mrbigtanker Posted March 10, 2015 Report Share Posted March 10, 2015 Because there both Datsun's maybe oh i get it.lol 1 Quote Link to comment
jimmy billy Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 Yes color and rims and them being datsuns. Lol Just giving the guy props for his nice ride. Hopin mine can look that clean one day! And i like how his car isnt droped right to the ground when lowered. Quote Link to comment
jrock4224 Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 Yes color and rims and them being datsuns. Lol Just giving the guy props for his nice ride. Hopin mine can look that clean one day! And i like how his car isnt droped right to the ground when lowered. its one of the lowest datsun wagons around so not sure if u looked bbut it is dropped right onthe ground lol 3 Quote Link to comment
Just Joel Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 lol... I wasn't guna say it because troll but yeah, what rock said :D 4 Quote Link to comment
Swedishcadillac Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 I had actually typed out that he's trying his hardest to get as low to the ground as he could but decided not to say anything either... Lol! 4 Quote Link to comment
jrock4224 Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 look at all us low wagon owners in here defending duanes honor ... lol 4 Quote Link to comment
Swedishcadillac Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 Getting your wagon as low as ours represents hundreds of concentrated hours, thousands of dollars and strained relationships, so Back the Fuck up Haters!! 9 Quote Link to comment
jrock4224 Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 i know im years into it and i just keep changing the path .. but the rs is almost finished ... now if i just didnt buy a four door ... lol 4 Quote Link to comment
greengoon Posted March 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2015 Thanks for the comments guys! Updating this thread has been on my long list of things to do but I just can't seem to set aside a few hours to do it properly. I just moved into a different home after 11 years and I'm designing a new garage. My electric bike business is busier than expected and to top it all off, I stumbled onto a shell for an EV project I've wanted to do for a long time. I wish I could buy some extra life time from those people that watch TV all day lol. Jimmy Billy, my rear is set up with air shocks so that won't help you with your IRS but my front bags were pretty easy and not nearly as detailed or as cool as Joel's :thumbup: I promise to find time by this weekend to bring this project up to speed. 5 Quote Link to comment
greengoon Posted March 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2015 I've been absent for quite some time so its time to get back to recording what I've done this past year before I forget too much. Here we go. I hinted at what I'd done with a little slide show on the last page back in October. In the mad dash to JCCS 2014, I took a bunch of pics but never posted them. Since the car got so low after the addition of the slot wheels (14x6+0 155/55/14 Federal Formozas front, 14x7+0 165/55/14 Formozas rear) I decided to go with airbags up front. I kept the original airshocks I did a long time ago in the rear. I've had this car nearly 13 years now. The exhaust was dragging on the ground at the chosen stance so I finally had a professional exhaust welded up. Let me just say, I will never build my own exhaust ever again :D I had them tuck the exhaust as far up as possible. Barely 1/4" hangs below the frame rail. When the car was raised in the air, I noticed that I had not been nice to my oil pan either. I chose to go with Universal Air AeroSport bags up front due to the fact that they slip over the strut tube. Pretty simple. Well it was even simpler than I thought due to the fact that I already had shortened the 510 struts and had built my own top hat years ago. I disassembled the strut tube after a decade and the Tokico shocks were still in great shape. After a test mock up, I cut some spacers from steel tube and set the ride height. In fact, I didn't even weld up the spacers to the tube, they remain slipped on. Aired up, they are held in with tension. I can convert it back to Ground Control coil overs with very little effort. I purchased the spacer and bearing kit but only ended up using the end plates. The spacer pipe was too narrow of a diameter so I made my own. I purposely stayed with 510 struts but this could easily be done to ZX struts too. Going to airbags in the front was extremely simple and was accomplished in an afternoon. Air management was much more complicated. I'll get to that in the next post. Pictures from mock-up day. The engine crossmember sits on the ground. When parked, I air it up a little to better match the back. Future planning in case I go lower in the rear someday. Here's the final spacer installed and 1/4" line plumbed. Up and down. I will end this post here. In the next one I'll get into the air management system and the body work. Thanks to everyone for all your support over the years! More to come. 6 Quote Link to comment
