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ramalhinho07 · 2016-05-31T13:06:58+00:00

Hey my name is Ramalhinho07 as some of you might know me I'm 19 years old and been living in Japan, to be more precise in the city of Saitama, since i was 14 years old. I work at a auto repair shop in Saitama called Nada Engeneering I recently purchased my 1st car, it's a 1990 Nissan 180SX Zenki a.k.a "Pignose" for 3500V$, quite cheap to be fair. It has been through rough days but there's no rust that's a good sign, but the paint is faded because the car sat for a long time outside according to

Soju

Looking so good!

Sleepin_mOnkey

That's looking sexy AF

ramalhinho07

Thanks @[deleted] and @Sleepin mOnkey!

[center]RIP S14?[/center]

Took the Silvia for some practice runs to a open day event at Sazan Circuit...
Was pretty cool had a blast on that track first time ever being there, event was very well organized.

It was all going well until the worst happened...

Tie rod snapped mid transaction making me lose control and nail my car into a barrier...
I had to call a tow truck and i just got the car back to the cooldown HQ at Osaka so i don't know yet if it has any frame damage, but for now the damage is:

Spoiler: Broken tie rod.
Broken front fender.
Front lip detached from the bumper (ripping part of the bumper with the impact when i ran it over) so there's no coming back from that.
Hood doesn't latch in position (might have to do with the fender going inwards)
Broken left headlight, lost the left side indicator.
Autostrada modena needs rebarreling since this barrel is bent with the impact of me kissing the wall.
Lost my passanger side Vertex sideskirt (had it held on by zipties only)

I'll keep this updated on whether i rebuild it or it gets scrapped, i like this car since it's my street toy so we'll see what it can be done to it!

Ward

Yo fam I am a body worker if you need any help send me the car I will fix it for ya

Sleepin_mOnkey

yo if you lived here in america i could fix it for you but i can give some tech advices for you.

ramalhinho07

# Ward :
Yo fam I am a body worker if you need any help send me the car I will fix it for ya

Sure thing my dude, i'll drop by (actually if you have a tow rig avaliable i could use some help because it doesn't drive right now)

# Sleepin mOnkey :
yo if you lived here in america i could fix it for you but i can give some tech advices for you.

Thanks man, all help is welcome!

saletl

Boy... that is so sad...
If you plan to switch to Kuoki front... I got a set of headlights layin' around.

Sleepin_mOnkey

# ramalhinho07 :
Thanks man, all help is welcome!

As you will evaluate the damage first tip if the frame rail inst bent afther the firewall 100% salvable but also check the pillars and the main structure of the car (Look For Thick metal) if theres just some easy bent you could cut and re weld the frame or straight it and weld a U metal ovelaying. as for the front its kinda easy to tube but its no impossible replace it with other OEM structure but for all those repairs the welding is the most impotant thing.

Renaruto

NOOOOOOOOOO poor S14 ;_; Looks like some shit tons of work... I really hope you can somehow get that fixed.. lets just hope that the chassis is alright..

ramalhinho07

Rebuild or part-out?

Haven't done much to my cars since i've been busy with some stuff at work and personal life.
What i've done more recently is this:

I took off all the damaged parts (basically the whole front end), guess i got a bit lucky because the frame is all straight, nothing bent which is surprising taking in count i slammed the wall pretty hard.

Now i'm facing a dillema... I own 3 cars (this silvia, the 180sx and the s2k) and this was a bit of a street toy, but then again they all are street toys. But i don't know if i want to throw the money necessary to fix the silvia or to just sell it as is. Car still runs and drives (doesn't drive so wheel because of a broken tie rod, bent steering rack and the lower control arm got hit pretty hard too).

So in the next few days i'm going to decide on whether i'm keeping this thing or nah, just a quick update on things for now.

skip

If I were you I would price everything. Is the cost of the repairs more then you could earn by selling it? It could be worth keeping if it's cheaper.

marcus915

F to this car i see sitting in the corner every time I go to the house

ramalhinho07

# skip :
If I were you I would price everything. Is the cost of the repairs more then you could earn by selling it? It could be worth keeping if it's cheaper.

Taking in consideration it's the lowest grade of the Silvia series, (base model N/A SR20, 4 lug etc) it's pretty much the same i'm gonna spend on fixing or parting out, if i manage to get a zenki or even kouki front end for cheap i'll rebuild it.

# marcus915 :
F to this car i see sitting in the corner every time I go to the house

Funnily enough the one car i buy to get more seat time ends up spending the most time in the garage 🙂)

Wheel hoarder

Bought a pair of Weds Kranze Cerberus II from yahooauctions.jp for 450 V$ with two mildly cooked tyres (still some thread left but they aren't new) , originally bought them as spares for my 180sx, but after a test fit on the S2K i kinda dig the look in it so they're staying for now.
Specs are 18x10 ET15, they poke a bit but nothing too crazy...

Finances: 22052 + 8550 (9 weeks missing the update on the V$) - 450 (Weds Kranze Cerberus II) = 30152 V$

marcus915

fiX YOUR FUCKING CAR I need/want the space 🙂)

though those Cerbs elevate your S2K to hotboi real nicely

Soju

Nice hotboi wheels!

pixelgalaxy

jesus those rims my boi

ramalhinho07

Ikr they look so fire ^^

Nagoya street sesh

Nothing much to add since last time other than me getting a 2004 Mugen AP2 lip for my s2000 for 650 V$
Drove down to Nagoya to help a friend move to his new house, did some street shit and nearly got into cop trouble. Managed to talk my way out of getting a ticket by saying "my clutch foot slipped"

The cop was cool enough to let that "slide" :^)

Anyway here's a pic of my S2K

marcus915

g e t c e r b e r u s u p f r o n t a s w e l l

just kidding fix your fucking S14 so I can have the space already

skip

What's it like going all the way up to 9k in a corner?

ramalhinho07

# marcus915 :
g e t c e r b e r u s u p f r o n t a s w e l l

just kidding fix your fucking S14 so I can have the space already

i a c t u a l l y m i g h t i f i f i n d t h e m

About that i need to talk to you about that thing meet up with me when you can!

# skip :
What's it like going all the way up to 9k in a corner?

Loud as fuck, even for a stock exhaust hahah

326

Came to a conclusion my s2000's fitment was absolute trash, and i don't really daily it anymore because i drive around in a company car now a days...
So, like pretty much everything i own, i went to my man Mitsuru Haruguchi who most of you might know from way back in the day having a certain yellow FC slammed on its nuts running a BN Sports aero... i mean if you don't know him climb out from under the rock you live in! 🙂)

Anyway, i got from his company (326 power) a full set of adjustable Chakuriki coilover kit with 26 step damping and 100/80kg spring rates.
I ended up spending a good amount on them, 2.5k in total with a "friendly discount" included.

Mounted them up at the cooldown house with the help of my buddies and they feel a lot more stiffer than my previous Skunk2 Pro-C's
Style wise was a major upgrade, car looks so spice, even though i scrape way more often.

But just look at it thooooooooo!

I'm also working on a little something as this goes down, lets just say a new car might be arriving to the cooldown house...

Finances: 30152 + 940 (last week update on the V$) - 2500 (326 Chakuriki coilovers) = 28592 V$

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