new pics of my pig!!!

[junks14sr]

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i would like to give a shout out to home depot for lending me the 100 amp welder to make my seat rails work. and for the free wire hahaha. wait til i put finished engine bay pics up with the finished wire setup and everything painted. or shall i say the wire vanishing act. muahhahaha

[cfinch]

Holy shit you painted everything dude!!! Alittle more tape and remove a couple more parts? You painted the brake and clutch master =( That shits 10x easier to remove than the wipers...

What are you doing! Thats the anti-baller right there sir!

[junks14sr]

the brake booster is hella ugly. why the ef would i not paint it? it looks better than leaving it not painted. the cars getting painted black btw. its like 4 bolts to take the booster off. not painting it would have been pointless.

[ps13pebbles]

hey man I like your dash, whats on it? would the dash have to be uncracked to do this or can it be cracked, once again it looks hella cool. :cool:

[Volchok]

looks like spray on truck bedliner to me...

[junks14sr]

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shitty photos but you get the idea. the valve color is like plum candy red. its pretty cool. like i said, shitty fotos, looks better in person.

[ses13n144e]

looks pretty good man...you were painting it black still right

[mr peas]

Lets see more of that dash.

[cfinch]

You know I like the direction your headed with the car... I got to say that paint job is terrible... 4 bolts on the brake master is my point!!! Pull it off and respray it black so it looks good! Dude you painted the oil cap and coil packs... =(

This thread brings a tear to my eye... An s13 with an s14sr and you painted everything... Sorry man but it's the truth!

[junks14sr]

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i know the dash is what you lil chitlins wanted to see..... okay. hit up linex and get a quote. yes. my dash was totally destroyed. totally destroyed. i went through alot of body filler and other junk with a ds sander and went at it for 4 hours to make it perfect. then primered it and linex sprayed it with like 60 clicks which is like 2.50 a click, with the black kevlar bedliner with the ultra fine mist. and now i think its stab proof but lets not test that theory. if it gets dirty, hose it off. never gets sun damaged, put ur feet up (ladies) and no bitching. always looks good. it doesnt look hillbilly. i swear.

[junks14sr]

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[cfinch]

Dude the car was definately on it's way to being on so many levels of awesome!!!

Then you got lazy... I'm gonna bust your balls until you take more pride in your painting!!!! It's still gonna be awesome but damnit dude! I'm fucking lazy... I mean fucking laaazzzzyyyy but dude that spray job takes the cake man!

[FeVeR]

dude if ur going that far into painting it take ur time and mask of shyt or it just looks unballler wasted of time and effort to just slap paint on everything lol

also did u just spray paint the pulley and block ?

[ps13pebbles]

i'm seriously looking into that Linex stuff are they here in vegas?

[Professir]

Are you the same kid who put dynamat and a turkey thermometer on your manifold?

This car looks like the same car.

[s14brent]

monkey shit brown.

[cfinch]

Are you the same kid who put dynamat and a turkey thermometer on your manifold?

This car looks like the same car.


Hells yeah! The thermometer makes sure his car doesn't get past well done!

[Professir]

Hells yeah! The thermometer makes sure his car doesn't get past well done!

DAMN RIGHT DAWGGGG

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v238/Professir/000000.jpg

[lv-180sx]

seriously building a car takes patience mainly...

i think doing things proper the first time like what robert said really pays off in the long run... the car does look good, dont get me wrong but seriously with a little more effort you would have had pretty much a dope ass overdone 240 like everyone nowadays. spray paint looks good now, but since there is no clear coat and barely any prep done, i really doubt that spray paint will look too great over time.. all it takes is any fluid in the engine bay to eat up the paint..

