Sad Sad Day :(

[Tensop]

It's not an R31, as said above its a DR/HR30 with a 31 front end. They can look very nice however the backs of them are always a bit strange.

That's not an R31 front end either

[Sean'O]

well after a few trys and cheacking out several shells i've finally found one thats actually going to be able to get back on the road.

its a 97 r33 series 2 yellow. comes with some nice jap 18 * 9's, momo airbag steering wheel, nismo 300kms dash and a few other gadjets

as for what needs to be done there was an electrical fire, and i need to put on new rear bar new tail lights (just swap mine) new front bar new bonnet and new gaurds, and spray all of that, thats all that needs done on the exteria. as for other bits i have to change the complete tail light loom rather easy and the front looms engine and body loom need to be changed over other than that some tyding up, the engine was damaged in the fire so my na +t's going to go in it . i put a doposit on it and have done a vin check and everything all i got to do is pick it up on saturday and get started ill post up pics on saturday

ps ive already taken out my engine trans, tail lights, boot loom, engine loom and part of the body loom so im getting a big headstart to getting this on the road

Hey hey!!!

Shoot us an sms when ya get the shell!! I'll boot over

Sean'O

[unarmed_skyline]

Guess What, After 3 or 4 LONG LONG LONG LONG months i have finally purchaches and taken possesion of my new shell picked her up last night, and i coulnt wait to get up this morning and start getting right into her.

So i ended up getting a 1997 series 2 r33, which is ba xr6 yellow. this car had an electrical malfunction and subsequently the front and rear caught on fire

Car came with complete immaculate interia cept for a few small parts, all straight body shell (rear quarters doors fenders)

No engine, no trans no diff, no front bar

now what needs to be done is:

Complete change over of all wirering, new body kit, new front fenders new windsheild, new abs module, new rh window, engine change, trans and diff swap, new fuel pump, new stero, and a fresh respray.

this is how today went, PS looks easier in pics LOL

Strip the rear Throw out some junk

Sorce some new Junk of my other skyline. Start putting her together

I also swaped over my drivers windows changed over all the boot wiring, started stripping some of the interia, started pulling apart the engine bay and stripp and cleaned this up ready for a new one

well was a long day and i would love to share more pics but its time for me to get drunk hope you enjoy reading about my Fast and the Furious Burnt out re-build as much as i am.

Edited July 28, 2007 by unarmed_skyline

[Eug]

jesus, those light took a cooking...

sounds like a fun little project to get into.

love getting my hands dirty

[666DAN]

jesus, those light took a cooking...

sounds like a fun little project to get into.

love getting my hands dirty

Really big emphasis on the term "hot plates"

[unarmed_skyline]

yeh well when i get it back on the roads mabye i should get some sort of plates like rb2hot, or 33fire, or something lol

Did some more work on her today mostly the front, I ripped out the dash pad to find out the some of the wires there were burnt which i was going to replace anyways, but also part of the heaterbox is melted which ill just swap over no biggie, but my dash looks like in the corner its either going to have to get fixed by a trimmer or ill need to get a new one, as my old car dun have airbags GRR.

[unarmed_skyline]

hey another weeks gone by and some more work, seems to be progressing quicker than i though it would, well i sent my damaged rim offf to get repaired and got it back today, n guess what stupid me dropped it taking it out of the car n now it has a tiny scratch on it grrrrrrr it'll polish out thou, On the weekend i got stuck into the interia and finished ripping out the front interia, all the wiring in the front is out, only have to take out one more loom out yay, also took out the good looms out of my old car so that parts all ready waiting to go in, i ripped out both the heater/air con systems as the one in the new car was all melted, ripped out all the brackets all the pedals steering wheel/coloum brackets dash support bar and the interia firewall sound deading, then got rid of all the interia surface rust, and cut a tiny 1cm square section and welded in a new peice where it wasnt quite surface rust, then i resealed all the metal welds where the sinifex had melted off, cleaned up, then i had to stop there to wait for the new sinifex to harden, so i could prep and paint the interia firewall.

I then got stuck into the engine bay, ripped out both brake masters and sqapped the resivoir's over cause thats all that was melted on the new car and they are different. also ripped out all the piping that was still there,

then i stripped back and sanded back the top left wheel arch and got started getting rid of the rust,

Then the light ran out

But next weekend should start to really look like its progressing, im going to paint the interia firewall,l put up the sound deadining, put in the new front wiring loom, put in the heater/aircon system back in, put the dash back together,

when the paints waiting to dry, ill prob rip out the rear diff and suspention out of my old car, and the side looms,

then ill finish the wheel arch rust, and start preping the engine bay to paint.

This weekend is where it all starts to look like its getting somewhere

[88silhouette]

great work mate

[ignuz]

Looks tops keep it up! What are you planning on respraying it to eventually? Also are you going for a fairly stock build etc?

[unarmed_skyline]

Im going to keep the ba xr yellow colour but yeh it will need a respray wont need bare metal but prob full spray(shouldn't cost me too much as i have pretty good connections with quite a few panel shops)

as for motor built up, prob just going to get some bigger injectors and ive got an avo front mount coming i just had the thing perfectly running from my turbo conversion so im not quite ready for a huge power up just yet, ohh also getting a full turbo back 3" system cause i sold my old one to one of my best mates, the mild steel prob would have rusted by jan without the engine being in the car.

