Project mexi skyrine ver.2

[Supraclean]

thats because there doing it wrong:P Np man. I wanna see this thing out at some Am events!

[RWD_GTR]

finally got home before 7. pic of it in "sunlight"

old and new gtr side by side
definitely digging the gtr bumper instead of the kit. opinions on corner markers? smoked or orange on new car?




put one rim on tonight. yes. im in love.

[RWD_GTR]

update.

dash out




dash out




well this isnt gonna work. gotta use the old one





much better





**** is starting to pile up.





recaros waiting for their new home





now i needed to swap hand brakes as the new one isnt as cool as my old one.
as you can see the cable is pressed onto the handle




time to drill the mofo out





swapped and bolted on instaed of pressed






now i realize all the previous stuff is boring
went and got some paint and did the engine bay.








also tried some silver on the calipers. better then ricer red.

[Thedoh]

i'd go with smoked headlights imo. Mmmmmm rainbow paint. So the spedo gonna work on this one? and when do we get to play with your powerfc again ? :P

[Supraclean]

+1 for rainbow sparkle

[RWD_GTR]

i'd go with smoked headlights imo. Mmmmmm rainbow paint. So the spedo gonna work on this one? and when do we get to play with your powerfc again ? :P

speedo will work yes. powerfc prob end of january.

[RWD_GTR]

update.

received some shiny things. thanks bings. still waiting on subframe bushings.


so family is all gone now and i can finally start working again at this thing. i started off by pulling everything off my black car that i wanted.
kept fuca's coilovers and brake disc's and caliper's.

started with front right suspension.
installed new spacers 20mm's


coils bolted and i popped some vacuum caps on the bolts. looks cleeeeaaann.


wheel on. now wait a sec that caliper looks fuckin close to the wheel...


holy **** it is close. couldnt even get a credit card in there.


same thing happened with the left side.





now could finally drop it on the ground. looks high. needs motor!!!





now to change the silly rubber steering bushing. somewhat a walkthrough. i recommend this upgrade for anyone.

removed all this crap



got the bottom part off.



now in order to get it on i had to pound these studs/bolts out.



bolted on the the shaft and sliding in the bolts that i hammered out earlier.



tightened down and good to go. this sums up my long weekend.

[RWD_GTR]

update. starting of rear subframe build

got my subframe bushings. thanks bings!!



also got my poly urethane complete bushing kit.




so i started off by pulling the hicas balljoints while on the car. figured it may be easier.

started like this






now about a year ago or so i made my own custom puller for pulling off the tie rod and for pressing the balljoints out







works like so for the tie rods. just use a rachet to tighten the big bolt. sooo easy.






this one was ffffin tight. it shot off and smoked me in the knee. landed where pictured.






one reason the balljoints suck. boots rip really easy. such a fragile system.






works like this for the balljoints. same thing tighten the big bolt with a rachet.






not exactly centered but works fine. you can see in this pic how it sits on the hub better






progress






even more progress






out. this puller is amazing. def one of the best things ive ever made.






now i skipped all the bs of removing the subframe. i was irritated with it lol.

subframe down






pulled to the front of the garage. wow its dirty. 1/2" caked on crap.






bye attesa. i dont like you nor need you







then i got to filling the hicas ball joint hole with my new poly bushings. couldnt resist. :P

everything is supposed to be lubed with this crap. its some nasty stuff. i decided to wear gloves. so it didnt get everywhere.







lube lube lube







poly in. time to push in the metal sleeve.






big c-clamp does the job perfectly.






done. i like it :P




many more updates to come. the subframe is gonna be legendary.

[cschepp]

How come you swapped chassis? Are you still going rb25?

[RWD_GTR]

using the same motor. my black car had a bad vin. didnt know untill october.

[Gibson]

What do you mean by bad VIN and how did you find this out? Haha, kinda curious as to how that came to light.

[RWD_GTR]

hdfhsdhdhdf

[Sharkus29]

Haha thats my buddys old GTR that you bought. Nice car. good buy for you!

And i sent you a PM. it doesnt show me that i sent you one tho so i dont know if you got it or not.

[cschepp]

Wow man that sucks. I would be suing the people you got the car from.

[RWD_GTR]

so this update goes from a week or so ago til tonight.



last week i pulled the motor
man there is so many extras on this motor.





my black car getting more naked by the day






also received my ruca's. seller was a douche but i got them and they are great quality. project silvia for whoever wants to know.






next i took apart the subframe. wow the diff has some caked on ****. look at the floor







next i started doing the rest of my bushings. 3 on each hub. still got the lca to do.






this is what came out. all i did was drill a hole on the side then used a tiny metal saw to cut a slit in it.






final product of one arm.






now time to remove the abs sensors. i deleted it longggg ago.






heres what they look like






yeah...... its a mess.






and what i did tonight. painted and installed aluminum bushings in the subframe. it looks like **** by the diff mount because i never painted there. im gonna use something a little more durable there.






another view of it.






also made these. they were a key ingredient to my conversion. thanks to derek for the epic welding and fab skills. i helped. so i can say i "made" them.
can anyone guess what they are?