♠ S14driftr's zenki build ♠

[S14Driftr91]

Small update for tonight!

Tonight when I came home from work, I had a nice surprise from my brother!

All my pieces were finally powdercoated, clean and shiny, just the way they should be! Only downside is one of the sway bar brackets went missing or got misplaced... guess i'll be ordering a new one of those soon haha

[tricky_ab]

^ Looking good...I bet you can't wait to install them...

[rb25det powered S14]

ahhhhh hurry and give us another update!!!!!! this is so exciting!

[S14Driftr91]

Hahaha thanks guys, Im so exciting to finally be able to put some parts back on. Tonight I started working on the front subframe along with a few other little things! I'll take some pictures tomorrow!

[misterdumby]

nicely done sir

[Om1kron]

looks great, love it so far. subscribed.

[dking240sx]

Dude you are one rich 17 year old. Lol.
Good luck on your build!

[Om1kron]

Originally Posted by dking240sx

Dude you are one rich 17 year old. Lol.
Good luck on your build!

I wonder how much his wealth has grown since, be it clearly states he's 20 in the first sentence on the first page. And it doesn't cost a lot of money to do what he's doing. It takes time, patience, and research.

[S14Driftr91]

Hahaha yea I was 17 when I first got the car, now I'm 20.

Like Om1kron said, it hasnt cost me that much to do all this. I'll have to add up all my receipts between, replacement parts, paint, engine upgrades, and other items. It's almost been a full year since this car had been on jack stands but hopefully soon it will be finished. I go by the saying, "Do it once, not twice" so I take my time with everything and make sure everything I do meets my expectations which are pretty high.

[Om1kron]

Originally Posted by S14Driftr91

Hahaha yea I was 17 when I first got the car, now I'm 20.

Like Om1kron said, it hasnt cost me that much to do all this. I'll have to add up all my receipts between, replacement parts, paint, engine upgrades, and other items. It's almost been a full year since this car had been on jack stands but hopefully soon it will be finished. I go by the saying, "Do it once, not twice" so I take my time with everything and make sure everything I do meets my expectations which are pretty high.

That's what I like to hear, I wish I had been making the money I am now, and had the space I had then because this car would still be on stands becoming perfect rather than getting tested daily on the streets.

[Godfoot]

Just read this and was highly intrested, great thread

[S14Driftr91]

Thanks alot guys! More pictures coming soon!

[95sx]

If I had a garage my car would be getting worked on as much as yours is. This looks like a really awesome build keep us posted on the work. Subscribed!

[xBandiTx]

tight build dude.

[S14Driftr91]

Originally Posted by 95sx

If I had a garage my car would be getting worked on as much as yours is. This looks like a really awesome build keep us posted on the work. Subscribed!

Originally Posted by xBandiTx

tight build dude.

Thanks guys, and yea having a garage is definitely an A+ haha. I could never imagine doing this outside.

Anyway time for an update!

The last picture I posted up was when I got the all the brackets back from the powder coaters. (That one bracket for the sway bar was left in the sandblasting cabinet, but I got it back ). I installed the front subframe, along with the brackets for the tension arms. Looks so awesome.



I figured it was time to start putting everything back together in the bay, but I was unhappy with the appearance of many parts, such as the abs module, brake booster, stuff such as that. I decided to just to give some parts a makeover.

Brake Booster:
Before



After



The cowl and the plastic try that the radiator sits above looked dull and unappealing so I scuffed them down with a scotch pad and resprayed them with SEM trim black. This stuff works amazing and I use it all the time when repairing lips.

Before






After



I also got a little bored one day so instead of replacing all my bolts (f*ck paying about $2-3 per bolt) I decided to just spray them with a silver.



Labeled all the bolts so my stupid self doesn't get confused haha



A view from above.

[A54]

Nice thread...

[yomisiu]

looking real good man keep it up

[EDacIouSX]

if I had the garage space to do this I would have started doing this to my car . keep up the great work.

[Vanity]

ahhh, this build is going to be even more immaculate once everything is put back together!

[truckmtrS13]

Originally Posted by yomisiu

looking real good man keep it up

I wish more people would take the time to restore a car properly like you.

[Crondy]

I saw this mid summer, I'm glad i got back to it. Perfect cheapo ways to make clean n shiny

+420 pizzointahs

[S14Driftr91]

Thanks for the all support guys!

[conrad_s13.5]

lookin awesome!

[S14Driftr91]

Hey guys back with a little update! I've been working alot more lately so I can start saving up and buying more parts and any other things that I may need, however I did get a little time to work on the car... nothing special but its something lol

Previously, when I took out the dash board and took out the harness, I posted up a picture of how Best Buy butchered my wiring harness when they installed the Viper alarm. I finally took the time to fix the harness today.



After I cut and stripped the wires, I then soldered the wiring back together and put a heat shrink of them.





When i was done, I simply put the loom back over the exposed wires and wrapped it up nicely.



I also spent some time trying to get my seized Stance coilovers apart, but the lower bracket to adjust the ride height doesn't seem to want to budge. It's really been pissing me off because I have plans are to powdercoat the springs along with some other pieces and these coils are holding me up. I've soaked these f*ckers with PB blaster, used heat on them, beat them with a rubber and metal mallet, and still nothing wants to move. Does anyone have any ideas on how to get these off ?

[kalypso123]

wow... thats outrageous! @_@

( i meant engine bay paint job )

[xruffwvrydax]

Nice build. Love the attention to detail.

[blueshark123]

u should have gone on mcmaster and bought brand new stainless steel bolts a bag of 50 cost under 10 bucks and will never rust or paint flake off. like yours i painted my bolts also but they eventually got rusty again i just placed a 200 order to replace almost every bolt on my car

[myg0t]

This is such a nice build. The rust made me cry but then I was happy.

[S14Driftr91]

Originally Posted by kalypso123

wow... thats outrageous! @_@

( i meant engine bay paint job )

Hahaha I figured that, thanks alot !

Originally Posted by xruffwvrydax

Nice build. Love the attention to detail.

Thanks man!

Originally Posted by blueshark123

u should have gone on mcmaster and bought brand new stainless steel bolts a bag of 50 cost under 10 bucks and will never rust or paint flake off. like yours i painted my bolts also but they eventually got rusty again i just placed a 200 order to replace almost every bolt on my car

Yea trust me, I would love to replace every bolt but its so much money lol. The spray paint was just a last minute touch up to make everything look somewhat better. I've never heard of that website but I just checked it out and its pretty sick. I'm definitely considering ordering some new stuff now. Thanks for the info, I appreciate it!

Originally Posted by myg0t

This is such a nice build. The rust made me cry but then I was happy.

Ahaha yea finding that rust was heart breaking but most of it is fixed now. I still have some little patches to take car of, like in the floor pan but hopefully this week i'll be able to get to it.

[XiaoAZN]

Wow awesome build, any updates?