Body & Paint
Discussions about bodywork and painting a Zcar.
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Is it possible to re place the rubber squee-gees on the side windows (280Z)? Mine are so hard they feel like metal. I'm afraid they will scratch the windows and they don't touch the glass, so water might be going down there. :disappoin Any recommendation for a supplier? thx
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Well after getting hired for my summer job I was leaving in my 78 and this lady was "straightening up" in her parking space and backed into me completely defiling my right fender. So what should i do from here? Now I have to repair all of the rust on the car and the fender, how much will this fender cost me with all of the labor? Hopefully I can get a good start with insurance money. Well I am in complete disphoria, this is just what I needed. I should be getting Wich Humble's book this weekend so that should also lend some insight. Thanks
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A month or two ago I posted some pics of rust I had uncovered after removing some undercoat on what many would consider to be a rust free south Texas car. Of course the more I looked, the worse it got. I won't even mention that the front of this car was cut off sometime in the past and another one was welded on, kind of sort of. Maybe I will mention it! I finally cut out the firewall, battery tray area/inner fender wheel well, and frame rail and pounded out some replacement parts. I also fixed that old front clip cut. Here are a cople of pics, all fixed up, in bare metal and ready to paint. Materials and tools required, a few square feet of 22 Gauge and 18 gauge st…
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i've just updated my paint code page with scanned chips from the PPG catalogs. what do you guys think? here's the new one http://www.datsunprojects.org/zpaintcodes and the old one http://www.datsunprojects.org/zpaintcodes obviously i haven't finished the 260-280Z parts yet, but it should end up looking like the 240z part someday. also if anyone has info on either domestic or colors imported to other areas besides the US i would love to have it and incorporate it into the page. for example I know the g-nose models had unique colors etc. also does anyone think I should add all available data to the page such as dates when the colors started and stopped? this data is o…
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Hi I am new to this message board so this question has probably asked but here it goes. I own a 77 280z and it is painted black. So I know that the first black Z did not come out until 78. I am going to restore it and I kind of wanted to paint it the original color. The paint tag had some black over spray on it, but I can still easily read the number. It is 216. I searched the net and found all kinds of paint codes for 240/60/80’s, just not that one. I then found a webpage that sold touch up paint that had a searchable data base. I just put in the code and it came up with Datsun Polar White. I am just wondering if anyone out there can confirm this? Any help would be gre…
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Well..take a good look at my car... do you know the paint code? If you do... please feel free to tell me. I cant read japanese... so i really dont know what my paint code is. I think this color is the same for all "blue" Zs. Please help
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not sure if this has been pointed out here before or not. i just notieced that i've got 2 different 240Z grills. not sure which are for what year, but i suspect the top one is for the '73s because i've got 2 of them like that and i've had 2 '73s. mounting points are different
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Hey guys, i would like to paint my underbody black when i am finished welding the hole in it. I cant seem to find any threads about painting it. Do i use the same procedure as painting the panels? what do i use as a finish when im done? Thanks.
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1: Where should i look for the color "Porsche Anthrecite grey" and 2: Where can i learn more about paining my car?? i want to use a spray gun and all that. Thanks alot.
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Hey guys, i was just checking and chisling all of my underbody rust out, i checked everwhere and my passenger side floor panel busted open when i hit it! i can see the thing that goes below the carpet, the hole is about as big as a fist. I got all of the rust and weak areas out, so what do i do now? how should i fix it??
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How do you paint on stainless steel? I heard its a bit tricky painting them as the paint tend not to stick on the surface. Please advise thanks
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Hatch Leak
by texasz- 5 replies
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I'm out of ideas!! I have replaced the hatch glass seal, the outter hatch seal and the inner hatch seal, the fresh air vent in the hatch (series 1 car) and yet I STILL have a water leak!!! :mad: :tapemouth What can I do!?
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