shacks510 Posted December 30, 2014 Report Share Posted December 30, 2014 decrease the value of your neighborhood at the same time :crying:Not my neighborhood, I don't care. I wasn't the one to cut it up either. Quote Link to comment
JoeCool Posted December 31, 2014 Report Share Posted December 31, 2014 I don't give a damn if the value of my neighborhood goes down, less property taxes for the win! I have never understood yuppies complaining about it. 2 Quote Link to comment
dat521gatherer Posted December 31, 2014 Report Share Posted December 31, 2014 Get rid of yor oem horns and replace them with air horns Cut all the wires to your sending units and put in a tripple gauge. Matt hit it on the head with the first one. Paint your engine bay black. Quote Link to comment
dat521gatherer Posted December 31, 2014 Report Share Posted December 31, 2014 I did some stupid shit to my rides when I was younger including getting rid of my 70 Torino gt fastback. Then I grew up. Quote Link to comment
dat521gatherer Posted December 31, 2014 Report Share Posted December 31, 2014 Don't forget to chop off the plug to your radio and use some electrical tape to hook up your new stereo. Cut the din plate out of your dash while your at it and be sure to throw it away with the radio plug. 1 Quote Link to comment
505plus5 Posted December 31, 2014 Report Share Posted December 31, 2014 . . . ^ Not my neighborhood, I don't care. I wasn't the one to cut it up either. Shacks510 retains name Quote Link to comment
JoeCool Posted December 31, 2014 Report Share Posted December 31, 2014 What does everyone got against painting the engine compartment black like an old musclecar? I think it looks good, puts all your focus onto the engine. I was actually going to do that to mine soon, if only just temporarily. Gloss black hides flaws well. Plus it looks a lot better than the peeling paint and rust I have going on now! 2 Quote Link to comment
510freak Posted December 31, 2014 Report Share Posted December 31, 2014 because..garage :lol: Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted December 31, 2014 Report Share Posted December 31, 2014 I think he meant rattle can with over spray on the steering box, master, washer reservoir, wire harness... well over spray on everything. 1 Quote Link to comment
JoeCool Posted December 31, 2014 Report Share Posted December 31, 2014 Oh no, I can't do that! I've seen it done though! I have seen somebody attack the ENTIRE engine compartment with black rattle cans too, engine included. I have seen everything painted silver, red, or yellow as well. Why I will never know? And I am going to add something speaking of engine compartments... Put colored wire loom on every hose, wire, vacuum line, battery cables, and anything else it will fit on, especially red so it looks like you ran over a 100lb box of Twizzlers! Paint lots of random stuff loud colors under the hood Paint lots of stuff loud colors in the interior too Lots of Rainbow finished metal for that fake titanium look Lots of fake (or real) carbon fiber Stick on port holes and vents Big, colorful plastic dual bladed wipers, extra points if chrome! Put these Japanese driver stickers on it, not knowing or caring what they mean because JDM yo! 1 Quote Link to comment
Spoona_Jay21 Posted December 31, 2014 Report Share Posted December 31, 2014 Put these Japanese driver stickers on it, not knowing or caring what they mean because JDM yo! Just curious... does this still apply if you know what it means, and put them on accordingly? such as a driver that has only gotten his License getting with no extra training the beginner license decal, and people with more training gets a different one? just curiosity. cause i have a buddy that has gone through a more than a few racing training courses and other driving aid courses that has a "Experienced Driver" Magnet on his RX-7. Quote Link to comment
MikeRL411 Posted December 31, 2014 Report Share Posted December 31, 2014 I don't give a damn if the value of my neighborhood goes down, less property taxes for the win! I have never understood yuppies complaining about it. Just wait until you try to sell it! 1 Quote Link to comment
Seeker > 620 KC Posted December 31, 2014 Report Share Posted December 31, 2014 The intent I got from this thread was for us to have some satirical fun listing all the things we've seen and done ourselves to the quickly diminishing & dying herd of remaining Datsuns. Things we've done that lessens, cripples, or amputates these vehicles future possibilities for in our lifetime owners, or for future owners. Things many of us have done in caffeinated haste or drunken stupor, only to regret Down the road like a bad tatoo. We all love and understand the need for down & dirty all-American ingenuity, especially on a budget,, and we all fight to the death for each other's freedom to build and create the biggest, fastest, loudest, & Gaudyiest machine on the planet! I didn't get this thread was meant for us all to attack and defend each other's styles and intents. Although it wasn't stated out right, it appears the general intent is about educating ourselves about construction, and from each other, and about conservation, so we have vehicles and parts to play with in the future, vs killing off all the buffalo in our own excitement...if you catch my drift. As the Internet & ratsun WTB ads show, Dat vehicles & parts are in demand and are increasingly harder and harder to find. This drives vehicle and parts availability down quicky, and prices up even faster. Yet the vehicles I typically see in the junk yards are not nice orig ones that simly died, loaded with orig straight body parts, trim, & interior goody parts to provide ours Dats lush & alive. These are the hacked, the butchered, and the radically altered that these Dat owners couldn't resell because thie market for these is so much smaller. Most new project Dat fans just don't have the unlimited time, money, or shop space to invest in reincarnating vehicles from a frame-up that have gone so far down the alteration rabbit hole. So these vehicle survive just lanother 30-60 days before being scrapped. Another one gone forever. Every time we buy a donor and can't make it run again when we salvage what we want from it... Many get completely parted out, but most get scrapped. Another off to the American scrapper, then overseas to the Japanese Auschwitch metal furnaces to make Yugos or something. Man down! Let's not Make Dats like the buffalo. Insomniatic ramble complete. My apologies. 4 Quote Link to comment
