Restoring 89 S13 Coupe (please stop quoting pictures - Mods)

[RevKid]

cant wait to see the end result.keep it up.

[pac]

wow amazing work, keep the club posted!

[TipStylez]

Hot shit. I always wanted to do this to my last 240, but never had room or time.

[Hawaiian240]

Originally Posted by 240_hawaii

hey jon its Thane in hilo long time no see i was gonna ask Derek what you were doing wit your 240 but all i had to do was go on zilvia hahaha great job im glad someone has decided to go deep in a rebuild and show everyone All of the problems that come up wit doing a build great work call me up some time
btw i feel you on the shipping crunch its a bitch!

So move up to the mainland with the rest of us! EVERYTHINGS CHEAPER, more wrecking yards, and an a$$ton of machine and fabrication shops! Oh yeah, all the tracks are here too! And I can get race fuel less than 5 miles from my house from a gas pump.

I miss the islands, but the south is pretty laid back like the big island and we just fly back every year to see the family!

So if any of da braddahs need me to check something out, just PM or email me and i'll see what I can do!

[DriftMUH]

Originally Posted by jon_mr2

hah... so ive heard. hopefully getting the ac working will help a little, or maybe stick a sock over it :P

burned me so good. -->

i got tired of having to put ONE race glove on.. i just returned to my stock shift knob

[jon_mr2]

Originally Posted by fromxtor

Looks good Jon, I have more pics of the VC if you want them.

nah, no need more pics. but thanks for the job well done. loving it

Originally Posted by mateoo

dizzam, i want to move to hawaii

lol, why? i guess it is nice here, sometimes. but not a lot to do, well, at least on this island.

Originally Posted by 240_hawaii

hey jon its Thane in hilo long time no see i was gonna ask Derek what you were doing wit your 240 but all i had to do was go on zilvia hahaha great job im glad someone has decided to go deep in a rebuild and show everyone All of the problems that come up wit doing a build great work call me up some time
btw i feel you on the shipping crunch its a bitch!

woah, hey thane. didnt know you were on here as well. derek told me you got a bunch of 240s. but yeah, shipping sucks ass, but gotta pay it if i want it. k, see you around, maybe ill get this thing running soon. hopefully, lol.


well, today i had to help with clearing out a garden today to get ready to plant some stuff. but when i had time, i put together the steering rack again and mounted it to the subframe. forgot my tools, so couldnt really do much. im hoping next weekend ill have a pulley puller by then and i can teardown the engine... finally. maybe have it done in that weekend, depending on the paint.

[Modrified]

haven't check this thread for a good while. it's coming along great.

[1989rps13]

i like your attention to little detail because in the end the little detail is what matters!

[Hawaiian240]

Originally Posted by jon_mr2

OOOOOOH, AAAAAAAAH...............NICE RACK!

Keep up the awesome build Jon! See you in October.

[silviaz]

looking good
keep it up

[jon_mr2]

k, started dissasembling engine today, couldve been done if i had some longer allen head sockets for the damn head bolts... anyways, thats pretty much the only thing holding me back this weekend. i was planning to paint the block and stuff, but i guess im pushed back once again another week .





condensor fin comb anyone? lol... this thing takes some patience



anybody know this paint color code? posted it up in the paint thread, waiting to see a reply.

[Massimo Power]

wow.. this is impressive work for a home project.. props to you!

[EDacIouSX]

that looks like what i leave in the toilet with some clear coat lol.... but that comment doesn't mean it looks bad i am just saying it looks like a shit/dirt brown color. anyways your car is coming along pretty nicelely

[civilized_drifter]

great work man, you wanna do my two-tone coupe when your done???

[ill_concepts]

wow awesome work! +1

[jon_mr2]

this week was really interesting. monday morning woke up having been bitten by a lot of ants. that afternoon, got a hit and run on my corolla... just some scratches across the front bumper, but sucks its practically new... kinda. got a new roommate in the house. got my safety check license in the beginning of the month for work, someone went on vacation, so im left being the only one in the shop being able to write, so i feel like i spend half the day at work writing them up. and today, helping out a friend do a timing belt on his acura, man... those crank bolts are stuck on there pretty damn good... took a while even with the impact gun... i feel my 3/8 snap on is much stronger than my 1/2 quiet IR. time for a stronger 1/2 gun.

but yeah, got the engine down to the block, cleaned it and got some paint. gotta wait for the new oil pump gear and reg to come in before i start putting back together, but other than that, seems to be going pretty well.





also got some undercoating on the frame rails, gona do the sides of the underbody as well, it will look better i think.

[90KAcoupe]

what are u using for ur undercoat... when i did my similar project i had really good luck with the dupli color spray on bed liner in the blue can at all the auto junk stores.. i hate the rubber crap..

[808_s13]

how good did the
vinyl spray paint work? has
it faded yet? or is it holding up good?
im considering that same method, but still not sure.
LMK how things are.

-makua[ace]

[jon_mr2]

Originally Posted by 90KAcoupe

what are u using for ur undercoat... when i did my similar project i had really good luck with the dupli color spray on bed liner in the blue can at all the auto junk stores.. i hate the rubber crap..

just some permatex brand rubberized undercoating, i do hate it as well. i did want to go with the bedliner, but i ended up doing this for some reason... wish i went with the bedliner stuff.

Originally Posted by 808_s13

how good did the
vinyl spray paint work? has
it faded yet? or is it holding up good?
im considering that same method, but still not sure.
LMK how things are.

