Official old grumpy assholes of zilvia thread

[merlz]

Originally Posted by Bluejayde

We need more of this kind of quality trolling in this thread. Unleash the hounds!

Yeah, that fb group went to shit real quick.
If i see one more fucking unicorn emoji because something is ultra rare I'm gonna fucking lose it.

[dizzariot]

Originally Posted by merlz

Yeah, that fb group went to shit real quick.
If i see one more fucking unicorn emoji because something is ultra rare I'm gonna fucking lose it.

Dude I sold ONE item there. It really IS NOT a place to sell. They just want to circle jerk over their newest purchases.

Why are people like this, and why did enough people put up with this shit so it could proliferate?

"Oh just mind your own business it's not a big deal."

I never understood that mindset. If you're into something and it's more than a phase, take ownership. That doesn't mean being a cunt to everyone, it means maintain a standard.

Also, fucking car weebs.

[dorkidori_s13]

just a heads up "old grumpy assholes'... go change your password RIGHT NOW! my account was hacked and someone posted some "Bride Seats" under my account. so do yourselves a favor, CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD!

[SupaDoopa]

It's funny because I'm lowkey trolling everyone on there and no one notices yet.

What boggles my mind are these fucking idiots that are buying shit on YAJ! with no information on them, receiving them after paying way too much then asking if it's rare or a piece of shit. Just because there is no information doesn't make it valuable. Shit, these days I've even said fuck paying Ganador price and just bought the GKTech jumpoffs.

[Corbic]

Originally Posted by SupaDoopa

It's funny because I'm lowkey trolling everyone on there and no one notices yet.

What boggles my mind are these fucking idiots that are buying shit on YAJ! with no information on them, receiving them after paying way too much then asking if it's rare or a piece of shit. Just because there is no information doesn't make it valuable. Shit, these days I've even said fuck paying Ganador price and just bought the GKTech jumpoffs.

Yeah but seriously,

Should I RB20, SR20 or CA18 swap my Zenki?

Rb20 is like a Skyline engine and stuff and the CA18 is going to have better Ballance for drifting but like everyone wants an SR lolz

[Corbic]

Fuck, I remember these used to be $800 engines sets.

Get a whole Silvia clip for $2500 with a CA18.

[dorkidori_s13]

them motors are getting expensive in Japan land... SR motor sets in decent shape are selling for like $1700-$2000 right now.

dont even try to buy a 180sx zenki bumper. those are going for $600 EASY anymore.

[dorkidori_s13]

them motors are getting expensive in Japan land... SR motor sets in decent shape are selling for like $1700-$2000 right now.

dont even try to buy a 180sx zenki bumper. those are going for $600 EASY anymore.

[ADIDASilvias]

Originally Posted by Standard

So I keep buying parts for my car, they just sit in a pile and I can't find the motivation/time to get to work on my pos.

**SNIP**

Am I a fool? Do I suck at life? Or is this a common 30's phase that will pass. Discuss...

I'm right there with ya buddy. I have 3 big tubs in the basement right now that contain approximately $15k worth of parts. Already put about $7k worth of parts on the car. I have completed the suspension (coilovers and adjustable arms), exhaust, headlights, subframe bushings, Z32 brakes, exhaust, 5-lug swap, and various other bits, and i have the RB25 Neo about half torn down.

I decided to attack a few other hobbies as I was getting burnt out on the car. Here we are about 2 years later, and I'm getting interested in the Zenki again. I do not work on cars for a living, and everything tends to take about 3 times longer than it should, but I want to make sure it is right the first time, so I don't rush things.

I'm starting up again here soon. The good thing is I really don't have much left to purchase. Only a few things left to make decisions on, but the major purchases are mostly done already. The biggest one left is the decision on body kit, and I may go Navan just for cleanliness and ease of installation. Plus, it looks good. I'm not getting crazy with overfenders and widebody kits. I want to keep it reasonably low key with as much retention of metal body parts as possible.

[merlz]

Originally Posted by SupaDoopa

It's funny because I'm lowkey trolling everyone on there and no one notices yet.

What boggles my mind are these fucking idiots that are buying shit on YAJ! with no information on them, receiving them after paying way too much then asking if it's rare or a piece of shit. Just because there is no information doesn't make it valuable. Shit, these days I've even said fuck paying Ganador price and just bought the GKTech jumpoffs.

Oh mate, don't fucking start me.
"I bought this heap of shit horn button with x brand on it i've never heard of... Do i have something rare?"

Meanwhile the Japanese are laughing their asses off selling all their fucking junk for top dollar.

[mechanicalmoron]

When I got my 240, everyone was bitching about how they want to destroy parts hand over fist and magically keep getting them utterly free.

Nearly a decade later, everyone is still bitching that they trashed all the cars, engines, parts, and for some reason everyone won't just send them whatever they want, at the cheapest price it was ever available.

