mik*s navan rebuild madness

[mikx]

Greetings Everyone, welcome to my Project Thread!

I'm currently two years in the Project, so ill start with a bit of history
Back in end of 2012 i purchased the car at my local Nissan Dealer. Always loved the S-Chassis and i wanted to rebuild a car so this was a good beginning as the Engine had Issuses and "small" spots of rust where visible.


SpecList
Engine

3" HKS Silent Hi-Power Catback
3" Japspeed Turboknie
3" Trust Greddy Downpipe
APS Bov
Blitz SE FMIC
Blitz Panel Airfilter
Blitz Dual SBC Boostcontroller
Driftworks Oil/Water Turbo Lines
Fidanza Lightweight Flywheel
Greddy Lightweight Pulley Kit
HKS 555cc Injectors
Koyo N-Flow Watercooler
Nissan 60mm Throttle Body from SR20DE P11
Nistune (mapped by pureboost)
PMX HPX Blowthrough MAF
Tomei Poncams 256° In/Ex
Tomei Rocker Arm Stopper
Walbro 255 Fuelpump

Suspension

EBC Redstuff Pads on Brembo Discs
K-Sport Coilovers
Energy Suspension Bushings (Sub-Frame, Differential, Steering, Master Set)
Rota Grid Drift in 18x9.5 with Kumho 235/40/18 Front, 18x10 with Kumho 245/35/18 Back.

Appearance

Custom centre panel with three gauges
K-Sport Bucket Seats
Nardi Deep Corn Steering Wheel on Bell-Works Hub
Nissan Kouki Wing
Nissan Navan Front Bumper, Sideskirts, Spats and Grille
Nissan Tape Deck Radio
Red LED's Mod
Takata 3" Racing Harness

The Story so far

Right after purchase, sitting neat with some Eibach Springs


So the teardown began...
.. and rust appeared pretty fast


some say it was a racoon nest


someone obviously have taken a bit on that arch


Summer 2013 out of the Garage, flipped the car over and put it on stands


Oh fun of rust!

[mikx]

Even had a swing


Applying Anti-Rust primer


Bläck! Base Coat


Galvanised bits'n'bolts


Sandblasted and Powder Coated

[mikx]

removing the dents, with some old school thing


welded and tinned the arches


finally applying some epoxy primer


inside looking much better than before

[mikx]

Had a great day putting the engine in, went in without any hassle


cleaned the interior with loads of water and soap, now looking better



Back to the present Yesterday i brought the car to the paint shop, can't wait to get the results. They said about 3-4 Weeks till i get my car back.





Happy to share the last big steps with the forums and hopefully getting my car to JAE (or is there another big sxoc meeting?) next year

In the meantime, i'll be washing the carpets, getting more parts and clean the smaller bits

[pippin89]

Dude you have done an awesome job of that! Brought her back from what could have been an early grave in most peoples eyes! You deserve a medal! I will be following your build and hopefully see her in the flesh sometime soon. Is it standard spec at the moment? Any plans? What colour have you gone for?

[mikx]

thanks dude!
Engine is slightly modded and runs with Tomei Poncams 256°, Tomei Rocker Arm Stopper, Stock Turbo, 60mm Throttle Body, Driftworks Oil/Water Lines, Nistune, Greddy Lightweight Pulley Kit and a Fidanza Flywheel. Exhaust wise i have a HKS Silent Hi-Power combined with Japspeed Knee and Downpipe.

Engine plans are to be around 300-350hp.

Car will be painted in KH3 - Super Black, will have to source coilovers and hopefully a set of Enkei RPF1 in sizes as of 17x8.5 +30 and 17x9.5 +18. Not shure about the +18 in the rear, have to measure when the car is back an have the coilovers fitted

[mikx]

Today i've been at the Paint Shop to see whats going on with my car. Damn that guy's a legend! He sanded the whole car down to see where it wasn't flush.





Applied a nice coat of filler, looking pretty nice. Very happy with his work





Started prepping/modding the last Interior Parts. Modded the Speedo's clock backlight to match the rest of the orange theme. Also bought some new shiny bulbs for the cluster.




If everything works out, i'm getting the chassis back in 2-3 weeks. Can't believe after all these years i can start to put my car back together

have a nice weekend

[Neelie]

MY god its basically a new car! i absolutely love your idea with turning it over and putting a marquee up. defo the only way to really get stuff done periodically if you dont have the luxury of owning a garage at all times haha. the underbody/welding work is a super super job delighted to see more and more cars getting this treatment, preservation and restoration is the only way too keep these cars on the roads for another few decades (hopefully ha). i really like your clocks cant wait to see this painted!

[YannG]

this is VERY promising and should be a very clean car when its done.
Loving the clocks, very "retro" feel to them...

Cant wait to see it painted

all its missing now are Navan skirts and Spats

Good luck

[nessie]

Wow some project!
looking forward to see it painted now too

[mikx]

Thanks everyone

i absolutely love your idea with turning it over and putting a marquee up

Its so much more comfy to work on the bottom ends. Had huge holes on the rear subframe mounts, some massive fist sized holes in the rear arches.
We turned the car back to its wheels with about 15 guys, damn that was kind of sketchy haha


Can't wait for the stuff to get painted too! Counting days and trying to figure out what i can do in my spare time!

To add more retro feeling to it, i color matchted the original Nissan Tape Deck. Just hoping some people still make mix tapes

all its missing now are Navan skirts and Spats

*cough*

[misterjake]

I am jealous. Hopefully, i will do this to mine one day.

[BWanderers]

Lots of hard work going into this, & as has been said, great to have another one saved.

Hope to see it in the flesh over here next year.

R.

[Neelie]

PAINT!!! NOW haha

[mikx]

PAINT!!! NOW haha

Haha, yes waiting for it is getting kind of tedious

Meanwhile, some pics of the engine painting i did.

[pippin89]

Looking good dude! Keep up the good work! And get it back from paint already!!

[mikx]

Meanwhile while waiting for the car to come back, i'm doing all this dirty work i've kept pushing to the side for a while


First i started to to disassemble the front brakes, cleaned the pistons, removed the dirt and rust aswell


After a couple of paint layers To assemble them back together i need new seals and brake pads.
I've ordered Red EBC Pads, hoping to arrive next week.


Yes i washed my Gearbox


But just to prep for the layers of paint of course


Polished the Lampcovers, bottom is the old faded one, and top one is already polished

[mikx]

Drumroll please
Stood there and watched the whole process of painting it, was like a dream finally came true!











Finally after all these years, countless sweat and tears!
Going to pick her up on Monday

[van_denton_san]

Bet that feels good. Nice work man.

[Gazwould]