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Unknown · 11-07-2002, 06:54 PM

Which is the better body?

I want to know the personal thoughts and actually facts from everyone with an s13, doesn't matter what engine.

( Personally I like the trunk!<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/thumbs-up.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':thumbsup:'> )

Trunk:1
Hatch:0

whateverjames · 11-07-2002, 07:08 PM

hatch. but damn, i took out my whole stereo system and now i hear nothing but a million rattles. i'd go for a coupe next time.

FRpilot · 11-07-2002, 07:26 PM

i like the hatch.. but im starting to like the coupe too..  <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='???'>  but i guess i would want a hatch before i get a coupe so i guess you can count me in for the hatch..

if you're lookin for a good handling car.. go for the coupe w/o sunroof.. glass sunroof and glass hatch offers more flexing than metal frame and a solid trunk which gives more structural integrity..

AKADriver · 11-07-2002, 07:55 PM

The coupe is slightly more rigid and 30lb lighter.  Easy decision there.  Not to mention hatches have water leakage issues around the taillights, rust-inducing foam spoilers on many, etc. etc.

I bought this hatch because it was convenient and mechanically perfect, but I wouldn't do it again.  If I ever buy another S13 it'll be a coupe.

Natty · 11-07-2002, 10:27 PM

Fastback. More versatile and so damn sexy  <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/inlove.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='

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Jeff

AutoDestruct · 11-07-2002, 10:38 PM

#1 was a coupe and like iv'e heard said <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='

'>  it looks very R32.   But 89 must have not been that great a year.  Sohc and all,  and so I got a 91 hatch that blows my mind.   Buuttt.   If I "had a dream" it would be a silvia stroker 240bodied SR2.2 powered DET dream.       Yeah I vote trunked S13 with Silvia Reflector Headlights.  Engine be damned. <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/devil.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':devil:'>

misnomer · 11-08-2002, 12:46 AM

You can't sleep in the back of a coupe. . .

The hatch is more useful, and definitely more sexy :-)

Yoshi · 11-08-2002, 01:36 AM

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFastback!  <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='

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wpayne · 11-08-2002, 02:07 AM

I personally prefer the the hatch over the coupe. However, if I were in Japan, it'd come very close but I think I would get a silvia over a 180sx.

S13Slide · 11-08-2002, 04:32 AM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (misnomer @ Nov. 08 2002,01:46)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">You can't sleep in the back of a coupe. . .

The hatch is more useful, and definitely more sexy :-)</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
how you gonna say the hatch is sexier (sp?) than the coupe? i vote for coupe

AutoDestruct · 11-08-2002, 10:35 AM

Coupe ! !     Coupe ! !     Coupe ! ! <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':laugh:'>

240 2NR · 11-08-2002, 11:36 AM

Well the hatchback does rattle a bit and the sunroof is lame, but it's so much more usefull.  I can cram so much stuff in it (like a 27" sony Wega for example).  Both styles appeal to me.  The coupe looks tough, but the hatchback with some 180sx tailaights is so damn cool too.

If you have little to carry go for the coupe, if you like having the usefulness of a sizable truck, get a fastback.

Unknown · 11-08-2002, 02:49 PM

well sence i don't know what 249 2nr is going for then it seems...

Hatch:6
Trunk:6

hmm....there seems to be a prob there lol....

RedlineRacer · 11-08-2002, 03:13 PM

With those rims on that coupe and fastback, i don't think either look sexy like that. Those rims are hurting man.

Russki · 11-08-2002, 04:56 PM

The black hb looks incomplete without the rear bumper skirt.  The car looks real nice until your eye hits the rear and just looks like its missing something.  Other than that and the rims, it's a wet dream come true. <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/inlove.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='

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thelinja · 11-08-2002, 05:18 PM

I like the fastback most.  But I really like seeing a coupe with an S13 front end conversion.  Those are sweet.

Joe_M · 11-08-2002, 08:30 PM

I currently own both, and to tell the truth, I like driving my Coupe more.  It just feels better for some reason, but my Fastback was my first RWD car, so it has a special place <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='

'>.

As it sits now, it's a tie..... but once the k00p gets the SR20DET and the Silvia conversion, my vote goes to my k00p.

