Need Sileighty info!!!

[klohiq]

Originally Posted by sileightylove

a Nissan Sileighty is a 180SX body with a Nissan Silvia S13(Nissan produced the S13 front end Sileighties but coversionists may use S14 or S15 fronts also) and Nissan saw how popular this trend that was started when a 180SX owner wrecked his car and realized it was cheaper to get an S13 front end to replace his detroyed 180SX nose so he did. later, others did it for the same reason and even more just because they loved the look. so Nissan saw they could make money making an actual Nissan Sileighty. and they sure as hell did. Since it was only a trend they only made several hundred. Im not sure about the number posted earlier, i believe it was a bit more than 400.. the Sileighty came with an SR20DET engine (i think, lol) and so that was another thing people loved about it. the more powerful engine.

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Nissan didn't produce the Sileighty to make money...if they did then they wouldn't have made so few. Don't you understand that production costs must be accounted for by all the cars they produce...so the sileighty had to make up all the money it took to fabricate (not much fabrication), design (center panel and whatever else they actually created for the cars), and then how much it cost to make a production line. The car was most likely hand-built...so they had to take the time to convert all those cars over...the consumer then had to foot the bill and Nissan had to keep costs low so they probably made nothing from creating just 400 or whatever sileighties...If they were to make a few thousand even then maybe you could say they were money-hungry.

"the more powerful engine."??? The newer 180sx and S13 came with an SR20 too...so it wasn't any more powerful than anything produced at the same time...only more powerful than the older 180sx and S13s which used the CA18DET...and only by about 25 or so hp...so not much...the engines also have similar potential...

My opinion on why they made the car was because they wanted to show that they realized what a great idea tuners had and maybe wanted to celebrate it or something. Just like the Nismo 400R or 270R...they were limited production cars meant to show off what Nissan is capable of and to make people believe that they are commited to what the customer wants.

[DC2S13]

http://www.sillbeer.com/temp/sileighty/sil80-4.jpg
http://www.sillbeer.com/temp/sileighty/sil80-1.jpg
http://www.sillbeer.com/temp/sileighty/sil80-2.jpg
http://www.sillbeer.com/temp/sileighty/sil80-3.jpg

[Project_X]

u can custom make them(center panel)

take your curent one and scrap of the existing color
or the 240sx sign

take some tape and form it to say sileighty and put it on
paint it
and its done

got to a machine shop and ask them to machine an emblem that says sileighty

[S13-CAk's]

Ok, the SIL- EIGHTY writing on the back of some that you may have seen are custom made, and mainly only the sponsored cars over here have them.

[SileightyBakka]

Everyone probably knows this by now, but the Sileighties were converted for Nissan by Kid's Heart. 500 official S13 faced Sileighties were made, but they have also made and sold many S14 and S15 faced ones. If you can find their website, look at the current inventory.
Has anyone thought of contacting Kid's Heart for the pieces they apparently made for Nissan? Just a thought, although Japanese would be a good thing to know...

[thegladhatter]

Originally Posted by SileightyBakka

Everyone probably knows this by now, but the Sileighties were converted for Nissan by Kid's Heart. 500 official S13 faced Sileighties were made, but they have also made and sold many S14 and S15 faced ones. If you can find their website, look at the current inventory.
Has anyone thought of contacting Kid's Heart for the pieces they apparently made for Nissan? Just a thought, although Japanese would be a good thing to know...

That is correct. Nissan NEVER made the Sileighty. The actual Sileighties said "180SX" in the rear quarter windows but the rear garnish did say "Sileighty". They were, indeed, produced by Kidsheart and I believe they were available through Nissan dealerships for a limited time.