My 260Z build (Brake upgrades and Mods)

[Zs-ondabrain]

Finished up the License plate light today, as well as Arne's 3rd bake light, since I was working with LED's anyways.

Ordered some LED's from www.superbrightleds.com that have 6 4 pin white LED's in a strip. Made a box out of 1/8" ABS plastic and 3/16" clear Plexiglass. Beveled the edges so the lens will sit flush in the cut out steel. Sealed it all off with thin adhesive foam and made it removable with 3 small screws. The last picture shows just how bright it really is, especially on the floor. (Lose your keys? let me back up for ya.) hehehe

Now on to the reverse light, yah fun... I think I'll put it Under the license plate.

Dave

Edited February 27, 2010 by Zs-ondabrain

[Bonzi Lon]

Will the reverse light be wired to a sounding device?

Bonzi Lon

[Zs-ondabrain]

Nope. No back up beepers here..... But I was thinking that I could wire every LED light into a "Speratic Circuit" for car shows.... Just turn it on and let it flash every light, one at a time, in no particular order. It would look awesome at night. This will be one of the brightest, cleanly lit 260Z's on the planet.

Between the custom License plate lights, reverse light strip, brake lights, turn signals, side markers, front markers, HID headlights and Cold Cathode Tube lighting on the inside, This should be able to be seen from space??? Maybe? Maybe even go with an underbody kit??? Nah, not this time.

Dave

[Zs-ondabrain]

Spent a little time on the 260Z today. Finished up the Reverse light and cut the hole out under the plate recess. I bought 3) LB3 LED light bars that have 6 High Flux 60 Degree LEDs per bar for a total of 18 Super brite High Flux LED's (same LED's as the License plate light) Superbrightleds.com Desoldered all the LED's and resistors and put them all side by side on a peice of radio shack perf board (unprinted circuit board) Pic #2

Made another ABS box with reflective aluminum foil inside and a 3/16" Plexiglass top that I shaved the side to fit the metal cut-out of the taillight plate. I also bought a 2' X 2' sheet of light defusor plastic for kitchen lights. Cut a peice to fit inside the box and glued it to the plexiglass and that to the box. Pic #1, 3, 4, 5, 6, and Picture 7 show how bright it is on the ceiling of the garage. Camera don't do it justice though, IT'S BRIGHT!!!

I also had to figure out a way to mount the reverse light AFTER welding and paint. And do it without drilling holes in the outer plate for a flush look. So I cut 2 sheets of steel and bolted them to the inner rear plate, welded 2 nuts to the body, and bolted the plates to the body which allows me to turn the 2 inside screws to push the plates up against the reverse light box and make it flush against the outer body... Sounds confusing but it works like a charm and you'll never see the work it took to get it to work properly and correctly.

Pic #8 and 9. You can't see the welded nuts under the plates.

I also welded the rear plate on FINALLY!!! What a fracken pain in the butt. My Welder sucks donkey balls. But I got it on. Now there's a lot of grinding to do then a lot of filling and sanding. I'm bitching but at least things are getting done, even if it's slowly. Pic #10

Dave

[Arne]

Not bringing it to Canby this year, are you?

[Zs-ondabrain]

That WAS the plan but unless I win the Lotto this week, it ain't happening. Probably won't be on the road till June or July now. Likely later than that.

I did however order the 3) sets of 5-1/4" Alpine SPS speakers and the 2 Alpine MRP amps (M500 mono amp and the F300 4-channel amp) so I can start making custom panels and pods including the custom door panels with pods.

I'll email you in a bit.

Dave

[Zs-ondabrain]

Did a little more today, wore out all my sanding disks (flap style) so I bought some heavy duty80 grit disks that actually screw on. They work awesome. Touched up a few more welds and did a little pounding here and there. When the sun comes out, I'll start throwing some filler on there and start getting the shape I want.

And there's even a shot of Z_Tyler_Z working on his 76' and a shot of what all driveways should look like......

[Zs-ondabrain]

Did some more work while waiting on parts for a huge MSA order.

here ya go, The 3rd picture is all the remaining "Interlock" wires torn out of the body harness.

Dave

[Zs-ondabrain]

And here's the remaining pictures, I'm done for a few days. I gotta get this big order done. The last picture is the "Before" shot for the next set of pictures I'll upload next week?? Maybe.

Dave

Edited March 11, 2010 by Zs-ondabrain

[Zedyone_kenobi]

This may be a stupid question, but if you fiberglass that in, how will you remove that rear panel to access the lights. Forgive me if you have covered this already (you probably have)

[Zs-ondabrain]

The corner speaker pod is just that, a Pod. You'll notice the screw on top and there are 2 more on the inside, screwing the pod to the amp panel. You can see the 2 screw holes in the first picture, on the right side of the picture. There are gaps between the panels but that'll be filled when the vinyl or Charcoal Grey Tweed is laid on and glued down.

They'll be placed into the car in this order.... Quarter panel pods, then Left and Right speaker pods screwed into the quarter panels, then the center panel will cover the screws holding the speaker pods in place. Each pod or panel will overlap the previous and make everything appear to be one peice and only a few screws will be seen.

You might even notice the lower gap between the speaker pods and the floor, to allow the carpet to slide into place without modifying the carpet.

The question though, is Do ya like it so far?

Dave

Edited March 14, 2010 by Zs-ondabrain

[70 Cam Guy]

I like the glass work, nicely molded into the original back panel. Clever use of the EVAP canister lump too for the amp. You'll have some people lining up for speaker panels and installs if you're not careful