Joe

Unknown · 11-08-2002, 08:59 PM

well it looks as if there is a bit more to go but so far its the hatch

Hatch:8
Trunk:7

(come on ppl you know you like the trunk better)

240Driver39 · 11-09-2002, 12:53 AM

Fastback all the way, the coupes looks are appealing in a certain way, but i still love my fastback  <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/inlove.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='

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91CRXsiR · 11-09-2002, 08:47 AM

i have a hatch but , i was looking for a koop , and there seems to be allot of ppl that want koops when they HAVE hatches, so i guess koop... but they are so damn rare..

FRpilot · 11-09-2002, 11:00 AM

aren't those Advan Racing Oni rims on the coupe.. how can those rims look fugly? i love the look and those rims.. <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/inlove.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='

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Unknown · 11-09-2002, 11:11 AM

Oh ya baby tied up again come on ppl start voting!!

Hatch:8
Trunk:8 <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/devil.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':devil:'>

come on ppl you can't tell me that this does not look good

DarkRaptor42 · 11-09-2002, 11:38 AM

I vote for the hatchback madness. Coupes are ugly as sin. Look like.... dare I say it... hondas!! Besides, the ladys prefer the hatchback to the coupe. My friend rolled up next to me in his coupe and me in my hatch. I got the whistles, he got dusted <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='

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Hatchs rule, non flip up headlights though, not silvia conversion.

*sykikchimp* · 11-09-2002, 03:30 PM

Fastback!  (i'm biased)

Sr2O-det · 11-10-2002, 09:03 PM

http://www.bn-sports.co.jp/s13t2/image/b_s13t2_rear.jpg

See why coupes are better other reason: There are less coupes. And yes it looks alredy damn sexy with out a wing and no words to describe it, if it got some clear tailigths on or skyline converion tailigths on. And you got a damn good looking RARE 240sx.

drift freaq · 11-11-2002, 12:02 AM

fastbacks they are real sports cars , coupes are sport sedans which are sports cars but not quite the same feeling IHMO and S14 are some of the sexiest looking sports coupes out there.
yet my vote still comes down to the 180sx i.e. S13 fastback <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='

'>  <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='

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goodjuan · 11-11-2002, 01:40 AM

goodjuan · 11-11-2002, 01:47 AM

coupe or hatch..BLAH!   CONVERTIBLE!!!!  LOL

wherezmytofu · 11-11-2002, 01:51 AM

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (AutoDestruct @ Nov. 07 2002,12:35)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Coupe ! ! Coupe ! ! Coupe ! ! <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':laugh:'></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'>
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Bald Tires · 11-12-2002, 05:43 AM

coupe... i don't get asked to haul stuff for friends/family when the move. plus, my friends coupe makes a lot of noise. i've owned a coupe before my brother wrecked it and it took forever to try to find another one for sale in my area. people who have them don't like to get rid of them, that's for sure.

11-07-2002, 10:27 PM	#5
Natty Zilvia Addict Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 944 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Fastback. More versatile and so damn sexy  <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/inlove.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=''> Jeff __________________ 1991 White 240sx Fastback LE, rusty spoiler, weak driveshaft, exhaust rattle.... Rattles are just your cars way of saying 'I love you.'

11-07-2002, 10:38 PM	#6
AutoDestruct Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: The Burg, Harrisburg Posts: 437 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	#1 was a coupe and like iv'e heard said <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=''>  it looks very R32.   But 89 must have not been that great a year.  Sohc and all,  and so I got a 91 hatch that blows my mind.   Buuttt.   If I "had a dream" it would be a silvia stroker 240bodied SR2.2 powered DET dream.       Yeah I vote trunked S13 with Silvia Reflector Headlights.  Engine be damned. <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/devil.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':devil:'>

11-08-2002, 12:46 AM	#7
misnomer Nissanaholic! Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Nevada Posts: 2,293 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	You can't sleep in the back of a coupe. . . The hatch is more useful, and definitely more sexy :-) __________________ Rowsdower saves us and saves all the world!

