Todays progress

[hls30.com]

Between yesterday and this evening, I have all most all of the suspension ready for a final wipedown and paint

Every piece except the (struts/bearing carriers-which have been completly stripped for brake upgrade/bearing replacement) has been glass beaded, and treated with MetalReady.

Will

[LanceM]

Hey Will,

You only need one set of steering knuckles per car, what you got there, a long set and a short?? Toss the longs

[Bambikiller240]

NO! Keep the longs, and mail the short ones to me!

[Alfadog]

Keep taking photos Will, I'm lovin' this!!

[hls30.com]

My 240Z came from the "factory" (dream factory, that is) with four wheel steering!

NOT!

Unfortunately, both sets are the same length! the second pair came from the '76.

I just spent a few minutes to clean the second set up for storage.

I also cleaned up several sets of the front and rear suspension hardware.

Here are some pictures of the pieces that are not authentic, but may be interchangeable-though not called substitutes by Nissan.

The differences in the racks(between '76 and '72) are the '72 has two places for grease fittings-while the later rack has none. The rack bushings are wider in the '76 than in the earlier one, the '76 appears to be made up of more parts than the earlier one.

The differences in the front crossmember are the later version is made of two laminations of steel throughout, three at the jacking pad. While the earlier one is a single ply everywhere except the jacking pad, and immediately at the welded on appendages. These differences are noted just from eyeballing, but I will make measured comparisons in the next week.

[drunkenmaster]

I just happen to be doing similar things on this side of the globe. Nothing more to say on what you have said, but here are some photos anyhow.

[hls30.com]

One word,

Pretty!

Will

[hls30.com]

And here we have todays progress.

First, I finished the modifications to one of the spring perches to make it fit on the coil over collar-didn't get to the other one-I must get some more bits for the lathe-yet another trip to Harbor Freight.

Second, I started working on refinishing my wheels-the first one anyway.

The gold is coming off, I haven't figured out what color I want yet-playing with the idea of just buffing out and polishing the whole thing, or painting the mesh to match the car.

Third, I modified a set of turbo ZX wheel caps to fit my wheels, what do you guys think? With the polished lip it should look Zweet!

Will

PS, the sticker on the treaded collar was left in place just for Carl, it is a notification that "this product contains chemical known in the state of California to..."

[drunkenmaster]

Great job,

Wheel caps look good and my opinion is that either a polished finish or a gun-metal grey coating on the mesh wheels would come up nice.

[hls30.com]

Ok,

Here is the next installment-the TIG is waiting for parts so I can finish the floors, so I used today for restoring the quarter windows.

There is a before and after shot of the right and left windows.

1) I took them apart.

2) Cleaned everything,

3) Polished the glass (with the Eastwood kit) to get rid of the slight scratches, and the water spots.

4) Stripped the old adhesive off with paint stripper

5) Buffed out the stainless

6) Replaced the glass to frame seal

7) Replaced all of the hardware with stainless steel

8) Did not use weather strip adhesive in putting them back together-I will finish the weatherstripping when the car is ready for them.