JZ S12 BUILD, RIP 2012

Started by David B · May 28, 2008 · 1673postsSMF 2010–26

David BOct 5, 2009, 3:39 am · #951

Garrett76ztGood luck with that XSPower manifold. I've been running my KA-T s12 for a year now and I've had to pull it off twice now to weld BIG cracks in that thing . . . I would do a cast mani if I was doing it again. . .

lul. i have a welder

put about 30 min into the wheels, sanded some of the curb rash. theres so much curb rash. there free. with my 2 inch spacers on +24 offset they be dope regardless lul
ill sand some more out soon
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David BOct 11, 2009, 10:15 pm · #952

the 14's look dumb with the 15's up front haha

ineed a sunroof. since mine is gone

and look at my 3 g unit mobiles. and the ride height difference hahaha

i think i found someone to buy the beaner wheels on the truck

i want a 10 mill spacer, or maybe 12 up front too with some camber
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and some stuff for the new truck

David BOct 12, 2009, 8:13 am · #953

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JayOct 12, 2009, 12:58 pm · #954

Sweet fire extinguisher bra!

David BOct 13, 2009, 5:20 am · #955

threw sids vented rotors on, and his pads on too. wehoo

"hawk pads"?? are they alright?

and getting my car ready for the trans swap if needed, and i noticed im missing a swaybar bracket bolt, i also am going to redo a section of the exust if i get some time, making it a full 3 inch exuast from the headers back

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David BOct 14, 2009, 4:11 am · #956

garage organize... COMMENCE!

made shelves!!! home depot sells wood for pretty cheaaap
some stuff for the turbo build/swap. i have a long road to go.. s110 calipers and cool tyte stuff
missing in the pic is mu clutch... i get dat tomorrow

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i plan to fill this shelf with turbo goodness

JayOct 14, 2009, 4:21 am · #957

Hawks are VERY good brake pads. I run them on my autoX cars. excellent heat dissipation and very good at preventing brake fade.

David BOct 14, 2009, 10:45 pm · #958

kinda got sick of the metal dash. and paranoid people talking smackk

so i threw a s13 one in

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also unloaded a roll of eletrical tape into the wiring

JayOct 15, 2009, 12:10 am · #959

What happened to your stock dash? Or did you just not want to throw it back in

If that's the case. Fair enough answer

And damn, That passenger seat looks bent/broken to hell. Nice job!

David BOct 15, 2009, 12:13 am · #960

i just wanetd to see if the s13 one would fit

the s12 stock dash is higher then the s13 one, so i had to cut the lower portion off. and it was about 2 inches too wide. so i had to also clip the passenger side a tad.

got it all zip tied in and shit. i like it

RedneckOct 15, 2009, 12:28 am · #961

Haha. Nice.

JayOct 15, 2009, 2:31 am · #962

David Byea. i have alot of s13 parts invested in my car lol

Function > Fashion

If you can see better (which I can easily see the case being). It's definitely function, with the possibility of fashion. Dual action badassness

David BOct 16, 2009, 6:00 am · #963

fuck fender rollers that are expensive and hard to borrow. and fuck jack poles. they arent enough
plus im by myself, kinda hard to move the car with a thicker pole

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i got it to finally come out a tad more. pretty much dropping my car onto blocks=win

its smooth, the dirt just makes it look bad

danginaOct 16, 2009, 6:23 am · #964

great build thread so far! and about the hawk brake pads - they're great! i run them on my ae86

200sxkitcarOct 16, 2009, 6:23 am · #965

nice.

the fact that there is a welded edge there where two layers of steel come together make rolling the rear wheel openings on an s12 a bitch. nice solution.

IggyEGuanaOct 17, 2009, 6:09 pm · #966

good work! the paint on the edge crack? mine did

David BOct 17, 2009, 11:58 pm · #967

IggyEGuanagood work! the paint on the edge crack? mine did

yea, i started to heat it up with the 500 watt bulb spotlight, and i kinda messed up the pass side, you can see lots of little crinkles, but afetr i do a final roll with the jack pole again, and weight. it will be perfect

brewster240Oct 18, 2009, 1:25 am · #968

s13 dash looks soooooooo much better.

NissanNateOct 18, 2009, 2:08 am · #969

brewster240s13 dash looks soooooooo much better.

