Body & Paint
Discussions about bodywork and painting a Zcar.
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Hi all, Is there a "floor" (see pic) between the two frame rails that are on top of each other between the TC rod and firewall? I am trying to spray anti corrosion material into the frame rail by inserting a wand into a hole in the front frame rail located by the radiator support and I want to be sure I am hitting all cavities and I have seen different opinions. Picture used without permission from 240dkw (thank you). Mike
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Hi, I just bought a 1976 280Z 2 seater and my biggest concern is THIS: It's the front left hand side pillar... it's the worst thing about the whole car and the only thing I cannot seem to find a solution to. It seemed fine when I bought the car but it was LITERALLY holding up by the PAINT! After I scratched up the paint bubbles, it fell appart so my question is simple: is it FUBAR (f***ed up beyond any repair) or is there anything I can get done to save another Z? Thanks!
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Well, after a long break i'm back at it. I have some moderate rust issues, but nothing i think i can't fix. Unfortunately i don't have the budget to do the whole car atm but I have seen pictures around of the rear quarter panels taken off by cutting out the spot welds. What i would like to do is take off the outer panels, including door sills, dog legs, rear quarters and tail of the car below the tail lights. I want to do this so i know im not just painting over rust and have a solid base to build from. This brings up a couple questions. 1, do these provide any structural support, will i have to do them one at a time, as is suggested with floor pans? 2, If anybody know…
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Anyone know if their was a gray or grayish color on the early Zs? 1970 through 1973? If so, do you know the color code? Thanks,, Mike
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I have a spare hatch for my car that I want to get sand blasted and painted but I would like to remove the glass to this this and also replace the weather stripping around the glass. Has anyone here successfully removed the glass and weathersripping/chrome molding? Also, is it urathaned in place? or does it just rely on the rubber seal around the window? any tips would be appraciated! Alex
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Hi again, everyone, I heard from the folks at MSA (while ordering a list of goodies) that the OEM body emblems for our z's are cast metal. That being said, a fellow forum member is parting out his '72 240z, and the emblems on the car are definitely all plastic but appear quite original (aged chrome plating, faded paint, etc). Can anyone shed some light on what emblems may have been metal or plastic? Thanks
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Spent the last 7 months preparing my 500Z for paint and finally got it done. Through a big set back painted it Bronze metallic. painted it candy apple red with gold pearl but i didnt like the way the pearl looked i sanded it down and picked this bronze color.
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The hatch on my 1970 #4095, has the two vents under the window but only has a Datsun badge on the lower left edge of the hatch. There is no angled Datsun or 240Z badges on the right side. What have I got here??? Mike
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With all the problems people are having with the reproduction weatherstrip avaliable for my 280Z, if i were abale to get OEM weatherstrip. what would be a fair price for the door seal's ?
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Thanks to Preston and everyone else who send advice on PPG products and color codes. Any suggestions on how to get good paint in California? My body shop uses PPG Omni, but they can't acquire the other PPG products. Are there any back alley specialty/ DIY shops in southern California that still peddle the 'good stuff'?
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Does anyone have the fonts they used on the BRE Datsun cars (or something close) as a vectorized font? I want to play with my paint scheme so I thought I'd get some stuff printed in vinyl to see how it looks on the car.
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Hey I recently installed new fender mirrors, and had to remove the mirror on the drivers side. Got those mirrors from a guy in NY ^^ http://i813.photobucket.com/albums/zz51/H3nrY_/Datsun%20260Z/P1000690.jpg However, it seems that perticular bolt is very hard to get to, and will probably need removing the glass itself. heres what im talking about: http://i813.photobucket.com/albums/zz51/H3nrY_/Datsun%20260Z/P1000689_1.jpg I can see that the glass itself is hooked onto 2 "hinges" http://i813.photobucket.com/albums/zz51/H3nrY_/Datsun%20260Z/P1000682_1.jpg And those are connected to 2 "slide axes" http://i813.photobucket.com/albums/zz51/H3nrY_/Datsun%20260Z/P1000686_…
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