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

[mizono]

Originally Posted by jon_mr2

i dont know if you know, but im sure you know because you said you saw it on the street, assuming youve been there that oahu is a different island. and to be honest, i havent been there i a few years... so yeah. might as well be like me asking you the same question, being your in cali, lol.

Lol yeah I know its a different island, but its close so I figured maybe you have family or something and visit near by island's.

[icey]

keep it up man you rock!

[SilviaBricks]

Dude what kind of budget do you have for this project? This thing is stacking up.

[jon_mr2]

Originally Posted by SilviaBricks

Dude what kind of budget do you have for this project? This thing is stacking up.

pretty much whatever i have extra at the end of every paycheck. and however long it will take me... just gotta stay commited to it thats all.

[s13driver240sx]

awesome thread. It's been keeping me entertained so keep it up.

[Onitsukagirl]

i love to see a rusty one being taken care of instead of neglected!

[UsJdmTUner]

Originally Posted by jon_mr2

i actually just shot the engine bay with spray can primer. even though i have a whole gallon of primer/sealer and a new devilbliss spray gun sitting at home. but yeah, first was using bondo for body filler, but that sucked. ended up using rage body filler, its real smooth compared to the bondo... or at least for me. and just filled the small holes with that green 3m puddy stuff. i might just spray the engine bay with spray can gloss black... since its just the engine bay, when i plan to paint the car ill use the spray gun.

is rage body filler way better than bondo? i want to work on my engine bay as well and get the best stuff to smoothen the bay a lil bit.. and you used 3m putty stuff to fill holes? how is it holding up...

[JesusFreakDrifter]

YO This is why we need a build section +1 excellent job man,

[jon_mr2]

Originally Posted by UsJdmTUner

is rage body filler way better than bondo? i want to work on my engine bay as well and get the best stuff to smoothen the bay a lil bit.. and you used 3m putty stuff to fill holes? how is it holding up...

well, the evercoat is a lot lighter to work with. but honestly, i would say its pretty much how you apply it and the tools you have to work with. they will both hold up as long as the surface your working on is preped correctly. as for the 3m stuff, i like it, it fills the small holes, but also sandable primer also works for smaller holes. this is just from my own experience... just try and try again. after a while you get the idea i guess.

[drifter808]

Originally Posted by mizono

Chill. I don't mean to thread jack but have you seen this guy? He's in Oahu. I saw this car on the street last summer

thats not Oahu. Thats RiceEata's car and he's on the Big Island to.

did you get that MAF plug i dropped off?

[jon_mr2]

Originally Posted by drifter808

thats not Oahu. Thats RiceEata's car and he's on the Big Island to.

did you get that MAF plug i dropped off?

yeah, thanks for dropping that off derek. i think when the time comes im gona extend the wires in the wiring harness to hide it, make it clean

[psychoblue23]

nice build man keep up the good work

[Skaterg240sx]

dude ur build is coming along so great...keep up the good work ....as for me im off to continue working on my coupe..= ]

[jon_mr2]

well, happy easter everyone. got some stuff in the mail.

new oem frame rail


new interior mirror trim peices


cleaned the garage

[silentstyle1]

Looking good man keep up the good work

[jon_mr2]

hah...

i figured with all the free time i have during the week after work id try to attemp a polished intake manifold... oh man i wish i never started it, guess i gotta finish it now

[gixxer103]

man i wish my doodoo brown interior would look like dat...nice resto

[sileightyfreak]

cant wait to see the finished product. good job

[jon_mr2]

so yeah, finally going to have full weekends. just got my evaluation and raise stuff at mazda. leaving toyota next saturday, so more time to work on the car, and more time to have a life, lol.

tested the paint i got for the engine bay, only sprayed the firewall back half for now, still gotta fab, cut a weld a new radiator support, going to try do this next weekend.

but heres a few pics of the gloss black, i think it looks decent... its only for the engine bay. you guys think i should spray a coat of gloss black over the undercoating in the fender wells?

[drfturkey]

looking nice good job...

[WagDatto]

I've recommended it before (maybe in this thread, I don't remember) but the big blue cans of "Truck Bed Liner" spray paint work wonders... I sprayed my engine bay and wheel wells with it, it looks very very clean, and the texture hides a lot of imperfections. Great for wheel wells, but since you cleaned your engine bay so well, that gloss black would looks slick.

[jon_mr2]

Originally Posted by WagDatto

I've recommended it before (maybe in this thread, I don't remember) but the big blue cans of "Truck Bed Liner" spray paint work wonders... I sprayed my engine bay and wheel wells with it, it looks very very clean, and the texture hides a lot of imperfections. Great for wheel wells, but since you cleaned your engine bay so well, that gloss black would looks slick.

i was actually thinking about redoing the fender wells with truck bedliner instead of the rubberized undercoating, but seems to be holding up, so i think ill just stick with it... would be a lot of work to remove the undercoating anyways:P would you or anyone else know if the gloss paint will adhere to the rubberized undercoating? just wondering

[240sxlove]

thats nice man, good job, i cant wait to see your finished product, i bet that thing is gonna be a super clean 240, throw like a rb20 in there later or a sr maybe and your set.

[dsc4130]

curious were did you get that frame rail piece? i did mine with the same piece but when i went to get another for a friends car, courtesy said that they were all out and werent getting anymore?

[Jordan-S13-Silvia]

Wow looking good keep up the good work.

[jon_mr2]

so yeah, yesterday was my last day working on saturdays, sure feels great knowing im gona have full weekends from now on. more time to spend with my girlfriend and work on the car, lol. but yeah, got to use the welder, works great... some parts were a little sketchy though, gotta practice more and the wind didnt help either. fabbed up some brackets for the lower radiator support. and of course finished painting the engine bay, im pretty stoked about how it came out

damn rusted out radiator support area, couldnt get the last two bolts for the tension rod brackets off, had to do some cutting


fabbing up the new support bar


finally paint


new set up

[CrimsonRockett]

Not bad at all.

I currently have a shell sitting in my driveway and plan on doing the exact same thing.

Full tear down/rebuild.

I've already completed the body(came with no front end), got a full wiring harness, spare KA that's going to be rebuilt, and picked up more paint materials.

Keep up the good work!

[jon_mr2]

lol... goodies


raised up the car another foot or so today and started grinding at that rail




picked up a spot weld cutter from the matco truck dude, works pretty good so far


maybe tommorow ill finish up. had to service my dd and do some stuff around the house, and my arms arnt used to drilling upside down all the time :P

[I10cruiser]

looks really great love the goodies

[BlueKpS13]

Originally Posted by jon_mr2

hah...

i figured with all the free time i have during the week after work id try to attemp a polished intake manifold... oh man i wish i never started it, guess i gotta finish it now

sand blast if you can find a blaster