'88 Nissan Bluebird Boso - UK

[hoochboso]

Coilovers! They came and they went on. Note to self: never replace Nissan bluebird rear shocks ever again ever. What a nightmare I had mucking about with those things. Doesnt help that they are like bazookas so you cant move them around. Anyway, i'm sure photos are in order. Out of the box height wielded this...




Looks cool huh? So I thought until I tried to leave my street and failed miserably. It was undriveable in Aberdeen. Our speed bumps are mountainous heaps and the car was like a hoverboard. Didnt scrub tyres at all though so my arch rolling calamities were a success . Today I set about adjusting them for a more useable height. Fronts came up 1.5 inches and rears came up 1 and a bit. At that point the I ran out of threads on the rears! Front doesnt look much lower either but It definitely is. Unfortunately my 'cool jdm wide arches' hide the wheels a bit haha. And the fact that im on 14s doesnt help. May need to have another wheel search. I can get out of my street and it only scrapes on the sill seams when I go over the double hump speed bumps (which I need to go over the middle of the two). Also steering is now way off and pulls slightly left so I think alignment is in order. Here are some crap photos:






Very chuffed

[Peeunit]

Thats crap about the guy sending you the suspension. Hope your covered by Ebay or Paypal or something.

I like the paint.. has a AE86 kind of feel about it

[hoochboso]

Cheers for the comments. And as for no boso, have a bit of patience!

Unfortunately the guy i've bought the coilovers from is messing me around. Pretty much just taken my money and not sent me the suspension, despite me needing them urgently obviously due to split rear top mounts. Fucking ridiculous why someone would do something like that but i'm battling to try and actually get them. Can't exactly afford to go and spend another couple of hundred quid on top of the money i'd lose if he really send me up shit creek.

But anyway, with being bored of not being able to drive it much because of the rear suspension, I quickly nipped down to a mates who removed 2 coils from each front strut with his witchcraft plasma cutter. I know it isnt exactly the preferred method but they are tangential springs so not the end of the world. I then decided since today was nice I would continue with the panda spec paint. Sides and front are done so now just need to do the rear and i'll be done

[Myles Weaver]

badass
lovely
really kool

[CharlesEriksun]

Love it dude! Definitely subbed. Can't wait to see the progress

[projecthoarder]

This thing is pretty cool, I like it.

[stbk]

i see no boso.

[_e90]

I like where this is going.

[hoochboso]

Oh, and i'm done talking about lowering, i've bought these:



Hopefully by this weekend everything will be swapped over and I can scrape it out of my driveway.

[hoochboso]

Fix the pics so i can masterbate in peace pls

Doesn't seem to be anything wrong with them for me!

Anyway, car has been dead for 2 weeks after an incident which involved me pulling teeth off the crank timing pulley trying to change a seal that didnt even need to be changed. Long story short, I got the bits, I put it back together and I fixed it and it now has a bit more power (it needed this) after I fixed the ignition timing with a magic flashy gun of witchcraft

Anyway, I was bored waiting for bits and seeing as my arches were toast I painted them black. Makes the car look a bit wider and stops the tin worm. Did the rears to match but you get the idea.





My mate Joel also kindly donated this splitter. It doesnt fit, but i'll make it fit once its low so I know where and how to mount it! It does look fairly epic though.

[Paradi$e]

Fix the pics so i can masterbate in peace pls

[hoochboso]

how has no one made the typical monster truck analogy yet

but i really do love this thing so much and its super rad, love where this is going. whatre you vinyl wrapping next on it though?

Its only a monster truck at the front! Back shocks are stuffed. Had 3 people in the back the other day and every bump I went over my tyres decided to roll the arches for me haha.

Next on the wrap list will be the bottom half of each side of the car under the bump strips. Then eventually every other non black bit on the bottom half. Thats what the jap police cars are like and they look ace!

So while trawling ebay for Bluebird goodies I saw someone selling an original 80s nissan roof rack. Won it for £5.50... thats like, $9, incase you arent from the kingdom.




It doesnt do anything... maybe i'll say its there to hold the roof on. I have nothing to put on it I just think it looks the balls. Still looking for loads of japanese car club stickers to cover my rear window with. Oh and suspension, yeah those things.

[ChanceTheNapper]

how has no one made the typical monster truck analogy yet

but i really do love this thing so much and its super rad, love where this is going. whatre you vinyl wrapping next on it though?

[hoochboso]

Appreciate everyones comments. Comforted in the fact that its not just me that likes it!

Well I had a shift extender sitting around from the mazda, and figured if I didnt try it on then I wouldnt be much of a DIYer. Had to use a pipe wrench to get the old knob off. Glued onto the threads! So a gearknob I found in a drawer was recruited and takes pride and place atop my gear stick tower. Smoother shifting and makes a surprisingly good arm rest in 4th.



Last night I was pretty bored so figured I better make something for the car. Do a lot of vinyl wrapping for mates so I have heaps of black in tubes lying around. Of course that meant it was the perfect opportunity to try out a zokusha police spec whale tail on the bonnet

Trying out for size:


On (also gave it some angry eyes just because) :



Yes! I love it. So I'll get some more vinyl and carry on. I know the paint isnt white so it isn't quite kosher but I'm not too fussed. I know its not low yet and I apologise, I am just keeping myself occupied until the time comes!

[meech]

this thing is sweet! can't wait to see it low!