[Kurai Shimo]

i agree, the biggest thing id be worried about with rattle can in the engine bay is longevity. and as everyone else has said a little bit of prep will save alot of time in the long run, id be willing to bet it will take more time to clean all that up then to have pulled stuff out to avoid the overspray altogether.

so this bedliner coating cost around 150? did they jsut spray over the vinplate on the dash or did they have some way to mask it off or something? i was always afraid to mess with the dash because of that plate.
i wonder how it measures up costwise to getting a dash reupholstered. ive always thought it would be neat to have a dash that was wrapped and stitched up so that it looked nearly porsche status.

also, whats the purpose of using bodyfiller on the dash? i had always thought you could probably just take down the foam and remove the stock wrapping on the dash. do some of you guys actually have the whole dash crack and not just the upholstery(the vinyl) on it?

also how thick is the bedliner when they are done?

[totoro001]

looks like your car is coming along nicely, and i really like the dash man, haven't seen that before.

[junks14sr]

no one has seen my car since about january or been helping with shit. plus, idc what anyone says, i busted my ass, did hella prep with the engine, not to metion i used clear coat froma regular spray gun. its not like i can run a paintbooth out of my garage. even though i posted up pics of how it came out after three coats, not just one of color and fucking clear, people are still ragging on it. i must be high or sumthing... did anyone see how freakin snitty it looked before? btw, unless youve seen it in person, why bother saying negative snit about taking time to not miss stuff. its not like i sit there and take 9000 fotos of nuthing to try and find the one foto that does my engine bays paint justice, which last time i checked...MY 240 IS A P.O.S. even when its all done, its still a 240sx. jeezus. its a freaking engine bay!!! wtf. who cares. Ray is the only one who even seen my car and that was like 8 months ago and it was the next best thing to junkyard racing. 240sx owners are dbags. jeez. (with exception of some)

[cfinch]

I'll say it once and I'll say it again it's called taking pride in your work...

NOT ONE PERSON THINKS THE PAINT QUALITY SUCKS!!!!

Everyone thinks your fucking lazy and your acting like a baby about it... You just don't seem to get the message... There is nothing wrong with spray paint in an engine bay!!! I do it all the time... I mean are you really this ignorant? It's getting really annoying...

[Professir]

Seriously dude, calm the fuck down.


Why the fuck would you post a thread titled "OPINIONS?" if you didn't want people voicing their thoughts? Did you miss the OPINIONS part? Or do you not realize what opinions are?

If you talk about your work like its shitty, then obviously everyone else is going to think its shitty. Spray paint usually does suck...but it is better than no paint at all. I can't tell you how many times I've thought about taking some rattle cans to my car, but I never do because I know what the end result will be. But like Chris said, it's the fact that you couldn't even take the time to mask off or even pull off your brake master, clutch master, etc... that makes you look lazy.

Not to mention you painted your coil packs.

[totoro001]

Calm down guys.. If someone's car makes them happy, what else matters? This dude is having fun and is proud of his work, it might not be a show car but does that really matter? I promise everyone in here that the first car or two that we did up wasn't show quality, but we all had a good time and learned from it.

[cfinch]

If he doesn't want an opinion then take this shit off the board...

It's a public fucking forum so don't tell me to calm down... I'm not gonna be a fucking bitch and keep my mouth shut cause some asshole thinks I should calm down. You want an honest opinion well your in the right place. You want have everyone ride your cock and tell you that your shit is nice even tho it looks fucking haggard you sir are in the wrong forum!

The engine bay looked 23120301293 times better before he did it... You say he is proud of his work and I say he is oblivious to the fact that he painted everything! If your gonna be fucking stubborn and hard headed you wont learn shit from it! If you never take any pride then it will always look like shit!

Go be a god damn pussy elsewhere... If you don't like honesty then don't post!!! If you want praise from me then do your shit proper and I'll say exactly that! Just like I thought this car looked proper till someone let him get ahold of the spray can!

