hello chaps,
heavy rain, Sunday, motorway. I think some aquaplaning though not sure = crashed into motorway barriers. airbag did deploy (180 has an S14 style wheel). only me involved and I'm still standing - no damage apart from a single bruise on my arm so bloody lucky, overall.
I've been stripping down the car to figure out if it's fixable (making sure the chassis legs are straight etc) and I think it is. here's some pictures.
I've rang round all the breakers that are likely to have an S13 in (GDUK, driftbitz, garage-d, jdm garage) and only one had been seen recently ... with front end damage
I'm hoping the SXOC can help me. I've already got a lot of bits in spares (UK S13 wings, lower crossmember from nissan, spare pair of front lights) but I'm hoping someone is breaking an S13 that can take a front cut from the passenger side or has some bits. Nissan reckon they can get the slam panel piece still with the front supports etc, so I'll be placing that on order shortly.
The bits I'll need initially are :
cut end of the passenger side upper rail that leads to the slam panel to be welded in
s14 wheel & airbag
bonnet
bonnet latch
bumper support & the upper brackets etc
if anyone has any 180 wings with the indicators in front of the wheel rather than the UK S13 wings I have, I'd consider picking those up too
and if anyone has a factory kouki 180sx bumper like .. I used to have, that'd be lovely
drop me a PM if you do and we can sort out prices/pickup
if anyone has repaired similar sort of damage themselves before, I'm open to any advice
cheers
alan