Body & Paint
Discussions about bodywork and painting a Zcar.
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Want to refinish the grill on '78 coupe. Need to obtain new fasteners (7 for grill/4 for combo lamp other than lens) Nissan dealer says no longer available. Any ideas where to obtain them? Thanks
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I am nearing the time to order the air dam for my Z. I see that MSA offers them in both fiberglass and urethane. Is one better than the other? It seems like the urethane is the better choice because it isnt going to get busted up so easily. Last thing I want is having to repaint every six months because I screw it up coming into my drive or something. Any opinions? Advice? Thanks!
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I recently got my first car, a 72 240. Now this car has a fairly new repaint on it, but it was a very cheap job. It has a run or two, what looks to be puddles, and generally not a good finish at all, that isnt even uniform throughout the car. I dont think that it is clearcoated. Now i really dont have the money to get a new paint job right now, and this is only my first car so im not looking to spend a great deal of money on the car on something that i cant transfer to my next z. basically, I am asking how i would go about bringing a nice shine to a cheap paint job. The things that come to mind are sanding and buffing, and clearcoating, but as i am not a paint specialist …
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So I'm sitting here thinking of my enemy: rust. I'm the kind of person who likes to do something once and do it right, but in the case of Z bodywork, I'm a little stumped...what exactly is involved in "doing it right"? I'll do all the reading and learning I have to, and am willing to spend hours and hours in the garage, so that isn't a problem. I guess what I'm asking for is a procedure for 'doing it right' (being the refinishing of a Z car body), and hopefully, a list of tools I'm going to need to acquire. I have an entire summer to spend working on this (between work and my girlfriend), and the goal is to have everything pieced together, painted, and running smoothl…
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I had a wild idea strike me last night... I was trying to think of "different" and "wild" paint job ideas for my Z and i thought about trying to do a sharks mouth and teeth like on older planes and bombs in ww2 and in other times... so I started to look around online for ideas or pictures to see if anyone else had tried so I would get an idea of the look but I had no luck... so I was wondering if anyone here knew if that kind of paint job had a certain name or knew of anyone who had tried it or if anyone just had pics or knew where I could find them... well post here or PM me or IM me on AIM at ytz750 if you can help thanks.
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I finally have gotten the time and money to refurbish the '70 240Z to it's rightful splendor. Here is shot of the engine compartment after removing all the old Ziebart and shooting with the new Nissan white I'm using. Wire looms have been retaped. I'll get the shot in here as soon as my images are posted.
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I did a search but found nothing on this subject. Can anyone direct me to some information about the most desireable early Z colors? I had a '71 30 years ago which was the #920 Gold or Mustard color. There didn't seem to be that many with that paint. I'm looking at a '70 to restore (recondition) and it will require paint. I would lean towards the Gold color for nostalgia reasons, but wouldn't want to put all the work into it and then have a color which is not regarded very highly. What are your thoughts on it?
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I was out Saturday with my better half running errands, which found me standing in a Borders at the newsstand. On the shelf was a Classic Car magazine which had an article on 240Z's (collector status/resto/whatnot). It's a British magazine I believe. One of the things it mentioned was the fact that ALL Euro/Asian 240/260's shipped with a front valance spoiler that was not offered in the USA. Unfortunately, the photospread in the magazine was somewhat lacking, and I was wondering if anyone here could point me to some detailed pictures of this spoiler? They did give a British resto house that offered reproductions for sale (http://www.fourways-engineering.co.uk) but the sit…
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My spare tire well is filling up with water and rust is starting. How does it keep filling with water? I need to stop the water from getting in immediately. The car is kept outside since I don't have a garage but I don't drive it in the rain so the water is getting in there while it's parked. Where do you guys think the water is getting in? Is this a common problem?
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jambing tips? 1 2
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I'm in the process of stripping paint, but I'll hopefully be priming the main body within a few weeks. I plan on priming the body, then stripping and priming each panel and reassembling to paint the whole car at once. That means I'll have to BC/CC the door jambs, hatch jambs, windshield area, cowl, underside of the hood, underside of the hatch lid, and the under-hood edge of the front fenders, then mask off those areas once assembled before BC/CCing the whole exterior of the car. Can anyone offer me any tips on masking my Z with this process in mind? -Ken
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cracked doors 1 2
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My 71 has begun to get cracks in the metal at the top, forward part of the doors, right where the window frame and the horizontal molding meet. Anybody else ever have this occur? What would be the best fix, short of replacing the entire door?
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weatherstrip 1 2
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Hi everybody new to this forum and only joined for one question (that doesn't nice!) I need the following for a 240z that is in Holland (Europe, not MI) weatherstrip-door rh-lh >rubber-bumper door 2x >weatherstrip-tail gate inner 1x >weatherstrip-tail gate outer 1x >door weatherstrip-rh-lh >under door seal 2x >cowl-to-hood weatherstrip 1x >windshield weatherstrip/ with stainless trim(voorruit rubber) >window weatherstrip/with stainless trim (achterruit rubber) I do not know any place to buy this. Found one website (intheweedz.com) which worked last week but turned into a cooking website!!!!! Please let me know where to buy it in a ki…
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