[Kurai Shimo]

no one has seen my car since about january or been helping with shit. plus, idc what anyone says, i busted my ass, did hella prep with the engine, not to metion i used clear coat froma regular spray gun. its not like i can run a paintbooth out of my garage. even though i posted up pics of how it came out after three coats, not just one of color and fucking clear, people are still ragging on it. i must be high or sumthing... did anyone see how freakin snitty it looked before? btw, unless youve seen it in person, why bother saying negative snit about taking time to not miss stuff. its not like i sit there and take 9000 fotos of nuthing to try and find the one foto that does my engine bays paint justice, which last time i checked...MY 240 IS A P.O.S. even when its all done, its still a 240sx. jeezus. its a freaking engine bay!!! wtf. who cares. Ray is the only one who even seen my car and that was like 8 months ago and it was the next best thing to junkyard racing. 240sx owners are dbags. jeez. (with exception of some)

well, my bad on not knowing that you cleared it. im not a mind reader so... sorry ill try to work on that. honestly for photos your engine bay looked pretty clean before. and it looked like rattle can after. i really liked the way it looked before. we can only go by what we see. as a result we make comments and voice our opinions from the information we are presented and nothing more. but in all honesty if you dont want any criticism (positive or negative) just dont post it up.
no one is disagreeing with the fact that you worked on your shit, and probably put alot of time into it. many of us on have painted or have helped in some process of painting a car or an engine bay. we arent saying it isnt alot of work, it definitely is.
but to many of us prepwork involves things like removing the engine. and other parts in said engine bay. honestly if there wasnt overspray everywhere, it would look pretty good.
i mean come on, you painted the pulleys on the engine. post those pictures up on zilvia or ANY car forum and im 99.99% sure people are gonna say something about that.

yoiu say who cares? obviously you do, or you wouldnt have posted, and obviously we do or we wouldnt have said anything.
also you say well its just a 240sx, but do you have to be driving a ferarri to want to make things look really good. idk about you, but i really like 240's. if you look at the money alot of people invest in to said heaps of crap, alot of people could be driving alot nicer cars, but choose not to.
but realistically we all know its nice to have other people look at your car and say "man! thats pretty dope." but dont take it personally. just the other day i was told my paint looked like shit (lol, chris) but i knew this already and just like you, i like my shit so realistically it doesn't matter anyway. but im not mad because not everyone everywhere loves my car. thats how it will always be. cant please everyone. you cant stop people from having opinions about your car. so why stop people from voicing them? its not like anyone came over and shit on your hood.
life isnt all sunshine and lollipops kids. welcome back to reality.

[junks14sr]

but alot of the stuff that everyone is saying is pretty apparent. im too lazy to pull the motor. thats a given. i painted the pullies. i just got new ones. i painted the coils. i know this is absolutly retarted to do but it looks better if i was going to keep them. but im not. the other spots i missed of course i fixed it. its not that i dont want your opinions. chris is a pretty legit guy, i am always gunna listen to him and alot of you other people. but beating this to death is pointless. its called a project. lemme do my thing. opinions are welcome. i take pride in the stuff that matters. and im not mad that people dont hump my car or whatever. i didnt say that, i just wanted to meet somepeople and shit. idk. learn a lil bit from other people here in vegas. but i guess im living in "fantasy land." i get bashed for this shit and i see people with freaking water bottles for catch tanks and you guys give them props. i mustve missed the cool boat to baller town. i wanna hear what people think not that you guys think im a deutch for paint a fucking pullie. what i was saying about my car being a peice o shit, refers to my opinion of my bucket. not other peoples. alot of you guys have some nice ass 240s. i worded that wrong. and professir, first off i said your car is dope. u have done everything the right way with it in the right order, you have good thinkers and a good crew to help you with your car. its coming out great but you trying to mock me and shit it redundant and pointless because like i said your shit is dope, dont waste your ttime trying to make people feel bad and talk shit cuz i dont care and its pointless. i put that opinions thing up cuz i wanted to show that i fixed all the missed spots, painted behind the boosters, what it came out like and to here sum opinions . shoot me. jeez

[Kurai Shimo]

no one can stop you from doing whatever you want to do to you car. i think everything just come off really rough because so many people had the exact same opinion (well, similar) and to be completly honest i didnt notice any difference between the pictures you posted in the other thread and this one til you said something. in comparison the more recent photos do look alot better.

