OK first thing first i just got my SR… Big mistake… My chassis in my personal opinion is shit. Second i have this problem, the boot in the lower right is torn… me being not very mechanically inclined in autos have no clue how to fix that. Im just going to drive the car for 2 months enjoy the sr and then probably in the winter/spring get all serious find a nice chassis and swap everything over and add all the parts that im buying right now. Oh yeah i don’t have power stearing so another reason why im going to get a new chassis that is 91+. Second i do not care one bit how the car looks but i do care about the quality of the car. So in a sense im building it to be a modest performance car. To tell you the truth i wouldn’t mind just handing it over to a shop and saying heres everything, do what it takes to install and get it running good but i really really want to learn autos as much as i can
Now that u have some background info here is my question
can i fix the boot?
is it worth fixing?
Any recommendations? in achieving my goal of a 300whp+ car with decent handling that can be taken to the track on occasion that is only driven a day or two out of the week.
Funds i don’t think i have much of an issue with especially considering i don’t need the car done till next may when school ends again
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well , I had the same issue.
that boot does not really do anything, it just prevent dust from destroying the seals in the rack and pignon, My rack and pignon started to go bad 2 years after the boot was torn.
Order a new boot from nissan, I got mine from a rack and pignon while parting out a friend car.
remove the wheel , mark the tie rod. unscrew the tie rod end, break the clamps, pull the boot out , insert new ones, secure new boost with clamps, re-attach tie rod and you’re good to go.
that is what I have done, other people may have a different opinion.
there are no holes,
what are you worried about?
you want to get it fixxed cheap?
what a cheap paint job?
gimme a pm, ill hook you up with the guy who painted my buddies silvia convertible.
dude , hit the search button,
your jaw will drop when you see some of the other rotten chassis’s on this forum.
all those suspension peices can be sand blasted, or better yet upgraded.
check out bings multi link kits
or varuns megan racing ones.
good luck
if anyone wants to post on how to fix the boot then that would be great, but il make another thread on that probably or spend a little more time searching it
thanks, i guess u can close the thread, the public has spoken. she is fine!!! Woot!
i wish i did the swap… il pass on the good words to sasha :p. Well im just not used too a car covered in surface rust thats why. To me its a scary site.
This boot thing now is messing me up… one says its easy, another is telling me good luck?
It doesn’t sound to complicated… alright il take that good luck then and give it a shot
Anything to be careful of or is it straight forward.
I saw this car at SG and you really need to fix the suspension on it. It floated around like a 1980s cadillac when you pushed down on it. That is the first thing I would do. Secondly, get paint job.
dont worry, mark was just kidding about the boot swap being difficult
it’s extremely easy
might as well spend $100 on that whole section and do the boots and inner/outer tie rod as well. napa sells imported stuff for cheap and it gets the job done.
its all surface rust… nothing to fear… just get rid of it before it grows… ur car is still considered great for a s13… and it has all that stock stuff on it… change those stock struts and springs to something better to complement ur sr
Sounds good, i just need to decide on how hardcore I’m going to go with the suspension, i haven’t figured out all my options yet. Il replace the boot when i do the suspension then, which will hopefully be soon.
What exactly do i need and how much will it cost to get this suspension to perform well. I also need an LSD as well and coilovers are a must.
I like the ugliness of the car so no paint for now
