aeion's Nissan Hardbody | Low and Silly

[way2fastx3]

What you going to do for wheel setup???

[aeion]

A new one from yesterday.

[brsteinbach]

Awesome! I can't wait to see updates.

[aeion]

Wow, looking at the first post in my thread, I can't believe what a monster truck this thing was.

Update time! The radiator turned out to have a leak in one of the fins that got pretty bad so I replaced that. ($100. eek!)

The other day I decided I was tired of the terrible ride in front so I removed the front bump stops to see where that got me. Turns out, I have the torsions let out so much that the front was just laying on the bumpstops haha. Because of that, removing the bump stops dropped the front even more and now it is about 1/2" lower than before. I have driven it to work one day so far and have already rubbed a sizeable hole in a fender liner haha. But the ride is much smoother and it hasn't hurt the tires yet. No care lol

The night we pulled the bump stops


The next day at work




And when I got home



Now it's time to redrill the back and get it to match the front once more. Stay tuned!

[aeion]

Yesterday the truck developed a small to medium sized coolant leak. I've tracked it to either a crack in the bottom of the radiator or the lower coolant hose.

Sooooo after finals, I'll have a look and get that all fixed up. As for any new pictures (for those of you that actually want to see any more ), probably will have some next week-ish

[aeion]

These tires are too large

[aeion]

Some photos from yesterday evening











I couldn't be happier with how this fog light turned out. It's turned out exactly how I wanted it to. Huge thanks to Aron for the light. I appreciate it man

[aeion]

Here's a teaser of the new light. I absolutely love it. Real photos of it soon!

[aeion]

nice work! i don't really see any of these things modded over here, mind you i'm not in the mini truck scene. Mostly everyone does tritons and hiluxs (Toyotas / Mitsubishis).

Thanks! It should only get better from here

if you dont mind me asking, how easy is the Plasti-Dip to work with? Especially on large metal pieces? Does it take much in the way of prep work (roughing up surface etc?)

It's extremely easy! I basically just wiped the bumper off with my hand haha. It forms a bond both to the surface that you're spraying it on and to itself so it actually sticks surprisingly well (to both of those surfaces). Also, I didn't mask anything off since you can just rub off any overspray with your hand once the Plastidip is dry.

There is only 1 supplier here for it and it is pricey ($40 a can) so i want to be confident in it before splashing out!

Do they only offer it in the Gallon cans over there? Here you can find it in the average aerosol can and it's ~$6-8. If it is in the gallon container, you'll probably need to buy the applicator along with it but it should work exactly the same and give you similar results. And you'll have probably as much as you'll ever need haha.

Feel free to ask if you've got any more questions about it! I love the stuff


MINI-UPDATE: After a few weeks with the Plastidip on the bumper, it's holding up very well. I took the Plastidip off of the wheels and I definitely like the lighter look for the wheels. So next I'll be trying white.

[Ant]

nice work! i don't really see any of these things modded over here, mind you i'm not in the mini truck scene. Mostly everyone does tritons and hiluxs (Toyotas / Mitsubishis).

if you dont mind me asking, how easy is the Plasti-Dip to work with? Especially on large metal pieces? There is only 1 supplier here for it and it is pricey ($40 a can) so i want to be confident in it before splashing out! Does it take much in the way of prep work (roughing up surface etc?)

[aeion]

Thanks! It should look really cool

[OpelWagenGT]

Can't wait to see what you do with the fog light.

-Aron

[aeion]

Bitches love my stache


doink

[aeion]

Haha we'll see what happens when the time gets here

Just need that $$$

One more for the night...I like to build forests with my air fresheners so look out for the one on this truck

[pejsa]

go ahead and pull the middle leaf too. your for sure going to need a notch