CamryOnBronze

Long story short, I am picking up a 90 SE hatch rolling chassis from a friend on Thursday night. I am probably going to save up for an SR and get it on the road in the spring of 2012. This will be a very long-term, low budget build if anything- unlike my black car. Hoping to give drifting a try when it is finished and on the road. If drifting is not cool anymore by the time that happens, I’ll probably just sell it. lol.

Here are some pics. Pretty clean overall!

Let the cleaning/interior painting/cash saving begin!

In other news, the Cusco cage is on it’s way from Chicago right now. It should be here on Friday. I’ll be traveling to Normal, IL this weekend to see Toby and Kyle, but I will start installing that next week!

I guess my cage is in port awaiting customs clearance, and then it will make the 5 day trip to my door. A couple other goodies are on the way, but nothing too crazy.

CUSCO. Showed up today, new in packaging. Pretty cool!

I also picked up my tires tonight- Yokoham S Drives in 225/40/18 R and 215/40/17 F. If only the wheels were here to put them on!

Quick snap I took last weekend before the big snow storm hit…

Thank you, Mr. Harte!

This car is looking so good. I really hope I get to see it at the Import Alliance Summer Meet. Nice work, Alex!

I didn’t make a ton of progress, but I got the chassis/suspension and interior assembly just about done.

My assistant. Not much help...

Chassis Mockup

Exhaust/Brakes/Suspension installed

Chassis underside...

The front wheels actually turn- pretty cool!

Interior assembled, aside from the dash.

I am hoping to work on it some more this weekend- assemble and add the dash, install the interior onto the chassis, and work on getting the engine bay painted and assembled. I need to buy some paint for the exterior, so hopefully I will have time to make it to the hobby shop or something.

Damon

Of the 1/24 variety, lol. My in-laws got me this Tamiya R35 GTR Model for Christmas- it’s pretty cool. It has been really snowy lately and I don’t have much motivation to work on my car, so this had been a fun hobby for me to pursue. I used to build 1/24 scale models a lot with my dad when I was a kid, so it brings back fun memories.

Here are some photos after Day 1- and when I say day, I mean about 2 hours on Tuesday night, haha.

So here is the box, with my TYPE X model I just finished in the background. I have some TEs on the way for that and want to try wet sanding the paint a bit. It was a good first practice model- hoping to do another cooler one when I get better.

The box- my TYPE X in the background.

Contents.

Brakes painted...

Dash stuff painted, decals added...

Pretty detailed!

Decals...

So that’s about where it sits for now. I should have a chance to work on it some more tonight.

As for the real car, I got word that my cage should be here by the end of January. I am going to start pulling the rest of the interior apart to have room to work with when it arrives. Getting pretty pumped for it! Thanks for reading…

Damon

RIP C’s Garage 180SX

This car was a huge inspiration to my build. It was honestly one of the main things that kept me motivated through the winter last year when my car was coming together and in a million pieces. I’d love to rock a C’s Garage sticker in memory of this BEAST.

Perfection.

So I think I am finally starting to get back into the swing of things after having some nice time off for the holidays. I hope everyone had a great holiday!

I finally got motivated enough to work on the car the other night. I worked on getting my Tomei shifter installed, but ran into a snag with it. It seems like the input portion is about a half inch longer than my B&M, so it doesn’t want to sit flush with the transmission housing. Not sure what the scoop is- it sounds like it is the correct shifter for a 240, but I haven’t managed to make it work yet. I’m going to keep messing with it and hopefully I can get it to work!

I also got my Energy Suspension front and rear sway bar bushings from EnergySuspensionParts.com the other day, so I started to install those. I have had a couple of great experiences with them now- always in stock and fast shipping! The stock bushings are super tired, so I am glad they are being replaced. Basically the only thing stock left in my rear end as far as bushings/arms go, aside from the sway bar itself.

I got some pretty awesome Christmas gifts, including a rolling tool box from my wife, but this was for sure one of the cooler gifts I got. Kyle over at Excellent Barfs sent me this baller Rays/Volk umbrella. Can’t wait for it to rain! Thanks again, man.

So that’s about it for now. I am installing my D-Max coilovers as well- I’ve got the rear of the car just about back together. It has been four weeks since I ordered the Cusco cage today, so that officially puts me in the 4-8 week window for that to arrive. Still crossing my fingers that it shows up in the somewhat near future!

My CR Kais are still for sale as well. I am willing to sell them with the tires if that helps sway anyone’s decision. Let me know if you are interested! Camryonsteelies (at) gmail (dot) com!

Damon

Yep, I am picking up some new wheels again for next year. I sort of have this “get new wheels every spring” thing going on for my car. I really like my CR Kais a lot, but I am excited about the new stuff. I just ordered them today, so it should be the standard three months or so before I get them.

In the mean time, if you are looking for some custom silver Work CR Kai 17×9 +17, 18×9.5 5×114.3 hit me up! I would love to see them go on a cool TYPE X or something.

Hoping for $1450 shipped OBO. Will throw in Work lugs if you buy at asking price.

Damon