Friday, July 15, 2011

Does it blend?

My old standard cab Nissan Hardbody D21 2WD 4cyl truck was rather nice.
I had spent nearly $20k over 10 years modifying it to suit my desires:
Bucket seats.
Stereo that thumped.
Tinted windows.
Lowered.
Larger wheels.
Low-profile (sticky!) tires.
Big, highly effective brakes.
Polyurethane bushings.
Tuned suspension (spring rates, sway bars, etc.)
Modified motor.
Enhanced drivetrain (clutch, driveline, rearend, etc.)
Reduced weight body and chassis.

Some goddamn fuck-tard piece of shit ass-borne dick-less monkey(s) stole it out of my drivveway last September.

Well, I got shit back for my insurance. Thanks, Progressive, love you too...
Anyway, I bought two stock trucks from my insurance payout. I've been modifying one of them to make it as good as (if not better) than my old one.

Thankfully, it came with a new clutch and newish brakes. At least, it hooks up under power shifting and stops relatively well given the sad stock wheel/tire combo.

So far, all I have done is:
New grille, front bumper, clear corner lights, clear turn signals, rear 3" drop springs (Stillen) and front 3" drop control arms (DJM) lowering, new KYB GR-2 shocks, polyurethane leaf-spring bushings, upper and lower polyurethane bushings, all new ball joints, rear sway bar (Addco) and larger front (also Addco) sway bar, painted the chassis and replaced some engine sensors. All told, it goes, it turns, it stops. Oh, and I removed the rear bumper in place of a stock filler plate and license-plate holder in the interest of saving weight. Wrong end to save weight, I know. Shut up.

My next steps in upgrades, not really in any particular order:

Wheels and tires.
- I have some 18" x 9" Titan rims.
- I will be buying 245/40ZR18 Toyo RA1 tires. Good for all of 4k miles, if I am careful...
- I will also get some Pathfinder 15" chromies for daily use with relatively sticky rubber.

Rear LSD from a Pathfinder.
- I have one now. It has disk brakes, as well.
- I will have to remove the rear brake proportioning system to accommodate. Oh well.

KA24DE motor from a S14 240SX.
- I also have that now as well. Plus a transmission and accessories. Yikes!

Turbo.
- Figure 250+ HP to the wheels minimum. Exactly what every old truck needs!

Paint.
- Two-stage metallic red from a 250IS Lexus or similar.

Seats.
- Some nice buckets that might allow my 6'7" frame to hang onto this beast...

Brakes.
- Pathfinder cross-drilled cryogenic rotors and Hawk Blue pads.

Tint.
- As dark as I can legally get away with.

Stereo.
- 4 x 6.5" 3-way speakers, 10" sub, 500+ total watts. What more could you possibly want?

Okay. The plan is in place. Watch, wait, see how long it takes to cross these off...

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