Lifewater's Sileighty Build Thread

[initial_jc]

i like the pull and the color good job

[8Nismo9]

This is one of the few sileightys i like.

[HWYKING]

great job, car looks awesome!

[tricky_ab]

Any updates?

[93nismo]

the car looks beautiful man:] i cant wait to see it done


on a side note:
maybe im just tired or maybe people arnt reading... but he said he was going to lower it more when everything's said and done... lol stop telling him to lower it. and think of paint costs this way. im in school to be a collision repair tech. if i want to fix my car and do a full paint job like he did with a SINGLE STAGE paint, it would probably be around 500(paint/materials). and i don't have to pay labor. granted, im learning still but if you figure it takes me a month to do everything working on it 2 hours roughly a day, 4 days a week. and the lowest ive seen a shop charge for labor is 40$/hour your talking almost 1300 in labor alone. and that's with a single stage paint. maybe another tech can chime in and give another estimation for something like this but either way, a complete paint job is pretty damn expensive.

[initial240sx]

wooh really nice, where do you find the rear window spoiler?

[The Hamsterball]

this is the nicest sil80 i've seen in years.. (exterior wise).

i literally went "VROOOOOOOOOOOMMMM VROOOOOOOOMMM!!!!" after staring at the after-paint pictures.

i'm lovin the wide assed tires too.. what are they 255 or 275's? i can't tell.
they look pretty stretched so maybe they're 245's..
vroooom..

[initial240sx]

yes, i also want to know what messure are the tires....??????

[freckle]

siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiick

[Shogun_S14]

i'm not a fan of pulls, but that one is clean. wider/lower offset wheels will utilize that pull better though. Great color and setup. Always good to see some sil80's

[bb4_96]

Updates yet?

[Spring Break '92]

Thats a really nice Sileighty. I got a friend to spray my S13 in single stage Toyota white and wet sand and buff it late last year. It was only then that I really started to get compliments from people. Paint is the single most important thing that makes a car that is older stand out.

[Jonnyblaze]

Not digging the front end but everything else looks good, especially that pull.

Throw some 25mm spacers on the rears.

[90white240]

That piggy front end was so clean, but your car looks so amazing!!

[kalypso123]

nice work and you've worked hard to buy all these parts,

but this car doesnt look right.

[lifewater]

Originally Posted by kalypso123

nice work and you've worked hard to buy all these parts,

but this car doesnt look right.

What do you mean?

[kyles1988]

probably just sil80 hate

[lifewater]

Not much has been going on in terms of the build lately. All the powdercoating is complete and i just installed the motor. Wiring is slow but I've removed all emissions and unneeded relays (popup retractor relays, fogs etc). I will also be adding in my own relays for the headlights to run higher wattage bulbs.

Heres what was removed:




Small pic of the completed wiring:


Pretty valve cover:







Motor Install:

[808nismo]

fukin awesome. now thats a beautiful paint job. how much was it and what color is that?

[lifewater]

Originally Posted by 808nismo

fukin awesome. now thats a beautiful paint job. how much was it and what color is that?

BMW Sparkling graphite (think the color code is A22)

[The High & Mighty]

im loving that paint job. clean build

[mtx450]

My farmers tan is awesome!

[gsr-boost-dc]

Very nice build man!

[tricky_ab]

It's nice to see that the engine has been dropped into the bay

[conrad_s13.5]

(looks like) Rinkle red is the shit!!!!...it all looks sick son!

[lifewater]

Alright guys some awesome progress this weekend. Me and MTX450 really started to get deep into wiring this weekend. Heres what was accomplished:

1: Drill holes for super stealthy wire install. Headlights, Horns, Signals, and Altima Fan wiring all went through the passenger side holes drilled below. They should be high enough to avoid water going into the car, and gromets will be installed next weekend.

Picture from alongside the fender:


Terrible shot from top of where the dashboard would be on the drivers side.


Passenger side hole:


Headlight wiring ( 14 gauge )


JDM Turn Signals/Parking light lead (this will be spliced to both once we actually start terminating connections)



Shots of loomed wire (This stuff is a pain in the ass to loom btw, but it looks so dope):







This is a ****ty shot of the main chassis harness. Its not inside the car as we are doing a nice wire tuck. WE had a choice, hut like 60 wires and repin them or just run it all behind the dash, this probably saves us about 2 weeks of headaches:



At the peak of the wiring extravaganza we took the engine harness out to play, hooked everything up, and made the lights, signals, horns, and A/C work. Heres a wonderful shot of that mess:


And in probably one of the funniest events of the evening, we tried to make an awesome video showing our work in progress, and this is what happened:

Take 1

Annnndd then 2 seconds later when we adjusted the ground The whole situation was kind of ghetto. We had this little Black and Decker jump starter we were using that had no power left so everything was getting 9 volts. But hey it works right?!

Take 2

Next week is probably going to be terminating whatever wires we can, setting up the DiF Pulse modulated Fan controller, and more wiring tucks. A battery relocation, and start legitimizing the engine harness for stealthy installs

[conrad_s13.5]

damn man!
i digg it!

[HWYKING]

any updates on the build?

[wannabdr1ftr]

wow man your car is looking good....i cant wait to see it all done. Im digging the wiring youre doing.

we need updates.

[$nicklefritz]

sweet like butter bump bump , EAST COAST !!!!!!
this thread makes me wish i had documented my build oh well save that for the next rust bucket , btw is the color code a45