1979 Datsun Sunny Wagon,

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1979 Datsun Sunny Wagon,

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Well ive been meaning to do this for a while so the photos might not be in the right order.
Anyway a few of you might recognize the wagon from somewhere,

As i got it, it had a few little niggles but nothing major! so i was stoked with my purchase.

Since owning it so far i have,

Installed an alarm
Tinted the windows
Swapped a 5 speed gearbox in.

Sorry for the poor photos as most of them are in the dark.

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I see the floor!

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Re: 1979 Datsun Sunny Wagon,

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Also,

LOOOOOOOK WHAT ARRIVED TODAY!

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Nice. Progressing well!

Those Sharks look pretty serious, what size / width are they?
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SSR Sharks are 13x7 with 0 offset, but id like them wider, and the SSR Superstars are 13x7.5 with -3 offset
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Re: 1979 Datsun Sunny Wagon,

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We little update, not much, but its something.


Ive lowered the front of the car using rear r32 skyline springs and cutting them, (still captive)
ive also got a new front badge

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Also does anyone have any tips on getting the rear lower should i just use lowering blocks? because i want to add some sort of stiffness to the car

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You can get the rear leaves reset & extra leaf added for extra stiffness.
Then just tweak ride height to suit using appropriate thickness blocks.
(thats what I did in my 1200 coupe at least)

That front height looks mint, I am just lowering front of my 310, will
be stoked if I get any where near height of yours! looks like you have
dropped it a good 60-70mm or so
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i love the height in the front, but ill like it lower haha, the skyline springs added some surprising stiffness,

ive already got 2inch blocks in the rear but its not low enough!
Are you in christchurch? could i come have a look at how youve set up the rear of the 1200??
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If you get your leaves reset, get the eyes reversed. Might cost a little it more, but you'l get a much better end result.
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Hmmmmm yeah i think brendan mentioned that, would have any idea where i can get the eyes flipped?
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Belemy and East in Falsgrave street.
They do longer U bolts of you wanna fit blocks too. (They may sell blocks as well) Good people to deal with.
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