My Not So Stanced TypeX - TheSlipperyDinosaur.

[Brad.]

Hey all,

I am happy to introduce.. an already introduced car.
I'm sure some of you if not none of you have already read a previous build thread on this car.. It was to the degree of stocker with wheels and coils and a bitch of an owner.. (me).

And once again... a 4x4 mode photo when i first got it.



And a photo of the uuber gross "poo tail lights"



then..



or possibly more.. I emptied the bank account. "on what" you say.. Well the two biggest problems where changed. PBM coils and stock Type X tail lights where purchased.

some loww was had..



And it received the ass god (nissan) originally intended. (please don't flame me about that comment )



OK. Moving on.. by this point I had moved up the coast. Not much happened with the car, just a few sly skids in the rain here and there.

One fairly intoxicated night I spotted a set of RAYS Meshies on some form of internet page (can't remember) up in Brisbane (A long way away) and messaged the owner and committed to buying them.
For any of you who are wondering sizes..
F: 17x8 +24
R: 17x9 +24

I went to a place called "dreamworld" on the way home too. That was fun..



Having gotten home, I was rather disgruntled trying to fit the rims.. i needed a guard roll in the rear thanks to the 235 tyres and "sports" lug nuts/wheel nuts.. whatever you want to call them..

Anywho, I ordered them, rolled the guards with a metal pole then voila! My car looked pretty. IMO anyways..




This brings me to where the last build thread of this car ended.. I moved some photos around on photobucket and broke the links to SIW's. Being as lazy as I am, I'm really not bothered to resurrect it.

If you have made it this far.. well thanks for reading!

So.. Having lost 2 jobs, spending all my money on rims and petrol and theme parks.. It was time to move back home. From the last 2 pictures, The front was too high, so that changed pretty quickly..




Looking back, I shouldn't of been a bitch and lowered it more.. -_-
But here in Australia, you get bent over dry raped by the local enforcement for being TOO low. I've had pretty good luck as the legal limit here is 100mm for the lowest point on your car..

Anywho..



.. give or take.. I spotted a little treat that a friend of mine offered for sale. This would be an AAR (Araco?) fibreglass bucket seat with a genuine bride seat. Further research would soon find that araco made race seats for the old Group A Ae86 racing in Japan land. So I jumped on it (literally). Then it slyly made its way to my car...



By the way, Thomas the tank engine is a boss.. i don't care what you say

So after this.. or some time around this time i stripped the rear out. And realised ..



Took some photos..






Then..



Now here's where things get interesting (well for me anyways)..
My pretty little 180 was brought with an intention, and before I say it, I'm sure you've guessed what.. Yes, to go drifting..! After a night out for dinner with a close friend of mine he brought up that he was attending a drift event down south in his CA powered 180.
After getting super hyped, I said I would go and drift too

So next thing was to lock up that VLSD I had sitting back there. So shim the diff they said.. it will be funn they said.. said NO ONE EVER..
So I went out and got 2x 1.01mm shimms from nissan.. pulled apart the diff



I did have problems.. for starters getting the diff centre back together was a nightmare. Getting the diff centre back into the diff casing was even worse. And realising you didn't line up the shafts was just like being punched in the testicles multiple times..

Having taken so much force to reinsert the centre, we couldn't get it back out..
ENTER worst mechanic ever... I took it to my local workshop and asked them to take it out.. they tried battering/pressing the shaft in and ruining the teeth on the shaft
They didn't believe me when i said the splines weren't alligned..

They eventually got the centre back out, and we put it back together properly. Only this time the shaft wouldn't go in because of the ruined splines. I H*** MECHANICS!

So i took the shafts home, pulled out the grinder and did a super shifty DIY job and got the diff back together just in time for my first ever drift day.

On the road for 2 hours, the diff starts wining REALLY badly, my heart sunk, and I attempted drifting anyways..

I even made a video.. HERE

So long story short, my diff held together, I sucked at drifting, and I had the best time ever!

Then came Christmas.. I spent it with a close friend, and I made another video HERE.. and took 1 photo. yes 1..



After Christmas I was strung along to another drift day. This time held on a large piece of concrete with water constantly flowing on it.. called a "wet pan" day. Woo my second time drifting

This was much better than the first time, I was prepared and was confident that my super winy diff wouldn't break.

During the day I met alot of friendly people and we began the 180sx TandemCrew.
We drifted in the same group all day and obviously.. did some tandem runs

Heres some photos..






And I even went to the effort of making another video.. HERE

So.. once again i left with a grin from ear to ear, and an addiction to drifting.
After the 2nd drift day I got myself into some debt, having received a $232 parking fine and owing some money to people.

I went and took another photo...



Then put my rims for sale..

That brings me to approximately 7 hours ago. A white man came and took my wheels away in exchange for some green dolla dolla bills 'yall.
And now I'm out of debt

Also I wanted to share my photos around so a little while ago I made a Tumblr account. Its called TheSlipperyDinosaur Follow me if it tickles your fancy.. or don't.. I don't mind.

