Kev's 1997 Nissan 200sx se-r

[kev]

Current mods:
-ES Motor Mount Inserts
-ES Control Arm busings
-Stillen adjustable rear sway bar
-rear beam bent to 0 toe by West End Alignment
-kyb gr2 struts up front
-Front Strut Tower Brace
-Rear Strut Tower Brace
-ACT Clutch & PP
-Pilot Motorsport Short Shifter
-K&N drop in filter
-Momo knob (from Erin!)
-pioneer/audiobahn/JL audio setup (yeah, Erin's old subs!)
-17" heavy but blingy wheels (came on the civic)

Removed mods:
-Ground Control Coilovers
-KYB AGX dampers
-Motivational Rear Upper Mounts

Here are two similar pics of the car with the fat wheels.
http://members.cox.net/~kevingleaton/b14-new_wheels.JPG
http://members.cox.net/~kevingleaton/b14-new_wheels2.JPG[/list][/list]

The wheel gap in the front is horrible. It's much worse than any b15. I'm thinking about dropping the bitch. Here's what I'm thinking:

1) Tein basics would be nice, but I have no idea how long I'll keep the car for so I'm affraid to drop a lot of money on them. ~$800

2) Tein H-tech springs would be cheap as hell, but almost all sprrings for sentras totally suck donkey dick. Too much drop + not enough rate =suck ass performance + dead dampers. Cheap initially, but will cost more when my rear shocks die.

3) Hypercoil springs. Great spring rates 300/250 and minimal drop
1 inch in the front and 0.63 inch in the rear. Same spring rates that I had with my GCs. They are pricey as hell for springs at $269 + shipping.

4) don't do shit

[The B]

4.) Don't do shit, and sell it to me.

What you need if you get some suspension, to do it right, would be some b13 struts in the rear (extra 1" suspension travel) and that one company (it's been so long since I had my B14, I done forgot, but they had a purple B14) that has the front and rear mounts, that give it an extra 1" of travel all around. If there is one problem with B14's it would be the lack of suspension travel.

I miss my B14. I was "this" close to having it turbo'd and I went and sold the parts and bought my WRX.

Here was my ride, back when I was more of a ricer.
http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4291418845

[wgnths]

i was wondering when you would put up pics of the se-r. i guess it all comes down to how long you think you'll keep it! dont waste the $ if theres a chance you may rid of it at any moment, only to take the stuff off to sell. but then again, im not one to give advice in this area. :lol:

[kev]

Yup, the suspension travel is horrendous on b14's. Maybe I'll just cheap out and buy TEIN springs?

Dubu, if you really are interested in buying it let me know. I have no idea what a fair price is. It's got just under 98,000 miles.

Selling it would definitely speed up the time frame on getting an Xb in the garage :) Unless I sold my S2000 and the b14 to buy an STi :twisted: But I'm pretty sure I'll be keeping the S2k for a while....(which doesn't mean much coming from me, hahah)

[wgnths]

i take "a while" as 2 weeks to 2 years. :D

[kev]

i take "a while" as 2 weeks to 2 years. :D

Same here :oops:

[Malogus]

Shit I have a set of Progress springs for a B!4 I will sell you for 50 bucks. They have been sitting in my garage for years.

Edit: I believe the company you are looking for is:
http://www.motivational.net/

I had the same bump stops and shock mounts, I agree they are killer.

Here is mine back in the day:
http://68.106.243.81:1751/200sx/

[The B]

Motivational!! There it is! That's what I was talking about.
They got some really good sheet. http://www.motivational.net/products/

You get the shortened struts (2" travel), with GC camber plates (.5" travel) up front, and the plates (1" travel) in the rear, and you'd be set.

Yes. I may be looking at an SE-R soon for the gf. Her POS lancer just got totalled, and she wants a nice cheap car. Although I'm looking for a Pacific sun blue, first... I'll let you know. We are looking to stay around $4k or so. I'll keep in touch.

[kev]

Everybody wants to buy my car! I should sell it so I don't turbo it, heh. If anybody really does wanna buy my car, let me know cuz I'll have to work on convincing my wife to let me sell it.

Let's see my wish list:
-300whp turbo install for my b14
-k24vtec swap into the civic, roll cage, new suspension & wheels
-comptech SC, gears, comptech diff, mugen header, spoon single exhaust, mugen cf hardtop, and work meister wheels for the S2000

Time to buy a powerball ticket

[F-This]

-comptech SC, gears, comptech diff, mugen header, spoon single exhaust, mugen cf hardtop, and work meister wheels for the S2000

There you go. None of the other options count :lol: