The Nissabishi Conquest
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 6:25 pm
Hi all.
By now most of you know that I've bought Starion4me's, (Jason's) Widebody Staz.
This is just to show those of you who are interested, what's been happening with the car...
1. I've fixed this...
This was several decent cracks in the exhaust manifold, as well as a nice BIG hole.
2. I've replaced these...
With these...
Race seats just aren't the thing to get in and out of for daily driving, so they've found a new home in my JA.
The replacement seats were originally cracked and torn grey leather from a JA wreck that I had. I had them re-upholstered, and the headrest and backs dyed. The driver's seat has also been specifically remade so that you sit lower in it.
3. As this car will become a daily driver, some sound deadening was needed...
There was nothing to absorb the sound or reflect the heat here before, so I added some deadening, and mounted the stock JD/GSR-V heatshield on top to reduce noise and vibration.
There was also nothing against the firewall, so some deadening was required here too...
I may add some thicker stuff here still because it's still a bit too noisy.
4. The original rear muffler seen here...
wasn't really making the right noise, and upon removal, the cause was discovered...
So I replaced it with this...
Which sounds better, doesn't look like you're dragging around a water storage tank, and flows just as well.
The exhaust also had some movement underneath the car due to some of the mounts being broken, so that was corrected. It no longer scrapes on every speed bump encountered!
:)[
By now most of you know that I've bought Starion4me's, (Jason's) Widebody Staz.
This is just to show those of you who are interested, what's been happening with the car...
1. I've fixed this...
This was several decent cracks in the exhaust manifold, as well as a nice BIG hole.
2. I've replaced these...
With these...
Race seats just aren't the thing to get in and out of for daily driving, so they've found a new home in my JA.
The replacement seats were originally cracked and torn grey leather from a JA wreck that I had. I had them re-upholstered, and the headrest and backs dyed. The driver's seat has also been specifically remade so that you sit lower in it.
3. As this car will become a daily driver, some sound deadening was needed...
There was nothing to absorb the sound or reflect the heat here before, so I added some deadening, and mounted the stock JD/GSR-V heatshield on top to reduce noise and vibration.
There was also nothing against the firewall, so some deadening was required here too...
I may add some thicker stuff here still because it's still a bit too noisy.
4. The original rear muffler seen here...
wasn't really making the right noise, and upon removal, the cause was discovered...
So I replaced it with this...
Which sounds better, doesn't look like you're dragging around a water storage tank, and flows just as well.
The exhaust also had some movement underneath the car due to some of the mounts being broken, so that was corrected. It no longer scrapes on every speed bump encountered!
:)[