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[mestizo]

Ok so as some of you know my girl Kelly has been looking into getting an S14 since her other car was wrecked about a month ago. We looked at a few cars and even put a deposit on one which eventually fell through, in the end we found a car in the bay area last saturday 7/5. It's an automatic with a few very minor issue's but the price was right and it was available when we needed to get it.

LOL within 5 hours of finding the car we bought it and brought it home. Needless to say this will be her fun weekend project and for the time being will be a somewhat daily driver.


Current Specs as of 10/25/2009

Car:
1996 Nissan 240SX SE Automatic

Engine, Transmission & Drive Train:
Stealth Custom Fab Welded diff
K&N Drop in air filter

Exterior:
Dmax Style knock off roof wing
Stock S14 SE front lip

Interior:
Momo Tuner steering wheel with Hello Kitty horn button
Momo Hub
NRG V1 quick release
Bride MO driver's side rail
Recaro SRD seat, custom reupholstered Black with Pink stitching.

Brakes:
Infiniti J30 front brake conversion

Suspension & Steering:
KTS Coilovers 8k/6k springs
Stealth Custom Fab front tower bar
ES front tension rod bushings

Wheels and Tires:
Stock S14 SE wheels
Yokohama S Drive 205/55 front tires

Current Sponsors:
Stealth-Custom-Fab.com

Alignment Specs:
Front:
Stock

Rear:
Stock


Here are the pics of the car from the craig's list ad.












The day after we brought the car home I took the diff out of the car to get welded by Jon. This is the stock rear diff still in the car.


20 mins later pulled out...


Pulled the cover and getting ready to pull the center section for clean up.


Center section out all cleaned up and being pre-heated, as you can see the bearings are covered with masking tape to prevent slag from getting on them.


Jon laying some welds down.


All welded up and ready to be put back in!

[Sideways~S14]

Looks good whats the mileage on her anything in the near future such as coils soon?

[Copilot]

Sweet, now we just need some of the pink love
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[mestizo]

Looks good whats the mileage on her anything in the near future such as coils soon?

115K is on the ODO, and KTS coils will prolly be the next thing to happen but I dunno when at the moment.

Sweet, now we just need some of the pink love
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Yup lol pink will happen for sure and it's gonna be a bad ass pink too!




I did a few other things to the car, the driver's side head light had broken tabs so I pulled it off and then straightened the head light bracket as well. The bumper cover was pulled as well so it can get painted gold to match the car. I also pulled the stock fogs to trade to Just Droo aka Drew for a good driver's side head light. Hopefully this thing will look presentable in the next week!

Front bumper removed.


Broken head light pulled out, here you can see the broken tab laying on top pf the light.


Repaired head light braket


Half nekkid front end lol

[mestizo]

Ok got a few more updates! I went and traded the fogs for the good head light last night, then came home and installed it. The front bumper was dropped off this morning to be paited by Jason aka DUMPDSILVERADO, so it should be done today. All in all the car is looking better and better everyday!

New/used head light


Lined up, now all it needs is the bumper

[assassin10000]

Found parts of need for the pink s14...

Pink spin turn knob


s14 kouki bricks






even wheel spacers.....



You know you want...

Andrew

[mestizo]

Ahhh good ole Yashio Factory... lol they love everything pink hahahah.

But yes those lights are what she is gonna get they are on eBay and they are half the price of the real kouki S14 head lights!

Here are some of the Yashio Factory cars.

[Copilot]

Yep there is gonna be a lot of pissed of people getting out drifted by a girl in a pink car!!!!!

[Sideways~S14]

I bet i would be the one gettin out drifted lol but id rock some of those pink parts lol

[mestizo]

Yep there is gonna be a lot of pissed of people getting out drifted by a girl in a pink car!!!!!

Yea more than likely, but that is their own fault for not having common sense when it comes to learning how to drift. Everyone thinks you need power, when in reality it's all about good suspension and alignment.

I bet i would be the one gettin out drifted lol but id rock some of those pink parts lol

Nothing wrong with pink, a lot of guys out there think it's gay... I personally don't care as long as the car slides well.




Also I talked to Jason about the bumper and it didn't get painted today so it will prolly be done on sunday. No biggie I won't be here to put it on this weekend anyway since Andrew, Drew, Jon and I are going to Formula D in Vegas tomorrow.

[mestizo]

More updates! Got the bumper back from Jason today and it looks great! It still has imperfections because I didn't have Jason do any body work to it but at least it matches the car now. Anyways I slapped it back together and took some pics. Hopefully this weekend Kelly will be able to get her sideways for the first time.

[Just Droo]

Bumper looks cool back on the car. Once I get my diff welded up Kelly and I can have a body roll/snap steer contest until we get our coils.

[mestizo]

HAHAHAHA seriously! I did a quick lil dori on a back street with it just now and yea man the transition is harsh as fuck on stock suspension.

[Sideways~S14]

HAHAHAHA seriously! I did a quick lil dori on a back street with it just now and yea man the transition is harsh as fuck on stock suspension.

Looks Good Hoping to see it sideways this weekend too Soft Suspension= Very harsh transitions But still fun

[mestizo]

Well I took Kelly's car over to Jon's house this weekend and he prototyped the S14 front tower bar using her car. This thing came out sweet and man it made a huge difference in the car's handling, even with the stock suspension it's still noticable. Also while I was there I painted the grill work on the bumper flat black, it looks a lot better now. So anyway on to the pics.

Masking!


Painted and ready to be reinstalled.


All done, the lighting in this pic sucks which makes it hard to tell the difference.


Here are the end plate's bolted in place.




Here you can see Jon fitting the middle brace bar.


A couple of spot welds and then we can check fitment.




All done with the mock up now time for finish welding, also in the pic you will see the first completed S13 front tower bar. Hehe there should be a lot of "S" chassis guys happy about these.


Now after a lil sanding, paint and a Stealth Custom Fab sticker.




Woohoo! All done and back in place.


Here are some fitment pics...

Valve cover.


BMC.


Cruise Control bracket.

[Jonnie Fraz]

Sick man! It is amazing what a little bracing can do.

[Copilot]

Looks Good!!

[Sideways~S14]

I want one looks sweet

[Just Droo]

So what did it come out to be like a half inch wider huh?

[mestizo]

I dunno I think it's more like 2 inche's wider than the S13 brace, Jon would kno better than i would.