resurected zenki to kouki

[kouki240]

Alright suppose this would be a decent place to start a build thread. i'll keep it basic. wont flood you with pics of the same thing over and over. just give you the standard time line of events and parts


so got the car fell immediately in love. started buffing the entire car and wet sanded and buffed the headlights and repainted the front bumper lip. car was all coming together

[kouki240]

then one night a month or so after getting the car i met some ppl really into drifting. i was all excited casue it was the first people i met tat also had a couple 240's and i was stoked.

i was always intrested in drifting and slid around in rain and such like anyone would do now and then in a safe area if the mood is just right

anyways neither me nor my car was ready for what i atempted but its one of those things that happens and cant change time now rihgt? oh wells.


btw it was on a hidden road not near the public or any other traffic. im against any harmful driving that could endanger others










so then had it towed home to begin my tear down and damage analysis to see how bad it was.
















so that was that. next i took it to the body shop i work at to get a new apron frame rail and rad supt installed since we have a frame machine and car-o-liner.

[Lux]

Thats devotion.

I would have had it totaled and got a new one.

Cant wait to see more. Thanks for the teaser pic in the corner BTW

[kouki240]

drove to some state n.c. or Delaware i forget for a dash







motor back in and new fuse box since mine got destroyed

[kouki240]

got her on the road and was monster trucking it. ordered some coilovers and then the addiction to being lower and lower started setting in...

[kouki240]

i'll post more up later

[Lux]

Gawd damn!

There was a few up here in Sussex County DE on CL that were up for parts.

Dude, looks freaking good!

[JawDropper]

Serious devotion right there. I probably would have done the same thing though. Cant wait to see the turnout of this.

[azntaiji]

nice! moar pix right meow!

[NikonJonWtf]

Nice resurrection dude!

[kouki240]

then splashed some paint on there

[Cambi]

Stunning work! I love the color! I am a bit odd though, I prefer the Zenki to the Kouki, but that's just me.

[kouki240]

got some jdm rain visors and ruca's for the -3 and above camber in the rear






then after being addicted to goiing low i ended up maxing out how low i could go. also started rubbing on my upper rail some. soo i decided to lower the profile tire by 10 percent in the front. stock size is 205-55-16. so i decided to go with a 205-45. and omg. it brought it down alott. and i loved it











so me and my buddy started thinking of ways to go lower like we always do and decided to remove the locking collars on the coilovers. theres the perch the spring sets on, a locking collar for that, and a second collar for the base itself to lock the height adjustment.

so i removed all except the perch and came to this






ended up sagin the rear spring since the height was maxed out and the tire size was still factory to get it a little more even rather then the severe rake it had.




did some fender rolling a buddy of mine lent mew his tool in preperation for wheels to come




been thinking long and hard on correct size and offset and what not. was really hoping to get som work equips with a deeeep lip or vskf's but did towrk out. hopefully some day i'll have a set of equips.

now for wheels i decided i have to have no bigger then 17's in order to keep the tirsize ratio im running up front. and bigger rim size would result in too small a sidewall to keep my current lowww.

si i ended up going for a set of battles from mb. size is 17 x 9.5 with a +15 offset. from the calculations i made and measurements i figured it be pretty close.






of course i had to see how they sat right away and it was perfect for what i wanted. so i decided to go with 225-35-17's to stretch on them and match my current ratio. so i ordered the tires and attempted mounting them myself. my frist tire stretch. pretty proud of myself for pulling it off





eww you can see how sunk in the rears are in this pic compared to the new wheels.. after the new size was put on the back as well it brought the rear down even more











pretty happy with the way it sits. i scrape on everything obviously. recent discovery which is a little saddening to me is my frame rails. dragging them soo much the metal wore thin :/ i plan on boxxing it in very soonnn

[kouki240]

im sure theres lot i left out but blah blah blah its all the same. this car is my life and i love it

[dfreshx00]

fucking awesome.