Hi, my name is John, I live in North Carolina, and am here to post about my car project(s).
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My name is John but my friends know me as kickflip (you'll know why if you keep reading.). I work at a graphic design firm near my house and love cruising pointlessly around the surrounding counties and cities looking for fun things to do. I go on a lot of random road trips with my friends who live near me and are also car enthusiasts. We have a car club called "Skate or Die", because of a time when our friend Steve (Skater Steve) first lowered his car and drifted it across a curb and we all jokingly called it a crooked grind haha. We all have skating related nick names such as kickflip (me), heelflip Mike, hardflip Joe, and the group leader, skater Steve.
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My car is a 1995 Nissan Silvia S14 Zenki, that has so many miles on it that the odometer looks like I traveled into space and back.
It's mostly a dark green/blue, with the front portion being dark grey, and some body panel damage from sliding on and off ramps in mexico.
The engine is an intercooled SR20DET with some bolt on's because I've never had time to do legitimate work on it.
It has an air filter and upgraded radiator so it doesn't overheat in traffic on road trips. The battery is relocated to the trunk because I can... punk.
Suspension parts are new besides the rear shocks that I found a couple of used springs for, but other than them being used all four corners are on new struts, AP shocks and springs, Wilwood 310 mm vented rotors in the front, and 278 mm in the back, all four have 4 piston Wilwood calipers. There is still lots of room for improvement here, but all of that was so it rides better on road trips.
Aero really hasn't been a big thing yet but it has some stuff on it - ah'che eye lids on the front head lights, anti fog head lights (not really for aero), oem grill, and removed the stock trunk wing. The rims are from a BMW E39 M5 until I can afford something else.
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