For Sale Nissan 180SX Kouki Type S 1998 - Price Drop

Make: Nissan

Model: 180SX

Variant: Type S (Kouki)
(The type S was produced towards the end of the 180SX lifespan and had the Type X body kit & spec but with an SR20DE engine)

Gearbox: 5 Speed manual

Year: 1998

Mileage: 148,500km
(Speedo still in km, no half miles half kilometres, Landed with 135,500km)

Imported: Landed September 2016 by Drift Street imports

Price: £6,000 ono

Part Exchange: Motorbike - Preferably SuperSports but i'm open

Standard equipment:
- Remote central locking (1 key)
- Digital heater controls
- A/C
- Electric folding mirrors
- Original 180SX seats and floor mats front and back
- Original Nissan tool kit and metal wheel chock,
- Factory Kouki kit (front and rear bumpers, side skirts and rear spoiler)
- Factory Kouki rear lights

Aftermarket equipment:
- Full chassis underseal (subframes etc all off)
- Kouki replica (bubya kits) front lip
- Fully adjustable Cusco coilovers,
- 5 stud conversion from an S14 with no ABS (ABS light is on)
- Strongflex rear subframe and gearbox bushes
- Driftworks solid steering wheel bush
- Genuine Volk Rays TE37 (17 x 9 et 25) wheels professionally powder coated satin ‘M3’ gun metal
- Internal drive wheel nuts
- Falken 453 tyres, 225/45/17
- Nismo 2 way LSD with R32 shafts
- Alpine flat screen double din stereo with classic iPod, memory card, CD and aux input
- Japanese toll road reader
- Nismo (replica?) gear knob
- Arch lips rolled flat by archenemy

Spare equipment:
- Hardrace engine mounts, brand new in box from JDM garage
- Everything you would need to make it 4 stud again (hubs etc)
- Set of 4 DHS white wheels with very legal tyres on them
- Standard open LSD

Bad bits: The paintwork lets it down a bit. Bits flaked off etc and the previous owner had a blind uncle who did the touch up bits for it. It looks great in pictures and from about 2 meters away but when you get up close, it’s not showroom condition. The clutch may need replacing (depending how you drive) in about 6-8 months at the earliest. It doesn’t slip, it’s just a bit high. The rear tyres, again depending how you drive will need replacing in the next 6 months, I got this set off Camskill and they were about £55 a corner so not a huge expense, fronts are fine. If you are sticking with the 5 stud I would recommend changing discs and pads on the front at some point. They’re fine, they stop the car but the discs feel a bit warped.

About the car: I imported this car late last year and have been the only owner. The interior and the underside are seriously clean; it looks like the previous owner painted all the arms and the sub frames and it even has a standard Nissan exhaust which are rarely found on S13s. I had it undersealed before it even got on the road so rust shouldn’t be an issue. 1998 was the last year they made this shape so you can’t get much newer. It has 90% of the bits to get it back to standard form, you would just need to source the correct wheels and the standard suspension. I drive it about 300 miles a week, motorway, country roads and in towns, it always starts first time on the key and runs very smoothly. I put a new battery in it when it landed and it has no problem starting after however cold it is or however long I haven’t used it for.

I tried to keep the modifications genuine and to a minimum. It’s a good-looking car as is and with how rare these are getting; I didn’t feel drilling into the wings for arches and over fenders would be a good idea. It gets so much attention and lots of people start talking to you about it in petrol stations and even at traffic lights. I have done the equivalent of half a drift day in it on the Brands Hatch lower paddock which is wet and very easy on the car, it will slide, it just takes a bit more commitment than the turbo versions. Advantage of it being non-turbo is that it drank hardly any fuel and barely scratched the tyres!

Any questions please feel free to ask.

No test drives without me holding the full amount in cash and proof of insurance. I will happily take you out for a drive if you can’t do this. I am in no rush to sell it; I’m not even convinced I want to. Viewings are good for evenings after 7 or weekends (probably better as you shouldn’t buy cars in the dark). Or if you are excited you can come see it at lunch time in the week as I work in Woking. For the moment, I won’t be splitting the extra bits apart from the engine mounts but I may do further down the line.

More pictures on my Instagram @joe.parr

Thanks,

Joe

 

Turbo money is about £9,000+ at the moment for ratty versions. A turbo swap on this is about £1500, cheaper if you're DIY.

Doesn't seem special is a bit mean

 

I will have to see how it goes. I think with the price of rusty UK S13s at the moment and the lack of genuine Kouki 180s around I don't think it's an unfair place to start. I'm in no rush to sell. Interesting about the Spec S S15, they don't seem to hold their values vs the Spec R but I think it's something to do with the larger difference between the two. From reading up on these it seems like it's literally a turbo and diff and i've done one of those.

I love the wheels too, I had Rota Grids and Wolfrace JDM wheels on my previous cars so it's nice to go genuine . I'll be sad to see them go but they won't suit the M3 at that size.

 

always worth asking. I'm not after another S14 though. Thank you.

 

PM me what you're thinking and we will go from there buddy.

 

Still haven't found an M3 but... bump

 

Well that fits in right then. £7000+£1500 is £8500...

Like I said, I'm open to offers. If someone is genuinely interested then PM me, I'm all ears.