Body & Paint
Discussions about bodywork and painting a Zcar.
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Hello Guys, I wanted to find out if anyone out there has ever attempted to install 240z pans in a 280z? Reason I ask is that if I need to change the floors I might as well cut the whole thing including tunnel out. I bought a 240z tunnel from a donor car and I prefer the carpet kit of the 240 vs the 280z. new to this forum thing so don't know if this has been asked before? Thanks
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My 280z has minimal rust anywhere except the frame rails. The passenger side is pretty bad, drivers side not as bad but I still want to replace. I found someone locally that will weld the new frame rails on if I find them for $600 dollars a side. I ran across this site Apex engineering that sells the pair of frame rails for $650. Has anyone bought/installed these? These frame rails look like what I need. Here is the website. https://www.apexengineered.com/store/p105/Frame_Rails.html# Just how dangerous is it to drive a Z and not replace the frame rails, seems dangerous to me. Any help will be appreciated, Lee Farris
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My old trusty bottle of 3M rubbing compound is almost too dried out to use. It's more like a thick paste now than a liquid. Think more like peanut butter than mustard. Anyone have any tips on what solvent to use to thin it back out again? Old, dried out, and pasty. Happens to the best of us, right?
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On my lunch 1/2 hour I swapped out the bullet mirrors (that were wobbly) for these chrome ones - I think they look more appropriate, however the pass side doesn't have the range of adjustment to make the rear quarter visible form the driver's seat. These came from ZcarDepot. These were inexpensive, but... pass side is USELESS. Anyone else dealt with this? Also laminated the original cold start notice I found in the sun visor
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I have only ever seen it in pictures of super low mileage 280z. I have not seen one in person so not sure what it does I don’t think it’s electrical Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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does anybody know the thread size for holding these bumpers on. thanks
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Recently i stumblet upon this blog Post from my mate @florian at Datsun-Autowerk, where he claims that some Z's had a secret spare key box in the front radiator frame crossmember thing. After asking a bit more, he said that he had seen it on two cars so far. I had a closer look at my currently sandblasted frame, but no indications that it ever had it nor that it was modified at some point.. So we checked our R-drive manuals. it seems there were three types of front crossmembers, but none of them ever had a box, according to the drawings: Same with the L-Drive: We couldn't find anything in the "keys" section of the Parts m…
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Recently i stumblet upon this blog Post from my mate @florian at Datsun-Autowerk, where he claims that some Z's had a secret spare key box in the front radiator frame crossmember thing. After asking a bit more, he said that he had seen it on two cars so far. I had a closer look at my currently sandblasted frame, but no indications that it ever had it nor that it was modified at some point.. So we checked our R-drive manuals. it seems there were three types of front crossmembers, but none of them ever had a box, according to the drawings: Same with the L-Drive: We couldn't find anything in the "keys" section of the Parts m…
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Does anyone have a picture of where this little piece of rubber goes?
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As I am a week away from taking the car to the painter, I find myself looking online at silver 240z's. Examining the original factory 901 silver on the inside of my tool door, I am having difficulty many of the cars I see online which have been painted "901" silver. While lighting can certainly play a role, is it possible that some people take a bit of liberty with silver - and choose something a bit less grey? For example, my other Z is silver too. Just - not 901 silver:
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Front turn signal lamps arrived today. Very nice quality in my opinion. Rubber gaskets and the wiring looks great. Here are some pics. Now I just have to find the correct female plug fromVintage.
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just to let the forum members know I have a 260z with the 2 lift struts for the hatch. today I did install the Stabilus brand strut part # is 3b250273 and the hatch opens up 95% on its own. after I push the button to open the hatch, I raised it maybe 3-4" and it goes all the way to the top. what a difference. I believe the force is 44lbs for each strut and it does close really easy. just an update for the forum.
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