Front inner fenders '77 280z

[Mikes280Z]

Does anyone have any pics of the inner fender panels? My car doesn't have them. I see the bolt hole tabs just waiting for its mate. Could somebody easily replicate them with sheet metal? I just need to see what they look like so at to cut their shape.

 

 

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[EuroDat]

This is what they look like. Different to the 240Z version.

Im debating repairing these so I could make a mold and then make a new set out of fibreglass. It's way down on my "to do list".

Finding a set in good condition will be hard.

[Mikes280Z]

Oh wow. That's way too much to bend by hand. Damn. I'm gonna need a parts car to get those.


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[Mikes280Z]

Probably just as rare as my brakes.


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[Mikes280Z]

Does anyone near BC have a spare set to fit my '77 280?


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[jeremy93ls]

The inner fenders on my 78 look like that, too. I think they're repairable. I wonder if a fiberglass patch would work if applied to both sides?

[siteunseen]

I think this would work too.

fiberglass cloth and ABS Cement

 

Edited September 4, 2017 by siteunseen

[charliekwin]

Heads up: fiberglass and ABS cement is not a great repair here. I just tried it a couple weeks ago when I pulled the fenders. Whatever plastic Nissan used to make those liners isn't ABS. Solvents like acetone and MEK won't touch it. I suspect it's probably polyethylene or something similar, which is notoriously hard to bond to. Regular polyester fiberglass resin would probably be better: it won't bond chemically, but if you scuff it up first might grip well enough to hold it together.

[siteunseen]

I used it on my console where the choke mount had cracked it. It was much stiffer and thick compared to the inner fenders.

Thanks for the heads up, I won't mention that's again as a possible bond. Cliff

[jeremy93ls]

Good to know! Nothing's gonna stick until I wash 40 years of dirt off these things, anyway.

[Mikes280Z]

I'm thinking that some sort of heat weld (melting) would be a possible repair for pliable plastics.


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[Captain Obvious]

I'm assuming the fender liners are high density polyethylene, or polypropylene.

ABS would not be a good choice there because it's probably too brittle.