Chris's S13 200SX - Front End and Catch Can!

**Posted:** Thu Mar 24, 2011 6:59 pm

nice ride, ride height not too high not too low. What wheels are those?

**Posted:** Thu Mar 24, 2011 7:14 pm

Looks much better with the slam going on!

Not bad!

**Posted:** Thu Mar 24, 2011 11:36 pm

kenny_ip_2000 wrote:

nice ride, ride height not too high not too low. What wheels are those?

Thanks Kenny.

They're made by BK Racing, you can actually get them from halfords!! But in gash chavvy silver...

**Posted:** Thu Mar 24, 2011 11:36 pm

TheRealMobiius wrote:

Looks much better with the slam going on!

Not bad!

Ta very much Phil!

**Posted:** Fri Mar 25, 2011 1:40 pm

ChrisL323f wrote:

Yeah yeah, I know I said I wouldn't do anything else to it before I sorted the rust... But best laid plans and all that jazz...

So, yesterday I popped over to see a fellow 200sx owner. His is a sil80, so has a different front end, and looks like this:

In two weeks time he's getting some fancy schmancy coilovers, so offered to sell me his shocks and lowering springs for a bargain price. I sold a headunit on ebay, and this morning it looks like this:

Yup, it's not a massive drop, but a silly low (awesome) car would mean I can't get to my new job in a weeks time. I'm happy with this for now

Rust next I promise!

looks perfect Chris not too low

mmmmm maybe paint the wheels, black could be nice

Cheers

**Posted:** Fri Mar 25, 2011 1:59 pm

Cheers fella,

I did paint the wheels! :lol:

These are the colour they're staying

**Posted:** Fri Mar 25, 2011 2:11 pm

XD!!!! hahahahah
but the rear is black and the front is graphite??? :scratch:

by the way I don`t know if my car looks better if i paint my wheels black :doubt:

Cheers

**Posted:** Fri Mar 25, 2011 3:47 pm

Bronze! bronze bronze bronze bronze! :lol:

Have a read through this:
viewtopic.php?f=27&t=44449

They are different colours because I made them that way! Drift inspired

**Posted:** Fri Mar 25, 2011 7:44 pm

Looking awesome mate, really becoming a fan of these cars now :lol:

**Posted:** Fri Mar 25, 2011 7:51 pm

cosmos1989 wrote:

Looking awesome mate, really becoming a fan of these cars now :lol:

Thanks Paul! They are fantastic machines!

**Posted:** Sat Mar 26, 2011 1:41 am

Arty farty shots from my camera, Should have the ones from Max's DSLR in a few days:

**Posted:** Fri Jun 17, 2011 11:14 pm

Rust removal/treatment has begun!

Now, this door is bad. Prepare for a shock.

No, really:

Here's what she looked like with no door, and most of the bolts from the wing removed:

The 'new' door came from a red car, (much like the replacement tailgate) so of course, it's been spray matte black for now, but rest assured, it will be going white when its taken to the body shop! The light had started to fade by the time we had 'finished' so here are the best pictures I have for the moment:

Just three more bolts to whack on, the wheel arch lining to go back in, as well at the front spat to pop back on too.

Also, did some stickering the other day:

And bolted in my harness that I've had for aaaages:

Thats all for now folks!

**Posted:** Wed Aug 17, 2011 4:19 pm

Right, this thread is long overdue an update, and my my, there is some updating to be done!

So, since I lasted posted here, the S13 has had rather a lot of money spent on it. It is now nearly rust free, dump valve fitted, has new wheels, and I've lowered it at the front a little more.

However. You will have to wait until JAE to see the changes

Sunday just gone (14/8) was a brilliant day for me. My 21st birthday treat to myself was attending a drift practice day at Teeside Autodrome. What a brilliant day it was! Tremendous fun, but bloody difficult! I was very nervous lining up for the first time, with a freshly painted car at my first drift day (well, first 'legal' one

) But I was lucky, only marks it came away with is a scuff on the front right corner, where it met some loose tires on the side of the track. I've not tried to buff it off yet, so I can't yet say how bad it is. But hey, pleased that was the only bad off I had.

I've been thinking from day one of owning this car that it's going to be my pristine daily, so far its done very well. But since the practice day, and the fact that more and more comforts seem to be escaping from the car everyday (there's not a trace of carpet to be found in it now :shock:

) and the fact that work will pretty much pay for me to do a trailer licence, it's got me thinking...

For now though, it shall remain my daily

To finish up the update, here's a picture from Teeside, the only one this forum will see before JAE.

**Posted:** Wed Aug 17, 2011 4:28 pm

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**Posted:** Wed Aug 17, 2011 5:15 pm

Looking very clean there! Much likey! :thumbright:

**Posted:** Wed Aug 17, 2011 5:49 pm

Lovely pic Chris :thumbleft:

**Posted:** Wed Aug 17, 2011 7:07 pm

teeside karting track? car looks awesome :thumbright:

**Posted:** Wed Aug 17, 2011 7:08 pm

that looks like quite a bit of lock for a car with an open diff

nice one

**Posted:** Wed Aug 17, 2011 7:19 pm

Thank you for the kind words everyone!

errnee wrote:

teeside karting track? car looks awesome :thumbright:

Yup, they mostly do karting, but they try to host a drift day once a month too.

eogbaker wrote:

that looks like quite a bit of lock for a car with an open diff

nice one

This was on the west track, the smaller one. Seems my viscous lsd like drifting at speeds up to about 40mph. Any faster than that and it doesn't want to know... But yes, I was pleased with the amount of angle I got once or twice!

**Posted:** Wed Aug 17, 2011 7:48 pm

Been a few times karting and watched the drifters too. Done both short and long (ironman) circuit. Great fun....if a bit pain full day after

**Posted:** Sat Dec 17, 2011 5:38 pm

Afternoon all.

Today, a few of us visited a rolling road in Sunderland. Unfortunately, no F's (although Phil (mobiius) did get on the dyno, but they couldn't get it working properly, and he had to shoot off..)

They got things working in the end though!

Ayrton will be along shortly with a video, but for now, heres some pitcharz!

**Posted:** Sat Dec 17, 2011 6:44 pm

Really great result today chris

**Posted:** Sat Dec 17, 2011 8:09 pm

199 at the wheels or flywheel ?

Looks like a great day :-)

**Posted:** Sat Dec 17, 2011 8:21 pm

at the flywheel

**Posted:** Sat Dec 17, 2011 9:44 pm

That's a good result Chris :-)

**Posted:** Sun Dec 18, 2011 9:47 pm

Cheers Stu, to say I'm pleased with it is an understatement!

**Posted:** Sun Dec 18, 2011 9:58 pm

nice one chris

**Posted:** Sun Dec 18, 2011 10:14 pm

wait till you get that annoying fan off. Will even sound nicer when you are at the nice higher RPMs instead of just hearing the fan lol

**Posted:** Sun Dec 18, 2011 11:25 pm

Can't hear anything except exhaust and road noise when you're in it mate! :lol:

edit: and the dump valve

**Posted:** Thu Mar 08, 2012 3:47 pm

I realised the other day I haven't done much to the car lately

That'll soon change in the next month though, more info on that when it actually happens.

So to make myself (and the car) feel better, I thought I'd change the front end up a little:

Before: stickkkers (like 20 quids worth :shock:

)

During: stockuuuu

After: Sunstrip

Couldn't go without any stickers there, so a rockstar one went on:

It's not quite as neat in real life, theres a small fold, and a few bubbles, but its been in the sun a little this morning, and most have gone, so I'm fairly happy.

Chris's S13 200SX - Front End and Catch Can!

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