Author Topic: Total newbie (Read 5576 times)

thumbtack · « **on:** Jun 1, 2004, 04:22PM »

Hey ppl..... like i said i am a newbie... wondering if ayone can help me in my search for somthing that will improve the looks of my baby..... i have a 1990 nissan pintara exec sedan..... am hoping for info on a body kit tyoe thing..... hope sumone can help..... BYE!

WantaTRX · « **Reply #1 on:** Jun 1, 2004, 05:50PM »

Welcome mate, now for starters, have you got mags, tinting or anything? they usually help a bit, but i don't really know about that, perhaps if you looked at the U12 looks department page (http://www.antrx.com/smf/index.php?board=18.0) or did a search or something as well (I'm not saying any of this meanly by the way, i know you are new, but some can get a bit touchy if you dont search and stuff

) This should maybe even be in that section, I dunno... I'm tired...

Shawn

camztheman · « **Reply #2 on:** Jun 1, 2004, 07:42PM »

Hey Thumbtack. U should ask Nizzan about his car. If i remember correctly it's an executive with trx skirts ?? Looks hella nice to.

Anyway the search feature is great, so is the U12 style department.

gl and keep us informed on the mods you do

KNG P1N · « **Reply #3 on:** Jun 2, 2004, 10:34AM »

welcome. kits arnt exactly the easist thing to find. plently of other options available as far as looks go. thats all i can think of as im really hung over

KNG P1N · « **Reply #4 on:** Jun 2, 2004, 10:42AM »

this generally provides ppl with inspiration

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thumbtack · « **Reply #5 on:** Jun 2, 2004, 12:40PM »

whoa! thats freakin awesome!!! im debating on getting a wing tho......... but i hav to finish getting all the necessities fixed first......... i've owned mine for like 18mnths, and i've had 2 replace the timing belt, fix up the cylinders that were busted when the belt broke, a new water pump in the radiator and get a new master cylinder in the braking system......... dont ppl look after their cars anymore? i lost faith in me car then but after this site......... well im DAMN well inspired...... thanks guys.........

imaspy · « **Reply #6 on:** Jun 2, 2004, 05:53PM »

i've had my car for about 2 years, never had anything major to do mechanically. some cars are still kept well

trxmad · « **Reply #7 on:** Jun 2, 2004, 07:18PM »

lol at that file name mattius

noss · « **Reply #8 on:** Jun 2, 2004, 09:27PM »

ok do i have to completely ban everyone except for moderators from uploading or can you guys learn to use the image tags? its not hard, and i know its not a big deal cause its only 49kb in this instance, but seriously, this isnt even something that has been downloaded from another website and then uploaded. you have uploaded an image that has been downloaded from the antrx server. its damn annoying.

in case you dont know.. type the following:

Code: [Select]

[img]http://www.website.com/folder/another_folder/image_name.jpg[/img]

its as simple as that and you wont piss me off.

thumbtack · « **Reply #9 on:** Jun 3, 2004, 09:27AM »

thats good to hear imaspy...... guess i was just unlucky huh? ah well shes nearly all done now, just getting my brakes done this weekend..... but it was a biatch getting to the water pump tho...... had to take all the casing off the side of the engine to get to it........ didnt realise id have to do that........ just curious but are all pintaras front wheel drive? the way the engines positioned is a pain, being side to side not front to back.......

noss · « **Reply #10 on:** Jun 3, 2004, 10:32AM »

all u12 pintaras are fwd. the older r31 models are rwd. in japan, the pintara was known as a bluebird, and it came in fwd and awd models.

KNG P1N · « **Reply #11 on:** Jun 3, 2004, 12:00PM »

oh yea. my bad

thumbtack · « **Reply #12 on:** Jun 3, 2004, 12:20PM »

ahhhh ok then....... just that someone was talking to me bout a non-fwd one....... i must of heard wrong........ coolies....... hey by the way is there anyone in qld outside of bris that has a pintara like myself? i'd luv to see a nice one done up in person (or should i say in car) without goin to bris...... not that its any hassle...... i only live like 400kms away.......

thumbtack · « **Reply #13 on:** Jun 3, 2004, 12:33PM »

ok before anyone says anything. sorry i obviously cant read.... just noticed the qld chatter thingy...... sorry guys........

