I am going to be purchasing a Zedd Findings set of rails and pans in the coming week or so. I am hoping someone on here has had a great experience with a local to middle TN company, that I can be referred to. I know the importance of this job being done well. I have had no experience with any shops around here. I have done everything "mechanically" speaking so far myself, but this is something I do not have the equipment to or faith to attack myself. I want this done right.

Hopefully someone will be able to lead me to a good place. I am in Smyrna, TN. There is a shop around the corner called Tennessee Classic Automotive (tcacars.net). I do not know anything about them, other than I drive by it most everyday and they appear to work on tons of American muscle. I plan to call them and go and meet with them. Thanks again everyone!

Jamie

Be sure to ask the shop about any prep work you can do ahead of time to keep cost down. You may have to find a shop that does european or Japanese cars many of the muscle car shops around here weren't interested in working on my Z. Go to your local automotive paint supply store and when no other customers are around ask who they would recommend. They have to be careful to not offend any of their other customers (ie body shops) but they should be able to point you in the right direction. I would strip all the seats, carpet interior door trim and seals at a minimum. It might help to go to a self serve car wash and pressure wash the tunnel area also, fwiw. I would be curious to know what the going rate is now. 20 years ago I paid $600 to have floors put in and they did an "ok" job not great. I would think it has gone up dramatically since then.

Charles

Found my shop. Will be using Tennessee Classic Automotive in Smyrna, TN. Owner is a Z enthusiast himself. Owns 2 280's and a 95 300zx TT. He has restored several Z's over the years, and they are a full bore restoration shop. They have access to do everything. They have a paint booth on site as well.

Looking forward to getting it started. I am awaiting him to have an opening. He is full right now.

That sounds like a good choice

C