Stay tuned for some exciting things to come!

[willis]

Did you already have a build thread? I've already seen all of this.


Regardless, I like all of it.

[scweet14]

agreed^ i feel like there is already build out there for this. nice type x though!

[Strawhat]

I love type x's more than I can even express.
WIll be watching this.

[Brad.]

Did you already have a build thread? I've already seen all of this.
Regardless, I like all of it.

Yeah I have another one, but I moved all the photos around on my photobucket and all the links where broken and couldn't be bothered fixing it. Plus the 2nd half of it is all new including the drift videos. Plus it was 3am and i couldn't sleep so boredom drove me to it.

agreed^ i feel like there is already build out there for this. nice type x though!

As above, thanks for the love though. Motivates me to keep at it.

I love type x's more than I can even express.
WIll be watching this.

Cheers dude.

[Mandi]

Looks awesome, like the sticker

Looks very tidy, nice to see!

[Brad.]

Looks awesome, like the sticker

Looks very tidy, nice to see!

Thanks!

[Isuzupickup]

I haven't seen the thread before, so it's extra-exciting. I'll be watching this. I like how you put the build thread together with Spongebob references, haha.

[Brad.]

So.. from the last time i posted, I was starting to get sick of my rims and had put them up for sale. A few lowballs and hopeless offers later, they where sold. They where picked up and driven away seeing the Type X back on its old shoes.

Some last photos on the old rims.. (sorry mostly iphone pics this time)




Sadly the money from the sale went to paying off a ridiculous parking fine, an old electricity bill and money lent to me to go drifting.

To add to that, yesterday morning a young girl proceeded to run into my car. Yes it looks fine, thankfully it wasn't too hard of a hit, but still left me devastated. I'm awaiting a quote to have the impact foam/bumper replaced and painted, then i'll get in contact with the girl to settle the matter.

Photos...




Anyways, Now for the semi exciting part.. but not.
After my two drift days, it got me thinking how much I would cry if i where to damage my daily. So after continually browsing forums and sales threads, a shell popped up.
After contacting the guy, he said the car was complete but he wanted the motor and trans. After pulling the motor, the first thought "straight" chassis turned out to be kinked at the crossmember mounts .

This was devastating for both myself and the seller as it had a really dodgy half cracked filler job over it. A brief assessment and comparing the straight-ness to a not so straight implement, i shrugged and thought to myself it's too minor and will be drifted and crashed anyways. It also came with the following goodies..
- cusco 2 way
- bolt in half cage
- 33 gtst brakes and callipers
- 5 stud rear conversion
- r32 gtr fuel pump
- r32 gtr radiator
- and many extra bits and pieces.

So today I spent most of today outside in the 40degree (104deg F) heat cleaning and disassembling the engine bay. Forgive me for the lack of photos, I was super sweaty and had grease all over my hands. Anyways..




The super annoying part was after removing most things, i found the rails to be out by a few degrees. SUPER DEVASTATED!. After an extreme amount of thought and research, and more thought. I figure, why go to all the trouble of finding a super straight shell, then drift and tandem and bend it!?

So this is whats to come,
- Completely strip the shell,
- Seam weld (to practice welding)
- weld in half cage (simple hoop with 2 bars to rear strut mounts and cross bar)
- when good enough at welding, replace front chassis rails then tube front end
- get a super awesome motor and get that in
- put it all back together
- put on some neg offset hayashi streets
- go do some skids!

As simple as that sounds, it will take a long time.. and things will change and ill drift the daily, but a small idea of whats going down. so stay posted!

YEEEEW

[loekaaz]

Damnn! those copper colored springs are sexy....

[Brad.]

I haven't seen the thread before, so it's extra-exciting. I'll be watching this. I like how you put the build thread together with Spongebob references, haha.

haha woop woop! there will be more spongebob references

Damnn! those copper colored springs are sexy....

Haha thanks man, they're PBM coilovers, they take a beating yet are still pretty decent! i recommend them..

[Brad.]

So it's been a while. And my not so stanced type x is back on stock springs and waiting to go to a new home.

I somehow managed to get myself a job..



I get to look at that every day..

I also decided to buy a track dedicated s13 coup, or silvia as we call it over here..




S13's on meshies are way too common, so I dumped it and put on some stock 350z wheels for the time being..



.. My exhaust hates me so ill run no exhaust for now.

And GOOD NEWS EVERYBODY!

Today I picked up my first E28...!



Her name is Josie and I love her. She's so goddamned puuuurty



Her head is f**ked though, so she will get a new heart (and head)

Let the good times begin!

[kstar]

Put some shoeson. Are you going to rebuild or swap the motor

[itsjustkevin]

This thread is win. Love the e28 as well

[Arteeste]

Great collection of cars