Body & Paint
Discussions about bodywork and painting a Zcar.
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I just finished shooting the POR-15 tie-coat primer in the engine bay and inner fenders and I thought it turned out pretty good. I have put a ton of time into this and I'm soooo close to getting it to the body shop I can taste it. I'll tell you guys my process in case anyone wants to pipe in with some comments - more than appreciated. I sandblasted earlier, got all the paint off with a wire wheel, then used metal-ready on it. I put por-15 in the engine bay, and inner fenders (over a period of a year). Then I cut out some metal at the front the po put in for the huge one piece bumper/spoiler. So now its close to looking original. I used marine-clean the other day, then…
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I am changing my drivers door handle on my 77 280. I have managed to remove the two nuts .. there is some bleeding on my arm but not too bad yet. What now? Do I need to push the arm out of where it locks into the handle itself ? Is it easier to remove the window ? .. Anyone who has done this please help me with this job .. Thanks .. Bruce
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I unscrewed the blinker lights on the side of the car and removed all the rubber from them and cannot figure out how the wires come off of the light. I didn't want to pull to hard for fear of breaking it. Any help would be great, Thanks! I have a 73, dont know if it makes a difference though.
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Mine don't look too nice, and are dinged, scratched & a little rusty. I would like to replace the chrome retaining rings, but they aren't in any of my catalogs. I believe a Z uses 7-inch round lamps? Where can you get the retaining rings for them? thxZ
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Lots of work yet to do, but the colors came out perfect. Currently working on the trim and hardware. The body shop made some mistakes and has some more work to do once the paint dries.
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Ok so I am getting ready to go get estimates to get my 1971 240z painted. I have all the glass, doors, hatch, windows, etc stripped from the car. The paint needs to be stripped and there needs some minor body work on the sides of the car where the molding was. How much should I be looking to spend to get a good base coat, cleat coat and minor body work for my Z? Thanks Keith
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I misplaced my service manual CD. Anyone have a good how-to on removing and reinstalling the door glass? -Trevor
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Well she is up on the rotisserie and the new floor panel seams are all welded up. Now that I can see everything so much better I realized that either I missed a reinforcement plate on the drivers rear floor or there wasn't one there originally(I think I missed it). Does anybody know if this is supposed to be on both sides? Jeff
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Hello all, I have finally gotten to the point where I can mount the Z to the rotisserie. The front isnt going to be a problem but the rear bumper mounts dont look to be strong enough to hold the entire car up. Is there anybody out there who has any info on how they attatched the rear to the rotisserie? Any help would be appreciated, pics doubly so!! Jeff
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Our paintless dent repair guy didn't want to try removing the dents in the door on my Z because he said the paint probably wouldn't hold up to the bending back out. I think it is the original paint and no telling how old the dents are. The dents are quite deep for door dings and it has 3 of them within about a 10" area on the drivers door. I was hoping to get them popped back out and don't really want to mess with having a body shop do it as I can't imagine anyone being able to match the look of the 34 year old paint. Anyone familiar with removing dents with old paint? Will it likely split or do that wonderful spiderweb cracking? -Trevor
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This guy couldn't either, so he went with all three. http://orangecounty.craigslist.org/car/395556475.html And it is a bargin at only $27,000 (8k less than his $35k investment)
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For those of you who have had their cars dipped or sandblasted, what product did you use to insulate the wiring harness fixing tabs in the engine bay. I could use some heatshrink on them but I'd rather try to find something as close to stock as possible. Can you buy a liquid form of rubber that sets once exposed to air? It would be difficult to do but it could be done with a lot of prior testing. Cheers James
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