Asparagus' s12 build

Candellan · Post by **Candellan** » Tue Apr 27, 2010 5:43 pm

Looking good mate. Love those Longchamps. We can buy them new from Koya now in 15x8 - http://www.koya.com.au/wheel/showimg.php?t...13&srno=171

You can use the tow hooks to lift the car but they do eventually flatten on the bottom after a while.

asparagus · Post by **asparagus** » Tue Apr 27, 2010 5:59 pm

thanks man. and that's awesome! If they were cheap, they'd make awesome drift spares. any idea how much they cost?

asparagus · Post by **asparagus** » Tue May 04, 2010 8:50 am

I've wanted a strut bar forever, dude. It looks cool. That's all. But nothing fits an s12, nothing within reach at least. I think an R31 bar fits. Anyway, I love the Cusco bars, except that if I were to order one, I wouldn't be able to realign the mounts since their mounting plates are made of aluminum(I can't weld that stuff). So I just got a cusco style bar with steel brackets off ebay for $60 shipped, not too shabby right?

The bar is supposed to fit BOTH s13 and s14, so there's a few slight problems. I already have to cut the mounts off the plates and realign them to fit the s12 anyway, so it won't be too bad.

Here's the bar, I probably shouldn't have put it on my bed for fear of china lead, haha

Looking alright so far

ALL the holes are ovaled out for the s13/s14 universal fitment, I will fill these in

and the bolts don't even fit as it should, they're too small

the bar BARELY fits in between the inner bolts of the strut towers

brackets cut off and the oval holes are filled in

work station (floor, haha)

more oval hole filling comparo

I wore a pretty serious face mask when I sanded off the paint. chinese lead paint destroys families

all ovals filled in

new hardware that fits

tacked in, you can see the sockets on top of the bolts to protect the threads from splatter

compared to the pics of it new, you can see how much I've pushed the brackets in and bent them accordingly. the nuts on the innermost bolt is super barely able to come off, so it worked out

hood mod too

and new bottom rad mounts!

asparagus · Post by **asparagus** » Mon May 10, 2010 8:01 am

pink with copper sparkle!

and welded on washers for the lower radiator mount, seats the bushings perfectly and the rad is placed level against the support

asparagus · Post by **asparagus** » Mon May 17, 2010 1:14 pm

Umai Naa!! · Post by **Umai Naa!!** » Mon May 17, 2010 1:38 pm

Further proof that this car is easily one THE BEST street S12s of ALL TIME.

Keep at it, Henry. It just keeps getting better.

Grubby · Post by **Grubby** » Mon May 17, 2010 4:25 pm

ridiculous camber is ridiculous!

I love it, I wish I had all those 200sx jdm bits, they make the gaz's look how they should. The slammed stance is awesome too

asparagus · Post by **asparagus** » Mon May 17, 2010 6:44 pm

thanks guys! I'll be attending a track drift event on june 4, so it should get pretty wild! and the car itself is completely usdm spec lol

asparagus · Post by **asparagus** » Sun May 23, 2010 7:23 pm

summer is here! and my finals are over, there's a track event planned on June 4 so here's hoping that I can get everything ready by then.

Relaxing, beautiful weather, laying on the floor looking back, and taking off my exhaust to fix a leak

welded on a new flange, not too bad for flux core!

grip taped pedals

gas is cool, I haven't driven this thing in so long

And this hood mod keeps getting more convenient, letting me work under my garage ceiling light

james · Post by **james** » Sun May 23, 2010 8:40 pm

do you have a closer photo of that modded hinge?
i want to do that to both my cars