My S14 - Winter Overhaul

[Timmo]

Hi Guys,

About time I created a build thread so here goes!

First of a bit of history about the car up until now.

I bought this car about 4 years ago and at first was just happy to have rear wheel drive and power, espcially as i was only 20. It wasn't long until the modifying started though.

As it started





Springs/wheels/exhaust were the first additions and i was happy for a while






I then started with a few body mods and coilovers, looks so much better lower!





JDM rear bumper was next



I then changed my wheels for some Tri-Force Zeldas



I changed my job and had to get another car so it sat of the road for a while as i had to use another (more economical) car and couldn't afford to run both. At this point i thought as it was off the road i would do some more work on the car.

First up was a black boot




Next i decided the S14 wasn't wide enough so got my self wide arches all round.









Shiney engine parts went on at the same time









Then i got back to the bodywork




Wings fitted





Bumper smoothing




Bumper smoothed and sprayed




Carbon bonnet goes on =)




Rear fender fitting process















The finished article!







More to come!

[Timmo]

A few pics in this guise








Then I changed it again,













A few new bits went on;









New wheels

[jon200]

did you paint the wings etc with rattle can then cut it back? Looks mean. Love the do-luck wheels

[nash`s]

Always had a soft spot for your car, nice to see how it first looked compared to now. you found any joy in getting any do-lucks for the rear yet?

[MC_Bob]

Very nice work!

[Timmo]

A few pics of how she sits now,

Few changes;

- Lower
- Work Equips have replaced the Vielsides
- Standard spoiler back on
- Roof spoiler





OK, so now were up to date, next up is a full winter overhaul comprising of;

- Full rust treatment including welding and fully under sealing the underside.
- Full body Respray
- Engine bay smoothed/cleaned up and sprayed
- All alignment arms of inc subframe for cleaning and re painting

A few mates are also planning winter projects so we thought we would find a unit to work in.

We managed to find a decent sized one at a reasonable price and good location.

We built a bench/racking and some over head storage to start.







Then painted the floor



Got two of the cars in



Followed by another two and a motorbike!



This is where the fun begins......

Front wings/bumper and bonnet off



Today's efforts went into cutting the original bodywork even higher at the rear.

These will be fully welded up and painted

[Timmo]

did you paint the wings etc with rattle can then cut it back? Looks mean. Love the do-luck wheels

In fact I had a mate spray the fenders for me with a spray gun. They came out worse than if I had used rattle cans so I went to work with the wet and dry to cut them back!

Always had a soft spot for your car, nice to see how it first looked compared to now. you found any joy in getting any do-lucks for the rear yet?

No joy

Really don't know where I can find any apart from when they come up second hand. I do want some so badly!!

[-Marc-]

What colour you going dude?

[Timmo]

What colour you going dude?

Something similar to this;

Porsche Hermst Brown

[-Marc-]

Sweet man, always hoped you'd put some decent colour on this

[nash`s]

Brown s body's ftw. Very brave colour to paint a car but if the car can pull it off they look epic.

[YannG]

this car is awsome!

Love your wheels! Good luck with the winter overhaul project

One question, the roof spoiler...is that an SRB one?

Cheers.

[gonzomagic]

Keeping a tab on this. Good luck.

[tompei]

I'll be keeping a close eye on the progress! Awesome thread dude.

[Jonny Mac]

awesome! subscribed

[ADZS13]

Yes me too, this is a cracking looking 14

[brad88]

very nice looking, youve certianly got good taste in wheels
cant wait to see the finished article, brown will look immense,
brad

[1eight7]

Whooaaaa! This looks really sweet but will look so hard when you get it resprayed. You'll easily pull that brown colour off

What specs are the Equips?

[jimbob]

Very nice mate what front bumper is that urrunnng

[Timmo]

Some progress from this week.

Cut out the passenger side arch



Also started on the engine bay.

So far I have removed the ABS unit/lines.

The battery, washer bottle and fuse box which are all to be relocated. The idea is to keep the bay clean, neat and tidy.

Fuse box, battery and washer bottle gone



The loom from the fuse box



ABS unit out



How the bay looks now, less the items above.



The plan for the bay is;

- Remove all ancillaries
- Treat any rust I can find on the bodywork
- Clean and respray.
- All metalwork to be polished
- Polished plenum to be purchased
- Wires/pipes to be hidden as well as possible
- Bolts/fixings to be replaced

That's it for now, more after the weekend