[veloce240sx]

Honestly yes you could have taken more time but since you didnt it does not seem like a big deal to you so it shouldnt be to others (imo). the bay looks clean from the pics i can see. compared to most people with sr's it looks great! also im diggin the pink harnesses. keep this updated for the few that care. good luck wit the build man. keep it how you want it.

[lv-180sx]

undoubtedly the car looks better than 90% of the 240's...

it could have been better but really what can you expect from a first time building a 240, at least hes on the right track.

[cfinch]

dont be a fag ray...

[mr peas]

Okay I'm going to have to say something.

Ill be honest now and say you are lucky people are bashing on your car. People back with Hondas who put ridiculous crap on their car, people agreed and said wow how cool!..now regret ever doing it.

The fact of the matter is, no matter what it is you do, people will criticize something, and that's not a bad thing. I would honestly take on constructive criticism over dick-riding omg your car is so cool comments, especially from people who have nice or nicer cars than me who has already dug their own holes to provide honest criticism for your improvement. No you do not have to listen to them, but don't get mad when you post photos of your car and people say what they think and they turn out to be bad.

I'm actually REALLY surprised right now because Cfinch did not put down his usual bag of shitfire for you to stomp on your doorstep, he actually positively commented on your work (wow). What you're taking as an insult is actually a good thing.

Back to the point, yeah okay you painted over things that you shouldn't have, its very similar to somebody painting their calipers while its on the car and spraying the rotors at the same time. If no one brings that to attention, I would in all honestly be afraid of how stupid and tasteless our members here are. I've read through the posts and I didn't see anyone calling you stupid for doing what you did, the action of not doing what you're suppose to (as in removing things before painting) was criticized but your entirety as a person is not being challenged...however that can change depending on how you respond. My suggestion? Be humble about it.

Much kudos for you for putting in time to make yourself feel good about your car, I see a few people past and present that buy into this car only to be a dud and not work on it (and working on it yourself) like you're doing. Not to say they're dumb for not knowing how to work on their own cars, because technically we're dumb for putting too much time and $$ on them (spending $$ on a pos nissan? what are we thinking!?), but it beats playing golf.

[junks14sr]

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if i had it my way... i would have done it two other ways with this car.
first off. i couldve bought everything completely separeate, like bare block, and done the engine from scratch. the car completely stripped down froma junkyard, i mean complete shell up build. which, wouldve been the way i wouldve done it if i just didnt pussy out in the beginning, but cant change the past can we, just learn frum mistakes. probably is way cheaper too. plus this motor was a bitch to wire up but i havent done a s13 but its probably direct drop in, plug and play easiness. not freaking making a wiring harness using the pinout sheet for the ecu and the clip ends and making it with my buddy who does that shit. it took so long with so many failures. it really made me hate this engine until it finally started up. second, i hate the turbo setup, its so lame. this motor should be rocking sumthing more manley but in time that will change.

second way, like finchum said, less time and money, more time driving. i couldve bought a running lil 240(or sumthing way more badass like a e30 or volvo euro style) with a ka, just hookup the suspension, and learn technique and enjoy sliding in an all motor madness car and meanwhile build whatever motor on a stand and do it the way my freind did with his talon. which just posted a 10.9 at 128 at midnight mayhem which is pretty cool. i give him props cuz dsm is so gay, but 4g63's throw it down witha mapped t3t4, 2.2 liter stroker kit and built hks cyclone head blah blah blah. its nice to see sucess with a build. i know i fucked up with this car. everything ive done is in the complete wrong order. but you know what, ive busted my ass to get every stupid thing on this car and i hope that when im done, even though some people may hate it, they realize every day i slave in a stupid fucking discount tire shop that i poured my guts into it, and got something done. made a 240 somewhat original and not a clone of the ideal rps13 or whatever. ima do it my way, and i can say i did it "myself" from day one.

