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PoorMtnKids 70 2DR
Posted: 17 Nov 2010 20:21
by PoorMtnKid
Re: PoorMtnKids 70 2DR
Posted: 17 Nov 2010 20:28
by PoorMtnKid
Re: PoorMtnKids 70 2DR
Posted: 18 Nov 2010 06:56
by okayfine
Looks like a good start. Those are the kinds of projects I did at first on my first 510!
Re: PoorMtnKids 70 2DR
Posted: 18 Nov 2010 12:44
by n0rm510
are those sss emblems on the rear vents???
Re: PoorMtnKids 70 2DR
Posted: 18 Nov 2010 13:11
by PoorMtnKid
n0rm510 wrote:are those sss emblems on the rear vents???
No its the 510 emblem. And its only on the one side. I need to take it off.
Re: PoorMtnKids 70 2DR
Posted: 17 Jan 2011 07:49
by PoorMtnKid
Re: PoorMtnKids 70 2DR
Posted: 06 Feb 2011 20:05
by PoorMtnKid
Over last 3 months or so I have been collecting the parts to swap over all of the 280zx brakes. I have the front strut and break set up now ready to swap in with Ground control coil overs. For the rear just a few days ago I followed the Dime quarterly "how to stop and dime on a dime" issue to make the back mounting brackets. My dad was the one who said that we can make them on our own. I was skeptical at first my them came out pretty good. I have not welded them up yet because I still need to get tires for my 15 inch wheels then I'm going to swap it all at once. Any way here is a pic of the mounting brackets. I will update some more pics once the whole swap is complete.
Re: PoorMtnKids 70 2DR
Posted: 06 Feb 2011 20:14
by okayfine
We do the DQ stuff specifically for guys like you. The brackets look good.
Re: PoorMtnKids 70 2DR
Posted: 07 Feb 2011 02:56
by goichi1
Nice!! How did you cut the brackets out?? they look nice, not quite laser cut but damn nice!! it had to be hard to cut that shape....please tell me what tools you used to cut them., thanks, Rich
Re: PoorMtnKids 70 2DR
Posted: 07 Feb 2011 04:49
by S15DET
I like the rear seat install. From looking at the metal rear wheel hump, it looks like the S14 seat back is a lot thicker than the stock seat. Did you loose a lot of rear leg room by installing these seats?
Re: PoorMtnKids 70 2DR
Posted: 07 Feb 2011 07:03
by PoorMtnKid
goichi1 wrote:Nice!! How did you cut the brackets out?? they look nice, not quite laser cut but damn nice!! it had to be hard to cut that shape....please tell me what tools you used to cut them., thanks, Rich
To cut them I used just a hand grinder with a about 8 four inch cutting wheels, the real thin ones. We basically cut everything in a strait cut with that then once we had it as close to the shape we wanted we took it over to the mounted grinding wheel on my dads work bench and just used that to get the exact shape we wanted. I still want to smooth them out but that will come right before welding.
Re: PoorMtnKids 70 2DR
Posted: 07 Feb 2011 07:08
by PoorMtnKid
S15DET wrote:I like the rear seat install. From looking at the metal rear wheel hump, it looks like the S14 seat back is a lot thicker than the stock seat. Did you loose a lot of rear leg room by installing these seats?
I really cant say how much thicker the seat is too the stock because I never had the stock rear seat. I did not add any extra foam where you would actually sit on the seats and it feels great. I did add extra foam in between the two but parts because on the s14 there would be a hump there and the foam was think which it wrapped around. So I just took some foam about 5 inches thick or so and hog tied it in the middle so it was not so thin there.
As for the leg room. It does over hang from the metal part the goes vertical from the floor but once again not sure how much it took away from stock. But back seats for the 510? Why did they even come with them in the 2 door lol?
Re: PoorMtnKids 70 2DR
Posted: 07 Feb 2011 11:27
by PoorMtnKid
okayfine wrote:We do the DQ stuff specifically for guys like you. The brackets look good.
I know I love it. There are so many good articles. Im waiting for the next one when they do the custom fuse box. When I got this one where they break down the differences I looked into mine and found out that a few of mine are completly missing from the box. It looks like the metal clips that hold the fuse in place got hot and melted the plastic of the box.
Thats why I want to see this next article so I can jump on building a new one.
Re: PoorMtnKids 70 2DR
Posted: 02 Mar 2011 07:17
by PoorMtnKid
Re: PoorMtnKids 70 2DR
Posted: 13 Apr 2011 20:30
by PoorMtnKid
Today I was able to take the old drums out and put in the 280zx rear discs. Overall I am pretty satisfied with how they came out, and how easy it really was to do this type of work. My welds are not the best so dont bag haha. Just waiting on a master cylinder and I will be back on the road, should be here by the end of the week.