Janksun Posted March 13, 2015 Report Share Posted March 13, 2015 Your crossmember and oil pan look mint compared to mine... 3 Quote Link to comment
greengoon Posted March 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2015 Nice Janksun! I'm just a wus I guess lol :lol: 2 Quote Link to comment
mrbigtanker Posted March 13, 2015 Report Share Posted March 13, 2015 very nice 1 Quote Link to comment
Janksun Posted March 13, 2015 Report Share Posted March 13, 2015 Nice Janksun! I'm just a wus I guess lol :lol: Not a wus lol. A wus wouldn't have a badass wagon like yours! Keep the updates coming! Lookin reaalllllll good 2 Quote Link to comment
jrock4224 Posted March 13, 2015 Report Share Posted March 13, 2015 duanes just looks sand blasted lol .......super stocked to see this happen .. makes me wanna hrryup and get my four door on the streeets to get back to my goon 2 Quote Link to comment
jrock4224 Posted March 13, 2015 Report Share Posted March 13, 2015 side note duane any idea where to get new vinyl tops for datsuns.. .my upholstery guy couldnt find one fr my 4 dr..... i thought i saw them on ebay was wondering if anyone had experience wit them 1 Quote Link to comment
mrbigtanker Posted March 13, 2015 Report Share Posted March 13, 2015 side note duane any idea where to get new vinyl tops for datsuns.. .my upholstery guy couldnt find one fr my 4 dr..... i thought i saw them on ebay was wondering if anyone had experience wit them John a good shop can just make you a new one. Quote Link to comment
jrock4224 Posted March 13, 2015 Report Share Posted March 13, 2015 John a good shop can just make you a new one. i know and he can just is back ed till july and said if i can find one it would be easier to get my car in ... plus its more money and later i may pull the top off and paint the roof since im not a huge vinyl top guy but willing to for a bit to see if i like it 1 Quote Link to comment
greengoon Posted March 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2015 My vinyl top was done by an upholstery shop. I believe its actually a Chevy pattern as its now where near the pebbled look of the original Datsun. I don't believe I've ever seen a vinyl top kit for any car actually. 1 Quote Link to comment
mrbigtanker Posted March 14, 2015 Report Share Posted March 14, 2015 Keystone was a company that i new of that made the top kits. Quote Link to comment
jimmy billy Posted March 16, 2015 Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 Jimmy Billy, my rear is set up with air shocks so that won't help you with your IRS but my front bags were pretty easy and not nearly as detailed or as cool as Joel's :thumbup: I promise to find time by this weekend to bring this project up to speed. Ya i think.i got a plan for my rear irs setup. The fronts i need forsure. And in those pics if thats your car fully lowered then im cool with that. Doesnt look like its right on the ground compared to some of the 510 pics ive seen. And does that sunroof leak at all in the rain when driving? Siting their id think it would be fine but driving you have wind pushing up under it. Quote Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 And does that sunroof leak at all in the rain when driving? Siting their id think it would be fine but driving you have wind pushing up under it. From earlier... The roof only leaks when the car is being washed. The canvas hangs over the opening so as long as the water is not sprayed in horizontally, it stays dry. Scrubbing and rinsing the canvas usually gets me a few drips on the front seat so i just put a towel there and solves the problem. I have driven and let it sit in pouring rain and it does not leak. Quote Link to comment
greengoon Posted March 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 Thanks for replying for me, datsunfreak. I had forgotten that I had answered the roof leak question way back when. Jimmy Billy, I can put the front cross member on the ground with the 14s I currently have on it. I mocked up the 15" Rotas that I used to run and the cross member nearly hits with those wheels too. I purposely park it with about an inch of space under it to better balance the look of the car. Since I don't have guages, I do it by eye. 6 Quote Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted March 17, 2015 Report Share Posted March 17, 2015 Thanks for replying for me, datsunfreak. I had forgotten that I had answered the roof leak question way back when. I think I'm the one who asked you last time, so only thought it fair... :rofl: I purposely park it with about an inch of space under it to better balance the look of the car. Since I don't have guages, I do it by eye. Ever thought of some rubber bump stops down there to make it sit at that height by itself? I've giving very serious thought to air ride on my next 510 and was thinking this would be a neat addition. 2 Quote Link to comment
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