Do you have pics of it more complete?????

RedneckOct 20, 2009, 7:06 am · #970

Man that special motor sports sunroof is awesome. Those don't come cheap. Hope it doesn't leak when your out in the elements or blow off while your doing 60mph tandem drifts.

David BOct 20, 2009, 7:14 am · #971

RedneckMan that special motor sports sunroof is awesome. Those don't come cheap. Hope it doesn't leak when your out in the elements or blow off while your doing 60mph tandem drifts.

well last event i drifted so hard i lost my glass one, thats why i stick with the SM one now

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lol. the first prototype didnt make it the way up der

RedneckOct 20, 2009, 7:27 am · #972

Yeah the first prototype appears to have failed. Plexiglas might be a nice longer term solution for weight and price but the special motor sports sunroof is gonna be pretty hard to beat in the weight department .

David BOct 20, 2009, 8:19 pm · #973

removed damaged shit. hammered the body some. going to spot weld a few loose pieces back together. move on, haha

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David BOct 21, 2009, 5:12 am · #974

im getting s13 bricks for free, just pay shipping

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i might go along with them

D-sport S12Oct 21, 2009, 6:57 am · #975

Almost the same as the black s12 thats by me

JayOct 21, 2009, 7:33 am · #976

That select motorsports sunroof is a knockoff of the good brand, Spacebag motorsports sunroof. They use a thicker plastic.

But, they works the same, whatever saves a few bucks!

I dig it

IggyEGuanaOct 21, 2009, 8:56 am · #977

ur car is floating whoa!

David BOct 22, 2009, 12:59 am · #978

IggyEGuanaur car is floating whoa!

lol. after every event it goes on jackstands and stays like that

well a silvia front for a s12 doesnt exist. so im making my own silvia hood haha

right right side is coming out good. the left side was bent from the wreck, so i have been hammered some

welded the headlight covers to the hood with the lincoln, back tapped the gap in some places, and filled with 1 layer of jb weld, ill be doing another layer of jb weld, or bondo. depending on which i prefer. possibly jb weld. its stronger

then ill sand down and pain the whole hood

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then i got for the s13 bricks

the c clamp is just a weight, since the passenger side is bent up, it was sticking up a 1/8 inch and wouldnt work with the jb weld

seishukuOct 22, 2009, 1:13 am · #979

You know those are gonna get fucked up when you hit a wall again, right?
They aren't replaceable now either.

Edit:
That's a decent approach to doing a fixed light conversion though, I didn't think there was enough room to fit a stock sized housing there.

I'm planning on doing something that's a bit between the two, fixed for low beam, popped up a small bit for high beam.

ArroOct 22, 2009, 3:04 am · #980

What a waste of a (once) perfectly fine '84 turbo hood

And yeah the first thing I thought too was "drifter damage = bad idea". Custom show mods + drifting = broken expensive things.

LeegamerOct 22, 2009, 3:26 am · #981

ArroWhat a waste of a (once) perfectly fine '84 turbo hood

At least it will be original.

David BOct 22, 2009, 4:34 am · #982

ArroWhat a waste of a (once) perfectly fine '84 turbo hood

And yeah the first thing I thought too was "drifter damage = bad idea". Custom show mods + drifting = broken expensive things.

gtfo, life isnt about preserving shit. im young

Ju_S12_TurboOct 22, 2009, 4:50 am · #983

David Bgtfo, life isnt about preserving shit. im young

+1, but even if he trashes the hood, He can always pull the Scoop off the hood and use it on a different one lol

David BOct 22, 2009, 4:55 am · #984

Ju_S12_Turbo+1, but even if he trashes the hood, He can always pull the Scoop off the hood and use it on a different one lol

yea, but then someones gonna explain the rigidity difference

SprockCapnOct 22, 2009, 5:02 am · #985

I have always been a fan of the non pop up head light look:-) Like the race silvia car. But I like your idea of the s13 bricks more than his fog light setup:-) I'm excited to see how yours turns out :-)

ArroOct 22, 2009, 5:05 am · #986

Ju_S12_Turbo+1, but even if he trashes the hood, He can always pull the Scoop off the hood and use it on a different one lol

wrong, just cutting a hole in a standard flat hood isn't enough... it has different understructure to counteract the huge hole and keep the hood straight. Otherwise the hood would probably sink in with the scoop.

