Body & Paint
Discussions about bodywork and painting a Zcar.
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Saw a few videos on youtube that caught my eye. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lG6O5lvhm8 www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqDqKzzq4ZQ I'm pretty sure the first video is mirror silvering even though they call it paint on their web site. Might be an interesting technique for restoring tail light frames, ventilation ducts and the like. You would need to put a real good clear coat on it to keep air out of it. Wonder if a valve cover finish done with silvering would hold up. Anyone tried this kind of approach. Results look fantastic, but since its silver, it could tarnish. MirraChrome looks to be similar but aluminum instead of silver and recommends lots of top coat as well. …
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my friend Mitch stopped by today to check out my z body that I picked up in Dallas. Mitch is a life long body man, he was impressed with the condition of the body. No need to take it to his shop. I can do it all in mine. got a list of supply's,and after waiting a year and a half I begin.http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/images/smilies/happy.gif
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Anyone tried these, are they any good? http://www.thezstore.com/page/TZS/CTGY/FMM
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Bought a pair of '89 - '90 Sentra Sport Coupe mirrors to install. Bracket fabrication is required. Has anyone done this mirror conversion before? If so, can you provide any advice, tips, etc.? Thanks!
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I’ve spent my free time over the last year breathing life back into the Z that sat for 10 years and now my thoughts are drifting to body work. Mine is a light blue 76 280. Even though the back panel has faded I can still remember a dark bronze color that always drew me in. I was burning some free time at work today and found a Rust-Oleum color that feels right. It is Rust-Oleum 248636 Metallic Oil Rubbed Bronze. Am I getting close with this color, or is there an actual color I can purchase at the auto paint store? Chris
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My 280zxt block is headed to the machine shop next week. I thought about painting it blue, close to the Datsun color or a GM Mopar blue; something close. I have a silver car and plan on reshooting the engine bay while my motor is out. I got to thinking a dark metallic gunmetal grey might look good against my light silver engine bay? Any negatives to using metallics on a block? Oldsmobile had a bad arse bronze metallic they used on blocks in the mid 60's that might look cool too. Thoughts?
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I'm leaning towards installing Motorsport flush mounted mirrors on my 240z. They're a bit modern-looking, but quality and good visibility is more important to me than aesthetics in this case. I was hoping I could get some feedback from owners of these mirrors. Dave
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Will this work? I'm trying to find louvers for my 77 2+2. Another member of this forum contacted me, but his Z is not a 2+2... are the hatchback windows the same size? BaTora
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This is done all the time with bike frames, I wonder if anyone has done an actual study for Z cages? The strength/rigidity to weight would be optimized by Tube dia. vs wall thickness vs geometry for a z. I think once an optimized basic design/configuration is found for these two items (strength & weight) then this basic structure can be tweaked for: 1. compliance with rules 2. ergonomics 3. safety I started looking at images of cages online but so many break fundamental engineering rules of "static structures" that I decided to post this question. I guess another option would be to clone BRE and BSR designs but I assume computer modelling has come along way to better…
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Paint 112 1 2
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Hi all what is the NISSAN PAINT 112 ? Someone has the car painted this color? The color is more similar to the yellow or the green? Here are some colors. http://www.flickr.com/photos/13763559@N05/7272884674/in/photostream N° 1 ? 2 ? 3 ? .....9 ? What do you think is the right one? thanks
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Does any one know the paint codes that Bob Sharp used for the red and blue on his cars? Or the red and blue from Datsun Motersports
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Where the stripes on 70's Z's flat black or glossy black. Thinking of putting racing stripes on want to make it look as stock as possible.
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