Summer Build

[will176]

Ok, I still have a few days left untill i'm out of school, but i'm insanly excited to start work on my car so i'll start this thread :yahoo:

i have big plans for the summer and hopefully most of them i will be able to do. All of this depends on my buget, but i will assure you i will be very buisy this summer with various projects on my car so i'll keep you all posted with everything in this thread hopefully this turns out to be interesting to follow

ok here it goes :coolio:

performance-
cat-back of some sort
lowering springs(maybe)
new shocks (big maybe)
brake mod of some sort (maybe)
strut tower bars front and rear
pcm

exterior-
cleared corners
custom headlights and tials by me ( i have a few ideas that i will try on a spare set of heads and tails, hopefully it all plays out
rims (maybe)
spoiler of some sort
underglow with fenderwell peices (only if i get the rims and lower i've allways thought underglow with stock rims/ high ride hight looks horrible)
HIDs (maybe)
yellow Fog light bulbs
Front Grille

interior-
white face gauges
blue glow needles
black dash cover
black carpet
black sport seats
black rear seat cover
black headliner/ door panel fabric
all major interior plastic pianted black
all minor interior plastic a gloss blue
some carbon fibre accents here and there
blue leds under dash
blue led in cubby holes
blue led domelight
blue leds in cup holder
some other various blue leds
new pedals
new steering wheel (maybe)
blue led trunk light
other blue trunk accent lighting

sound-
subs and an amp (maybe)


i can't say for sure what on this list will actualy be done to the car, but i can promise that lots of things will be happening this summer, and evrything done to the car will be posted in this thread. any suggestions/ ideas will be greatly appreciated, and i'm sure i'll need some help along the way so thank you for looking, and stay tuned! i will post pics of the current car this weekend and will probebly start working on the car the weekend after. keep in mind, this car will bring me to and from school next year... which is about a 6 hour drive so most of the mods will be having to do with interior, i want to keep performance mods to a minimum as i will be buying a seperate car for autox/ road racing once i have a bigger buget but for now, i want a fancy daily driver

[will176]

ok, i was a little too excited, can someone please move this thread out of the general help section and ito an apropriate area? thanks... very sorry about that

[Gr1m]

you wont be excited when you start modding your car and shit goes wrong.

[cherrington17]

...as it ALWAYS does. :glare:


good luck w/ the build. keep us updated with pics

[kevin1114]

Wow nice project!!
I have a similar project for this summer but i m alot shorter on cash lol!!
Good luck with everything!

[heineck]

sounds cool, except for the JDM fog lights.

[cherrington17]

sounds cool, except for the JDM fog lights.

fog lights are suppose to be yellow. they aren't too effective when they are bright white.

[heineck]

idk out here its only hondas that have yellow, maybe calis whack but if ur not driving a honda ur fogs are HID

[will176]

idk out here its only hondas that have yellow, maybe calis whack but if ur not driving a honda ur fogs are HID

i've always prefered yellow fogs, regardless of the car, and i think on a white car the yellow fogs would give it a good look

[kevin1114]

... whats wrong with JDM???

[lonnie]

Thats allot of money...Good Luck!

[will176]

well, i started some work today, nothing exciting, but i replaced my spark plugs and fixed my foglight, i may do the front grille tomorrow, but i'll deffinetly have some pics up for you guys by tomorrow afternoon

[AbHeLlRaZoR]

... whats wrong with JDM???
well it's going on a domestic car, and the abundance of old JDM cars that guys keep importing, then something breaks so they sell them to teenagers who think they're getting a sweet Twin Turbo Nissan of some sort but really it's just Japan sending there old cars that nobody over there wants anymore to us. lol :lol: aside my little rant on JDM Cars Will it sounds like you got a pretty sweet build in mind, my suggestion is start out with the performance stuff first and the really low budget DIY mods like clear corners.

[PappaSmurf]

My suggestion is Search like it was for your own daddy. LOL
Just Kidding. Seriously though, if you need any help the guys are here are great!
-Smurf-

[Kilroy]

The way I see it, WHITE "fog lights" are Driving Lights, and YELLOW "fog lights" are called Fog Lights.

[will176]

well it's going on a domestic car, and the abundance of old JDM cars that guys keep importing, then something breaks so they sell them to teenagers who think they're getting a sweet Twin Turbo Nissan of some sort but really it's just Japan sending there old cars that nobody over there wants anymore to us. lol :lol: aside my little rant on JDM Cars Will it sounds like you got a pretty sweet build in mind, my suggestion is start out with the performance stuff first and the really low budget DIY mods like clear corners.

Yeah, that was the plan, i think the exhaust is the first major thing to be done, that will probebly happen in the next couple of weeks

[bdyman]

hey just a suggestion i could save ya allot of money on certain things if ya in the chicago land area, just a thought

[kevin1114]

:cry: I love JDM!!!
Anyways, i agree on white Fogs, HID if possible, much nicer, and is there that much fog by your place that you HAVE to make actual use of them... to me they just look nice, I ve seen fog once in the year and a half that i have my Alero...so IMO go with 8000k's or 10 000k's

[AbHeLlRaZoR]

:cry: I love JDM!!!
I'm sorry man I would like it a lot better if Canada Had better Importing laws than the stupid 15 year old car before it can be imported from Asia.

[heineck]

really? damn

[AbHeLlRaZoR]

we can import newer vehicles from the states but when it comes to Japanese vehicles they have to be 15 years old surprisingly the conditions of the bodies are in wicked condition, and they usually have good millage but if something breaks your paying an arm and a leg to get it fixed cause not many shops around here will fix them. that was the biggest kicker right there I was looking at buying a Skyline or a RX-7 before I bought my car but how hard it is to fix them was what stopped me.