alleycat Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 f*ckin A. sweet ride. looks GREAT. just found this thread. Quote Link to comment
fisch Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 Nice to see the original speakerbox! I still have mine in my 521! Nice makeover man! Quote Link to comment
71DIMER Posted December 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 Thanks Alleycat and Fisch. I only wish I had more time to give it the attention she needs/deserves. If only I could do my own headliner :(...that would help out the interior a lot. Quote Link to comment
Pacific coast Datsun Posted December 15, 2009 Report Share Posted December 15, 2009 What a facelift..........looks great ! Quote Link to comment
73dat Posted December 15, 2009 Report Share Posted December 15, 2009 thats really good Mario,I like it a lot.................:cool: Quote Link to comment
71DIMER Posted December 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2009 Thanks Pac Man & 73dat! I KNOW how everyone likes pics on here, especially of any progress so I figured the more the better :P Quote Link to comment
TrevDaddy Posted December 15, 2009 Report Share Posted December 15, 2009 My favorite part is definitely the engine refresh, it's amazing what a little paint will do. I've been meaning to paint my air cleaner and valve cover as well. Quote Link to comment
72 327 Posted December 15, 2009 Report Share Posted December 15, 2009 Nice to see the original speakerbox! I saw that and I thought what the hell is that. lol Thought it looked like a space heater or fan.... Quote Link to comment
71DIMER Posted March 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 Wow, it's been over 3 months since my last update...too long. Well it's been a while but let's just say that I was tired of looking at my goon look like an all wheel drive ride. So after asking around for a hand lowering it, it was my non ratsun buddy Daniel who came through big time. I finished swapping the lowering springs on the spare set of front struts and then swapping them out with the 'too high' struts when he came over and helped me install the rear lowring blocks. Here's what it looked like (way too high) This is what it looked like right after, way slammed and cool BUT...the rear wheel well literally sat on the tire. So...I decided to go with the 13" minilites I had... Then the next day I decided to try the 16x7 wheels from my 2 door that have a lower profile tire, and man it fit the rear perfect But the fronts were still another story. They stuck out a bit too much and with barely enough cleance to slip a finger (:P) between the tire and the fender it rubbed pretty often on a short drive. So in the end I figured to sell them and go a different route anyway. Quote Link to comment
JDM510 Posted March 21, 2010 Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 what struts are you running??? looks waay better dropped .. the right set of wheels and your car will look VERY cool Quote Link to comment
Pacific coast Datsun Posted March 21, 2010 Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 Hey that lot looks familiar, went to a mini meet there once :cool: Looks way better dropped down Mario :D Quote Link to comment
71DIMER Posted March 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 JDM510: I got a killer deal on a spare set of complete assemblies from a stock 510 that were already shortened and I had a set of lowering springs that I put on them, then swapped out the whole strut assemblies all together. I used a set of 1" aluminum bump steer spacers as well. Pac Coast: Thanks amigo, I know if you were around this thing would have been dropped a LONG time ago. Oh I forgot to mention I picked up that older aftermarket roof rack. I dig it, it's almost completely full length, just a bit more fiddling with the flat hooks to get it to hold by itself and I'll be good. I was going to strip it completely and paint it but since the goon isn't perfect it kind of fits the overall look to have it a bit dinged/scratched up and not like new. Quote Link to comment
INDY510 Posted March 22, 2010 Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 2 inch lowering blocks? ... .. or more? ..... .. .. . any axle slap with weight in the back? What kind of blocks/u-bolts? Quote Link to comment
71DIMER Posted March 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2010 2 inch lowering blocks? ... .. or more? ..... .. .. . any axle slap with weight in the back? What kind of blocks/u-bolts? Oh yeah forgot to mention that, yeah I went with 2" lowering blocks, no axle slap as of yet but I don't usually carry much in it so not much added weight in the rear of the thing. I got the lowering block kit at pep-boys so it came complete with the longer u-bolts and all the hardware. I think it was about $30 out the door. Quote Link to comment
racerx Posted March 23, 2010 Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 you asked what we think? it depends how much you paid for it..so how much was it for. Quote Link to comment
71DIMER Posted March 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 you asked what we think? it depends how much you paid for it..so how much was it for. ??? Quote Link to comment
71DIMER Posted March 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 you asked what we think? it depends how much you paid for it..so how much was it for. So you would think it's good if I paid a few hundred bucks but not good if I paid way too much??? I wasn't asking what you thought of the price, but what people think of the goon itself. Interesting line of thinking there boss. :rolleyes: Quote Link to comment
Pacific coast Datsun Posted March 23, 2010 Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 Useless :P Quote Link to comment
71DIMER Posted March 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2010 Useless :P You said it brother...you said it! Oh yeah started playing musical wheels :P Quote Link to comment
racerx Posted March 24, 2010 Report Share Posted March 24, 2010 71dimer, Your right..I owe you an apology, after reading my response it does sound obnoxious. RacerX Quote Link to comment
SSS510 Posted March 24, 2010 Report Share Posted March 24, 2010 You said it brother...you said it! Oh yeah started playing musical wheels :P That looks like a watanabe RS8?? 16"?? LOOKS AWESOME!! YOU SHOULD GO WITH THOSE WHEELS!!! Quote Link to comment
71DIMER Posted March 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2010 That looks like a watanabe RS8?? 16"?? LOOKS AWESOME!! YOU SHOULD GO WITH THOSE WHEELS!!! Good eye, those are 16x7 0 offset 205/45R16 Panasport on the rear which look and fit great and 15x7 +9mm with 195/50R15 tires Watanabe RS in the front which also fit great in the front with no rubbing issues and no spacers required which I love! Here's what it looked like with 13" minilites: RacerX...no worries man :) Quote Link to comment
71DIMER Posted March 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2010 Another minilite view Quote Link to comment
71DIMER Posted March 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2010 I guess I take too many pics but I'd rather not miss anything than to want to go back later to get it :P Here's some before and after pics of my wagon height, well before they settling down a bit more too :P Before Front Height: After Front Height: Before Rear Height: After Rear Height: Quote Link to comment
Pacific coast Datsun Posted March 25, 2010 Report Share Posted March 25, 2010 Damm that was 4x4 status there :blink: I did find my before lowering pix & the rear of mine was the same as yours but my front was 1 inch lower..wierd. Anyways looks wayyy cooler. Oh & this year you can go to JCCS..it's in September ! Quote Link to comment
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