tortron Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 Every now and then I go on trademe and search for a good car I do this by limiting the distance to a couple hours from me Live rego Price lowest to highest. One day it will work, but for now I have a 1998 Nissan Wingroad JS jdm import with engaged driving style 5 speed manual and fuel sipping GA15de engine. That's right fuel injection wow. Absolutely grot, but it ran, had a couple weeks wof and rego and actually made it from coro Town to Auckland faster and more comfortably than the ractus 6 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tortron Posted July 17, 2021 Author Share Posted July 17, 2021 Whining noise on the way out of town was just a low power steering level, so topped that up and put $20 gas in and drove home. Got back no worries other than the suspect smell inside, radio even works, aircon does not Closer inspection leads me to believe that this was Jim's mowing car, the trunk space being covered in dog hair, mulch, and grass. And then a few litres of oil all through the carpets So I pulled all the interior out, waterblasted the carpets, and upholstery vacd everything else 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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tortron Posted July 17, 2021 Author Share Posted July 17, 2021 With the interior now mostly out I could address a few issues 1. The clutch felt a bit harsh. The pedal had simply snapped off at the firewall, so I got another from a y10 sentra at pickapart They all crack at the front door frames, every one I have looked at has this Im not overly concerned, the metal here is surprisingly thin, so i think it was marginal from new and 23 years of use, the last 5 being on gravel roads took its toll. Crawled all over and under the car and dont see any further fatigue, so i just welded it upand then stitch welded the lower door frame because race car i guess 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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tortron Posted July 17, 2021 Author Share Posted July 17, 2021 Then I went to check the miles and the odo didn't turn on anymore So I pulled that out and resolderd it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tortron Posted July 17, 2021 Author Share Posted July 17, 2021 Basically I have been to the wreckers every week as the get new ones in quite often They are all stuffed But I ended up getting all the interior trim I needed, new carpets (sentra have different boot carpets to the wingroad) wheels, drivers seat (hole in it and broken and welded cos coast car), mudflaps, tow bar, bumper steels, a guard and so on. So many parts 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tortron Posted July 17, 2021 Author Share Posted July 17, 2021 There's some rust, but whatevs They all rust out here in the tailgate latch. I have made a new panel to go in here Also some in the edge of both front doors, I think some has already been done in the front floors, oh and all the rear hatches rust out at the hinges, mine doesn't look too bad, but needs a tickle 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tortron Posted July 17, 2021 Author Share Posted July 17, 2021 Front idk if it's factory but none of the welds fill the holes, it's been hit front and rear but I don't think major, just needed some not ball pein panelbeating to sort it (drivers guard has been hammered in and bogged something fierce, passengers had a little rust and I picked up a replacement for that) Anyways I cleaned out the old seam sealer, phosphoric acid'd the seams and zinc primerd the front 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tortron Posted July 17, 2021 Author Share Posted July 17, 2021 While I was doing that I found why the aircon doesn't work. A replacement radiator has gone in, with a lip around the edge, and it's cut the aircon hard-line almost right through. I can get it fixed I guess but it's probably not worth it for this, so I raided that sentra I mentioned for its alternator bracket, and have done a factory like aircon delete. Frees up a lot of space and weight I guess 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tortron Posted July 17, 2021 Author Share Posted July 17, 2021 At another wreckers there was a primera next to a Y10 AD van, so I tried the spot lights in the cut outs and they fit pretty good Wingroad bumper is shaped a little different so not quite as good on mine, but I think I will either put some mesh around it to meld it in, or just use the mounts for some round ones or something 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tortron Posted July 17, 2021 Author Share Posted July 17, 2021 Decided it needed a hood scoop, so I got a cheap subaru copy after all the wreckers ones get taken almost immediately These have a yuck combined throttle body map sensor that faces upwards right under the scoop, so I might make a subaru gravel sport type air intake right there, I got a cheap k&n panel filter that would work 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tortron Posted July 17, 2021 Author Share Posted July 17, 2021 And then cos I have a scoop, I need a wing The aero spec ones have a huge late 90s/2000s wing on them, which is a bit much, and I won't have a body kit, so I got this one off another mid spec wngroad 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post tortron Posted July 17, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 17, 2021 The plan with this is to make a little touring wag, for taking the dog camping and so on, something I can take up gravel roads, park it up and not care about it too much lol. To that end, I'm not lowering it, or really doing anything performance wise, maybe an exhaust and strut brace. If I was gona do anything I'd sr20det it but Ehh, but I am sort of living out my disgusting missed mid 2000s youth (cos I have always owned shit cars I never went cruising much, never bothered with a sound system etc) so I will probably put some period correct stereo in it, with CD changer, 6x9s etc. Will chuck a bunch of sound deadening in it Oh and I tried polishing the paint. It just came off, it's patchy shitty import respray with no clear in some spots, so I have already gotten a tin of somewhat wild paint to make it pop. It is a high spec touring wagon after all 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valiant Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 Hi Y10 buddy. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tortron Posted July 17, 2021 Author Share Posted July 17, 2021 10 hours ago, Valiant said: Hi Y10 buddy. Wanna start a club 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Positive Ape Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 I got a sedan version of one of these as a rental once. The fuel economy impressed me good buy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tortron Posted July 18, 2021 Author Share Posted July 18, 2021 Dunno about a good buy, have seen some cleaner ones go for a couple hundred more. Which would be a marginally better starting point. Would ha e liked a 4wd one, the Russians love those ones But I do love a shit car 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DB8-TypeR Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 I had one of these, it always used to leak around the drivers side rear window in the rain. No doubt has rusted away by now 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tortron Posted August 2, 2021 Author Share Posted August 2, 2021 This is what $150 ish gets you in old xplod gear It's not entirely period correct, but that's fine. Because I'm retarded I spent extra to not only get a 10cd stacker, but then extra to get a head unit with a proper input for said CD stacker, tho I think I could have hacked a lesser head-unit to run one easy enough. But this one has front and rear L/R outputs too 1000w amp 1300w sub I have no idea where any of this will fit without taking up folding flat boot space, I may have to make some rear quarter pods, put the stacker in the glove box, and the amp under a seat or something. Current sound system is some after market head unit, factory 6x9s in the D pillars and I'd guess factory 4-6" in the front door panels. Probably just upgrade the front speakers and bridge the rear to the sub. But still...... I want flashing lights and a fibreglass pod that takes up the whole back 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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