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Not that Snap-On doesn't have great tools, but Harbor freight has a set on sale for $7. http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=95432 And a $20 metal set as well: http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=99739 Will

I'll be rounding up all of my dealer wish lists Monday morning befroe work after dropping of the boys at daycare, and hopefully post sometime monday Will

If you supply a dealer with a valid part number, it takes less effort than to look up a part for a current car to see if the number is still available, but, many are not-at least in the USA. According to the past Parts Department manager of our local dealership USA dealers cannot order direct from Japan, but Canadian Dealers can-he went the extra mile to get a few parts for me before returning to the Virginia area. I have been keeping a(long) list of the part numbers that have come back as NLA, and I will start a thread to share that info. Will

PM TomoHawk, he had the same idea/desire years ago-and posted a picture of what he did somewhere... Will

If we bought it for you, your Z would look that good! If you threw yourself off a clif-the shame wouldn't kill you, it would probably be rapid deceleration trauma! Unfortunately there are only a few with Zs that do look that good, but when mine gets there, I'll pitch in for yours! Stephen, I hear from Vicky about once or twice a month-but I do need to call her over the weekend-thanks for the reminder! Will

Right now he is at Sema, but contact James Whitman at jwsportcars.com-he is in your area, and I believe he has something you would like... Will

Find a local (to you) Z club-tidewaterZ maybe, and see what dealer they have worked out a deal with-My local club gets parts form our dealer at a very healthy discount. I have bought a good many things from Rock auto, and the local parts houses as well. I share the consensus above-if it is a new part and it is on ebay-it is marked up more often than not-ocassionally a deal is to be had, but it is the exception, not the rule. If the part number is hidden, count on it being still available no matter how rare or NLA Reddat, or any of the others call it. If it was truely rare or NLA-there is no point in covering the part number! I would order the club CD and check part numbers to check dealer pricing on most parts-more often than not new parts on ebay are lazy people lures-to damn lazy to see if it is available and cheeper from the dealer-more often than not by the time you add shipping, those parts are seriously overpriced. Will

At the "judges Meeting" in Cleveland, Todds instruction was, any genuine Nissan part shown as interchangeable in Nissans parts books or Nissan software was not to be counted off for. I didn't get to verify this but I would think In the final review of those cars headed toward gold medallion, cars with the most original parts(quality not quantity) would score slightly higher because the essesnce is as it was loaded on the ship(forgetting a/c). Will

We were aiming to have something to announce at the ZCCA convention in Cleveland, but due to technical difficulties, it has been postoned. One trip to Ohio will have the lenses ready for production, the trim rings are the hold up, I am still working on an agreement with a company in Vietnam to to reproduce a good many stainless steel parts for S30s-we have been negotiation for over a year-I am looking for another company as well, so hopefully something will give soon. I want to sell them as reasonabley as possible, but I don't want to go broke either. Will `

Pretty much sums it up... Will

The one that burns my butt the worst about Paypal is I still have open issues from four years ago-like I am going to let Paypal off the hook for refunds due to non delivery they told me they could give me! Will

What are the worst parts of ebay? What do you guys think? Will

Point them to this thread ans politely ask if they want to rethink their position... There is no substitute for customer service and nothing worse than not having any... Then again, you have two companies to deal with, your local Dealer and MSA...better find out which one is stonewalling before painting MSA as the bady MSA has a good bit more reason to take care of this sort of issue. Will

Stephen, That almost makes up for living close to AL! Some guys have all the luck, we have one P&P(Cash-N-Carry) and they have a core charge on everything(glass, bumpers, upholstery seats...but you can't get the core charge back when you bring the old one back)-but the more you bring out the less they hunt for things to charge for... We have one other self service yard-but the owner-a crotchey old goat who could teach Rick a thing or two-thinks the vale of everything begins at $100(a decent set of luggage straps for example). His answer to wanting it for less is "it'll be here when you can't find it anywhere else-go put the sh!t back!" Needless to say there is a big pile of pulled parts right by the front gate. I check once a year or so to see if someone has dropped his sanity close enough for him to get it back, or someone has taken over.

What would he want for the handles and shift plates? I still have you a 120mph speedo, and your manuals.... Does either have manual AC controls? Will

Probably the radio Pod, I have a tan, and a black but no Blue-Zbane has a couple in a local JY, makybe one of them is blue... Will

Good pickins-Great price! Next time you are there check out the "T" (shifter) handles. Will

Sounds like another potential stop for ZPS! Welcome! Will

I believe I posted from the same article when Hybrid was getting ready for the wind tunnel testing... Our thread on Hybrids testing...http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24228&highlight=wind+tunnel WIll

Rick, Bill is bloody well right! I'll hold Bill down, you feed him the Vegamite! Will

What he said! Just make sure you have enough spacers...I have used sockets, and cut 1/2" and 1" black pipe with big washers... Will

Pictures of the car as it was delivered can be found here: http://www.classiczcars.com/photopost/showgallery.php?cat=3526 Will

I bought a $500 '82 ZX off ebay several rears ago, it ran, but wouldn't stay running-it had a leaking gas tank, and a bad ignition module. If you can start the car(take a gas can, a fuel pump a battery and enough wire to get the pump working safely) and it continues to run I would open the tank(round access panel in the hatch floor-and look into the tank to see how clean/gooped up it is, before trying to start it. if the tank is gooped up, drop it, clean it, flush the fuel lines, replace the filter, and give the key a blip! Those years ago, I knew the car had $1000 worth of parts in it, while repairing and driving it was the plan, I knew I couldn't lose in the deal-you are probably in the same place Will

Yup, Clive sent my parts and then we found out we were both going to the convention. The parts complete and were in better shape than I expected, packed well, delivered fast, and reasonable in cost-I will buy from Clive again-he's a good egg! Will

UNless the ad made it obvious the parts would need to be painted, I would be upset-and they should be...the guy packing the box should have caught that, kept it in the building, and put it on the appropriate desk to have that issue corrected. Will