ruckycharms Posted December 31, 2014 Report Share Posted December 31, 2014 The best one is drilling holes in the fucking fenders to install shitty aftermarket $20 fender mirrors- lmao If you're going to hack your car or truck to do this, at least have the decency to buy the real ones. I'm happy to say I've committed none of these sins, but I was dumb enough to buy a few datsuns that had some of these things done to them. Lol Quote Link to comment
mrmark Posted December 31, 2014 Report Share Posted December 31, 2014 Holes can be welded. Paint can be stripped. Don't be a baby! 3 Quote Link to comment
john510 Posted December 31, 2014 Report Share Posted December 31, 2014 I don't give a damn if the value of my neighborhood goes down, less property taxes for the win! I have never understood yuppies complaining about it. You must not own a house Quote Link to comment
JoeCool Posted December 31, 2014 Report Share Posted December 31, 2014 You must not own a house That makes no sense. I do own a house, which is why I WANT lower property taxes. Quote Link to comment
JoeCool Posted December 31, 2014 Report Share Posted December 31, 2014 Just curious... does this still apply if you know what it means, and put them on accordingly? such as a driver that has only gotten his License getting with no extra training the beginner license decal, and people with more training gets a different one? just curiosity. cause i have a buddy that has gone through a more than a few racing training courses and other driving aid courses that has a "Experienced Driver" Magnet on his RX-7. That is the "ricer" problem with them. The green and yellow shield means inexperienced driver, as in just got my license. The other one is elderly driver. Here is a video of a Japanese guy talking about them. https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1523120381300719&set=o.763197070372887&type=2&theater 1 Quote Link to comment
thisismatt Posted December 31, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2014 That makes no sense. I do own a house, which is why I WANT lower property taxes. So you don't want your (most likely) largest investment/asset to maintain or increase in value? 3 Quote Link to comment
510freak Posted January 1, 2015 Report Share Posted January 1, 2015 So you don't want your (most likely) largest investment/asset to maintain or increase in value? You do, but around assessment time you dont. Value goes up,so do the property taxes. 1 Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted January 1, 2015 Report Share Posted January 1, 2015 That makes no sense. I do own a house, which is why I WANT lower property taxes. Naturally. Everybody want to pay less property tax. This is nothing new and a given.... However your property is assessed on sales of similar properties in the surrounding area and yours are set accordingly. You have no say in this or we would all be paying zero. You can complain and have it re assessed but double edge here... it might actually go up. 1 Quote Link to comment
Son_of_a_Datsun_Guy Posted January 1, 2015 Report Share Posted January 1, 2015 OK.... I find coil overs are over hyped over priced bling. In some cases a brand name coil over might add some monetary value to a vehicle, but not what you paid for them, but lowering the ride by coil overs or split collars are intrinsically the same value. The $300+ saved could be used for something more worthwhile. For example you have a 510 with a solid gold oil pan and want $20K for the car. The buyer concludes the car is really only worth $7K and he's paying too much for just another oil pan. If you're just going for looks I would agree. I think there are two ways you can look at it though, people who want to put on equipment that could hold up to track abuse (usually done prematurely as many of these projects never make it to significant track time) and people who want to increase the value of their car. I'm guilty of doing lots of things to my car (camber plates, traction bars, overly aggressive shocks and springs, and a 10:1 compression motor being choked by a pair of SUs) because I want it to go fast on the autocross/track and "be streetable", that don't really lend the car to being a completely thought out piece. My project is still titled as an "autocross" car, but I've only seen two autocrosses this whole year. Still dreaming of those track days though. 2 Quote Link to comment
dat521gatherer Posted January 1, 2015 Report Share Posted January 1, 2015 Chop out that fuse box too instead of having it bead blasted. You know nobody uses those glass things anymore. Do they even still make those? Quote Link to comment
JoeCool Posted January 1, 2015 Report Share Posted January 1, 2015 Hack, cut, butcher and beat it until it looks like this... Quote Link to comment
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