Yeah… I did a thing, let me explain! Alright so for months my friend Pete (@s14pete) has been telling me about his friend’s (@ilya.okunev) hood that he’s been holding for a while and how he’d buy it if he sold it. Me, being the impulsive buyer I am said if he doesn’t buy it to let me know immediately. Well, the stars aligned and Ilya ended up selling his car and Pete didn’t want it! So I jumped at the opportunity and drove all the way up to Sacramento and picked up this beautiful MSPORTS hood for $600. It’s definitely not perfect but drop vents are FUCKING sick. This thing definitely complements the vents of the BN fenders which is great!
I found that my rear driver side coilover was leaking so I figured it was blown – I needed new coils anyway since the car sat so low so I ordered some brand new 16k Front / 14k Rear BC Super Low Spec coilovers for $975. I ended up maxing out the rears but they didn’t go that low, not that I wanted to be tucking the rear end I guess!
With the new suspension installed, it was time to finally mount up the kit. I’ve never really had an actual body kit so I was unsure if I should actually mount it up or just zip tie it into place. I ended up bolting it up and taking it out for a drive around the block and everything went fine aside from the terrible alignment! With all the aero ready, I wanted to start prepping the car for paint so Rizza and I got to wet sanding everything down to 400 grit.
As aggressive as the Uras Type 2 kit is, I thought the car looked a bit silly with a wingless trunk. I had a couple options in mind, OEM Kouki and Uras Drag – both were such common choices, I wanted my car to be more one of a kind so I took a bit of a shot in the dark and ordered a Uras 3rd Dimension wing and Uras Drag stays. I’m not sure why low mount GT wings aren’t as popular – they look amazing. I looked all over the internet (Google search page 2) and couldn’t find a single S14 with this wing setup so I wasn’t entirely sure if it would even work, let alone look good. It cost about $500 with a 3 week wait time but once it came and I mounted it up, well:
It’s perfect
I took a drive out to Justin’s (@justinzenki) house for whatever reason, snapped a few pictures and left, everything went great up until I got into my driveway and clipped a small piece of dividing wood on my lawn. I was ever so elegantly introduced to the wonders of fiberglass integrity. My driver side sideskirt and fender was ripped and so was my heart. It’s always the first time that leaves a scar, eh?
I took the car to get an alignment at Motorsport Techniques ($125) so I could make the 40 mile drive to Sunnyvale Maaco to get an estimate for my paint job. I got it back to the original specs of -7 front and -1 rear camber and adjusted the caster to match at 7.5, the car looks MUCH better. You can see the rip in the fender in this photo, actually.
Also, here’s that rear bumper support Pedro (@lowborghini) gave me. I picked up a sweet Advan coverall and Jeff (@notae86) and I had an impromptu import model shoot. 
Current Total: $18,616 + 600 + 975 + 500 + 125 = $20,866!
1997 Nissan 240sx 