Battleship Grey S14a

[Gaz.]

Been taking some pictures of my mate's 200sx as he's selling up. He painted this the same time he painted my old 14a for me.

Gareth Jones' S14a by gaz_roberts01, on Flickr

Gareth Jones' S14a by gaz_roberts01, on Flickr

Gareth Jones' S14a by gaz_roberts01, on Flickr

Gareth Jones' S14a by gaz_roberts01, on Flickr

Gareth Jones' S14a by gaz_roberts01, on Flickr

Gareth Jones' S14a by gaz_roberts01, on Flickr

Gareth Jones' S14a by gaz_roberts01, on Flickr

Gareth Jones' S14a by gaz_roberts01, on Flickr

Spec is as follows...

Engine

HKS GT-RS turbo
HKS stainless tubular manifold
HKS 3” elbow
HKS intake stainless pipe
HKS induction kit
HKS boost controller
Nismo injectors
Z32 AFM
H dev remapped ECU
Front mounted intercooler with the dump valve take off removed
Japspeed super low twin down pipe
Apex 3” single box system
Walbro 255lph fuel pump
ACT HD clutch
Short shifter
Solid engine mounts
Solid gearbox mount

Suspension

Apex coilovers
Polly bushed front control arms
Polly bushed rear control arms
Polly bushed hub knuckles
DW rose jointed alignment arms fitted with rally designs dust boots (DW ones are crap)
Solid diff mounts
Polly bushed sub frame mounts
Whiteline front adjustable roll bar
Whiteline rear adjustable roll bar

Wheels

Work Equip 18 x 10 et10 225/40 on the front
Work Equip 18 x 11 et 30 245/40 on the rear

Brakes

K sport 8 pot callipers with 356mm discs front
DS2500 pads on the front
K sport 6 pot callipers with 356mm discs on the rear
DS2500 pads on the rear

Interior

Sparco suede steering wheel and boss
Blitz boost gauge
Blitz oil pressure gauge
Cobra evolution Pro bucket seat
Apex adjustable rail
K sport 5 point harness
Built in sat nav
Full blue LED conversion
Stripped interior and painted satin black


Exterior

Full professional respray
Aerial removed
Bonnet badge holes removed
Rear spoiler removed
Third brake light removed
Modified front bumper
Modified rear bumper
SRB front splitter
Clear front and side indicators
Genuine Navan skirts
Navan spats
All arches rolled, pulled and flared
Boot floor removed and replaced with a flat floor.

Pictures aren't my greatest, due to him being ready at slap bang in the middle of the day. Have to say, I love this car, I drove it at Blyton Park at the SXOC Weekender and it made me want another one. It's brutally quick too, not many cars on the road that it won't leave or keep up with.

 

[Jon.G]

Don't usually like these, but I love that!

 

[Matt Cup]

Nice!

 

[Bluebeard]

I think i've just had a moment.... That's stunning!!

How much is it going to be for sale for?

 

[Gaz.]

It's up at £6500 ATM, only on SXOC & Driftworks as he couldn't be bothered with the idiots you get through eBay & Pistonheads.

http://www.sxoc.com/vbb/showthread.php?535396-Battle-ship-Grey-S14a

If it helps you, it's running H-Dev's "Stage 3A" Chip, which is around 360bhp (guesstimated flywheel figure.)

 

[Dan519]

I went to Germany with this in 2011 when it was still blue.

 

[Gaz.]

Aye, I couldn't go because I was stuck at work. Changed a little since then!

 

[Dan519]

Just a bit. Saw it a few weeks after he painted it, I think it was JAE last year, and it's a spot on job

 

[Ol’ Tarby]

That is gorgeous! I really wanted one of these when I was younger, wish I'd had one now

Prefer em with the spoiler still on though

 

[Gaz.]

It was whichever show SXOC tagged their weekend onto last year, at Donington. Won't have been long after Germany that it got painted from memory, Mine was done a few weeks before he did his.

 

[Dan519]

ah, wekender-fest, Japfest2

I set fire to.....well quite a lot of stuff

 

[Dan519]

 

[Gaz.]

Standard SXOC practice, had a massive one at BDC Nissan with them lol.

 

[NoahRobinson07]

Thing of beauty.

 

[Dan519]

Standard SXOC practice, had a massive one at BDC Nissan with them lol.

Doc was egging me on, while Ken plied the site owner with beer. And yes, that is the floor on fire lol

 

[mitch1503]

lovely motor

 

[Bluebeard]

Wow, that's a lot of car for £6500!!

 

[Gaz.]

He's a full on receipt pervert too, got hundreds of receipts for the parts/work on it. He's talking about breaking it for spares but I'm trying to talk him out of it!

 

[Bluebeard]

He can't break that, surely???

I would have thought he'd have had people banging his door down to buy that!!

 

[JoeyD]

Looks amazing!

I would have done the bumper chop a bit different though, looks a bit odd being so square

 

[Jamie86]

Lovely I like that a lot, really want my MX in grey when I respray it and that might be the winner

 

[Gaz.]

Market's slow as hell, nobody wants 90s RWD Jap turbos unless they're cheap as hell so they can turn them into drift slags. Then the few that don't want to make a drifter usually rock up then tell you they've only got £4k or something stupid, or want to swap for some s**tbox they think is amazingly modified.

 

[lewisredfern001]

amazing, aqlways had a soft spot for these. its gotta go to an enthusiast tho, but surely theres a fairly big market

 

[Hixle]

LOVE that! Awesome.

 

[Ian_182]

No ta.

Looks like its ready for paint and the wheels look like there from a bus.

 

[Claire90]

nice

 

[Silent_Scone]

f**k about, Gaz. That's epic

 

[JackJack]

Love that epic car.

 

[aucky]

£6.5k????

You'd be mad not to!

 

[Jekyll]

That looks f*cking epic! Love it!

 

[aldo_87]

Thats fantastic! I love those front lips!

 

[Greeny.]

Wow best 200sx ive seen, amazing.

 

[Whiteley]

I don't often look at these and find myself interested in them, but i'd have that for sure. I might buy it, hmmm.

 

[Mr R.]

Love it, so much car for the money.

What else could you buy with that spec for the money...

 

[Gaz.]

I don't often look at these and find myself interested in them, but i'd have that for sure. I might buy it, hmmm.

I doubt you'd be disappointed, all it's missing is a fresh alignment and it'll be an awesome track weapon.

And the spec is enough that breaking the car would yield a profit over the asking price.

 

[Ian_R]

Battleship grey is brilliant, Altho we done it with it paint brushes lol

 

[Djw John]

Hope he can hold out and wait for the £6.5k, cos that should not be split for parts

 

[Gaz.]

Seems not, I'm half expecting a call to come rip the engine out in the next couple of weeks.

 

[Whiteley]

I know absolutely nothing about them, not something I've looked into before, that just looks brilliant though. Any interior pics floating about?

 

[Gaz.]

There's not much to the interior, it's stripped with a bucket seat and sprayed satin black, not sure if there's any in his advert.

Regards what to look for, nothing much above a normal turbo car really. VVT rattle is common but rarely an issue, chain driven so no belt change intervals to worry about. Rust on UK models, sills being the worst.

Just check for knocking, excessive smoking, lack of boost, dying gearboxes, slipping clutches like you would any other turbo car.

Seeing as it's done about 100 miles since I drove it I can't see it having developed any of the above issues.