a good interior valet.

Also I'm picking up some front arch liners at the weekend.

[LarZ]

Small update. Managed to track down some elusive interior bits. Some before and afters:

New handbrake sleeve


New radio surround, non smoker box and another shot of the handbrake sleeve


And last but not least, this tasty nardi. It should have the ring covering the bolts but my boss kit won't hold the horn button in place unless I leave the ring off like in the pic


And some more random shots

[rhysmate]

Savage work... i have loads of pics of when that handsome bastard Daly had it as well.. such a sweet car