My Little Silvia (S15 with RB26)

[CursedGTR]

Originally Posted by justaKAiswear

Pink spindles FTMFW. Rep recieved!


ALSO - For rust removal, I used Napa Naval Jelly, Napa PN 765-1292 That and fine grit steel wool works excellent for surface rust, for more serious rust I have used copper/steel tires brushes (look like tooth brushes) and sanded with 400/800/1200 to remove the scratches from the brushes

Im assuming its light surface rust if its on your C/O's, hope that helps!

The Naval Jelly has a chrome warning on it, but maybe I can get away with it if I do it without long periods of exposure. Thanks for the tip.

[96Turbo]

i'm not sure it would be feasible to do this with your coilovers...but it seems to work like a charm. If you plan on taking apart and/or rebuilding them here would be an interesting method to try: http://www.zilvia.net/f/showthread.p...d+rust+removal

Do that and powdercoat the shock bodies. that would be sweet

[MunsonAuto]

I've used coca-cola and steel wool on a few surface rusted chrome chevy truck bumpers before. I don't know how well it will work on your coilovers but it's another possible option.
Sssssiiiiiicccckkkkkk build btw!!!

[ByeByeSti]

Originally Posted by jbuckley

the front assembly is so damn sexy.

+rep for being baller

this my friend is being more then baller haha this build is just straight up fucking nuts. his paint scheme in the front end is sick, his fmic eats small children, and his car is more then i will ever afford haha

[CursedGTR]

I have puttered arond and completed absolutely nothing really, mainly because it is about time to get started on harder parts here soon, and it is taking sometime to think out and plan correctly. Meanwhile I just do the little shit until I figure it all out.

So here are the pics of work done in the past few days.
Rear Suspension was put up
Started assembling the body
Put the dash cross bar in (After much scrubbing and painting)
Coaed the Dash in Resin, sanded, coated, sanded and then coated it again. Hopefully it will be smooth enough soo to make a mold from it.
Oh and I wasted time painting my steering Rack a nice Silver with Black.
Figured out my headlight brackets so the damn things will sit straight as well.
Don't bust my balls for the rusty Toe Rod Bolts, they were temporary and have since been replaced with beautiful brand new ones from Nissan.

[Modrified]

it's really coming along. keep it up man. love this thread.

[slideattack]

All I can say is ...WOW!!!!! you my friend are a baller.

[Z33dori]

dam that thing is insane

[Dousan_PG]

super sweet
i love the color of your car

[spooledyou33]

i just spend like almost an hour looking and reading your whole thread... i have to say i can only dream of doing this to a s15 its great the love you have shown to the car. when you found it.. she was ready for the junk yard now for sure front page of all the tuner mags good luck me hope she comes out the way you want it to

[Full-Lock]

wow this looks soo good!! sweet..

i dont know if you mentioned but did you ever say what wheels are going on this?

[Flybert]

Nice rusty bolts. At least clean em up a little.

[Sreds13]

GOOD GOD!!! HOLLY SHIT!!! WHAT THE FUCK!!!!

THAT SIR IS BALLA STATUS

[tdub377]

Wow supper nice car man. Thing is comming along really well.

[DisEpyon]

your car is so colorful, reminds me of laffy taffy candy, i just want to eat it.

[jakethesnake]

your car is going to be amazing!!! very nice job!!!

[hotlavaflow]

wow I'm speechless, that's amazing.

[TougeLabs]

WOW.
Incredible

[s14tan]

Respect.


Just sick dude, sick...

[Neejay]

Originally Posted by CursedGTR

Don't bust my balls for the rusty Toe Rod Bolts, they were temporary and have since been replaced with beautiful brand new ones from Nissan.

Originally Posted by Flybert

Nice rusty bolts. At least clean em up a little.

What?

EDIT: Wait, not sure if he meant those were the ONLY ones replaced or what...

[xplicit240]

so how do i get you to build me a car for free? =) awesome build ! anxiously waiting for the next post.

[l2edken]

speechless, i need to see this finished product... so fuckin gorgeous

[CursedGTR]

Originally Posted by Neejay

What?

EDIT: Wait, not sure if he meant those were the ONLY ones replaced or what...

All of the bolts are clean. The toe rod bolts were completely replaced, The rest of them were sandblasted. They will all get powder coated in a few weeks. So uh , yeah I repeat don't bust my balls over rusty bolts because I took care of it. The biggest thing with a project like this is making sure that big box of bolts you have all ends up in the right place .

Thanks all for the input and support.

[96Turbo]

can't believe you got that giant hunk of aluminum you call an intercooler to tuck behind the bumper so nicely! looks amazing

[Flybert]

Why not weld a lower intercooler support? Seems like it would be nicer and more reliable than the stacked aluminum. O, and what are all the bungs for on the radiator?

[Kougeki]

Looking at those pictures, my pants got super tight.
I need a moment...

[Brian]

as always..... COLOR is AWESOME

[CursedGTR]

Originally Posted by Flybert

Why not weld a lower intercooler support? Seems like it would be nicer and more reliable than the stacked aluminum. O, and what are all the bungs for on the radiator?

That is 6061 Billet aluminum it is super reliable and the sandwiching idea works for stability and relaiability BUT the biggest advantage to it is the fact that it is removable. Now look at it closely and you will see that we cut pieces of metal to go with the Tension rod bracket surface area in order to attain a flat mounting spot. That is the primary reason for the sandwiching, Another point is the fact that the entire assembly is adjustable.


The bugns on the Radiator are for direct water feed from each turbine and two feeds from the Coolant Swirl pot that is part of the GT Head cooling modification outlined on the engine page at the beginning of this thread.

[burnsauto]

are you still doing this out of a hobby shop?

[TiNMAN]

two words, dream build.