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May 26, 201410 yr

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Yea the sound deadening was still in good shape around the transmission hump so I decided to leave it. I will just replace the floor pan areas.

All of the interior harness ties were painted white to match, there were a few ties in the engine bay that had torn rubber but I think im going to remove all the rubber off of them and respray them with either plasti dip or black rubberized undercoating.

Good eye on the brake hardware I never even noticed that. One side is stainless bolts and the other is black allen head. Not sure if it bugs me enough to have it swapped out or not.

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May 26, 201410 yr

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Good eye on the brake hardware I never even noticed that. One side is stainless bolts and the other is black allen head. Not sure if it bugs me enough to have it swapped out or not.

Interesting, even on their website they post pics of the kit with mismatched hardware:

Front Big Brake Kit (stage 3) - Brake Upgrades - Datsun 240z - Datsun

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May 27, 201410 yr

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Had some time over the weekend to start putting her back together. Started with the fuel/brake lines.

Installed the E brake hardware

And then started on the front suspension

Painted the front hubs and prepped them for new bearings

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May 27, 201410 yr

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So clean!

What brand/type of black colored coating are you using on the lines, brake components, etc.?

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May 27, 201410 yr

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comment_448654

Thanks! I had the fuel/brake lines and suspension parts powder coated semi gloss black and I used an epoxy chassis paint from Eastwood for the hubs and misc. pieces

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May 29, 201410 yr

comment_448788

Very nice Haz, she'll be beautiful when done.

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May 30, 201410 yr

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comment_448806

Thanks!

Received my "Wanna-not-be's"

16x7 0 offset

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May 31, 201410 yr

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Front suspension mostly complete

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June 2, 201410 yr

comment_449020

Are you sure you want to drive that, might be better to just park it and admire her.

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June 3, 201410 yr

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comment_449075

I may do a little of both :classic:

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June 5, 201410 yr

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Plasti dipped my engine bay wire ties today. They were beat up from sandblasting and body work. I removed a couple of torn ones and sprayed then sprayed them with plastidip. Hopefully it holds up. It not perfect but its a lot better than it was. In hind sight I should've had them painted body color but oh well. :ermm: