Body & Paint
Discussions about bodywork and painting a Zcar.
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Just ordered a airdamn from MSA and while looking at the instructions I noticed they talk about tape being applied to the part. What kind of tape and where is this tape applied? I am really looking forward to getting this on just want to make sure I get it right. I searched but could find the answer hopefully I didn't miss it. Thanks in advance for the help. Oh yea this is a on a 71 240z and the urathane airdamn.
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I just removed the whale tale from my '72 and now I can see just how many holes there are in the hatch. Including 8 holes for the louvers (which are no longer on the car) I have a total of 12 holes! Otherwise the glass and hatch are in good shape without any rust. Should I be shopping for a new hatch or just plan to have the holes repaired? The car was built in 12/71 and has vertical defroster lines in the rear window. I don't plan to reinstall the louvers which I don't have anyway. Thanks for your input on this one! Gary
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Does anybody make a battery tray patch panel? Ive done this once before and just shaped the sheet metal and welded it in but id really rather have a replacement piece
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Well today I pulled the motor,tranny ,diff and all the suspension pieces even though I planned on just rattle can painting the engine bay black. Happy to report no rust under the battery or any where else un expected that we hadn't already cut out and fixed. We used seam sealer on a few places like the frame rails and tranny tunnel and painted the whole underside, interior, and engine bay with rust shield black paint and then sprayed the engine with the Datsun light blue metalic and cleared it so we can replace the engine other pieces and roll it to the actual paint booth. I am really glad we gutted the whole thing because I was able to get everything protected with phos…
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Hi: I am looking for the JDM 5 piece G-nose for the 240Z and the metal trimed headlight covers for it. I have seen a 5 piece made by Akirass on the web and think it was a little $1000.00 Thanx Patrick
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Major Ouchie 1 2 3
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Well, I was just about finished with my Z, but that was last week. On Thursday had an encounter with a rack of mailboxes. When I later settled up with the owner he told me that the support was built out of railroad ties. I hit 2 supports directly with the front end. One thing that never ceases to amaze me about Datsuns is the pounding they can take and still get you home. I've never crashed one but I've driven them pretty hard. So with some dinging (4lb sledge) I was able to get a different radiator back in (whole story behind that acquisition) and drive the car from Paso Robles to LA yesterday. Consequently, I am currently looking for a '73 rolling shell with a g…
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I have a '71 240Z that spent the first 40 years of its life in the Arizona desert. Generally a good thing, but in this case when I removed the rear hatch, the rubber spacers/gaskets on the hinges had all the maleable texture of peanut brittle, and of course broke off in bits and pieces. Replacements aren't available at Black Dragon or through the Nissan dealer. I could use new rubber gasket material, but there appears to be more to these pieces than just flat gaskets. The formerly-rubber material formed a cover over the hinges. Was that standard? If I simply use gasket material, will water not get into the roof cavity? Any of your thoughts would be appreciated.
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Can someone give me an idea of what a good paint job in original color with no rust and only minor dings will run? Needs to be good quality but doesn't have to be collector grade. Thanks in advance for any responses.
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The passenger side front corner of my hood does not got all the way down when I close the hood. I can push down on the corner and it will go down but stay. It leads me to believe the hinge is either worn out or damaged or the hood itself is damaged. However when I look at the hinge I don't see any damage and none of the holes are enlarged or hollowed out. The hood appears to be straight to the naked eye. Is there some sort of adjustment I am possibly missing? Any advice is greatly appreciated. Thank you.
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Time to re-install the side molding. It's the aluminum channel, rivet-on type with the inset vinyl strip. I almost hate to do it, the car looks better with clean sides. But without it, living and parking in a urban area means more unsightly door dings, so it's required. Question: Has anyone tried just using the 3M mounting tape to attach this type of molding? It would be much better than drilling a bunch of holes in the car. If so, how's it holding up?
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You can see the metal through my grill and it is some black due to undercoating overspray, and some 901 silver. What color should that be?
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Has anyone put the fiberglass bumper bar from MSA onto a 73 240z before? If so what are the modifications/fabrications that need to be done to the stock bumper mounts? Does anything need to be added as well? (i.e. plates welded on etc) Thank you.
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