-makua[ace]

as for the vinyl paint, im happy with the outcome. its still holding up. seems like a lot of people message me about this. but yeah, this is all in a garage, so havent really seen the sun much, so not too sure on the fading effects yet.

[808_s13]

Originally Posted by jon_mr2

as for the vinyl paint, im happy with the outcome. its still holding up. seems like a lot of people message me about this. but yeah, this is all in a garage, so havent really seen the sun much, so not too sure on the fading effects yet.

yeah? so it hasnt had any sun contact or anything?
hmm maybe ill do it too.

what island you from shakka bruddah?

-makua[ace]

[let5l1de]

Originally Posted by jon_mr2

also got some undercoating on the frame rails, gona do the sides of the underbody as well, it will look better i think.

Nice work with the frame rails! I was flipping thru some of the previous pages and ran across the images showing how much rust had eaten the underside. Its only been 5 months since this thread was started and I am really impressed with how this coupe is turning out in such a short amount of time.

Dedication 101 for all the s that have no clue what it takes to assemble, let alone FIX your project (if done right) from the ground up with your own hands. Here is another fine project/inspiration.
note to all 240 owners: junkers can be turned into fine projects with knowledge, parts & $$

too bad some just don't care about their rides...

[jon_mr2]

Originally Posted by 808_s13

yeah? so it hasnt had any sun contact or anything?
hmm maybe ill do it too.

what island you from shakka bruddah?

-makua[ace]

no sun contact yet. sorry about that. and i live one the big island.

Originally Posted by let5l1de

Nice work with the frame rails! I was flipping thru some of the previous pages and ran across the images showing how much rust had eaten the underside. Its only been 5 months since this thread was started and I am really impressed with how this coupe is turning out in such a short amount of time.

Dedication 101 for all the s that have no clue what it takes to assemble, let alone FIX your project (if done right) from the ground up with your own hands. Here is another fine project/inspiration.
note to all 240 owners: junkers can be turned into fine projects with knowledge, parts & $$

too bad some just don't care about their rides...

WOW! thanks for the comment. sure makes me feel better about the project. definitely takes some dedication, i wish i did more, but sometimes with only a couple days off a week id rather relax than go outside and work. and sometimes i got more important bills to pay than buy more stuff for the car, so itll have to wait. i figure if your going to do something, do it good the first time around. i mean, it sucks not being able to drive it, but it will be worth it im sure of it.

[jon_mr2]

ok, so this weekend i received a package. got an obx header and a mr.copper gasket for a great deal. i want to thank OperationSr20 for the sale.

[Hawaiian240]

Eh, pretty nice for the first time brah!!

Does take some time and experience finding out the correct settings for the pressure and flow rates!! It varies even with the type of paint and how thin it is.

Keep up the good work!

[importantone]

excellent work! keep the goodness coming!

[90KAcoupe]

great work man.. but just a picture to keep u motivated...

a year and 5 weeks turn my car from



to this

[jon_mr2]

Originally Posted by Hawaiian240

Eh, pretty nice for the first time brah!!

Does take some time and experience finding out the correct settings for the pressure and flow rates!! It varies even with the type of paint and how thin it is.

Keep up the good work!

yo kevin. yeah, im gona try practice a bit more before shooting the 240. maybe ill redo the engine bay with a two stage in black still. but even though i couldnt get it that good this time, i like the feel of the gun. thanks for the comment!

Originally Posted by 90KAcoupe

great work man.. but just a picture to keep u motivated...

haha, thanks for the pics. i actually check out your build thread every once in a while to boost my motivation... i think i did like last night actually, lol. your car looks great, so clean!

[davirene]

Hey just like to say sic build.....no your build is a little different from the others by the amount of rust you had to repair....The Island life love the sunsets but hate the salt air!!!

I noticed you were mentioning something about the Paint color on a brown car...here is a link to a similar thread where I had posted before....

http://zilvia.net/f/chat/156825-need...ght-color.html

The color on the Aspec 240sx is a Color that came out in 2003 Infiniti FX35 and 45....the color in called Berillium and looks so sic in person!!!!

When you see it in person it is different and so bitchin...I dont know the color code but any decent Automotive paint store should be able to look it up???

Good luck and I will be posting some of my builds soon??

David

[Forge_55b]

if the paint color is Beryllium 16 then the code is Infinity C16

heres a link http://www.signfinishes.com/%5Cstore...Oct%202002.pdf

[jon_mr2]

Originally Posted by davirene

Hey just like to say sic build.....no your build is a little different from the others by the amount of rust you had to repair....The Island life love the sunsets but hate the salt air!!!

I noticed you were mentioning something about the Paint color on a brown car...here is a link to a similar thread where I had posted before....

http://zilvia.net/f/chat/156825-need...ght-color.html

The color on the Aspec 240sx is a Color that came out in 2003 Infiniti FX35 and 45....the color in called Berillium and looks so sic in person!!!!

When you see it in person it is different and so bitchin...I dont know the color code but any decent Automotive paint store should be able to look it up???

Good luck and I will be posting some of my builds soon??

David

Hey David,
thanks for that brown paint thread. never really thought of searching for a brown paint thread on this site, only happened to check out that one stickied paint thread at the top. but that definitly helps with some ideas. hopefully i can find the color i want that ill be happy with by the time i have to paint, lol. saw the Beryllium before, but i think in some lighting it looks too purple/gray-like... i want more of a brown i guess. :P hopefully i can be a little different.