Body & Paint
Discussions about bodywork and painting a Zcar.
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Hey folks, I'm trying to get the black plastic trim pieces off of the back of my 260 so I can prep the areas in the recess around the taillights. I've removed the plastic rivets along the top edge but still can't get them off. What's holding them on? I can't figure it out. This is one of the few things left to do before she goes into the body shop.
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Can everyone post up pics of their hood scoops,vents and any other hood ideas
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Hello all I've always liked the carbon fiber look, if done tastefully, but i never had a car that it would look good on until the z; I saw the 240 and 280 CF tail light panel, which is awsome! but the 280 panel doesnt have the chrome dividers or any dividers on it, it is just open like the 240 one. My question is are the chrome trim rings removable from the tail panel, so i could transfer them to the CF panel? I know i read someone here put the CF 280 panel on, how did you deal with that chrome ring? Thanks Ok after searching some internet sites some sell just the chrome trim piece, it must therefore be removable!
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change of plans 1 2 3
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well i have a 73 z i was planning on using as a driver while i put my challenger back together and of course the z bug is taking over... the problem was i knew that zs are valuable and desireable to us datsun lovers so i was holding off on doing things like making my own bare bones dash and such.. partly because i was under the impression that it was a relatively rust free z for washington.. well today i realized i was wrong.. i knew the passenger side had a hole in the floor and the frame rail was bad along with the passenger side sway bar mount, but i thought that was the worst of it. well today i was cleaning out the trunk and realized that the vinyl was holding moistu…
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Guys, i'm almost finish painting my 1978 280z, but I still have to fix the floor pans on both driver and passenger side. I have read several forums about welding and mig welders but get very confuse and discouraged. I have done several things to this car to give up on it. I don't know nothing about welding or steel. I have read that I can use 18 gauge steel to make my floor pans, they don't have to look pretty, I just want to be able to drive the car. I read on this site that someone else also had bad floor pans and Dave said that he purchased a flux welder from harbor freight for $100 and used a grinder cut of tool and a saw-all tool, I have everything except for the flu…
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A couple of simple questions about paint color for the old hubcaps and the sheet metal around the 240 tail lights.... What Color Are They? Can a Krylon spray can work? Or are they that "special" color? Thanks! Polecat
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For a '73, does anyone have a procedure/sequence for repainting the hood and B pillar emblems. The Hood emblem is plastic and the B pillars are metal. Crome is in good condition and all have the pins. I'm wondering if it is better to paint with a brush, or spray paint. If you spray paint, do you mask or remove overspray with a rag and paint thinner? Also, a close up of the hood emblem would be helpful, since I don't know which parts are supposed to be black. Thanks.
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Ok. This is going to be interesting to explain but I well try to do so. My 240Z is a original car that my moms husbands dad purchased originally. So I can point to everyone that has owned it. Now I am trying to restore the car including paint. I have the interior gutted and all the original ORANGE paint is there in great shape and every part in the cab has it! Everyone who has seen it including some new friends with Z cars have said ORANGE is great! How ever.... Today when I was looking under the hood getting ready to pull the engine and everything elts under there, I decided to look at the color tag.... COLOR NO. 110 !?!?!?!?!?! Red??? Its orange! After looking furth…
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It's like the more I do the more problems I run into. I am attaching pictures of the rails on the passenger side. They look pretty bad. What do I do now? Are there replacements? How do I replace? Is there another fix? It just keeps growing. Drivers side is better. But does have rust in it also. Thanks for your help.
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Looking for a source of inner panel sills. Does anyone have a source for these?
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Hello All!! I haven't posted in a very long while but am starting a complete refurb on my early 260Z.. I've had the car for 17 years and it's looked the same ever since I bought it in 1993. It quit running in 1995 and sat for 11 years until I woke it up in 2006. I've enjoyed driving it for the past four years and done a few mods, adding new headers and a Rebello 3.1L stroker in 2008. Now it's time for new paint.. Here's a before pic.. Started tearing her apart on November 21st and made good progress with the help of a great friend from Lithia Nissan and my Brother-in-Law, Steve. I've got a rotisserie that was loaned to me by some very generous and helpful 'Z Car…
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The recent thread about a torn away hatch hinge piece got me thinking. The same thing happened to my 1972. Not many data points, but from the thread I got the impression that the driver's side is more likely to fail. I suspect that a driver's side fail may cause the passenger side to fail quickly as well because it probably is creating unusual stresses on the other hinge, and thus accounting for the dual weld reports. The only difference between the sides that I can determine is that the single hatch strut is on the driver's side. Wouldn't seem that such a relatively small pressure could cause a break, but metal does fatigue and given enough time and flexing, any me…
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