It's a fucking antique auto, not an 09 hyundai, if you ruin the shit it's ruined, and the remaining shit is more expensive. It's not them, it's you, they didn't ruin it, they still have it, it's just you. You had one, you had ten, now you don't, so you get to buy it at the owner's price.

The sooner all the prices go as high as possible, the better for the long-term availability and preservation (and yes, affordability down the line).

[Corbic]

Originally Posted by merlz

Oh mate, don't fucking start me.

"I bought this heap of shit horn button with x brand on it i've never heard of... Do i have something rare?"



Meanwhile the Japanese are laughing their asses off selling all their fucking junk for top dollar.

Imagine in another 20 years...

Bruh,

NIB NRG Steering Wheel, $500 Firm
Used ISIS Control Arms, little Rust $1,500 OBO
KSport Coils, Need Rebuild $1,000 Firm
APC Boost Gauge, $400

[Corbic]

Originally Posted by dorkidori_s13

them motors are getting expensive in Japan land... SR motor sets in decent shape are selling for like $1700-$2000 right now.



dont even try to buy a 180sx zenki bumper. those are going for $600 EASY anymore.

Yup, glad I'm out. Really lost motivation when I realized the scrap yards had run dry of 1985-1995 Japanese cars up here.

Now a funny thing, guys on the Mustang Forum have a thread of "wish I still had/bought" talking about all the tuner parts or OEM stuff they should have bought for their 79-04 Mustangs.

Autometer Lunar Gauges. Damn the 90's was cool.

[KA24DESOneThree]

On the drive in this morning, I was thinking that by the time I've done another build or two and am ready for another S-chassis, I'm not going to be able to afford to buy the base car easily.

I'm not going to even begin to be able to afford all the parts I've picked out of the old-ass JDM mags I still have. I'll have GT-R money in a LHD Silvia clone.

[dorkidori_s13]

Originally Posted by KA24DESOneThree

I'm not going to even begin to be able to afford all the parts I've picked out of the old-ass JDM mags I still have. I'll have GT-R money in a LHD Silvia clone.

and this is why i buy the majority of my parts (new and used) straight from Japan. A LOT of the classic stuff can still be found in good working order and for relatively cheap because it seems most people want the latest and greatest.

and if youre looking for old school aero, ill always be here to provide that! i still have tons more parts to release for the S13 and S14... gotta keep that old school awesomeness alive

[SupaDoopa]

This is why I don't buy into the hype. Modern day performance/technology > old logo NISMO cigarette lighter insert.

The shit some of you fucking buy is asinine.

[Corbic]

Originally Posted by SupaDoopa

This is why I don't buy into the hype. Modern day performance/technology > old logo NISMO cigarette lighter insert.

The shit some of you fucking buy is asinine.

That's also why you don't have dudes dick riding your Instagram bruh.

[spooled240]

It's hard to keep them away when you finally decide to let go of that old logo Nismo butt plug shift knob, which we all know is "lightly used"

[KA24DESOneThree]

Originally Posted by SupaDoopa

This is why I don't buy into the hype. Modern day performance/technology > old logo NISMO cigarette lighter insert.

The shit some of you fucking buy is asinine.

I make a living feeding people's nostalgia for vintage cars. My purpose is tactile, to provide people a living representation of their memories- and to hopefully make it better than they remember.

The JDM stuff, though, I did experience vicariously through the other dudes in San Diego and through Zilvia. I was always pulling parts out and replacing them with lighter options, if not getting rid of them entirely. I always wanted to build something that I saw in magazines (and parked in front of the Super Autobacs in Tokyo back in '06). I got sidetracked, didn't buy a street car, and have regretted it for years now.

Modern performance is great for an appliance. My Bison is modern and, with the exception of when I get an empty stretch of dirty road or an open wash, boring and competent. It exists for dump runs, Home Depot trips, towing, and overlanding. It is not "me."

I want fun cars that make me feel something. I don't want complete competence or soft-touch plastics everywhere or something that I haven't at least partially disassembled to make better. I want something that brings a smile to my face because it was a challenge to build and a challenge to maintain and each time I drive it, I'll have to work a little.

Most of what I'd use for the build would have to be sourced BNIB/NOS from Japan.

[mechanicalmoron]

Originally Posted by SupaDoopa

This is why I don't buy into the hype. Modern day performance/technology > old logo NISMO cigarette lighter insert.

The shit some of you fucking buy is asinine.

Worthless, boring, slow, old tech. Just stick a doorman cigarette lighter in it, it's technologically superior. The corollas in the background are far more advanced, they must be the cherries here.

(Still, of course, don't put a fake killswitch on your lighter, what if someone trying to save your ass wasen't familiar with poser lighters?)

[Tearlessj]

Got tired of the nuked photobucket DIY threads, So I decided to take pictures on how to remove a S13 fender for my future build thread lol. This virus got me bored af.

[Corbic]

Originally Posted by mechanicalmoron

Worthless, boring, slow, old tech. Just stick a doorman cigarette lighter in it, it's technologically superior. The corollas in the background are far more advanced, they must be the cherries here.

