Interior
Discussions about the interior components of your early Zcar.
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I made floor heater-duct diverters and a plenum for the center vent using a rapid prototyping machine. It’s essentially a 3D printer. You send the 3D CAD file to the printer and 4 to 12 hours later a plastic part emerges. Pretty cool technology. The parts are made of white polycarbonate which I painted black. Attached are pics of the center plenum before paint, and then mounted to the control panel. It’s held on using vinyl covered spring clip taken from my old door seals. The floor duct diverters will be glued to the bottom of the heater box vents. (see attached pic). These will direct the air into the footwells. I plan to install the controls this…
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Attached is a pic of my “temporaryâ€� front kick panel speaker mounts. (Ignore the sawdust, I was cutting & fitting). They have 4â€� Pioneer, 3-way speakers mounted on wood spacer rings. The kickboards themselves are made of 1/8â€� thick paper composite board covered with upholstery vinyl. The wood rings are covered with vinyl tape. My plan for this winter is to make similar kickboards with the speakers on angled spacers that project the sound out & up about 15 degrees from the plane of the kick panel. This will provide better high frequency sound to the driver & passenger. I also plan to add 3/8â€� radius between the spacer and the kick plate fo…
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Have you ever heard or seen "Nismo Racing Mirror" that were only used on race track back then. It was made by NISMO for Skyline GT-T (Hakosuka) and S30 Z cars on tracks. The last good condition original one that was sold costed "210,000Yen" (About $2300!!!!!!) Reproduction ones used to be available until few years ago for $700, or so. During this trip to Japan, I found this company that just started making ones again at less cost. As original, tt is made of Alumnum with 2mm thick chrome mirror, and it looks just like original one. Installation is very simple. All you have to do is that you replace your old leg off your mirror and replace it. If anyone wants ones, ple…
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I am redoing my door panels and don't know how to attach the fuzzy window strip to the edge of the door panel. The original fuzzy strip was attached using several large staples. I have not been able to find any kind of stapler that I thought would work for this. My only other thought would be a heavy duty epoxy to hold it. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks. carl
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In the process of replacing my interior with new parts and I have run into a snag with the dog leg trim that goes behind the door. I am short at least one or two of the original clips that attach the trim to the body but that isn't the problem. In attempting to use the clips I am having a heck of time getting them properly located on the new trim piece. I attempted to use universal trim clips made of plastic from ACE Hardware (I love their fastener department) but the ones I bought were too big. I will go back and buy smaller ones but I am wondering what others who have used this replacement part have done.
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my 72z doesn't have retractble belts but it does have the pockets. the loose belt is a pain in the @ss. always digging them out from under the seat , sitting on them and worrying about them hanging out the door. i would like to install the retractable belts, would i have to drill holes to install them? could anyone post pics of their. i would only install retracting part and not the buckle part, is that ok?
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Well we just finished a pita job of sound deadening the car. My dad did 99% of the work . Currently my car does not have any stereo equipment but i hope to put in a simple system later on down the road. The sound deadening i used is called Rattle trap made by fatmat. I bought it on eBay; 100sqft shipped for $160. The mat stick very well to all surfaces. Also dont be fooled into thinking that this is a quick job that can be done in 1 afternoon. It take a good bit of time to make sure the surface is clean and ready for application and the pieces are cut well so everything fits together nicely with no wrinkles and huge overlaps at the edges. Here are a few pictures of the …
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Has anyone used Too Intense Restoration to recondition their steering wheels? I just noticed they offer this service from $125 - $195 depending on the condition of the steering wheel. I am thinking about having this done. carl
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Well, tonight I started to work on replacing the vinyl door panels on my car. Things went ok. Unfortunately the skins I got don't have the correct texture on the center part of the door like the original ones. Originally I was sent the wrong color (black ones) and they were correct but I didn't want to deal with it anymore so I went with what I got. So the actually attachment of the vinyl went fine. For some reason the picture makes them look really wrinkly but they don't look that bad in person. One of the problems I had was finding a replacement door skin with the original chrome strip. One day I was in Pep Boys looking for stuff and stumbled upon this chrome str…
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I had my door panels re-covered with a foam backing. Problem is the window crank now drags on the new material. Eventually the window crank will scratch the material. Is there a window crank that will fit and provide some clearence between the crank and the panel? Thanks Miles
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I often see the question "how do I mount speakers in my Z". I installed some new 5.25" co-ax speakers in my 240 today, so I though I'd chronicle the process. My design goal was to install modern speakers without encroaching on the foot well area. That requirement calls for cutting into the kick panel to use the area behind the panel. The space behind the kick panel is limited to about 1-1/2" (it's actually 1-3/4", but there is a bolt head for the door bracket that takes up some space - you'll see it in a photo below). Most 5.25" speakers sold today are 1-3/4" to 2-1/2: deep (when front mounting.) The speakers I purchased (Alpine SPS-500) are 2" deep. I could have buil…
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Hey everyone, Tomorrow I hope to start installing the interior vinyl in my 240z. I was planning on starting with the wheel well arches in the rear. When I removed the old vinyl years ago, I am pretty sure they were glued down to the metal, not any underlayment. When I dry fit the vinyl, they seem huge with lots of room and bagginess. I have put down a layer of FatMat so I thought it would help some but not appreciably. When you install the vinyl, I assume the spray adhesive is a contact adhesive that you apply to both the arch and the vinyl. Do you turn the vinyl inside out and start from the top and work your way down? How do you deal with the folds and excess sp…
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