Rear sub frame came out!



To our suprise, the subframe grease from the factory was still red!! it looks so young haha oh 63k miles.... all the subframe bushings were immaculate as well!






pic up front with the bumper off, test fitting the new bumper.




old camber adjustment arm coming out



new one in!



Racing beat rear sway bar installed!






In off-topic news, i made an S13 silvia emblem for my playercard in black ops 2! LOL

 

that's not factory grease, that's from someone dropping the subframe before. Car isn't originally a T2, though it does have ALL T2 drive/engine components.

 

what makes you say that? is there a specific way to tell?

 

Well, you couldn't buy a T2 until 1987. Also, check the vin. It will read:

JM1FC331

rather than

JM1FC332

Indicating it's oringinally a non-turbo car. Sticker inside the door will say if it has either 14" or 15" tires originally, which will tell if it's originally a GXL/sport model, or a 4 lug base w/ 5 lug swap.

Also, of the 6 or so subframes I've pulled, NONE have had grease on them, but all that went back UP I put grease on those dowels/shafts/whateveryouwannacallit.

And I know it's a T2 diff because I looked under the car when I first saw it ~2 months ago in clearwater, and you can't really "piece together" a smorgisboard drivetrain, it's either all T2 or all NA, (there's exceptions, but still).

Sorry for the off topic in depth "proof" as to why I said that's not factory grease lol, not meaning to sound/look like I'm insulting you, I just didn't want to look like an idiot for not backing up my case haha.

Keep the pics coming! I'm glad to see a build thread with some work in it!! See too many that they have 10 pics of a relatively easy feat as far as working on a car goes, & then are never heard from again.

 

wow so whoever did this conversion did a hell of a fine job... everything looked 100% factory. there were no signs of someone even taking anything apart... well thats a bit disappointing but, but either way im loving this build! more pics sunday night maybe, im going to a 3 day music festival all weekend, will be back sunday.

 

Any updates?

 

will post some updates this saturday putting the final pieces back together this week. hopefully gunna have it on the ground running by the weekend.

 

What's the word?

 

Loving this! Definitely all the things I want to do to my car, just don't have as deep of pockets as you guys seem to have.