With the rest of the car, im going to put in some bucket seats in front and prob just re-trim a few things, already got a nismo 300 kms dash and momo airbag steering wheel.

im going to upgrade the suspention prob to coilovers but mabye just sk's whiteline group buy.

Im also in the process of getting a m sports series 2 body kit, its a rather stockish looking kit just a bit bigger, already put a gtr spoiler on.

Other than that just putting a new alarm and new head unit (robbed my one from my old car for my daily lol)

I'd love to go all out and do lots of engine mods but id rather have it on the roads quicker and spend the money on mods later down the track.

As is i got like 4-5 grand on my wish/buy list, pretty much any next engine mod is going to cost upwards of a grand each. as i already have ecu/turbo/(getting cooler)/ fuel pump/new exhaust.

Edited August 6, 2007 by unarmed_skyline

[unarmed_skyline]

ok i've got a fair bit more done soo i though i'd put up some more pics,

Interia is as fair as i can get it without the engine bay being finished, i stripped it compleatly down took all the pedals off, heater box and air con was all melted, all the wiring was charcole, ripped off all the fire blanket thing off as it was recked, then i got stuck into sanding the rust in the left corner then did a rough sand back of the rest of the firewall, and then resealed all the weld joints where the sinnifex had melted off (this is where i was up to last week i think) then this week i painted it with etch primer then a standard primer then just a grey coat, i then put the new fireblanket thingy on which i had to take off my old car, the wiring went back in then, all the pedals, heater box aircon unit, the heater motor i left out though cause i need to pass some wires threw from the engine bay, here some pics.

what it started off like

what it now looks like

I also got to the worst part of rust on the car, the left front section of the engine bay, took a long long time to get it from lots of surface rust back to metal then etch primer then standard primer, i have to get the whole engine bay in primer before i paint the whole thing i've only just done the corner, the rest of the engine bay shouldnt be as hard because it will only need roughing up so the paint will stick rather than getting rid of rust.

here we go, what it used to look like

half way threw

then the finished product , or well for now will be probably black when im done, was going to do it yellow but thought it would get way to dirty too easy, anyone got any ideas on a better coulour to do the engine bay send em at me, i havent decided yet.

this car is coming along way quicker than i thought it would, unfortuanatly i cant do any work next weekend got stuff to do but i've got the first week of september off, so i think after that week the bill will have caught up on me and hold me back a bit lol

[Sean'O]

Looking good mate!!, give us a holla when your working on it next

Sean

[Eug]

jesus!!! coming along well

[skybarge]

Looking totally awesome man keep up the good work

I think I'd do exactly the same as you if I crash, as long as the engines ok

You going to go back for the old colour? or a custom colour?

[ignuz]

Ahhh I wish I could do half the things you're doing at the moment. What sort of mechanical background do you have?

[unarmed_skyline]

well i work in parts at a Honda dealer and have for a few years, and i help out the mechanics a every now and agian, and im at panel shops a few times a week so i got lots of exposure and people to help me when i need to know how to go about doing what i need done, plus i get most of my parts really cheap cause i spend most dayz trying dealing with suppliers.

as for colour, i want to keep it the yellow its in but mabye make it a bit less flat, needs something else to it, mabye some house of kolour additive of some type i havent really thought too hard on it because the spray jobs the last thing that happens.

I've wanted to do this kind of build for ages but never had the guts to go out and buy something to get in and do it with, but crashing my 33 kinda gave me a kick in the arse lol. hopeing it comes out really well, im a bit annoyed that the underside of the new shell is no where neer in as good nick as the old one but no-ones ever going to see the underside anywayz lol.

[blackr33na]

Do you still have your old 4 stud rims?

what are you doing with them???

[unarmed_skyline]

i sold my roh's and the stock ones are still on the old shell, need something to keep it movable

[unarmed_skyline]

ok, i thought i'd get my arse into gear and post some more progression pictures.

As stands now i have finished up fixing and painting the engine bay, put back all the standard wiring looms, re-installed most of the accessiories, put together all the interia behind dash bits (need a new dash so thats not going bak in just yet), um then i put the engine in to find that it sits a good 2-3 inchs too high i got to drop the cross-members and swap em over, on a benifit looks like i may have sold the old shell just got to rip a few more parts off it.

i was too lazy to take photos of the car with the engine in and i still got to fix up the dash pad support rail but heres some pics.

Edited September 11, 2007 by unarmed_skyline

[unarmed_skyline]

sorry guys im a bit lazy here some photos i've been really lazy and havent worked on the car in like 4 weeks but its different from above pics, the engine is in not startable cause i havent put oils n fueses in, um cooler trial mounted, radiator trial mounted i put my wide fenders and front bar temporarly on to see how they going to look. other than that i've bout a few things and put together most of the interia.

Whats left

Full spray job

buy and fit side skirts and rear skirt

put the tailshaft back in

buy new tyres

fit sway bars

put engine fueses back in

top up all fluids

fix turbo coolant lines

buy and bit belts

wire in stereo and thermo fan controller

um buy headlights

wire in airbags & abs

and thats it not tooo much left prob get it done if i take a couple of weeks of work and have some spare dosh

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