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1976 280Z Restoration Project

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Hmmm Alberta and Texas are like the same place really! Cowboys and oil wells! Y’all are welcome here anytime!

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21 hours ago, Captain Obvious said:

Weird. Mike's message looked fine to me all three times.

In the end I think it was Tapatalk that was having the problem. The posts look fine on my home computer.

I use Tapatalk almost exclusively for the forum these days.

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So Techno Toy Tuning express shipped out the custom spacers to fit their hubs on 280Z’s! Very cool.

 

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I will need to get longer bolts though. I’m 10mm short on grip here. Not good enough!

 

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Fixed! Sourced some 10.9 40mm bolts. This should hold...
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... and voila!
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Spent some time working on the steering rack tonight. Sandblasted the exterior and cut off the seized tie rod ends. Next up is disassembly and internal cleaning followed by powder coating and refurbishing.
Red, chrome or black? Hmmmmm.....

 I vote for black. I like the red bits that you have but too much would make it look like a Circus Wagon.

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The outer tie rods are already anodized red, the crossmember is already black... maybe a chrome powder coat with the black boots going into the red outers? The bushings are red too so a red rack is out.

+1 on the Black.  Just a little bit of Red goes a long way visually as well as any chrome(ish) parts against a Green background.  And don't forget whatever color your block is going to be.  That's where most of the attention is going to be.  Just my two cents only,  your opinion counts the most since you will be the one showing it.

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The block will be black. That’s part of the issue.

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