Unpacked the newly chromed bumpers and installed them.

Who did the chrome and polish work? They both look really good!

Emerald City Plating in Lynnwood WA. It took 5+ months because he does cars for Pebble Beach and they had to be done in order to make the mid August entries.

He did all the chrome on the 240/S2000 drivetrain car and I really liked it. It's the only way you can get them the way you want.


Sent from my iPhone using Classic Zcar Club mobile

They did a really good job!

At some point I'll be rechroming the piece behind the doors across the roof(ZX). I'm not far from there at all. Nice to know there's good local shops.

Man that is pretty! Love the look of fresh chrome. Beautiful car!

The Georgia Z Club held a Gumball Rally today. For the rally, you are given a set of vague directions and questions about various landmarks along the way. For these drives, it is VERY helpful to have a navigator. My wife declined to attend, so I just showed up at the beginning, found out the end point, and went on my own drive.

Good fortune was with me today as I had some nice uninterrupted stretches going out and coming back to allow for some spirited driving. 

It was a good Z day.

By the way, if you make it out for ZCON in Atlanta next year, you can drive these roads, too.

14 hours ago, SteveJ said:

The Georgia Z Club held a Gumball Rally today. For the rally, you are given a set of vague directions and questions about various landmarks along the way. For these drives, it is VERY helpful to have a navigator. My wife declined to attend, so I just showed up at the beginning, found out the end point, and went on my own drive.

Good fortune was with me today as I had some nice uninterrupted stretches going out and coming back to allow for some spirited driving. 

It was a good Z day.

 

Darn Cyclist! 

What muffler are you running?  Resonator too?

It has a Magnaflow muffler, no resonator, 2.5 inch exhaust with MSA headers.  After driving in the mountains, I found I need to run 93 octane in it. The 90 octane ethanol free just doesn't cut it.

Replaced my rear main seal for the third time...hoping that the third time is the final time. It took me and a friend 6 hours. He has a lift so we just pulled the tranny. I used a 3" PVC  cap (NIBCO 3" PVC #4817) I got at Home depot as a seal setter. It worked really well. So far  no leaks, no drips, no errors. Fingers crossed.

Cheers, Mike

Edited August 14, 20177 yr by Pop's Z

@Pop's Z

Do you have any idea why the other seals failed? Brand, installation, some other anomaly?

Oh yes, I DO know...I am a moron! First one went in too far because I was being proactive and moving it slightly to deal with wear patterns, second one was installed crooked, third one replaced #2 same time...then still got it in too far. Fourth time's a charm I hope. Putting this down on here reminded me that it was actually replaced 4 times, not 3. So I'm an even bigger moron than I had at first thought. I had hoped that as I got older I would learn my life lessons the first time. Sigh. The PVC cap really did work well as a seal setter...lined it up perfectly...a few taps with a hammer got it right where it was supposed to have gone in the first place.

Cheers, Mike