noss · « **Reply #14 on:** Jun 3, 2004, 12:42PM »

haha thats ok, we're not gonna go gettin angry. although i'm gettin a bit of a rep for being a grumpy old sod lately.

there is another member around your way, but i cant remember her username.. but she was going to turbo her pintara

KNG P1N · « **Reply #15 on:** Jun 3, 2004, 12:59PM »

yea, she dropped off the edge of the earth though

thumbtack · « **Reply #16 on:** Jun 3, 2004, 01:11PM »

interesting........ ah well..... i know there are plenty of skylines sylvias etc up here but im just plain not interested........ the ppl i know with em are all up themselves for sum reason.......hmmmmm.......... ...... we have a car imports place too but he's a bit dogy....... ah well might head down to bris sumday and have a look around.....

thumbtack · « **Reply #17 on:** Jun 9, 2004, 12:58PM »

hey guys. thinking about going to a plastics welder (yes there is such a thing) and getting them to cut off my front and rear bumpers and put a spacer in and re-attach the bumpers again. this gives the effect of being lowered or hopefully it may even look like a kit! And it will be unique, one of a kind! but im not sure about the middle between the front and back wheels. Any suggestions? So what do you guys think of this idea?

noss · « **Reply #18 on:** Jun 9, 2004, 01:15PM »

you'd need to get some kind of sideskirts that matched the height of your lowered bumpers. if i were you, go to somewhere that does kits in brisbane, probably ares speed or um.. dmd i think it is (where sirtrx went) and get them to custom fit some skirts, then head off to the plastic welder and get them to mod the bars to match the height of the sideskirts.

SIR_TRX · « **Reply #19 on:** Jun 9, 2004, 07:39PM »

DMD the image is where i get my stuff done. great work. im going back for custom side skirts and rear bar pretty soon. i hate the two piece skirts and the mudflaps. not sure if im goin to keep the boot spoiler or not. well see how it looks

noss · « **Reply #20 on:** Jun 10, 2004, 12:30PM »

ah dmd.. i was close.

thumbtack · « **Reply #21 on:** Jun 17, 2004, 05:13PM »

hey again. well i did end up getting the plastics welder to check out my car and he recommended something i hadn't even thought of! he said i'd be better off just getting skirts put on. he said he can take measurements and do up a piar of skirts for me on the back the curve around to the back but don't block the back. he also said it won't interfere with the exhaust etc. i like that idea better. and for the pair its only going to be $120. this will make the back as low as the front already is. and he's also fixing up the front bumper as the last ppl that had my car rally neglected it and they somehow managed to pull the bumper out. and it hasn't really been a priority of mine until now. he said that to take it off and remould it will be $200, but he's going to try and find an entire pintara bar for me and that'll only be bout $80. so what do u guys think? after reading my novel u may not be able to think though! hehehe

noss · « **Reply #22 on:** Jun 17, 2004, 05:15PM »

yeah i reckon for that price go for it.

thumbtack · « **Reply #23 on:** Jun 17, 2004, 05:27PM »

awesome awesome. yeah even i figured that was a decent price and i've never had anything to do with this type of thing! cool. ta. will hav to get organised and get some before and after shots huh?

noss · « **Reply #24 on:** Jun 17, 2004, 05:37PM »

yep before and after shots would be good

thumbtack · « **Reply #25 on:** Jul 29, 2004, 02:27PM »

alrighty. well cos im totally povo and my car kept breaking down, im only just getting my front bumper replaced. $250 for an entire bar. I thought that was alright but i could be wrong. Decided to spray my car black and a mate of mine who used to do spraying is going to do it for me which will hopefully be waaaaay el cheapo compared to go to a spray shop. although i was quoted $3500 to get black with blue pearl, so i guess thats alright.... still not doin it though.Â

now im hoping that i'll get a decent tax return this year and i plan on purchasingÂ some shmicko tyres. can i get larger tyres?

KNG P1N · « **Reply #26 on:** Jul 29, 2004, 03:05PM »

by that im guessing u mean rims and tyres, if u got stockoes atm, they are 14's, 16 will look great, 17's if u got the money would be a tad better