Quail's S14a - from past to present...

[Quail]

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Ive my 200SX 2 years now, and its been sitting in the same state for a little while now. Luckily I've had a bit of spare cash, so things are starting to move again .


Im going to post every stage of the car's build so far, and continue to update this thread as things progess. So heres the car when I got it in February 2006 after selling my civic, at the tender age of 19 (my first car that I still miss!):




The replacement:






Standard ride height was killing me, so I chucked some lowering springs on there (not ideal, but definitely couldnt afford a fancier setup):




Then I bought a Touring lip off Nitrodave, and some Advans off of an FTO owner (in weaksauce offset and shitty rubber band tyres! I changed the ones on the rear for something a bit chunkier):








The I fitted an Apex Single Box system (aka the cat cannon), 3" decat and 3" frontpipe:




It was like this for a while, but then Albert at Knight Racer sorted me out with a nice Works9 bodykit:






Finished article (with 25mm spacer on the rear Advans):

[Quail]

Then realising my WMIC was horrendously cracked (for God knows how long), I got a kit made for me :










Then I ran it like that for a while. My interior was relatively untouched, just the basic stuff done:




This is how it sat for ages. Now after not doing anything to it for ages, I chucked some R33 GTR wheels on. Bloody light compared to the Advans, and better width and offset (17x9 +30). I still prefer the dark look with my car, but the silver is growing on me. However, I'm getting shot of the GTR wheels after a few weeks, and replacing them with my new wheels, Work Rezax (f 17x8 +10, r 17x9 +10). They need a full refurb, which is going to take a few weeks. I need to space the fronts to clear the brakes, so I'll need to run chargespeed fenders (or similar). Because of this, I'm going to run the rears with the GTR fronts for a little while. A bit dori-slag, but I like the look of mismatched wheels anyway:





The Works:






With the 9" going to run a 245/45, and get Phil to roll and flare my arches a bit.

And most recently, I removed the spoiler; looks soooooo much better:




Just bought some braided brake lines courtesy of Stueywalls1, who turns out to live 30seconds from me! Me and my mate Barry (Baz GT4 on here) will be fitting this, refurbing my brake calipers, fitting new pads, and bleeding the system. This should give me a nice refreshed braking system. If I can afford it I'll pick up a BMC stopper too.

Also getting my mate Alistair (m200sex on here), to fab me up a new exhaust. Going for a subtle bosozoku/dart izumi style system; should look something like this, but a bit more aggressive and extended. Running it with a decat silencer so my ears don't drop off:



Also got my nardi steering wheel to fit. Going to be sourcing a Personal Neo Grinta horn button from the U.S to get in there. Also thinking of an NRG hub if my budget will stretch that far.

Thats it so far. I'll update with pics as work progresses

[Daz]

looking good mate, those deep dish wheels will really set the kit off.

[Quail]

Aye, I've needed some lower offset wheels for ages. Luckily these came up at the right price! Need some work, but I'm not in a rush!

[CrazySx]

nice work mate did u jut change the bulbs in the dash for blue ones?

[Quail]

Its a bad pic, but yes, just changed them for Blue LEDs

[Daz]

Aye, I've needed some lower offset wheels for ages. Luckily these came up at the right price! Need some work, but I'm not in a rush!

they dont look that bad though.

[--lorien--]

Still very excited to see your new exhaust mate!

[ferretca18]

nice! looks sooo small compared to the astra in that one pic! i forgot how small 200's are since selling mine

[_shaun_]

Its a bad pic, but yes, just changed them for Blue LEDs

where did you get the blubs from mate? Car looks sweet! I want to see it in the flesh though! Next Mk meet hopefully?

[Quail]

Low and long .

I reside in Portsmouth most of the time now Shaun - I go to uni down here. Umm, cant remember where I got the bulbs from. Do a search on here for "dash illumination" and all will be revealed

[stueywalls1]

Car is looking sweet mate.

Was nice to meet someone else down here. We will have to sort out some arch rollin next.

[nought2sixty]

I liked it until the bodykit appeared.

Loved those advans on it...mmmmm

[Quail]

Cheers Stu!

Did look nice without the kit, but I love the kit too. I've got big plans for it this year

[200jim]

ow like what? nice looking car by the way

[Quail]

Cheers mate! Keeping the plans schtum for now! Don't want any other UK cars to look like mine

[_shaun_]

Keeping the plans schtum for now!

lol

[M.D.]

im really starting to love this exhaust look, if i could make something up in work where i can retain a little noise subtlety then i may well do something in the future like that

[Denial]

Did you modify the headlights, as they look modified in your sig picture. I think its one of the key mods that makes your car look different from other 200sx's that I have seen.

[Quail]

Thats the OEM Headlight protectors that I sprayed black. I only put them on for meets etc