Honestly I like everything else he's done to the car, this is just the first thing I haven't. So I'm not shitting on your thread David, just don't like this one thing you did to it.

David BOct 22, 2009, 7:02 am · #987

Arrowrong, just cutting a hole in a standard flat hood isn't enough... it has different understructure to counteract the huge hole and keep the hood straight. Otherwise the hood would probably sink in with the scoop.

Honestly I like everything else he's done to the car, this is just the first thing I haven't. So I'm not shitting on your thread David, just don't like this one thing you did to it.

baby, its alright. i still love you. we have different opinions, and its alright. our distance is so far girl.... cant i sneak a few naughty things from you??

EternalSwapOct 22, 2009, 8:49 am · #988

dont you fucking cheat on me, david

David BOct 22, 2009, 9:13 am · #989

EternalSwapdont you fucking cheat on me, david

EternalSwapOct 22, 2009, 9:53 am · #990

Ju_S12_TurboOct 22, 2009, 11:25 am · #991

Arrowrong, just cutting a hole in a standard flat hood isn't enough... it has different understructure to counteract the huge hole and keep the hood straight. Otherwise the hood would probably sink in with the scoop.

Honestly I like everything else he's done to the car, this is just the first thing I haven't. So I'm not shitting on your thread David, just don't like this one thing you did to it.

Nahhhhh, that scoop is like 3 pounds lol. But no I understand that it is different, just saying it is something he could do and he could just weld up a little brace so it didn't flex.

David BOct 22, 2009, 11:26 am · #992

i still think these are the coolest fastest pics ive ever had so far

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David BOct 28, 2009, 6:54 am · #993

the mold is like 60 percent done

i deleted the black trim on the middle portion by filling it... it didnt come out right. i dont need it be fine

also the lip, i want it perfect so i added some more filler there, ill sand down, look for any bubbles or anything, and fill that

the more i fill/sand now, the less i have to do it on the new fender

the hood is coming out sweet

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DjayS12Oct 28, 2009, 10:06 am · #994

Are you willing to made a few more and sell them?

EternalSwapOct 28, 2009, 10:08 am · #995

+1

+lol to dj's sig

David BOct 28, 2009, 10:17 am · #996

DjayS12Are you willing to made a few more and sell them?

i dont trust my body work to come out correctly, but i would if they did hahah

to make the new fender, it should be about, 12 dollars in matte, maybe like 16 bux, about 20-30 dollars of resin, unless i find it cheaper in mass quanity's

and a few days to get them good...

so its already like 40-50 dollars for one fender. not included shipping, and work.

i dont think anyone would pay that much x2 for 2 fenders, and i wouldnt do it for like free haha

David BOct 28, 2009, 9:21 pm · #997

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Drft-s12Oct 29, 2009, 12:20 am · #998

Liking the pics...whens this thing going to be turbo damnit

David BOct 30, 2009, 4:21 am · #999

Drft-s12Liking the pics...whens this thing going to be turbo damnit

never!

i have broncitis, shits on a hold. paying off my truck back to my mom some

David BOct 31, 2009, 3:32 am · #1000

okay here comes the dicussion of my no pop up lights

i dont like pop ups, ALOT of people do, so if im going to do this.. id like it to be sort of okay for others to view, i dont want people to look down on it

heres my options

my favorite idea

is to have them hidden, at all times... and have a slide or bolt on cover, and when i really need headlights, just slide the cover, or pop it off to have the headlight viewed
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its as easy as, cutting out and molding the headlight into here, or even have a flap over it
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or, just remove this whole marker light assembly, and install the bulb with a 1 or 2 bolt bracket.. its a track car.. i never use my lights

i dont like this look though, i think it looks way awesome, with no lights. but this would be kinda what its like, when im using them.. just for transportation to a car meet if im not trailering it
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or, i could rock doubles per side.. but i think its ugly
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what do you think guys, your opinion makes a difference on my front end

this idea has me remove the stupid non working pop ups.. i dont gotta search for miore headlight assemblies and motors when i wreck, and i dont gotta have those big ass sealed beams, this i can fab up real quick if i ever damage them