datsun widebody project

[FowlerE30]

Those wheels are insane.

[Shepherd]

Damn! That's one wide Datsun!

[AZGhost]

When I bought the tires they came with KUMHO tires, but they are NLA. I actually had to go UP in size! Glad we made them wide enough.

Wheels were about 2000$ give or take, new rubber all around was about 800$, new hubs up front 400$, and rears were just drilling them out, but new bearings and everything else, 300$. Pretty expensive just to get these wheels to work....but they were my dream wheels.





Had to convert everything over to 5x114.3 from 4x114.3 to get these all to fit. Adapters I bought made things worse, and they pushed everything out.

Wheels had to be bored out to accept the new hubs on the wheels.

New front hubs on wheels



they are billet aluminum, much much lighter than the stock steel ones.



The rears were quite more difficult to do.

[AZGhost]

So here are some build pictures of the rear fenders. There wasnt anything wide enough out there to make this work, and damnit I wanted it to work!

Cut the fender out to accommodate the 335's in the rear.



Making the rear fenders:














Fenders on Fenders for working out the shape.




Drivers side done:



Passenger side using expandable foam. After the drivers side we realized we didnt need to get so elaborate. Just some plastic to hold in place while we foamed everything around it. Plus it was like 1am.









sent off to a fiberglass shop to make a mold and get the symmetry down right on both sides.



fiberglass shop update:





done:





I had them work in the filler area for the gas tank. Its got to run, just aint going to sit around lookin pretty.









Fitting the front gnose IMSA kit was a pain in the ass... Lining up the headlight holes on both pieces, fender/nose was a lot more difficult than I thought it was going to be. Lots of test fiting to get it down right.









Some fitment issues with the nose I need to correct.



Dont know if you can see the divots in the nose, it was like someone put vents in or something. This will fill in easy.



This didnt line up at all. The guy I bought it from is goign to fix it, and make it right. Just have to pull it off and give it to him. Im the first one to buy this IMSA nose/fenders from him

[AZGhost]

Damn dude, if you don't pull mad bitches with this, let me know, I'll send my girlfriend down to you via fedex.

LOL - this guy...

[e34///M]

anyone else aroused by this?

[hinrichs]

God damn, so glad the tires are more meaty as well. Cant wait to see more

[STU?]

shit yes im all over this , cant wait to see more mate

[Expire]

Enjoy!

Damn dude, if you don't pull mad bitches with this, let me know, I'll send my girlfriend down to you via fedex.

[DutchieSaxo]

for fuck sake that's wide, i love it

i demand mooaaaarr pictures

[DER E30]

Well badass.

Need a pic looking down the side!!

[obinderwer]

Well this is bad ass.

[Oh Damn, it's Sam]

Corvette Summer all up in here!

Those rear lips are ridiculous, I love it!

[Oxer]

[cosmo135]

This is absolutely sweet