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Anyone seen these cars? (see pics!)

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Old Aug 9, 2002 | 11:04 AM
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Anyone seen these cars? (see pics!)

I'd like to get in touch with either of these owners for information on their body mods.
It's probably not as easy as a bolt on kit but nonetheless if anyone has any info I'd really appreciate it.
Thanks!



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Old Aug 9, 2002 | 11:13 AM
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That top doesn't look bolt-on, it looks TACKED on
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Old Aug 9, 2002 | 11:13 AM
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I recognize the bumper as a Mariah mode 4, but that's all...

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Old Aug 9, 2002 | 11:38 AM
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on a more interesting note ... that yellow car has FD rear suspension and wheels ... wonder if its got the engine too ?
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Old Aug 9, 2002 | 12:17 PM
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the blue one has 5 lug wheels....


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Old Aug 9, 2002 | 01:30 PM
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Damn, I'd like to know how to do that suspension conversion.
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Old Aug 9, 2002 | 03:01 PM
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Damn, I'd like to know how to do that suspension conversion.
A welder, some really good fabrication skills, and a nice machine shop buddy and anything is possible... Oh yeah money is the grease of the machine and you better have a lot of it!
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Old Aug 10, 2002 | 03:17 AM
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It's hard to see,but is that a independant rear end ??
I guess FC,FD,. and how would a 1st gen respond to
such a rearend ??? IE would it be worth it...because
doesn't a 1st gen run circles around a 2ed gen on the twisties,,,both cars N/A and 13b's w/ FI.. Trip on this,,
at my local kragen auto parts store there is a red FD,
and this FD has 1988 supra wheels on it..looks odd.
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Old Aug 10, 2002 | 03:20 AM
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They look like the same car to me, ones just before a paint job .

~T.J.
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Old Aug 10, 2002 | 03:23 AM
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well the blue one has stock 300zx wheels im pretty sure.

those fender flares are kinda cheezy but im sure you can get em if you sent those pics to any decent import shop in japan or down under and promise to send em money....

side note, the wing on the yellow one looks like one off an fd like everything else on it hehe
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Old Aug 10, 2002 | 11:03 AM
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yep the wing definelty looks fd,
and by looking at the smile on that guys face he is damn proud of that 5 lug suspension conversion,
hell i would be too
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Old Aug 10, 2002 | 01:07 PM
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i thought about doing that suspension swap once. i would have gotten the third gen steering, suspension, breaks, and lug pattern.. i found a guy that was going to sell me everything that i needed fairly cheap.. but the reason that i did not is that you are talking a bloody lot of custom fab work. more than i could justify, and more than i think it would have been worth
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Old Aug 10, 2002 | 05:45 PM
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Both cars are the same (painted yellow). The flares we're cut out of an ol school 626.

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