Zedyone_kenobi

Well I am so pleased with all the work I did last year on the Z I decided to have some fun with her. She has never run so well and feel so good as she does right now. As a celebration I decided to have some fun with my gal. I ordered some static racing roundies and plan to take it form there to make her into a 70's race car for a summer. Go to some shows and see some reactions. Here is where I am so far. Next up I want to get some new wheels and get them powercoated entirely matt grey (14x7 rewinds maybe because I cannot even find watanabe's) Then I will probably get the hood wrapped flat black as well just for kicks. Finally I want to get some vintage racing static decals. Which may prove hard. My goal is to be able to totally undue it in about an hour should I want to. Any ideas or leads to help me along. 2016 I am going to find my alter ego 70's race car driver guy.

Must know idle jet. Pull those jet covers and let us know buddy. I am thrilled at your progress...Great work!

LOL, I never saw this, but yes! AAAHHHH make it go away!

205/55/15 yokohama S drives on 15x7 Panasports 0 offset.

Unfortunately, I have been sidetracked on this project. I was dumb yet again and started a big project when I am in the middle of a small one. Pulling the dash out of my roadster is going to take a while... But I think I can work in time to fit and paint this thing. I am having a desire for some newer colored wheels as well....Oh well, this is why we have these cars! I added some racing bling this weekend in the form of some static cling decals. I am going to call it the summer of the race car. I would really love some 14x7 wheels so I can run some fat sidewall tires and complete the vintage racing look. I think the BRE car ran 14x8 right. But good luck finding those. Still powder coating my panasports flat black or dark grey would be a good look. Or I guess I could pick up some rewinds, as that may be cheaper. Still having fun with her though. I will post pics of my new spoiler for a comparison.

Spoiler came in today from BRE . super fast shipping! Great service the finish will require a bit of rework due to some scratches and gouges in the surface but overall it I pretty darn nice!

I wonder what 'legal' reasons the euro cars could not have integrated turn signals... Anybody know or care to guess?

here here, more updates. I have cash in hand!

ugg, that makes me want some coffee.

Oh you evil person may all your children be born naked

Okay, this is the color combo I am going to try to replicate... With the wing matching the rear tails, I think it looks less 'afterthought-y' OH I have also ordered the euro bumpers. Now if only somebody would make affordable clear head light covers with the stainless trim. Didn't somebody start a thread on that a while ago.

sleep well little ones... Don't let the rust bugs bite

You guys have some beautiful automotive playmates! and Dat Boat..Helloooo nurse.

Guy, curse you as you may be right. Not sure though. I am going to paint the BRE one to look just like the rear tail like finish surrounds first. If I do not like it, I will have to get it repainted the body color. Only problem with that is I will have to take it into get paint matched, $$$$$. I recall my front valance was right at 500 bucks. OUCH!

Great question Pmg, I did not buy mine the PO did, so it appears to fit okay. IF it had any work I cannot tell. I know the corners are all rough and not crisp like I would want. I think I am going to go with the BRE one in hopes the original mold is better. We will see.

That is brilliant. There is a chap here a NASA I work with that restores these things. People who restore tools used to create other things are very dear to my heart. What a wonderful undertaking. I did just add this to my garage. Sold my WRX and moved up to an 'adult' car

Dave, send me your address again.. I may have a NOS brand new hazard light for ya. Totally off topic, but if I can find it, its yours.

correct, What I wonder is if they will fit on the 240Z seat brackets? I have no idea.

I am trying to order a spoiler now from BRE. I will order some paint as well to match the rear tail light surround. This way I will have both, a body color and a darker grey. This is my last splurge until I start my saving for some kameari seats. It is either these or a leather redo of my OEM seats, which look lovely now, but I think really need some new foam!

Oh no judgement on better or worse, just different. The BRE has 6 mounting points. The MSA has only two. That is all I was saying. I will probably order a can of tail light paint from http://www.classicdatsun.com/ And I plan to run a BRE spoiler when I have time to find one. Like the contrast as well. The only question is do I get one with the flat part for the 240Z badge or plain. I am kind of partial to the plain.

Well here it is. This is just plasti-dip flat black. I think if I painted it the same color as the rear tail light panel, it would look better. But overall, any opinions? One interesting thing. My car at one time had the BRE 6 bolt spoiler on it. I had holes drilled for it. However my current spoiler appears to be an MSA version with only 2 bolts holding it at the very outer edge of the trunk lid. One great thing that came from all of this is I reshimmed the hatch, and now all my squeaks have stopped! It was a very loose fitting trunk hatch before, but I took all but one shim from each side and it closes with an almost European thump now. I am VERY impressed at how well it turned out (read as: I got lucky) Hurray

I have that shift knob in my roadster..So that is where it comes from!!! OH I don't like it much. I want to put a Z knob in roadster. But need a 5 speed version.

I think I may try my hand at plastidipping the OEM spoiler. That way if I like the look, I can get a new BRE style and actually paint it black, or if I do not, I can peel off the 'dip' and have my OEM one back to glorious faded 901 silver.

Well I have the spoiler off the car. I may paint it dark and and see if I like it, if i hate it, I can always sand it again and repaint it body color.

I am still mad at you for getting those sweet dark grey panaorts