evilscorp

Thought i would throw my 2p in as the whiteline picture for Rear lower control arms - W62989 should be a metal sleeved bush I believe? I know you stated generic photo for the SPL set and not all the photos are correct but just in case anyone was wondering.

What torque settings did everyone use on their bolts? Similar to oem for the thickest bolts and brake hose but what did you use for the long bolts though the calliper to the brackets and the ones holding the two calliper half’s together?

Cheers for the offer, hopefully I won't need it and it's just a bit of rust and lock tight that should come off with a wire brush. . . . once it's out. back to work tomorrow so I can order the bits to arrive for the weekend and finish the bodywork prep for painting, then select the best size tyres and last but not least pass an mot

Time to stop...... And fit the new big brakes Adrian from Torqen sent me Fingers crossed the wheels fit over these! On to pastures new for the brembos. A quick clean up and some copperslip on the hubs. A small amount on here to stop brake squeal and pad binding. Test fitting went well, but I need to find my flare spanner or buy a new one to remove the old Hel brake lines as I managed to shear the 10mm bolt that holds them out the way Fortunately there is a spare hole under it. Yeay! The main aim, the wheels fit and no rubbing/ plenty of gap. It was only a test fit so nothing is flush as the brake shields need trimming down to fit the larger brakes (I tried hammering them backwards so they wont foul but it didn't work). Sadly the other side is being a Bi#@h the bottom caliper bolt is seized and I am having to very slowly hit the socket with a hammer so its a long process as I would hate to shear one of those gits. Might get finished this weekend.

Attempt at battery tray removal... half out, the other half needs a new dremel blade The plan was to wait and swap the spare vq in but I have a spare intercooler and you can buy pipework for the install of a fmic.... The battery will be relocated to the boot, just waiting on wires being delivered and a new battery box.

Bodywork is off and the sanding has begun, 400/600 grit to remove the old run marks still got a few pieces to do then Probably go over them again to get the same smooth feel as some of the orange peal is still there. Went a bit to hard and removed all the primer here but should be fine as its black basecoat going on and should hide it.

Always love a good oily thread, nice work.

Couple of bad bits but the rest is surface rust. Dyson 2nd filter clogged up so wont be able to carry on until tomorrow when its dry, then I can get the wire brush out again.

and a slow one lol

Always wanted an old skool American muscle car but without the lhd and the bad suspension and poor gas mileage, so I am building this as the best of both worlds approach.

It's just an 200sx s14 with a rocket bunny boss kit. But as above prices are going up quickly as most have been trashed drifting or killed by tin worm. Not bothered about ripping this apart as it's an auto which isn't as popular. Part of me would like some turbo noise for a while and I have a spare front mount laying about so I may play with this engine for a bit before the swap.

Yeah, just waiting on brakes from torqen as my new wheels don't fit, i knew they wouldn't and had originally gone for ksport brakes but they sent me diagrams that were wrong which I gave to the wheel manufacturer. Kinda raging but thankfully torqen bbk fits so no big deal. The rest of the issues or things on the 350z I have not comment, i should be working on it but i chop and change between the two now lol.

So I thought I might start a proper build thread for this car since sxoc wont let me start one without forking out for a forum I don't really use. So at the moment the car is a boggo standard 1999 200sx with some poor weld repairs to the sills, bit of rust here and there and a low milage sr20det. The aim: with my spare VQ35DE and some other 350z spare parts;wheels, front brembos etc... So far the jobs have been stripping the car for welding up the holes and prep for respray in original emerald green (with a stripe or something down the upper side of the car) and a full underseal. I was expecting the worst under the sound deadening but to my surprise! It wasn't that bad, just a hole under the accelerator pedal which will need cut out and welded, but its going to be tricky to remove that sound deadening and the fuse box might get in the way ;-/ I have a full suspension ready to go on the car but sadly there is an immobile 350z in the garage on axle stands waiting for new brakes.

Those bushes look huge or you have tiny hands? Not sure if there is a saying for that? It's only a small kerb surly you don't need to go this far to get into the driveway?

Might even have mine finished by then lol, looking forward to hearing the plans.

Spotted a nice red 350, out side the pub next to an Elise also a few other tasty cars like an rs7, not sure how you got home as the beer was good in the pub. Sadly we were walking back to our accommodation as the Z would have had fun on those tight twisty roads.

Thanks, can't wait to get tyres and have the car sitting properly on them. Ace Valy, Just need to check the gap as I have a feeling it's larger than 25mm, but that is exactly the style I want!

Any idea's on where to get some decent front mesh would be good as the stuff on it looks a bit cheap and nasty for my liking, if not it will need painted darker gunmetal or something.

I think I used to post here.... might need to start keeping this up to date. After many moons and conversations with Torqen, my lovely wheels turned up today They look so much better in the flesh than the photo's. Just have to wait a few more weeks to use them..... I might have forgotten I had made the front's to fit Ksport BBK but I never got round to buying them and they dont fit over the oem brembo's lol. Waiting to hear back from some ksport dealers as I have tried the 356mm template and it fits but I want to see if 380mm disc's fit before I order a set. The brembo's won't go to waste as they are an easy swap on the 200sx. Half the car has been stripped for my second attempt at painting and I intend to do a red lip all the way round the bottom of the car to add some colour. More bodywork so the engine build is still on hold until the dusty stuff is done... and the floor pan on the 200sx has been cut and re-welded (fun times burning through stuff).

Did you get the new box from the Glasgow eBay guy? Seemed like a good price, fortunately my drunken state only let me fling in one bid for it lol. Glad it went to someone deserving :-)

Ok I will take a photo of it tomorrow and let you see, been a busy day so didn't get a chance.

I have one fitted. . But the bumper it is on is no longer on my car, it's sitting in my shed. I will have a look what condition it is in (tigersealed on but can be removed with some fishing wire hopefully, probably only worth half the value of a new one. (Assuming you are interested in buying one.

Or put two jacks under each rear spring arm to take the cars weight, this allows for easier and quicker adjusting but have lots of backup axle stands or bricks to stop the car possibly falling on you. I use a trolley jack off the diff, two axle stands under the sills for protection and two scissor jacks under the spring bucket arms to take the weight so you can then find out at what point the shocks are loose (easily to extend or retract height wise) mark that point then remove the scissor jacks and set the shock height. Then once you think you have it sorted and the cars safely back on the ground wheels on it settles out and you have to start again lol.