1976 280Z Restoration Project

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A quick trip to the JY and I have my door grommet solution. I believe it was an older Cavalier that gave up the rear door boots. 
I traced the opening size onto tape on the paint and then ground out the grommet size from that. A little permatex in behind and we are good to go!

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And finally the door tag comes home! One of the first parts that came off, #271295 is back!

 

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And the finished door jamb grommet!

 

[grannyknot]

Very slick.

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Hey @zKars, your old bumper is still pretty shiny! Thanks to @EuroDat for the awesome bracket kit. Perfect fit and I am very pleased.

 

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Also, if anyone is wondering what all those white wires are for in the fusible links....
Four of them go to the starter motor positive for a straight feed from the battery cable. I replaced all of that with a new fuse block. 

 

I need to wrap the wires and replace the cover etc, but it’s a nice mod. Voltage display for the first 30 seconds of ignition/accessory. LEDs to show fuse integrity. 

[AZDatsun]

Interesting you ran your cable off the battery to the fuse block. I ran mine off the starter positive post. I guess no difference

 

 

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I wanted to eliminate the cable.

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So while I wait for my harness loom tape to arrive, I decided to wire in some more important mods. Thanks to the experts that came before me for the great DIY files here on the forum!

New fused relay cluster to ensure clean power to the essentials. Left to right, low beam, high beam, starter and horn. 

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While working on other things, I have set aside my chromed bezels in a bath of 3:1 water/muriatic acid to dissolve the chrome. So far so good! 
 

[Av8ferg]

So, after stripping off the chrome how are you going to reapply it?  Or are you doing something different.  How long do you keep it in the acid bath and does it affect the plastic at all? 

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I am painting it with chrome paint. The acid has no effect on the plastic and I have left it in for a day on the partially stripped one and probably another day for the still chromed one.