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Spirant S13

16 July 2009 8 Comments

This Nissan 180SX from Team Spirant went viral some time ago. Rightfully so, the car looked badass with the khaki paint job, the widebody fenders and the asphalt-scraping stance.

Here’s how it looked back in ’07.

For 2009, a few parts were replaced, removed and modified.

The front bumper is now the GLARE front bumper from Car Modify Wonder. The canards have been removed along with the front “winged” splitters to give the front end a cleaner look.

From this view, you can see the new Car Modify Wonder GLARE rear bumper and sideskirts. These parts are interesting as the passenger side is slightly different from the driver side. Note the slats in the vents are only present in the driver side.

Stance is courtesy of Tein suspension parts. The wheels are RAYS TE37 measuring 17×9.5 et+12 and 17×10.5 et+15 mounted with a set of spacers to keep it “hellaflush”.

Fenders are about 50mm (2″) wider than stock. The widebody front fenders have been modified and now has a vent indentation just behind the front wheels.

The carbon fiber vented hood from BN Sports was left unpainted to flow with the 2-tone black and khaki theme. It’s also good to see that the roof spoiler was removed.

I like how the intake surface of the front bumper vents have been painted black to pronounce the shape further. This was also done in the sideskirts and the rear valance. Small detail touches like that just takes it to another level for me.

Although not shown in any of these pics, it’s worth mentioning that the car is powered by an SR20DET boosted by a TRUST T518Z turbo.

Since we are on the topic of 180SX drift cars, you guys may want to check out Benson’s (SILEIGHTYMANIA) blog. He redesigned it and you guys might wanna update your bookmarks. If you wanna talk about 180SX, drifting or how to be a good dad, Benson is da man. Can’t wait to see the skid machine up and sliding again!

8 Comments »

Benson said:

haha jon! thanks for the link!

hey – how the heck do you know so much about this car??? you know more than me!!!

also – boo to roof spoilers!!!

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# 16 July 2009 at 9:08 am

Robert said:

Wow I remember this car back in the days he has changed a lot on it but still looks great! Hope to start back on my S13 soon.

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# 16 July 2009 at 12:35 pm

Speedhunters (pingback) said:

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# 16 July 2009 at 4:47 pm

Ben said:

really nice ride.

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# 16 July 2009 at 5:42 pm

BlueSlug said:

do want! i love the wheels

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# 16 July 2009 at 11:27 pm

Alex said:

What spoiler is that?

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# 6 August 2009 at 5:55 pm

Craig said:

Love this car. Can anyone tell me if the kit can be bought? were can it be bought? iv tried looking but cant find anything.

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# 4 September 2009 at 8:41 am

Gaspar said:

I seen this car on another site. I went to the site carmodify/wonder.com but the site was only in some asian language. I also sent an email to the site that has the body kit for sale and have had no responce. If anyone knows how to contact this site or posting or where I can get this body kit,please let me know.

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# 28 November 2011 at 8:12 pm