anyone really have an idea of how much doing your whole supsension up costs? seriously? i want to know if i buy a new subframe, coilovers, metal bushings blah blah blah, get it all together before i start buying everything. then just bolt it all up one day.would it be cheaper? or should i just one buy one make a hitlist for my shit? and put it together slowly for a month or two. or should i but it all at once in december? cuz im guessing its gunna run over 3000. which i have to work my ass off just to do.

btw, i rotated a disk in my back two weeks ago (i was off work for the whole time making no money which i like 1000bucks. for me.) so i couldnt get my car painted for nellis which sucks but who knows. i mite have it completely done by december. suspension and all. whatev. as soon as i can start cranking away again at my car, im gunna get my suspension done, new diff, maybe roll her to a booth and get my glass and color. we'll c. till then my times going into school. haha jk.

[junks14sr]

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[junks14sr]

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[veloce240sx]

hella clean man i like your res. tank

wer is your bov?

[junks14sr]

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ray, how fukking ghetto was this car before. at least im not plagueing the streets with it til im done. this foto makes me almost cry. people... do the swap yourselves. its not hard.

[cfinch]

I think your taking this shit way to seriously... Trying way too hard!!! Your on the right track tho... I just feel you should put forth more effort in areas that doesn't cost money like the engine bay paint job... Honestly I think you should have never touched it... I think you should have left the wiring alone as well... The factory turbo setup on an s14sr is great! Plenty of power... More than you need to learn on and with a setup easily capable of near 300whp on the stock turbo with just injectors/maf/tune you really don't need anymore than that... This thing should make about 240hp to the ground on stock boost... Thats more than enough!

I think you need to concentrate on getting the car running good and reliably... Work on the cooling system then get the suspension dialed in. Who cares if it's not painted for an event? Build the car for yourself because it's fun to drive... What you have yet to experience! You got the essentials just make it all solid and hit a couple events! Then step back and see where your priorities lie then!

At least you have somewhere to go where you can get an honest opinion!

[cfinch]

Yup I still feel it looks worse after the paint... You couldn't seperate the throttle body from the intake manifold? It's just lacking so much patience... Really I can't stand looking at your engine bay now...

That coolant reservoir is terrible... Poor design and placement... Just asking for trouble with that one.

[junks14sr]

yea, finch, that is a bad spot, but i have to make a bracket for both my tanks. i also need to start working again. i hurt my hunch, so ive been taking it easy, just wiring it up. nothing special. i agree with the driving thing, thats what i said in my last post up ^ there. anyways, the motor is pretty powerful no b.s. but i want a enthalpy tune or sumthing. whats a good place to send a ecu for a tune? it feels like its kinda lagging it. idk, its way faster than my friends i was in at the event. it was slow, he had a basic s13 setup fmic with a cusco 2 way. i couldnt even get it out with out the help of the ebrake. who knows. its gunna be cool to finally get to drive her soon. its been so long man. it sucks. ima beginner ass driver dont laugh. lol gotta learn technique before i spend mucho money on more pointless shit.

no offense to the owner of the s13 who let me drive(i wont say names), i love ur coupe. hella clean bro. im not bagging. its just an observation. really dig the car man.

[junks14sr]

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this is pretty clean too. idk. im gunna save the road to baller town for my next project car, which is more that likely gunna be a ratrod or sumthing. who knows. im not even a good driver yet but it would be nice to not have to try as hard to drive badass via a lots of boost and more money.

[Kurai Shimo]

enthalpy is always a good option for rom tune. personally i dont have any experience with the others out there. but i know others on this board have had experience with some other brands(cant remember which efispecialist i think?) and i havent heard anyone really complain about any of their rom tunes.
i agree with you there, i wish my car hadnt gotten so far out of hand. if i had been more conservative it would probably be running right now.