Callarosx- 1987 Nissan 200sx Xe (sukkabot)

Started by CallaroSX · Jul 29, 2007 · 45postsSMF 2010–26

CallaroSXJul 29, 2007, 2:50 pm · #1

Okay, heres the story.

My buddy bender bought this car back in 05-06 for 2500. mint, with those enkeis on it. we had our fun with it untill St. patricks day of 06. We got blazed to celebrate, and as usual got the munchies. on the way to chipotle, a friend from the back decided to point out how full applebees was, causing bender to look over and see how buisy they were. driving us into the oncoming lane and head on into a ford f 250 diesel. his brushguard was bent...and the nissan was totaled. This was a trip to chipotle he will regret for a long time. I had always liked the looks of the car, and it was very different. so when he totaled it, i snatched it up for 200 buck from his mom. and rebuilt it with junkyard parts from california.
heres what it looked like when i bought it:

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Heres a link to my Wtb thread.

thats where i got the encouragement to fix it, thanks to all the members on club s12.

This is what it looked like when i got it back from paint.

For christmas i got some sportmax 501's for her. took forever to afford good tires, so no pics of just that.

Early this summer, andrew (caraudiofoolery) and his buddy road tripped up here to bring me an SE lip kit, and helped me put the skirts on.

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Thats all i got for now, im hoping to put the front lip on and have it sprayed again by the end of the summer. over the winter i will most likey be saving money and putting in a system and having the interior redone.

thanks for looking!

demonic s12Jul 29, 2007, 6:08 pm · #2

[ive been in that garage

silvia loveJul 29, 2007, 6:13 pm · #3

are your sportmax's the 15's?

CallaroSXJul 30, 2007, 1:29 am · #4

silvia love
are your sportmax's the 15's?

Jeah mane

XanoSep 13, 2007, 1:04 am · #5

CallaroSX
Jeah mane

I was told by the previous owner of my car that it should be totaled instead of driven....hows that for confidence in ones vehicle. I'm glad you fixed it, it looks beautiful.

OzchuckSep 13, 2007, 6:13 pm · #6

I'm impressed you fixed it.
Did it come under the price of just buying a straighter car?

CallaroSXSep 18, 2007, 11:58 pm · #7

OzchuckI'm impressed you fixed it.
Did it come under the price of just buying a straighter car?

Dunno, never looked for another one. i bought the car to fix it.

Andrew, do you remember the total ammount i paid for all the parts? because thats all it cost me, everything else was free.

CallaroSXSep 28, 2007, 10:29 pm · #8

XanoSep 29, 2007, 12:43 am · #9

god thats pretty =)

CallaroSXSep 30, 2007, 5:24 pm · #10

Xanogod thats pretty =)

Thank you!

GriffinWOct 31, 2007, 10:01 pm · #11

whats your tire size?

worr20Nov 1, 2007, 5:13 pm · #12

looks like a 205/55/15

CallaroSXNov 1, 2007, 5:38 pm · #13

worr20looks like a 205/55/15

hmm, i swear i responded to this.. but yeah, hes right.

New2DriftingNov 1, 2007, 8:44 pm · #14

We hate you too (club s12). but i do admit, you have a CLEAN car. I can't hate on it.... but you're a different story, haha.

Good luck with whatever else you do on her in the future. I think mine has gotten worse as far as curb appeal since I bought her.

CallaroSXNov 1, 2007, 11:04 pm · #15

New2DriftingWe hate you too (club s12). but i do admit, you have a CLEAN car. I can't hate on it.... but you're a different story, haha.

Good luck with whatever else you do on her in the future. I think mine has gotten worse as far as curb appeal since I bought her.

Hah thats fine, this isnt myspace.

New2DriftingNov 2, 2007, 8:12 am · #16

CallaroSX
Hah thats fine, this isnt myspace.

haha.

XanoNov 2, 2007, 10:54 am · #17

CallaroSX
Hah thats fine, this isnt myspace.

ZOMG im adding you as my friendz0rs, i have over 90 million billion friends and I wanna add one more cause im a myspace slut. rofl, /sarcasm off

i hate myspace, the mention of its name pisses me off.

PremoNov 2, 2007, 1:31 pm · #18

myspace..

New2DriftingNov 2, 2007, 1:36 pm · #19

Premo
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CallaroSXNov 2, 2007, 3:29 pm · #20

OMGZ guys quit haxing my thread!

PremoNov 2, 2007, 10:58 pm · #21

haha sorry man. i have to admit, you did some damn good work on the car. please do something suspension wise as it looks like you're ready for some baja action!!

CallaroSXNov 6, 2007, 2:36 am · #22

Premo haha sorry man. i have to admit, you did some damn good work on the car. please do something suspension wise as it looks like you're ready for some baja action!!

gonna order up some Springs next week and dice em up.

New2DriftingNov 6, 2007, 2:47 pm · #23

CallaroSXgonna order up some Springs next week and dice em up.

nice. But Premo says "baja action" like it's a bad thing. PFFTT haha. What springs you looking into?

CallaroSXNov 6, 2007, 3:06 pm · #24

New2Drifting

nice. But Premo says "baja action" like it's a bad thing. PFFTT haha. What springs you looking into?

uh, the white canadian ones? ssc or ccs or somthing? i dont know yet.

