240sx transformation

(my project is starting to come along and i thought id post some pics of the progress up to where i am so far. i bought the car last may from a dealship in west va. the car is a 95 base model with a 5 lug swap. it also came with kyb agx’s and tein springs (i will be getting some tein flex’s after its painted). i got into an accident about a month after i had the car (a girl cut in front of me and i hit her and bounced into a tree) this is why i am painting it. onto the pics!
this is when i first bought the car.
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accident the car would of been totaled but we didnt go through insurence.
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did all the body work myself. i am getting the car sprayed at my friends bodyshop for free. im just doing all the prep work at my house.
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all the rust was patched. i cut pieces of quaters off of some junk cars at my dads junk yard and used them for patches. and on the rocker i cut the rot out of the them and cut the rockers off of my s14 front clip and welded them in. so as much of a bondo bucket as it looks like it really isnt that bad.
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i also set the sr in to test fit the front bumper cover with the intercooler on and so i could punch the whole out for the piping with a hydrolic hole punch i borrrowed from work.
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sr back out and now its time to do the engine bay.
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ew
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i also cut out the battery trey and welded a piece of sheet metal i cut for it. welded and fiberglassed in
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mmmmm fresh paint.
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motor almost ready to go in for the final time. i ran all new brake lines down along the x member instead of them going along the top of the firewall for a cleaner look. i have the motor in now and is should be running this weekend hopefully. ill post up some more recent pics maybe later tonight.
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Looks good:tup:

me likey.

Looks super…hopefully you put it on a frame rack to check it and didnt just cut out the rad. support.

ya it was on a frame rack and checked out ok. i didnt even change the rad support. the steel bumper really saved the car.

woot go s14. I plan on getting an s14 sometime in the future…maybe ill trade one of my s13’s for a decent s14

Looks awesome. I love build threads. Did you powdercoat the valve cover or chrome it?

lookin good!

damn i love s14’s very nice work man:tup:

nice work, you’ll definitly enjoy it when its all finished :slight_smile: goodluck

:tup:

nice work

I cant wait to be in a point in my life where I have time to dedicate to projects like that…

Looks great bud!

i nice work, i am shocked @ the rush from wv… looks nice

Nice work!

awesome work, keep the pictures up to date. Also I love how you have 1 Eclipse rim on the right rear :slight_smile:

holy fuck. nice work. when i saw the pic of the initial crash, i thought you were on crack to try and fix it. i’m genuinely impressed. :tup:

keep us updated.

damn banzer, thats a dope car. im sure ill be seeing you around this summer.

just one pic today my batterys died in my camera. all i got left to do is finish up the wiring, get a new fuel filter and oil filter, run some vac lines and fill it with fluids and she should be running sometime in the next few days.

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Looks real nice, what color are you painting it? I am also looking into getting the tein flex, so I would love to hear what you think of them when you get them. How many miles were on the SR?