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I got talked out of my powder coating on these parts after spending so many hours masking off and detailing them. So then I had to burn the old powder off. Glass beaded them and then hours of wire wheel polishing. Now off to zinc. Should look awesome with the gold zinc and the powder coated bodies and BC coil overs in the similar gold.

I got the precision seals, baked them on warm in my oven for an hour, installed them, shut the door and tried to not open it. Now over a month and they seem pretty darn good. I don't have to slam it. Just for info.

Well everyone has changed my mind, I am going to pull apart the front hubs and rear stub axle, strip the powder and zinc them. Just like this.

Some good info

Are they using ppg?

Most of my paint was basically intact. I bet they did it to prevent rusting. Most paint is pretty thin, mine was as thick as a few coats of rattle can.

Now that is a scientific answer. They are cardinal powder which says epoxy for the colors I use. I am also not bolting powder to powder on anything. Powder to aluminum, powder to raw or powder to 2 part paint.

Criticism is a good thing. I don't know that much about cars and learn from mistakes. No worries:)

Sometimes I think I am doing the strangest build. Cleaning up everything but the paint:) The paint is like a 6 out of 10. Good from afar but far from good. I just have been burned too many times in the painting process. Too long, too much money etc.. I just want to enjoy and actually drive one of my cars. Tires are a 205/55-15 DUNLOP DIREZZA on ROTA WHEELS RKR 15X8 +0 4X114.3. Here is my inspiration.

I ended up getting a few of the smallest size for the fuel lines. Which you didn't list. I have 80% or so of my stock ones replated, but a few were broken or missing.

I bought some as well. Thanks!

That's was my plan for alignment. It's funny about the powder or paint on all of this, it's very 50/50 on peoples opinions. Some people are very very against it, then I talk with high end build shops/ race shops (icon, nicks trixs and 2 nascar teams) they all say it's perfectly fine, no issues to worry about. I trust the high end shops/ race shops more then the average user on facebook or here. I'm also not the first person to do this, lots and lots of people have powder coated/ painted them on lots of vehicles with zero issues and companies offer it as part of a package. If I was to do it over, I would zinc the faces and the mating surfaces. But that would fail pretty quickly. Zinc isn't that strong. Bolts and nuts are what hold everything together, not metal to metal or rust to rust or powder to paint. If I take a wheel off at some point and find the powder failing and turning to chalk I will remove it all, but I have a feeling it will look perfectly normal.

Any tips for doing a basic alignment? I was thinking I could measure the front and back of the tires on the ground? Then adjust?

I had my original soldered onto my new radiator.

Have you tried dpan on facebook?

No, but i would way rather bolt to powder then rust. I think if I could go back I would zinc bolting surfaces. Got the first coilover in. I used their flange nuts and it tore up the paint in the engine bay, I think I will use stock hardware with them.

Got the front coilovers basically put togther, I wish I would have zinc'd the calipers, they have a lot of area with no powder coating and will rust. But they sure look good, and I don't plan on driving it in the rain. This is a stupid question, but to adjust height on the car I have to unbolt the top correct? Old timer at the machine shop doesn't like any of the powder, he thinks it on the face of these hubs is a bad idea.

I like to joke that my ac compressor is the same size as my motor:)

You decided against the dealer AC?

My fuel line looks identical as well.

I didn't make that sharp bend, I just ran a little bit of extra hose and again used stainless welding rod.

Gas tank is installed. Getting the hoses on and putting it in place without scratching it was difficult. I ended up laying on the ground and holding it in place. The large 5/8” hose was first. Which I used stainless welding rod to make the U. Then the end hose. Why does the tank need so many vents?:)

Rebuilt turn signal. A friend found me a bucket, I got new screws from the hardware stock, chrome powder coated the reflector then new stainless turn signal clips. Turned out awesome.

My 240z, is very rust free. I will hopefully never drive it in the rain again, and it will continue to be this nice.

Radiator shop hot tanked it, acid dipped it, then I powder coated it then we did redkote. Also installed another drain for the redkote. I paid 200 for the dipping and acid. The redkote was free since he spilled (around the sending unit) some and I bought the materials. I ended up giving him a gift card for the work. He wouldn't let me pay him, since my tank looks flawless other then that.