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I used the bottled Rit black dye, one bottle for each 27 gallon plastic tub. I filled each tub about half-way full with the garden hose and then added the dye. Put the hatch carpet section in one tub and the front/rear seat sections in the other tub. Mixed it a bit with a big stick. Let it sit over night. Turned the sections over about half-way through just to make sure the dying was even. Rinsed the carpet the next day with the hose and set them out in the sun to dry. Make sure they are completely dry before reinstalling them. In bright outdoor light, some areas tend to have a purplish sheen, similar to a bad hair-dye job. The sheen is not too noticeable when the carpet is installed in the car. In retrospect, probably should have used two bottles of dye for each tub. A carpet set from Black Dragon Auto was previously installed in the car, but I was never happy with the fit. I've since noticed that a lot of these new carpet kits don't have the slots and fittings to hold the carpet in place like they should. Glad I saved the originals.

Just dyed the original carpet from my '71 and was happy with the way it turned out. Of course the dye job didn't fix the frayed edges or a few tears in the fabric but the color is much richer now and had the added benefit of cleaning out the accumulated dust and dirt

The reason it says 240sx is because their automotive catalog doesn’t give an option for 240,60, or 80z. So people come up with the closest thing available.

Someone paid a lot of money to have that car, maybe because Tom Cruise had farted in it a few times during filming of Vanilla Sky?

You have found a great shop, they're doing excellent work, congratulations.

I mounted a fire extinguisher! Oh, and I also replaced the *ancient* spare tire.

I recall talking to Matsuo-san at the Memphis ZCON in 2015 about design elements of the 240Z. He recalled that the inspiration for the struts was the elegant but simple canopy mechanism for the French Mirage aircraft. He lobbied for a twin-strut configuration but the yen-counters decreed they would have to make do with only one. We can find his desire for two in the stamping of the inside panel of the hatch. The OE strut on my car surrendered some years ago but I rescued one from a salvage car that still works perfectly.

The single one on my 240z is now 53 years old and isn't it unbelievable.. is still working correct! Yup.. old is better! 🙂

Pretty good money? Far to much for a fake Ferrari.. It's a chassis of something, (In this case a 280z) and a "dress" stolen/copied in fibreglass of a bloody Ferrari! 30 grand AT THE MOST !! (It's one big pile of FAKE!! and btw, i would appreciate a original 280z in good condition more!)

If I were in the market, that is what I'd want to buy.

The Tom Cruise Alpha 1 GTO sold. Pretty good money for a 1976 280Z! https://bringatrailer.com/listing/vanilla-sky-ferrari-250-gto-replica/

Pretty much, new struts will open a faster but will be harder to close. I think the general rule of thumb is, as long as the hatch doesn't close under its own weight then the struts are working normally.