Patcon

you've got like 16 weeks, better get going!

I plated last weekend and got much better results. Not perfect but pretty close I had some build up on my plates because they got left in the tank all week Scraped them a little bit. Sprayed them down and plated with them. I have been running a lot higher current densities lately. I don't know if that is a circuit issue, a solution issue or what, but I am still getting the results I want. So I am just working with it. When my plating is dull I just add some current, which is what I think was wrong with the batch from the other weekend. These plates are almost shot. They are paper thin and getting ragged on the edges.

Looks great!

I filtered it through a stack of paper towels last week. That helped a lot with the clarity. I also have a 5 micron filter I can use but it's a pain. The real issue is organics in the solution. You get "drag out" out of the other tanks that can contaminate the solutions. Carbon would remove all of that at a very fine level.

It's a nice car and took a good bit of money to make look like that. The problem is you almost never get that money back out when yous sell. The low mileage and low rust would help it, if it wasn't heavily modified but probably doesn't do that much for a restomod car. I do like those seats though. Did some googling but couldn't even really locate a set or old ad for a set...

I knew I could filter through charcoal. One of the problems with doing that is it removes all the brightener. As I have been getting good results up until the other day I didn't want to dump all the brightener. It is also a little expensive. I did have some funk on my plates the other day that could have been organics too. So I may need to just go ahead and filter it...

@SteveJ

Let's see if it shows up on BaT...they wont be able to play price games there

Peanut 1 reporting for duty!

Fairly. I get better results when the pressure is a little higher but I waste more paint as overspray fog. I can get very glassy clear with it this way. If I turn it down I get a little orange peel. I wet sand that out. Not a problem for primers. They all get blocked down anyway...

I guess you could do this if you want to stay in your comfort zone...

I am running a DeVilbiss gun right now. I believe it was their "finish line" gun. I have three different tips for different products and I run everything through the one gun. It would be nice to have a dedicated clear gun or base/clear gun but I really don't want to buy a $400-500 gun...That might be false economy though, if the cheap gun waste paint and requires more wet sanding

I agree. I have done a lot of painting but have never used high end guns. There has to be a reason shops pay $400 for a primer gun. I was trying to see if you could tell why. Smoother finish, more efficient material usage, less waste, lower air pressures? There has to be a reason. Once I know the reason I can then decide if that justifies spending the extra for the benefit...

You are going to need some frame rails and maybe floor supports from Charlie http://www.datsunzparts.com/products.html I could get it fixed here for a lot less than 10k. However in New York, I don't know. I wouldn't think it will cost that much but it might. The others are right, in that the rust needs to be removed and any other surface rust neutralized! The biggest challenge is finding someone willing to take this on. It's not that hard, but most shops want to do the easy work

I understand...

Do you suspect it needs it or is this excessive spring cleaning?

It should also not really draw any power away from the engine without the vains.

you need some tools like this These will help you remove the pins from the connectors. Removing the connectors aught to not be that hard. I am sure there is a plastic latch somewhere you can depress to remove them

That's gonna make the open casket visitation awkward...

Walls in my shop are 30' long. I got plenty of room. Is there a colorized 240z diagram like this?

Me neither. Good heads up from @Zed Head

I will check on this, with my magnifier "B" mark on the hub Would be really hard to find if the hub wasn't clean

That didn't show up in my unread content, sorry

You need to make your nickname on your ID "Job" for all your tuning efforts!

Done, Cody and I are in...