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I'm just kidding, you know that.

SSHHHHHH, LLW! We don't want to encourage him too much on that pricing.

Dave, in case you missed it on other threads and mailing lists, I finally got my headlight harness installed. Your product is nothing less than first class. Very well engineered, Dave. I have noticed a good increase in headlight intensity. You might want to note that there are TWO ground connectors in your instructions. The instructions only mention cleaning the surface once. I also recommend adding an instruction to put a little dielectric grease on the end of the new female connector. The other connectors will already have a little in them, but the new female connector on the right side will not. Thanks. Oh, also would you recommend covering the new female connector on the right side that ends up not having the OEM plastic weather cover? I'm sure they were put there to keep water from spraying into the connector assemblies.

Uggggllllyyyy!!!

Here's the text: here's how i painted my car for about $50, it's actually very easy and the results are amazing. First off, get a can of tremclad real orange (or what ever color u want) in the can, not spray, yes tremclad, it is a acrylic/enamel paint which is very durable. next prep your car as if was any other paint job, fix all the rust, ect....no need to prime the car since the tremclad allready contains elements which allow it to be painted over bare metal. next, after prepping the car get a small 4" professional FOAM rollers, it's tiny and has one end rounded off, and the other cut straight, and is a very high density foam. u also need a jug of mineral spirits to thin the paint. The thing i really like about this is that there's no mess, no tapeing the whole car, just key areas, and u can do it in your garage, since your not spraying there is virtually no dust in the air, just clean your garage first, also it does'nt really smell at all, dries overnight and it super tough paint. also it you decide to paint the car professionally later, just prep and paint, there's no need to strip the tremclad. i have done this to a few cars, and i can say it works amazing, u just have to be paitient. next u thin the paint with mineral spirits so it just about as thin as water, a little thicker. get out the roller and paint away, don't get the paint shaked when u buy it, enamel is stirred, otherwise you'll have bubbles in the paint for a week!!! after u do 2 coats, wet sand the whole car, then repeat, 2 coats, wetsand, 2 coats wetsand. i painted the charger using a can since your not spraying the car u use all the paint and not spray 50% in the air, use progressivly finer sand paper each time. it's not really that much work, cause u can stop and start any time, u can do just a door, or the hood, ect. do one panel at a time, and don't stop once you start. once your done the final coat, wetsand with about 1000 grit to a totally smooth finish, and then using a high speed polisher i use a buffing bonnet and turtle wax polishing compound. do the whole car with this, and i'm telling u, depending on the amount of time and paitence you have, the results are amazing. laugh if you want, but for $50 ($30 for paint, about $20 for rollers, sand paper, ect...) it really looks good. also you can do these steps overnight, paint one evening and by morning u can wet sand. i have personally done alot of painting, mostly single stage acrylic enamel, and i've sprayed several cars in my garage with really good professional results, just it stinks, it's a real pain to do, easy to make a mistake, messy, and expensive. The tremclad is awesome paint, the "real orange" is an amazing hemi orange, and almost looks like it has some perl in the sun, awesome color right out of the can. I used this technique on my 1974 beetle also, here are the results: http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/69martin/Picture10.jpg the car before: http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/69martin/IM000475.jpg another after pic: http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/69martin/DSC00164.jpg here is a car i sprayed (71 beetle, midnight blue metalic): http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/69martin/DSC00194.jpg here is the car before (71 beetle): http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/69martin/Picture1.jpg here's a few pics of the charger done: http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/69martin/DSC02764.jpg http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/69martin/DSC02769.jpg well that's my 2 cents worth, sorry for the long post. i was borred i painted the orange beetle in 1999, and it still looks like the day i painted it, the 71 blue beetle i painted in 2000, and built the car for my dad, i used the same paint on my charger, maybe one day i'll spring for a good paint job, prepping is 90% of the work, stripping the car, sanding, ect.....painting is overrated!!! So if you have TIME, then i'd say go for it, the worst that could happen is that it does'nt turn out and your out $50, but if your paitient, and expriement with lets say just the trunk pannel and if you like it do the whole car, if not just get it done by someone else for $4000. i don't know about you guys, but i would rather spend the $4000 on other parts like getting the mechanics sorted out and new chrome, cause when u have really nice paint and crappy bumpers, door handles it just sticks out more.

I finally installed my headlight relay harness. First class product, Dave. Once I found the correct screw hole to mount the relay pack, it went pretty easy. It was a bit tricky trying to get my grinder down in there to clean that metal, but I did it. Thanks again.

I have my (unexpert) doubts about the TD by the Steelers QB, and the loss of the Hawks TD due to the receiver pushing off the opponent seems lame. Nonetheless, rules are rules and calls are calls. It happens all the time. The Steelers won and that's all there is to it.

I don't see where this is intended to improve the dash lights. It's for the marker/parking and tail lights.

I have 14x7 slots with the wrong offset and I get wheel rub on the fenders. If the original offset is .59" on a 175R14 tire, what would it be on a 15x6.5 wheel?

My GR-2's are working fine so far.

I found dried egg on my hood once. People can be real a-holes.

I believe ALL USA Datsun 240Zs had the drivers door mirror only.

I've given up on Haggerty, they're too damn picky. You might as well have a damn trailor queen. No wonder they can offer insurance so cheap, you don't drive the car, nothing will happen. Big joke.

I've never tried Redline, but I hear it's good. I've been running dino oil in my Z now for a while. I use Castrol 20w50 in the engine, standard gear oil in the tranny and diff. My Z mechanic I shouldn't put Amsoil in my 156K mile engine; that it should be rebuilt first. I think of changing the oil in the tranny and diff. I use Amsoil in my 00 Expedition engine now, and Mobil 1 prior to that since 6K miles. It's at about 110K miles now. I use Amsoil in my 89 Corolla tranny (rebuilt) with no problem. I may switch everthing that isn't leaking to Amsoil eventually. I have a 79 Toyota Corona with 78K miles that I may switch to Amsoil.

Looks like it's been beat up a bit.

Just replace them with rebuilt ones.

You don't find many shops around anymore that speed balance your tires ON the car. I had someone do that for me back in the late 70's and early 80's.

Try Les Cannaday at Classic Datsun Motorsports. www.classicdatsun.com

I'm coming in late here, but this looks like a $100,000 restoration project. When you start calling composite companies, well uh..... what can I say?

I washed everything well, then used a rust-killing primer. Then I put on satin black rustoleum with a BRUSH. This should work for a very long time. I think taking it all down to metal is going overboard, but it's your car. If I was restoring a car to win the Gold Medalian, sure maybe; otherwise what's the point?

http://users.pandora.be/worldstandards/driving%20on%20the%20left.htm#history

I would not say significantly higher, but at least noticeably higher in the rear from the sag it had. My wife stated she could see a difference while following me. Don't worry, your Z will not look like a 4x4.

Merry Christmas to all and a Happy New Year!

I'm riding on my new stock springs, they're great!!! I ordered a set of the Euro springs too.

What rice rocket? Hope you don't mean a Z. It's a real Japanese GT!!!