I'm really intrested in doing a s13 with a s15 front end conversion, but I want to be differnt Hell, that's why I got into nissans over the Honda/mistubishi craze in my area. Anyway, wondering does most after market bumpers for s15 fit a s13, of course with a little shave and molding? Or will I have to stick with the ones that come with the kit?

 

Im pretty sure after you make the transformation from s13 to s13.5 using the appropriate brackets, you can have any s15 front bumper.

 

i would belive that too, with the proper brackets u can get any aftermarket bumper for the S15

 

Yea they are right once u change it over u should be able to bolt up any s15 bumper

 

I believe the main difference is the rear end of the front fenders. They have to be different because the S15 doors a shaped different. The bumper should be relatively fine.

Strawberry face conversions are the best! The S13 Sileighty is second only to those.

 

BTW...I have never heard the term "S13.5". Where I live an S13 refers to a Silvia. RPS13 is a 180SX. S13.5 must be what we call the kouki 180?

 

from what i know and have read many times before and s13.5 is a 180sx/240sx converted with a s15 front end

 

i would think the same thing!

 

weird...

i always thought that it was:

S13=silvia w/ca18 series motor
RS13=180sx w/ca18 series motor
PS13=silvia w/sr20 series motor
RPS13=180sx w/sr20 series motor

and then:

zenki=89-90 silvia/180sx/240sx
chuki=91-93 silvia/180sx/240sx (94 was all convertibles in U.S., right? )
kouki=~96-98 180sx

i thought that the xxxS13 (RS13, RPS13, RHS13, RMS13, etc.) 'sileighty' (or 'silforty' in the case of the RHS13/RMS13, if you want to split hairs) with an S15 front end was just referred to as a 'strawberry face sileighty' or something like that....

EDIT: i never heard of the S13.5 designation. i have heard of the S14.5, though...

 

yea i always thought of it as a strawberry faced sileighty

 

I thought the "strawberry faced" was just the name of the kit that comes with the s15 conversion like (bomex kit, Gp Sprot kit.etc.) and in the s14.5 the .5 stands for s15 conversion, SO in s13.5 the .5 stands for s15 conversion as well
maybe i got things messed up..or maybe were onto something new

 

S14=zenki style
S14.5=kouki style (aggresive headlights)

 

if you do a search, somewhere on these forums is a whole debate about where the "strawberry face" name came from. from what i've learned, it's a japanese play on words where the word for "one" is "ichi" and "five" is "go", or "ichi go". whereas the word "ichi-go" (or ichigo, forgive me, i don't know japanese so don't crucify me on the spelling ) literally translates to "strawberry".

 

ive read that somewhere, dont remember if its here or sumwhere else. Sil40 is right

 

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