Body & Paint
Discussions about bodywork and painting a Zcar.
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Hey gang, just ordered and now installed a complete set of Precision weatherstrip on a 71 S30 purchased from MSA (the weatherstrip, not the car, sorry...) The door weatherstrip was the big surprise. They seem to have gotten it right finally, the doors close exactly the same as they did with the old stock weatherstrip. No slam, no protruding doors, no drama. Just a decent fit. The bulb size is equivalent to the Kia weather strip, in fact, the precision strip is a U, not a closed circle like the Kia strip, so is more flexible, and more like the stock cross section. Might have to go back to ordering this stuff instead of the KIA part again.
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I am trying to remove front bumper and valance on my 1978 280z to make way for a new air dam. I am stuck removing the valance. I got all of the obvious bolts out, but there are 2 issues: The side fender and valance appear to be "fused" together? The last few bolts have some kind of gunk/material that is nearly hard as rock stuck on them and I can't get to the bolts. I thought the valance was 3 pieces. It looks like where the middle and side piece attach, there is a ton of gunk around the bolt that holds them together. WTF is this stuff? 2nd pic is zoomed in on area of first pic: Secondly, why do the fender and valance appear to be f…
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Good evening All, A question and a thought First the question. I am installing new inner and outer seals on my 240Z quarter windows. I got the glass into the new inner seal, using a sealant as Humble in the How to Restore book recommends, but no way could I get the metal frame to reach around it. With great effort, I was at least 1/4 - probably more - short of getting the screw holes on the front part of the frame to reach those on the main piece. Thinking that perhaps the glass was binding in the rubber, I cleaned out the sealant and replaced it with light-weight grease. I still can't squeeze the two frame components together. I honest can't recall wh…
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I have seen that people put some kind of bracing behind their urethane air dams on their cars so that they don't flex at high speeds, often for pretty cheap. Anyone have any pics of what this looks like? I am not sure how to start or where to attach it to. I could figure it out from a pic of the setup.
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Hey, sorry but i am on a tablet so i keep myself short for now.....what is the eggshell yellow like Color of the Underbody of a 76' 280z.....cannot find it anywhere and the chassis is too bis to bring it to a Color scanner..thanks!
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I have an old car that has surface rust on the battery tray area but the sheet metal in this area is very solid. I am in the process of stripping the car to the shell. A body shop will be media blasting the entire shell. Does blasting remove the acid from the sheet metal or should I rinse the area with something to reduce the PH? Am I over thinking this? Thanks
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does anybody know of a source for the rubber boot that go in the trunk deck hinge slot I am also looking for a solution for holding the bottom of the tail light surrounds in I managed to lose the brackets and clips thanks.
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Stripping the undercoating and I found this on the inner wheel well in the rear. Was this area brazed from the factory, or does it look like the inner or outer skins where replaced?
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I'm fortunate to have two driver's door window-lift mechanisms. The sad part is that each is missing a piece. One is missing the coiled spring, and the other is missing one of the little plastic idler wheels. A parts swap is logical, but I am unsure as to how to remove either one. As for the spring, has anyone removed that? How much tension is it under, and how far will it unwind if removed? Is there a tool for re-installing? With the idler wheel (I'm sure I'm using the wrong name, but if you've had one of these apart, you'll know what I'm talking about), can anyone suggest some way of removing it without destroying? Many thanks
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Saw a C.F. bumper at MSA. Doesn't fit '73's. http://www.thezstore.com/page/TZS/PROD/classic02n02/50-1752 They say you can swap 71-72 bumper brackets that fit the bumper but they need modification, without explaining the modification except to say cutting and bending is required. I have some experience with fiberglass and have some carbon fiber cloth so wonder if I could make a CF mounting plate on the CF bumper and use the '73 brackets instead of buying and modding 70-72 bumper brackets. Feel like I brought a spoon to a fork fight.
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I've started to run out of small projects on my car and am left with two big ones: the motor, and body/paint. Since I'm in CA and subject to the smog laws, and the engine's reliable and strong enough to still be fun, I figure that can wait, so I've come up with the following plan to get the car looking better. I'm hoping the folks here with more experience can tell me just how bad of an idea this all is, and what I should do differently. What I've got to work with: It's not good, but it could be worse. The car's had at least one bad respray, possibly more. The body work I can see that has been done is pretty terrible, and there's small dents on many panels t…
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Gentlemen I finally got the time and gumption to attack that right rear wheel well. What began as a bubble under the paint mushroomed into a rather large cancered area after a few moments of sweeping with the sandblaster. This area has been troubling me and I needed several months of study and thought to figure out my approach. The contours of this particular area make it quite a challenge to replicate satisfactorily. Not sure if I needed to cut the inner wheel well I began with the outer skin. Using a rotary cut off tool the outer skin was removed only to expose a rather large rusted area on the inner well also. Spots like this that are not in plain site are part of the …
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