A look up close: SR20DET parts selection

My last blog post did a pretty good job at covering brake upgrades, after thinking about the blog a bit, from now on I will try to make more frequent smaller posts, rather than large dumps, mostly because people don't really want to sit down and read paragraphs on end about a big update, so …

Slowing Down, to go Faster – build update

In the last blog post, the focus was restoration of the body of the 180sx, with undercoat treatment, window molding replacement, as well reconditioning the A/C system, and cleaning up a few misc. parts for installation. All in preparation of the next stage, brakes and suspension. Now that I was finally happy with the underside …

WHATS TAKING SO LONG?!!?!?!?!??!

A lot of people feel like there is some rush to build a car. Cutting corners, doing it with incorrect tools, incorrect parts, not following manufacturer specs, and ultimately complaining further down the line about the small things that bug them about their car. I feel that building a car is a very long process, …

What Have I been up to? – Major Update

Ok, I'll have to admit, its been a very long time, since I have posted on this site, mostly because of laziness, but also because I have very little time to myself and a LOT of things to do, like completely destroying other players in World of Warcraft. To be honest, I had to skim …

Abflug 180sx Headlights

I've constantly been working on the Abflug headlights I have, replacing hardware, 'bodywork', polishing the lenses to perfection, installing new rivnuts, replacing the old weather strip, but a big one for me has been the light output. I haven't really had a chance the drive the car much at night, or at all for that …

DIY guide – s13 Door Cards – Doing it the right way

With the leatherwork out the way, it was time to reupholster my interior panels, but this time the correct way. By now I had learned well, that nothing goes perfect when working on a car, and expect to do things multiple times before its right. A summer ago, I decided to upholster my door trim …

DIY Wrapping Steering Wheel in Fresh Leather

By attempting to dodge the frustration caused by the restoration of the headlights, I moved onto another thing that required some tlc. I managed to track down an oldschool D-shape nismo steering wheel, made by personal. I got on contact with a leather shop in Canada, that was able to get me some perforated leather, …

The Eyes of Horus – アブフラッグ/Abflug Headlights

By now snow had fallen so I was waiting for parts to come in, waiting for rare parts to pop up for sale, and still trying to figure out some exact details for what I wanted to to to the interior of the car. After looking at the dream works 180sx, and Jesse Streeter's own …

YAJ finds… A Rare Parts Fanboy Emerges

Now that I knew what I wanted to do for aero, I had started to search regularly on Yahoo Auctions Japan, and developed a routine of searching twice per day, once usually before work, and again after my 12/13 hour shift was over before I went to sleep. I had stumbled upon a very rare …

A Sense of Direction

September 2015 Now after spending countless hours researching what I want to do to the outside of the car, and playing around with S-tuner (for those who dont know, google it, its a nice tool for messing with appearance in 3d of almost any import car with a large selection of parts), I finally had …