Body & Paint
Discussions about bodywork and painting a Zcar.
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Some of you have dealt with this little annoyance, and I have found a perfect solution. When doing a full restoration, or at least the full interior, you often have to replace the head liner and the A pillar vinyl, as well as the vinyl trim that goes across the top of the windshield where the sun visors and rear view mirror mount. While I won’t discuss the pain of installing these items, what I have found is even more of a pain, is finding the nine M5 threaded holes to put the visor and mirror mount back in. All that fresh painfully installed lovely vinyl, and 9 secret little holes you have to find to poke holes through. Get out the pokey thingy of your choice …
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Hey folks, I'm doing some work restoring the gas tank and have access to the area that would be blocked by the tank. The car was previously restored, and looks like they did an epoxy layer and then some rubberized undercoating. I want to do a few bits of minor repair and follow the same approach. I've been trying to see if I can match the rubberized undercoating but I'm not quite sure what was used. I don't think it's bed liner as it's not rock hard. I know it's a bit of a longshot, but figured I'd post a picture to see if anyone recognizes it. I thought it might have been 3m Schutz but after getting a closer look at how that lays down, I'm not sure it's that. I migh…
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The hinged lids of the 240Z attach using the outer pairs of tapped holes. But why do both doors have this extra pair in the middle? I have seen pics of brackets bolting here for the 1977 and later false floors, but why were they on earlier cars?
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Regarding the deep (full-size) spare tire tubs, I have seen two differences. 1) Some have one drain hole (fwd) and some have 2 (fwd and aft). 2) Some have what looks like a heat shielded welded to the side next to muffler. The question: what is the date of these changes? Before I weld in my salvaged tire tub I wanna make sure I have the correct one.
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Hi all! As some of you know, I have a persimmon 72 240z with white interior- original. Hoping someone can assist me with tracking down the paint code for the grey color paint for the grill and the rear surround plate around the tail light? Thanks much for you assistance! K The lil z lady
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Does anyone have a source for this rubber/foam seal for the fender inner wing. It seems it will likely push out the fender slightly and I want to have it installed before I get more picky with panel fit. It is what is attached here (thanks to Geezer for the stolen pic!) Nissan has discontinued it, but I imagine someone here has found suitable material somewhere. Thanks in advance.
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Other than KFVintage, what do y'all think is the best fitting/most accurate dogleg repair panels? KF makes some fantastic panels (some panel more fantastic than others) but I just can't come close to getting them to fit with the KF ones I have. Looking for folks who have install experience with other panels.
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While fighting door gap issues (separate thread) my attention was re-drawn to this odd divot on the passenger door: It was clearly filled before paint, but blasting off the paint and filler exposed it. Here is a close-up There is no deformation outside of a 3/8" radius. This small but deep divot seems machine-made, albeit a mistake. And the divot had a hole in the middle that was filled with some factory material that looks identical to the bonding adhesive used inside the door. Here is a pic what the backside looks like: Anyone have any insights here?
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I'm making good progress on the metalwork of my May 1971 240Z. But when I rehung the right fender and door, I simply could not get the gaps acceptable. Here is a pic of the car before stripping and disassembly. I can live with these factory gaps. After stripping and epoxying, the door still fits with all the body lines aligning nicely. But now the front gap is much larger than original. Of most concern is this: The vertical gap at the lower corner of the door is a whopping 11mm wide! Now my first thought was that the fender was simply not aft enough. But the lower shirt of the fender is up against the the little jog…
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PRP has new (to me anyway) options to rebuild or replace your door belt moldings. WFP4410-70 kit with LH and RH rubbers only. Install on your exist WFP4411-70. LH and RH complete with SS strip with new rubber 70-72 WFP4411-73. LH and RH complete with SS strip with new rubber 73-78 Not sure what the difference would be….. Summit seems to have good pricing PRP.COM is $161 for 4411-70 vs $95 at Summit
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Story time:) And it’s a long one. I’m painting my 73 240 to address some rust issues especially in the doors. While searching for door skins I stumbled across the door assemblies from Resurrected Classics. For the price point and my available time window it seemed like the best way to move forward. I ordered the doors and received them promptly. They were. well packaged and looked really good. I figured I’d do a quick test fit by hanging them on the car. I used a single bolt top and bottom initially. The drivers door looked great with a slight problem where the door bottom meets the fender. Nothing a little filler wouldn’t fix. I then proceeded to fit the passengers …
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Anyone know the color of the stock 240Z wheels? Friend of mine is restoring a 1970 240 and wanted to know the proper stock color. Thanks Guy
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