1976 280Z Restoration Project

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Yes please, details on the coilovers. 
Wonder how old those outer tierods are. No grease zerks. The boots look deflated too. Just an observation. Wonder how long the PO drove it that way.
 

Inner and outer tie rods will be replaced along with full GTX lower control and tension rods.

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Next up, the Techno Toy Tuning order.

 

[Patcon]

Lots of pretty hardware!!

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Yup. Most of the expensive stuff for sure. I'm hoping to resurrect a lot of the original parts other than these critical components.

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Sometimes a little carnage is fun..

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Got busy with the suspension modification...
First up, I drilled two opposite holes near the top of the strut to drain the oil. The gland nuts are rusted and seized and I don't plan on saving these anyways. Drained the oil to make it safe to cut with the angle grinder/cutoff tool.


Then I removed all the hub and rotor components off the front spindle.


For the rears, I pushed the spindles out with the press before removing the backing plates. That gave me something to push against.


Removed the backing plates and then marked out the cutoff point at 2" from the bottom.


Cut off the strut and test fit the collar. I may remove a little more material for a more flush fit.



Did the same to the fronts. A little more creative cutting is needed to clear the spindle hub. Not impossible but the casing needs to be cut up a bit more to get the grinder in there.



And that's it for now....

[zKars]

I might suggest leaving the collar up from the cast base by 1/4-3/8 or so and welding it to the tube rather than the cast base. I think the weld will be stronger. Depends on your welding skills I suppose.

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Good point. The sleeve is bevelled too so it makes a good channel for welding.

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Cleaned up the fronts. Good gap.

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Techno Toy order placed! woot woot

Hope I get the credit card statement before the wife sees it....

[HaZmatt]

Oh man if my wife ever sees my stack of receipts I have hidden in the garage, I'm a dead man

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We can move in together, cut costs...