11-08-2002, 01:36 AM	#8
Yoshi Post Whore! Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Washington Age: 48 Posts: 3,003 Trader Rating: (1) Rides Gallery: Yoshi Feedback Score: 1 reviews	FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFastback!  <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=''> __________________ www.360realms.com/S13-S15

11-08-2002, 02:07 AM	#9
wpayne Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Okinawa, Japan + Azusa, CA Posts: 563 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I personally prefer the the hatch over the coupe. However, if I were in Japan, it'd come very close but I think I would get a silvia over a 180sx. __________________ Too many people use cars as an extension of their PENIS and they make me sick. A car is to get you from point A to point B or for motorsports. Not revving around town at stop lights. Check out my mods!: 50,000watt super amp and JDM lights!! Yeah right... S13 Silvia K's I got for free (I'm in japan now)!! Woot woot! '99 25GT-T Skyline (I don't want to list all the parts) http://welcome.to/skylinegtr '92 240sx HB

11-07-2002, 06:54 PM	#1
Unknown Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 22 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Which is the better body? I want to know the personal thoughts and actually facts from everyone with an s13, doesn't matter what engine. ( Personally I like the trunk!<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/thumbs-up.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':thumbsup:'> ) Trunk:1 Hatch:0 __________________ BOOST IT!!!!

11-07-2002, 07:08 PM	#2
whateverjames Nissanaholic! Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: St. Louis Age: 45 Posts: 2,263 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	hatch. but damn, i took out my whole stereo system and now i hear nothing but a million rattles. i'd go for a coupe next time.

11-07-2002, 07:55 PM	#4
AKADriver Post Whore! Join Date: May 2002 Location: Springfield, VA Age: 43 Posts: 3,517 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	The coupe is slightly more rigid and 30lb lighter.  Easy decision there.  Not to mention hatches have water leakage issues around the taillights, rust-inducing foam spoilers on many, etc. etc. I bought this hatch because it was convenient and mechanically perfect, but I wouldn't do it again.  If I ever buy another S13 it'll be a coupe.

11-08-2002, 04:32 AM	#10
S13Slide Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 3 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (misnomer @ Nov. 08 2002,01:46)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">You can't sleep in the back of a coupe. . . The hatch is more useful, and definitely more sexy :-)</td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'> how you gonna say the hatch is sexier (sp?) than the coupe? i vote for coupe

11-08-2002, 10:35 AM	#11
AutoDestruct Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: The Burg, Harrisburg Posts: 437 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Coupe ! !     Coupe ! !     Coupe ! ! <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':laugh:'>

11-08-2002, 11:36 AM	#12
240 2NR Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Denver Posts: 1,131 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Well the hatchback does rattle a bit and the sunroof is lame, but it's so much more usefull.  I can cram so much stuff in it (like a 27" sony Wega for example).  Both styles appeal to me.  The coupe looks tough, but the hatchback with some 180sx tailaights is so damn cool too. If you have little to carry go for the coupe, if you like having the usefulness of a sizable truck, get a fastback. __________________ Steve 93 240sx FB currently very clean and for sale

11-08-2002, 02:49 PM	#13
Unknown Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 22 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	well sence i don't know what 249 2nr is going for then it seems... Hatch:6 Trunk:6 hmm....there seems to be a prob there lol.... __________________ BOOST IT!!!!

11-08-2002, 03:13 PM	#14
RedlineRacer Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Clemson, South Carolina Age: 40 Posts: 1,054 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	With those rims on that coupe and fastback, i don't think either look sexy like that. Those rims are hurting man.

11-08-2002, 04:56 PM	#15
Russki Leaky Injector Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 82 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	The black hb looks incomplete without the rear bumper skirt.  The car looks real nice until your eye hits the rear and just looks like its missing something.  Other than that and the rims, it's a wet dream come true. <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/inlove.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=''>

11-08-2002, 05:18 PM	#16
thelinja Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: New Jersey Posts: 1,466 Trader Rating: (3) Rides Gallery: thelinja Feedback Score: 3 reviews	I like the fastback most.  But I really like seeing a coupe with an S13 front end conversion.  Those are sweet.

11-08-2002, 08:30 PM	#17
Joe_M Zilvia Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Cincinnati, OH Age: 46 Posts: 210 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I currently own both, and to tell the truth, I like driving my Coupe more.  It just feels better for some reason, but my Fastback was my first RWD car, so it has a special place <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=''>. As it sits now, it's a tie..... but once the k00p gets the SR20DET and the Silvia conversion, my vote goes to my k00p. Joe __________________ 1991 240SX LE Fastback SOLD!! 1992 USDM OneVia CA18DET powered SOLD!! 1996 240SX Base Model Rockin' the 4 Lug 1995 240SX Base Model $400 project car... and it runs!

