I've always wanted this car growing up and this is actually my second B12 gen. Sentra which I've owned since 2017 and the one I plan to keep for life.
It was all stock and with the engine burning oil and a slipping 5th gear but aesthetically in okay conditions. It has been my daily ever since. I put around 10k miles on it each year and it's still rocking the original paint! With as much paint restoration as I could do to it. After an engine and transmission rebuild that same year I bought it, I started messing with it to make it my own. The B12 Sentra's aftermarket support is almost non-existent so you end up either make things yourself, adapting parts from other cars or looking for surviving mods from the 80's/90's. As an example the coilovers are made for the B13 and although the brake line brackets don't quite match they bolt right in.
It's got a neck braking 70hp lol according to what was advertised when new. So it is not fast but I love it for what it is :) A fun fact is that Nissan actually made and sold NISMO versions of the B12 coming out with different suspension settings, more horsepower, some turbo versions, 4WD, different bodykits and instrument clusters, plus other little things, as well as a very small portion of the 2 door sport coupes being sold with a Digital dash!! but... Of course, Nissan kept all those fancy models to be sold only in Japan... So good luck to anyone looking for all those unobtanium parts, I know the pain. Anyways! Here's my 1988, 1.6L, 2 door, Nissan Sentra build!
Kansei KNP · 15 x 7 +25Falken ZE960 · 195/50 R15Rev9 R9-HPX-1174_2Unknown Manufacturer Side Skirts (Stamped as P/N 5062, P/N 5063)DEPO Clear Corner LightsDIY Mud Flaps (Neoprene Rubber)DIY Front Under Tray (Aluminum Sheet) *Seen only in one pictureDIY License Plate Lights delete (Integrated in trunk lid)DIY Duck tail Spoiler (Acrylic) *Seen only in two picturesDIY Slash-Cut Exhaust Tip (Stainless Steel) *Seen only in one pictureNissan RZ-1 Digital ClusterKenwood KDC-BT378U RadioDIY Electric Rear Pop-out Vent WindowsDIY Footwell/Courtesy LightingWhiteline KSB514Nissan AD7HA CalipersNolathane Bushing kits
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