78 280z Frame rail question

[Lee Farris]

My 280z has minimal rust anywhere except the frame rails.  The passenger side is pretty bad, drivers side not as bad but I still want to replace.  I found someone locally that will weld the new frame rails on if I find them for $600 dollars a side.  I ran across this site Apex engineering that sells the pair of frame rails for $650.  Has anyone bought/installed these?  These frame rails look like what I need.  Here is the website.

https://www.apexengineered.com/store/p105/Frame_Rails.html#  
 

Just how dangerous is it to drive a Z and not replace the frame rails, seems dangerous to me.

 

Any help will be appreciated,

 

Lee Farris

 

 

[Yarb]

240 rails are far different thank 280. You need to do a lot of research before you purchase. 75-78 rails are the same. Been down this road like others here.

[Lee Farris]

Thanks for the reply, is there anyone else out there that are selling these?

[Yarb]

Contact Gnose on the forum. Send him a pm and he will get back to you 

[Patcon]

Those really aren't frame rails in my mind. I mean they are, but they aren't. They're really more like floor reinforcements or floor braces. The frame rails in my mind run from the firewall to the radiator support. Depends what's rotted...

Floor supports dont scare me too much. I have driven some Zs with no floor boards pretty hard

 I mean real Flintstone cars!

Rotted front frame rails is totally different. Your front steering rack, suspension, motor all bolts to that! Especially the section that tends to rust first. I personally prefer to choose the direction of my car versus the rust choosing it for me 😉

[Lee Farris]

Thanks for the reply, the front rails on my 280z are good, no rust on the firewall, floor pans are good.  Lol on the Hanna Barbera reference.  Yabba dabba doo.  

[dutchzcarguy]

17 hours ago, Lee Farris said:

the front rails on my 280z are good

Hi, did you look inside with a camera? They can be bad..

Framerails, i made them myself, if you look close they are not that difficult to make yourself.. Especially when you only need the "under the floor" part(s).