PremoNov 6, 2007, 7:31 pm · #25

get a set of 280zx ST springs up front if you can find them, you wont regret it... they're stiff as fuck. seems to lower the car a lot farther too. i had my SE next to hillkill's a while back before he went coilover and my car sat much lower

and its ssc

CallaroSXNov 6, 2007, 9:16 pm · #26

Premo get a set of 280zx ST springs up front if you can find them, you wont regret it... they're stiff as fuck. seems to lower the car a lot farther too. i had my SE next to hillkill's a while back before he went coilover and my car sat much lower

and its ssc

i think ill just trim the ssc for now... any reccomendations on struts?

TechDaddyNov 9, 2007, 4:21 am · #27

That looks Sweet! Nice work and I dig the color.

CallaroSXNov 10, 2007, 5:50 pm · #28

TechDaddy That looks Sweet! Nice work and I dig the color.

Thanks bucko.

CallaroSXDec 17, 2007, 2:35 am · #29

VG is out of the parts car. light rebuild while i finish the 5 speed swap.

any reccomendations on a clutch? maybe flywheel aswell?

RedneckDec 17, 2007, 2:41 am · #30

I like the new style Nissan badge in the middle of your tail lights. Looks good while still being lowkey.

CallaroSXDec 17, 2007, 2:47 am · #31

Redneck I like the new style Nissan badge in the middle of your tail lights. Looks good while still being lowkey.

You want it? ill trade you straight up for a stock one, the previous owner put it on, and i cant take it off without damaging the plastic...

ArroAug 15, 2008, 9:26 pm · #32

You're overdue for an update on this car, maybe some good photos... what happened with the VG?

200sxkitcarAug 16, 2008, 2:47 am · #33

This car was sold to a guy in Iowa, who finished up the swap- he got stuck on integrating the wiring- there's a member with some sort of mitsu logo in his avatar, and I think knows of you from DSM's.. thats the guy that bought the car, if I remember correctly.

ArroAug 16, 2008, 3:53 am · #34

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh yeah I think that's redleader. I didn't know he ended up with this car.

seb.racingAug 17, 2008, 5:09 pm · #35

good job

redleader36Jul 27, 2009, 2:11 pm · #36

200sxkitcarThis car was sold to a guy in Iowa, who finished up the swap- he got stuck on integrating the wiring- there's a member with some sort of mitsu logo in his avatar, and I think knows of you from DSM's.. thats the guy that bought the car, if I remember correctly.

Yep. that is me. Sorry it took so long to check this thread again.

redleader36May 31, 2010, 7:41 pm · #37

I suppose you guys deserve to know. the car was destroyed by a drunk hit and run accident back in March. It was parked out on the street legally when an SUV plowed into the back of it and sent it rolling about 200 feet or so into a concrete embankment. I was in bed at the time and was kindly awoken by my neighbor. The drunk's license plate was jammed in the s12's bumper. The drunk was pulled over a half hour later in a neighboring town and was arrested. He blew a .299.

He is a 57 year old postman who now has to deliver his mail on foot.

I feel really terrible because everything that took place has been out of my control. My girlfriend parked the car legally and we have a very wide street. We were in bed when the accident took place. It would be different if we plowed the Silvia into another car or hit a deer as some result of irresponsibility on our part. Not the case here.

Anyway, here is the damage:
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This is a picture of my street to the east. the nissan was parked where the green circle is and we found it where the red circle is. probably 150-200 feet. He hit the Nissan hard.

This is the retaining wall that stopped the car. those marks are from the bumper and fender of the Nissan.

Where do I go from here? I bought the car back from insurance and am waiting for my girlfriend (the actual owner) to decide the fate of it. I would like to part out some of the less vital parts and put this 200sx into service as a 24 Hours of Lemons car. This car deserves better than to be just plowed into by a senior citizen and then crushed. I would like to see this beast go out in a blaze! It drives straight still and still runs beautifully.

What do you guys think?

demonic s12May 31, 2010, 7:59 pm · #38

im hurt seeing it like that

ive wrenched on that car with cal, really sucks that happened man.

i say, bang it out the best you can and slide it, dont wreck it.

JayMay 31, 2010, 9:10 pm · #39

demonic s12im hurt seeing it like that

ive wrenched on that car with cal, really sucks that happened man.

i say, bang it out the best you can and slide it, dont wreck it.

^
It's already hit a wall. So nw it has one of the many drift car pedigrees

kyskaterJun 1, 2010, 4:13 am · #40

poor s12 this was actually my background for the first 6 months of owning mine!

David BJun 1, 2010, 4:28 am · #41

man, drift that shit! pLEASE

200sxkitcarJun 3, 2010, 5:01 am · #42

+1. if it runs and drives straight still, track it definitely!

redleader36Jun 29, 2010, 8:06 pm · #43

There is a track day on September 3rd for Midwest Z Fest. I am thinking about trailering it down there to see how it does at MAM.

CallaroSXJul 6, 2010, 9:07 am · #44

Wow....I don't even know what to say.

redleader36Nov 9, 2010, 4:14 pm · #45

The guy responsible sounds pretty pathetic. He works as a mailman. They let him keep his job but he has to work on foot. His co-workers have to deliver all of his large packages for him. My current mailman was bitching about it a few weeks ago. He says all of his coworkers think he should have just gotten fired.

Like i said before, she runs great and drives straight. She will see the track sometime in the next year or two.