Just when I thought I was done with buying aero pieces, Get Jpn decided to post up a Uras Type S front bumper and Type 2 sides and rear. You see, when I want something, I really want it. I also figured if I’m going to be driving this car hard, accidents are bound to happen so it would be convenient to have a spare kit to swap on while I’m fixing the other. This way I can always have a good looking car!
Get Jpn happens to be located in Socal, a mere 400 miles away from my house. Luckily for me, not only am I a dumbass, I had previously planned a trip to Disneyland with Rizza. This has to be a sign right? I gotta go get it? Even if Jesus himself (hypothetically of course, I’m not religious in the slightest bit) told me not to buy it I’d still buy it. And I did. It wasn’t in the best condition, some repairs had to be made but it wasn’t deal breaking. The coolest part about it is the original Monkey Magic stamp on the inside of all the pieces. Anyway, here’s about $2400 (give or take) in aero pieces:
After I got back from my short trip, it was crunch time. I wanted my car to be ready for an upcoming event: Lucky’s Good Luck League (@luckyakalaurante & @goodluckleague) all the way out in Thunder Hill. From here there were a few items to address in terms of paint prep: hood imperfections, quarter panels, trunk and antenna holes, and I decided to primer the whole car so there wouldn’t be any color differences between the panels.
The hood had a few cracks and a chip at the top right on the driver side so we got to work, this was probably the most annoying piece to fix.
After Garcia hammered the quarter panels to shape we slabbed some bondo over it and started sanding down to fill in the imperfections, it looked pretty decent!
I needed all the holes welded so Nikko @(jow_mein) invited me over and his Pops took care of everything for me, I shot him $140 for the job and the hospitality! Coolest dudes in the Bay. I actually met Nikko because he DM’ed me thinking I was Garcia (@justinzenki , @notzenki, we’re both named Justin – I can see how he got mixed up haha)
From there, Rizza, Ian, Garcia and I all took a can of primer and went to town because there was only one day left until the car was sent off to paint. There were some mishaps with faulty primer cans and drippage caused by trigger happiness but the next morning I got up bright and early and with the help of Ian and Garcia I sanded the primer down with 600 grit and smoothed out any imperfections. Honestly I thought it looked fantastic for a first timer’s job. I didn’t have enough time to prep the spare kit for paint as well but that can be saved for another time when I have to fix the primary kit.
1997 Nissan 240sx 