11-08-2002, 08:59 PM	#18
Unknown Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 22 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	well it looks as if there is a bit more to go but so far its the hatch Hatch:8 Trunk:7 (come on ppl you know you like the trunk better) __________________ BOOST IT!!!!

11-09-2002, 12:53 AM	#19
240Driver39 Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: May 2002 Location: Charleston, SC Age: 40 Posts: 1,090 Trader Rating: (1) Rides Gallery: 240Driver39 Feedback Score: 1 reviews	Fastback all the way, the coupes looks are appealing in a certain way, but i still love my fastback  <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/inlove.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=''> __________________ 1990 240sx 5spd fastback

11-09-2002, 08:47 AM	#20
91CRXsiR Nissanaholic! Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: City of Industry, CA [626] Age: 42 Posts: 2,092 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	i have a hatch but , i was looking for a koop , and there seems to be allot of ppl that want koops when they HAVE hatches, so i guess koop... but they are so damn rare..

11-09-2002, 11:11 AM	#22
Unknown Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 22 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Oh ya baby tied up again come on ppl start voting!! Hatch:8 Trunk:8 <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/devil.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':devil:'> come on ppl you can't tell me that this does not look good __________________ BOOST IT!!!!

11-09-2002, 11:38 AM	#23
DarkRaptor42 Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Lodi CA Age: 41 Posts: 542 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I vote for the hatchback madness. Coupes are ugly as sin. Look like.... dare I say it... hondas!! Besides, the ladys prefer the hatchback to the coupe. My friend rolled up next to me in his coupe and me in my hatch. I got the whistles, he got dusted <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=''> Hatchs rule, non flip up headlights though, not silvia conversion. __________________ 04 WRX STi 90 Sil- Camino R.I.P. AE86 20v MS R.I.P. KA-T www.209forums.com

11-09-2002, 03:30 PM	#24
sykikchimp WOW addicted Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the moon Age: 44 Posts: 6,525 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Fastback!  (i'm biased) __________________

11-10-2002, 09:03 PM	#25
Sr2O-det Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 43 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	http://www.bn-sports.co.jp/s13t2/image/b_s13t2_rear.jpg See why coupes are better other reason: There are less coupes. And yes it looks alredy damn sexy with out a wing and no words to describe it, if it got some clear tailigths on or skyline converion tailigths on. And you got a damn good looking RARE 240sx.

11-11-2002, 12:02 AM	#26
drift freaq R.I.P. Aya, always love Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Los Feliz/Hollywood Posts: 18,564 Trader Rating: (215) Rides Gallery: drift freaq Feedback Score: 215 reviews	fastbacks they are real sports cars , coupes are sport sedans which are sports cars but not quite the same feeling IHMO and S14 are some of the sexiest looking sports coupes out there. yet my vote still comes down to the 180sx i.e. S13 fastback <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=''>  <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=''>  <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/hehe.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':hehe:'> __________________ "Having a lot of tracks on a song is like putting stickers on a car to get more horsepower" New Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uebV1OnbRsw Buy my mounts! http://zilvia.net/f/sale-items/51531...ns-mounts.html http://zilvia.net/f/tech-talk/317539...e-mouts-6.html

11-11-2002, 01:40 AM	#27
goodjuan Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: San andreas Posts: 391 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews

11-11-2002, 01:47 AM	#28
goodjuan Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: San andreas Posts: 391 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	coupe or hatch..BLAH!   CONVERTIBLE!!!!  LOL

11-11-2002, 01:51 AM	#29
wherezmytofu BANNED Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 1,873 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (AutoDestruct @ Nov. 07 2002,12:35)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Coupe ! ! Coupe ! ! Coupe ! ! <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':laugh:'></td></tr></table><span id='postcolor'> <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/cool.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=''>

11-12-2002, 05:43 AM	#30
Bald Tires Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 11 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	coupe... i don't get asked to haul stuff for friends/family when the move. plus, my friends coupe makes a lot of noise. i've owned a coupe before my brother wrecked it and it took forever to try to find another one for sale in my area. people who have them don't like to get rid of them, that's for sure. __________________ white '92 coupe "hey man, where are the 'oh sh*t!' bars on this thing??!!!"