Body & Paint
Discussions about bodywork and painting a Zcar.
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I know this is a paint/body section but , I think it fits here. The window channel that fits in chrome trim surrounding the door glass. A good source for this stuff in good old J.C Whitney I used it some time ago and I recommend it. The part number is 18SB4877X It comes in a 8' length and you need two. $9.00 each . Another thing the fuzzy stuff that contacts the glass , inner belt weatherstrip , 19SB3480P It comes in a 6' strip and one will do both doors. $15.00 I attached it to the door panel with pop rivets , use a knife to remove some of the fuzzy material to make room for the pop rivet , this way it is way below the level of the fuzz and wont touch the gla…
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any one have a good place to buy one, I can't see forking out 2+ bills for one. Cheers MAYHEM
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I'm about to send my '71 in; after 13 yrs.; for a refresh paint job and to fix some minor dings and scratches. I am curious about a hole, about 3/8 diam., in the middle of the rear valence, below the bumper. It almost looks like it could be for wires for a trailer hook-up, but there is no evidence that a hitch was ever on the car. Did they come from the factory like this, or did the PO drill it for something? If it doesn't belong, I'd just as soon have it filled in.
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Hi, I found a guy that was willing to sell me a hood / fenders and underskirt for pretty cheap as seen in the images below... Obviously, they need to be painted, but have no rust and are in like new shape. My question is that the hood does not have vents like my original hood show below; can I custom add vents to this hood or should i just leave as is? A few other questions; I really like this bumper and side body kit below... I guess my bumpers would need to come off, do i need any other parts to mount the body kit.. I would really like to get my car looking like the dark grey one above... Any idea what rims and paint color that is? Thanks for any feedback.…
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Hey Z people, Well its been over 3 years comming. I finally painted my 240Z. I started the paint job yesterday, 6 hours just to get it preped, taped and into the booth. Then I sprayed on a coat of primer sealer, that was a total disaster. It went on to dry, and had orange peal from hell. I lightly sanded the primer coat and shot the color... IT LOOKED LIKE HELL! That was all I could take for one day. I decided to come in this morning and start all over again. I got to the school this morning at 8 am and started sanding. I wet sanded all of the orange peal and dry primer bumps off the base coat, that took me 4 hours. Once I had the Z all preped and ready to…
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So Im up here in Canada and winter is coming fast. I bought a new house that were moving into January 30th, right in the dead middle of winter (it has a 2 car garage...yaaa!). Since I had to go about buying the new house and selling this one, it ate up alot of my Z-time this summer. I HAD planned on getting all the paint off her (she's currently just a rolling shell) and getting her into a shop to get her prepped and painted before winter. BUT.. Currently the enging bay is all cleaned out and about 60% coated with POR-15. I 'll have to read if I can finish it in cold weather, or I'll have to heat the garage all morning then finish it. The rest of the body is MOSTLY paint…
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the title explains it And please state any reasons of why you decided to go down that path.
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I hesitated before posting this in an old thread or whether to start a new thread altogether as I am unclear on this point – if starting a new thread is not the go then perhaps it can be deleted and the post transferred to this thread http://www.classiczcars.com/forums/showthread.php?t=20705&highlight=tow+hooks. I was looking at a friend’s 260Z 2 seater the other day which has been done up for a little club sport driving. There was a tow sticker indicating the tie down hook as being a tow hook for the vehicle. He was a little taken aback when I advised my recollection that the tie down hook was not a tow hook. This stuck in my mind and I went looking for verifica…
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I just spent 3 or 4 hours packing around with my AC and in a rather numb moment I removed the cowling to see if there was a back entrance (doesn't exist). It was a revealing sight to see though - I now know why these cars are rust prone - no paint!!! Can you believe it, a very light spray of primer, but no paint anywhere throught this area. It's a drain for ---- sake.:mad: I recommend that if you haven't opened it up that you should take the time to do so. I have cleaned it out with a brush - it appears to be just surface rust, but it's pretty well the only rust on the car (other than battery tray) - from southern California. Tomorrow it gets the rust treatment - disa…
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Well I am restoring my 71z and wanted to paint it red orange, code is 110. But the rims I’m getting is CCW, in grey color with polish lip. So I think it wont match the paint. I’m thinking of a dark grey, or gunmetal color. But don’t know which one to go with I want to go with the 180sx grey color but cant find the color code for that car. Do anybody know and good color out there that match my description…. Or do you know what color is this z and paint code
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Hey guys, anybody have success in removing tree sap without damaging the paint?
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My son and I are trying to find fender flares for our 240z. We found the following: 1. Metal ones at Black Dragon 2. Fiberglass at Motosport Autos 3. Carbon Fiber (ZG) Don't really like the look of the screws on the ZG. We want to be able to put wider tires on it to run it on the local tracks. Do the MSA flares last? Do they crack over time? Is it common for them to plain break? We would like to do this once. Hopefully this isn't a duplicate thread. We searched for hours. Thanks for the help.
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