S13 Coupe or hatch ?

[SE-Rious1]

ok so i have a 91 s13 SE coupe i love the car but i also love the hatchs and i have this thought where i think i may wana trade for a hatch is this a good idea or bad ?

[Nyteryder]

I own both and I used to like the hatch better but now I am all about coupes

[SE-Rious1]

I own both and I used to like the hatch better but now I am all about coupes

yeah i had an all black hatch SE before and i loved it but i just cant draw the line

[BuBBa DRiFT]

ill trade for a coupe. i have a hatch but want a coupe sooo bad now its not even funny.

[SE-Rious1]

ill trade for a coupe. i have a hatch but want a coupe sooo bad now its not even funny.

isnt your hatch a Hicas ?

[R32Dragon]

Coupe, nuff said.

[MattB]

+1 for the coupe. nothing against the hatch, but I think the coupe looks better

[TheDarkRacer]

depends on witch front end... lol well with me id say its 50 50.. but if i had to pick on stock looks, id get a 92hatch....

[SE-Rious1]

depends on witch front end... lol well with me id say its 50 50.. but if i had to pick on stock looks, id get a 92hatch....

well i used to be a huge fan of the pignose but now i have my coupe i like the nose on it bt hell its about the body lines and style to me and ceratin things about the hatch is hott butt the coupe just sits right

[Kyle]

Coupes look A LOT better IMO, and you see fewer of them.

[S II K]

idk dude id keep that coupe.
they are more rare you see hatch's all over the damn place



coupe>hatch.

[BuBBa DRiFT]

my hatch is not hicas anymore, solid rear subframe and swapped the power steering pumps, its now a SE with ABS and VLSD

[bigdare23]

coupe>>>hatch!!!

[b16ftw]

i'm not much of a nissan guy. but i'd go with a hatch.

[SE-Rious1]

one thing i love about the hatch is the koukie tails u can use there sweat

[Echonova]

one thing i love about the hatch is the koukie tails u can use there sweat

Origin coupe tail lights FTMFW!!

[Elbow]

Coupe hands down

[Joelow30071]

hatchbacks all the way dude. The power to weight ratio plays an important role in developing a fast car. The smaller the better.

[homemadeS14s]

hatchbacks all the way dude. The power to weight ratio plays an important role in developing a fast car. The smaller the better.

hells yeah ....... i'd go with hatch

[bowdown201]

The coupe looks so cleaner with S13 conversion. I used to have one..Miss that bitch

[Ronsam2006]

The coupe looks so cleaner with S13 conversion. I used to have one..Miss that *****

Thats soo true. The s13 conversion has boxy headlights which perfectly match the tail lights of the coupe. I used to love the hatch at first...but for some reason, I just like the coupe a lot now. I have never owned one..but i was thinking of buying one. PLus i think the reason is that coupes dont look that fast, but when someone fast gets beat by a slow looking coupe...it just makes me wanna go to the owner.lol. U know what I mean...lol

[BuBBa DRiFT]

thats one reason i want the coupe!!! and hatches do drift better imo, and those kouki tails are bombin, but s13 front end ftw

[Kalifornia087]

and hatches do drift better imo

wtf? Have you drifted both??

I have. Coupes are lighter and more rigid. IMO they look better too. But im biased towards coupes in most every model of car.

What really matters, is which one you think looks the best. Both can look great. Its all about personal opinion and taste.

Austin

[FoolsDrifFWD]

wtf? Have you drifted both??

I have. Coupes are lighter and more rigid. IMO they look better too. But im biased towards coupes in most every model of car.

What really matters, is which one you think looks the best. Both can look great. Its all about personal opinion and taste.

Austin

That is true me and my buddy put our cars on a scale he has a hatch I have a coupe. His car was 2726lbs my car was 2610lbs

[mikespeed95]

That is true me and my buddy put our cars on a scale he has a hatch I have a coupe. His car was 2726lbs my car was 2610lbs

are both cars completely stock with the same wheels and tires? if so that comparison might not be 100% exact.

btw

coupe >> hatch.

[Kaiser]

are both cars completely stock with the same wheels and tires? if so that comparison might not be 100% exact.

btw

coupe >> hatch.

Do you perhaps mean the comparison would not be 100% exact if they were NOT both stock with the same wheels?

Wheels would not contribute to more than 50lbs of lightening on a 4-point scale, I have never seen wheels on a car that weighed as much as to make new wheels reduce the weight as much as you're implying. Also, if you put wheels on one, you put wheels on the other to keep the comparison the same, the difference decreases dramatically. The coupe is lighter because of the support for the back hatch. There is a significant amount of frame around where the hatch drops and along the rail to hold it up. The hatch itself is also quite heavy, starting with doubling the weight of the glass of a coupe's back end. It's similar to the idea of why a convertible weighs more than it's non-convertible version. Despite the fact that there's some material removed, the material added to reinforce the area neccessarily will weigh much more than the original material itself did. The exceptions are of course cross-framed Roadsters such as the Miata and S2k.

The Hatch does indeed weigh more in similar configurations than the coupe, but the difference is not enough to make a decision soley on it. I personally prefer the coupe because I would want to do an S13 front end and an SR swap. YMMV but if you're really having a hard time deciding you may be best off to try and find a way to have one of each. Wish I had the space to store two.

[bowdown201]

This is just my opinion of course but the hatches only look good done a certain way. I would just go with the coupe

[seanrg1116]

um yea hatch all the way


S13.5 FTMFW

[Doppelgänger]

i like the 240 body style that looks like a taco..... lol

[GaGen2Teg]

COUPE!!!

[Andy_013]

hatch but the coupe looks good from the back

[Humphrizzle]

pickup truck version

[Humphrizzle]

i change my decision to the taco shaped one.

[Kevykev]

180 conversion - Coupe

no-conversion - Hatch

Best results ever- as of now 50/50

[SE-Rious1]

well i was playing around in my coupe today for the first time outside a hatch and it did pretty damn good i mean i was surprised lol

[OurOnePassion]

It's all about which one makes you get that funny, stingy feeling in your chest/stomach... I'll take both, please. ftw

[Benefit]

hatch = probe
coupe = sentra

[BuBBa DRiFT]

i have drifted both. hatch is way better imo

[OurOnePassion]

Weld your diffy and you'll learn to drift anything(rwd, of course). Whether you like it or not. And after you've hit enough ditches on wet mountain roads that one time this spring; hatch or coupe won't matter... getting the dents out will...

So, especially if you intend on drifting, keep what you have. You can get used to it... so go get some zip-ties and duct tape and have fun.

Do you have any sort of non-stock suspension?

[SE-Rious1]

Weld your diffy and you'll learn to drift anything(rwd, of course). Whether you like it or not. And after you've hit enough ditches on wet mountain roads that one time this spring; hatch or coupe won't matter... getting the dents out will...

So, especially if you intend on drifting, keep what you have. You can get used to it... so go get some zip-ties and duct tape and have fun.

Do you have any sort of non-stock suspension?

yeah i learned to leave wet roads alone.
and nah i dont have any other suspensions around non stock