Body & Paint
Discussions about bodywork and painting a Zcar.
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Are the left and right chrome bezels interchangeable ie. can you rotate one side 180 deg and install on the other side?? Thanks!
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Well, I bought a 240Z without knowing exactly what I was getting into - I knew about the rust, replacing floors, etc., but Charlie Osborn tells me that one frame part that I need is not available and has to be fabbed (the part of the frame rail behind the passenger side T/C rod pocket). See the attached picture. The drivers side is OK. Anyone replaced this piece and have any advice? I've only had the car about a week, and I've gutted most of the interior so far to see what I'm up against. Hopefully it's worth it. It is a 1970 - car number 215 built in 11/69. Some more pics of the rust problems at: http://www.csar.uiuc.edu/~mdbrandy/240Z/240ZRust.htm Thanks for an…
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Ok so here's my situation without going too deep into story. I had my car reversed into by some moron a while back, no note was left but I was left with a broken bonnet. I could have got the old one repaired but I was told it's very difficult to get it right again and I really wanted the custom vents it had. See my gallery last page for those. So after speaking to my local Z guy I opted for a later style (280z) fluted bonnet. (In Aus these came on 260z's 74 onwards). It was originally green but my car was Ferrari red so he sprayed it red for me. After having it done I noticed in a few spots that there was an orange peel roughness to some parts of it. The rest would be smo…
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I have seen a 240Z which featured something similar to the thermo-tec adhesive heat shield along the underside of the transmission tunnel etc presumably to reflect the heat radiated from the exhaust. Anyone have opinions on whether something like the is worthwhile or saw justification to do this? I remember in an old Z i used to own the interior side of the transmission tunnel got quite warm.
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What would a decentlypreped black primer paint job with a clear coat look like. I don't know anything about painting except from what I have read here. But I figure a black primer with a clear coat and some shinny silver wheels might look actually kinda cool. Also I heard there is aprimer with silver already in it...ever heard of that... that might be cool also. So since flat black looks cool what would flat black with a clear coat look like?:classic:
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I've been sanding and sanding (and sanding) with an orbital sander. Started w/ 100 grit, and out of impatience, fatigue, boredom, moved to 60 grit. Not much faster, but etching into the steel. With over 75% of the vehicle yet to do, I'm inclined to use paint stripper. I tried some on my donor 73 as an experiment, and it seems one helluva lot easier/faster. Any advice /warnings?
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I have read some of the info stating that using either a self etching or epoxy primer under the Bondo really extends the life of a Bondo patch. Unfortunately I read this AFTER I had done the patch and all the sanding, so there is no primer underneath my Bondo. Is it really worth it to grind the Bondo out and redo? Since I don't have access to a gun, I am forced to use whatever primer comes in a spray can. Any recommendations on brands that will work well under the Bondo? Any tricks or proven methods are appreciated. Thanks, Victor.
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ok, im FINALLY getting to the priming stage of my car. I already put a layer of etching primer on a while back, but now that all of my body work is just about done, im going to be putting on the gray primer which will be right before my paint if i understand correctly... my question would be this "how many layers of primer should i lay?", "what grit sandpaper should i use before my first layer?", "what grits should i go through and end at?" and i guess ill ask some other sanding and layering questions about painting later when it comes to my topcoat. thanks for the info, -Zach
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I have a 260z and it was Z barred before I bought it. I guess it had tar and other things put behind the panals to prevent rust. This is all good and dandy, but in the process they put this suff on my firewall and on the rest of the engine bay making me never want to show off the engine because of the ugliness. I want to remove the stuff from this area because the original paint is still lusterous underneath. If I did remove it, would it rust easily even though all of the paint would be there? Thank you -Ben
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Have any of you added airdams and/or rear spoilers and noticed any improvement in the exhaust fumes? I'm almost finished adding mine, and I'm hoping against hope that there is going to be an appreciable difference. (If so, maybe my wife and daughter will go for a ride; they're actively boycotting the Z because of it. My son, on the other hand, could care less!)
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Driving home this avo in the zed, some little wanker on a bike rode out in front of me. I hit the brakes suddenly and the car swerved hard right and locked what I think was the front right wheel. Now the car pulls to the right reasonably heavily and when I apply the brakes it pulls very hard to the right and you get sorta shhh shhh shhh shhh shhh scrubbing sound from the front right wheel. Anyhow, I've just had a look under there expecting a problem with the suspension or brakes and found something much much worse. The chassis rail on the right hard side where the radius rod connects to it, has totally seperated from the body! It's all quite rusted and is displaced abo…
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My car has been pretty well undersealed... but i would like to do it again as some areas are begining to flake.. I dont think its a good idea just to paint over old underseal so i need to remove the old stuff. (anyone disagree??) Any ideas how to remove underseal which is extremely sticky (tar like)? I tried to scrape it but it just spreads it around and makes a mess... By the way, I plan on using POR 15 to underseal the car, after reading some good recommendations... (that should do the trick shouldnt it?) Thanks all.
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