Bnr32 Gtr, saving a Datsun

[Stephen_rx7]

So abit of an update 

I spent abit of time starting to re-tape and refit the body loom back into the engine bay 

I didn't take any pics during because it took abit of concentration and was abit of a sticky mess

Some new retainer clamps and other bits and pieces

It still requires abit more work around the fuse box but I'll finish that off later 

So i posted earlier i bought some nismo lmgt1, the specs on those are 18x9 +24 and 18x9.5 +14, the plan was to put wider lips on the fronts and make them square.

Sadly the 1.5" lips required aren't sold so back to the drawing board on those 

Id already come to terms with having to buy 18x9.5s as the 18x10s just go for way too much, id bidded on a couple sets and they had gone for 3500-4500 for poor condition wheels 

So i magaged to track down through a guy intetested in my lmgt1s for his 180sx a set of the rare 18x10s

And here they are

Unfortunately they are completly in white which will look abit funny on a white gtr

So heres what's planned 

 

So I've dropped the ssr indy 500rs off to be rebuilt

Centre's are going gunmetal grey, bored out for new o-ring  centre caps, new 90 degree valves and polished lips 

Once they come back the nismos will go away and lips polished and I'll leave it at that, they were only refurbished a year ago so they shouldn't need any work to the face 

Cheers

[k_d]

I admire the dedication in retaping the full loom, its a sticky job!!!

Love the wheel choices too, pity most of that style of wheel now fetch stupidly large amounts of money, they do look awesome!!

[breaker1845]

Nice thread. I definitely am enjoying the progress of your resto and the attention to detail you put into your work. I think a new box of tissues is needed now though.

[Stephen_rx7]

On 8/14/2016 at 8:18 AM, k_d said:

I admire the dedication in retaping the full loom, its a sticky job!!!

Love the wheel choices too, pity most of that style of wheel now fetch stupidly large amounts of money, they do look awesome!!

Thanks man, yeh haha its not a great job but the looks is worth it afterwards, yeh the wheels are awesome and fetch big bucks these days, i only bought them a couple months ago so unfortunately didn't get them for cheap haha

 

On 8/14/2016 at 5:54 PM, breaker1845 said:

Nice thread. I definitely am enjoying the progress of your resto and the attention to detail you put into your work. I think a new box of tissues is needed now though.

Thanks man, if you guys keep commenting ill keep posting 

i love the small details of a build so try to focus on them alot myself

 

So Abit more of an update 

Finally got my box of parts back from being plated, took about 2 months

Parts turned out pretty good this time 

Shouldn't need to use these but was more of a test to see how they'd come out 

Plated the reinforced brake pedal so it doesn't rust under the dash, new plastic spring retainers 

Reassembled pedal 

Managed to get the pipes back on, the top ones look much better this time round, I was Abit fussy with these as they are quite visible 

I know most people think I'm being overly anal about it but I think the outcome is worth the outlay in the end 

So now I can finally finish off the piping setup 

So Abit of an update on the Ssrs 

Wheels have been stripped 
Centres have been sand blasted, the factory coating apparently is like very thick powdercoat so hasn't been easy to remove 

Lips polished up 

Centre bore machined out for later style centre caps 

So they are just waiting painting of centres then putting back together 

Some more new parts ordered for the old girl 

The original corners were pretty good, but I sold those off and bought new old stock corner indicators, cost an arm and a leg now days 

Also brand new braided brake lines, I didn't like the fact that most aftermarket lines didn't use the factory mounting points 

So I found something like the nismo ones but that has the adr approved double crimp 

And last but not least I bought a exhaust system that's seen minimum use, not sure if I'll use it yet or not, the hks front pipe I have no need for but I have a stock cat so the sard cat will replace that and the rear section of exhaust is a kakimoto, I'm tossing up the idea of selling it and making a custom exhaust I'm not too sure yet

Cheers

[jmknights93]

My Monday morning just got a lot better. Thanks for the good read

[JH32]

Loving the attention to detail man, keep it up!  

[Rosco]

Awesome work mate your thread and a few others are the main reason I can see myself getting carried away with mine haha!

Loving all the photo's too!

[Darmanin10]

Whats the latest with this build?

[admS15]

5 hours ago, Darmanin10 said:

Whats the latest with this build?

Would like to know also. I saw this listed for sale on Gumtree of all places a little while ago and thought to myself WTF. I hope that was a joke of some sort...