(Still, of course, don't put a fake killswitch on your lighter, what if someone trying to save your ass wasen't familiar with poser lighters?)

That's a 356, and it is a worthless turd of a car.

Oh wait, it's a rare old Porsche that people pay ludicrous money for... So yeah, it's worth whatever I can flip it for so I can buy an actual car.

[RalliartRsX]

Originally Posted by Corbic

Fuck, I remember these used to be $800 engines sets.
"insert shitty RB20 engine image from EBay"
"INsert shitty CA18 engine image from EBay"
"insert shitty RB20 engine image from EBay"

Get a whole Silvia clip for $2500 with a CA18.

Every single one of those pieces of shit paperweights are just that.....worth less than the lint in my pocket....

Buying shit off ebay = fucked up pricing for really shitty items lol

Yeah, those days are long gone. Racewars seem to always be a week away.....

[deolio]

i had to do it



i love clayton and like 90% of the people in there who get it and make decent posts, but it seems like the 10% who just want to brag that are making 90% of the posts.

[spooled240]

Up until recently, the JZ's have been a great bargain. In '15 2jz vvti was 1600 and 1jz vvti was 1200. Now they are about double.

Nissan engines are and have been insanely priced.

[Corbic]

Originally Posted by spooled240

Up until recently, the JZ's have been a great bargain. In '15 2jz vvti was 1600 and 1jz vvti was 1200. Now they are about double.

Nissan engines are and have been insanely priced.

Yup, transmission have also become stupidly overpriced.

R154 was once $500, RB25 Trans $500, CD009 $750....

Now just dudes want $2-3k for an R154. Fuck that, just buy a new Magnum T56 for $3k

[mechanicalmoron]

Originally Posted by Corbic

That's a 356, and it is a worthless turd of a car.

Oh wait, it's a rare old Porsche that people pay ludicrous money for... So yeah, it's worth whatever I can flip it for so I can buy an actual car.

The gravity in your butt when you push the go button isn't the only metric for judging cars.

You seeing no value in that is exactly my point. I'm sure when they stopped being accessible for nearly free (like the 500 dollar s13 from the old lady situation) people threw all sorts of whiny shit-fits, in-deed, they still do - myself included - but the fact remains, it IS worth that.

It's wishful thinking to complain about prices based on how "good" old cars are based on modern acceleration or hotlaps or whatever. Why does it bother you so much that people charge for old worthless crap, why would you want old worthless crap?

Supply, demand.

[dizzariot]

Originally Posted by mechanicalmoron

The gravity in your butt when you push the go button isn't the only metric for judging cars.

You seeing no value in that is exactly my point. I'm sure when they stopped being accessible for nearly free (like the 500 dollar s13 from the old lady situation) people threw all sorts of whiny shit-fits, in-deed, they still do - myself included - but the fact remains, it IS worth that.

It's wishful thinking to complain about prices based on how "good" old cars are based on modern acceleration or hotlaps or whatever. Why does it bother you so much that people charge for old worthless crap, why would you want old worthless crap?

Supply, demand.

I agree with all of this, but I'm starting to feel differently.

I see the money I have spread out in cars and parts, and I know EXACTLY what level of 'nice car' I could buy if I just pulled the plug and had ONE car.

...but then that 'other' part of my brain tries to wax poetic about these 20yr-old+ Nissan cars. I used to be a staunch supporter of everyone saving their ZN6 money for when S15s become legal. I sort of still am, but I'd be lying if I didn't say that modern car creature comforts are starting to work their way up on my priorities lists. I can see the 'other side' clearer now.

When Corbic whips his Mustang-tatooed peepee out, however, I revert back to my old ways.

I also don't think it's 'supply and demand' with cars. Just parts. I think it's the nostalgia thing that keeps prices up on these cars.

[Corbic]

Internet Killed the Sport Compact Scene.

#FuckZuck

https://www.instagram.com/p/B_G0C9EF...=19z17sum4obcd

[mechanicalmoron]

Originally Posted by dizzariot

I agree with all of this, but I'm starting to feel differently.

I see the money I have spread out in cars and parts, and I know EXACTLY what level of 'nice car' I could buy if I just pulled the plug and had ONE car.

...but then that 'other' part of my brain tries to wax poetic about these 20yr-old+ Nissan cars. I used to be a staunch supporter of everyone saving their ZN6 money for when S15s become legal. I sort of still am, but I'd be lying if I didn't say that modern car creature comforts are starting to work their way up on my priorities lists. I can see the 'other side' clearer now.

When Corbic whips his Mustang-tatooed peepee out, however, I revert back to my old ways.

I also don't think it's 'supply and demand' with cars. Just parts. I think it's the nostalgia thing that keeps prices up on these cars.

Haa well, I'm not saying love is rational, or has good outcomes. If I had more effective schemes, I'd have many fewer, much nicer cars.

He's right about raptors.