Body & Paint
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So my 1975 280Z is missing a fender liner part on the front drivers side. This is the piece just behind the head lamp that attaches to the upper liner and a small bracket beside the back side of the side marker. It acts as a access door to the wiring harness. How unique to the different year models is this particular part? I've been searching eBay and some regional used parts dealers but no dice yet. Thanks for your help.
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Hi Guys, The time has come to start refitting the interior components to my car and I just remembered about the factory sound deadening on the firewall that I removed when it was stripped. Now this stuff was in pretty poor shape and looked like it was holding water, so what have you guys used as a substitute? I was going to skip it, then I thought in the end it would be nice to eliminate some engine noise. Pics would be great. Thanks James
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I managed to get the louvers off the hood on my 280Z and I found out the P.O. had the bolts attached ( and one ner directly to the hood) with RTV silicone! One bolt was missing so he just glued that! :devious: So after I got the rusty bolts off the hood and into the evapoRust, they came out clean & shiny now I need to reattach the bolts to the louvers. I was thinking of using J.B. Weld. Will that work? I would like to get a pic of what an original, unmolested louver looks like, can anybody help? thx
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i just finished restoring my tail light bezels and bought a new blue and yellow frame to match the plate. next i want to restore the plate and im looking for tips if anyone has had experience with this.
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i started to replace my qtr windows so i can begin the doors. im kind of... or completely new at dealing with weatherstrips. so far i got the inner qtr seals onto the glass and put the metal frame back on. now i have to put the window back on to the body with the outer qtr seal. here's the question... do i put the outer seal on the window before i put it on the body? or do i put it on the body and then stick the window on? sorry if this is a dumb question but i dont wanna screw anything up. thanks a lot
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there was a topic about polishing your winscreen with Brasso to remove light scratches, but I'm unable to find it now. finally found saome brasso at the Walmart. Can somebody repost the info on doing the polishing GLASS with Brasso? thx
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i'm starting to install the headlight relay harness i just got (thanks Dave) and was wondering about the front fender liner. extremely thin 'hammered' sheet metal. passenger side seems mostly intact, driver's side looks to have been hacked in half. i'll have to remove to change harness and headlight bulbs. has anybody come up with a good alternative (other materials, other year Z's) or am i worrying about nothing?
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http://homepage.mac.com/cdavidwilder/iMovieTheater6.html the car was nearly done in four hours of work. http://homepage.mac.com/cdavidwilder/PhotoAlbum10.html
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does anyone have this on their car? looks like black paint over body color.any reason for it?
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This is the sideview mirrors I have right now (first attachment). The pivots are getting loose, and I tightened them up all it goes, so I would like to replace these with newer ones. I saw something similar on the MSA website, but I'm not sure. Maybe somebody here recognizes this unit? the mirror attaches to the baseplate with the single screw to the hole between the two slots. An alternative idea I had was to get some motorcycle mirrors and make a baseplate that screws to the door in place of the one that's there. There is a hole about 20mm in the door under the plate in the picture so a mirror's axle/spring/nut can go through. The motorcycle mirrors look real rac…
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I'm getting close to getting rid of my 72 parts car. There are a few things left that I'd like to see go to a good home instead of the crusher. I'll post some pictures tomorrow. Some items left: L24 with a E88 head (condition unknown, turns over) 4 speed (condition unknown) R-180 (ratio unknown) All suspension components (mostly rusted) Gas tank (exterior rusted, interior unknown) Steering column E-brake handle Both seats (backs o.k., seats ripped) Some of the interior pannels, black, fair condition Some glass Window mechanisms I will also take requests on any sheetmetal parts that anyone wants, for instance the battery tray/firewall area is in decent shape, no rust throu…
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I just purchased a mint condition 1978 280-Z. It has chrome guards on front and rear bumpers, rear window louvers, and black pinstriping. I purchased a similar car new in 1978 and I know these weren't standard equipment. I believe the guards and louvers were part of a dealer sport package or something similar. Does anyone know for sure? How about the pinstriping? Could that have been part of the same package? Thank you in advance.
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