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Welcome to this site! You will find enough info on here to keep your 240 running great for another 36+ years! And yes, we love pictures!

I do remember reading that you need to start bleeding the brakes from the driver side rear, then pass. rear, pass. front and then driver front. The driver side rear is the farthest point from the master cylinder.

I put a Pacesetter on my 280 last summer but have only driven it about 10 miles since. It sounds fine, a bit louder than stock but not bad, not ricey at all. It sticks out in back to compensate for the large bumpers and looks a bit long on mine since I switched to a 240 rear bumper. I did notice as a plus, no exhaust fumes though. I read a mixed bag of reviews before purchasing, more good than bad.

Marty, spindle pins arrived today, thank you so much. I still need to get to the Post Office (if I can ever get out of my office before they close) to get the pads to you. Bear with me, I havent forgotten!! All others, I would love to see this thread that Marty started continue. Its a great idea and would be beneficial to alot of members Im sure. Bearing that in mind, if anyone has a spare 5 speed in good condition lying around, let me know !!!

Sarah, I agree with your opinions, especially concerning printed graphics. I would not go that route though, I was more interested in doing a solid opaque color. I've posted a few .jpg's along with a link. I figured if its good enough for a new GT-R or F430, my Z might work as well. I'm just throwing it out there, I actually orderd a sample of a product today to play with. It is silver metallic, 4 mils thick with a gloss laminate. It comes in a 60 inch wide format. I am trying to figure a layout to eliminate any seam using this product. I have seen a company that makes one much wider, to where you blanket the entire car thus eliminating any seam whatsoever. Check out the photos, especialy the sweet GT-R. http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_images/3/2728/3681/31819340024_large.jpg http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z79/rbmuscle/header_gtr.jpg http://www.carblog.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/ferrari-f430-scuderia-black-matte-1.jpg http://www.carblog.co.za/2008/05/05/car-of-the-week-ferrari-f430-matte-black/

You are right, they have been using some form of vinyl on cars for many years. Dating back to (at least) my moms 1968 Olds station wagon woodie. The technology has vastly improved, especially over the past 5-6 years. Typically, a wrapped vehicle incorporates some type of graphics for advertising. Now they come in solids, metallics, transparents, etc. I will ahve to serach out some of the links I've found to post here. I have seen everything from a guy doing an entire car in his garage to a Ferarri, Porrche, even a McLaren Mercedes being wrapped in a flat black. I am just kicking around the idea, it would be MUCH cheaper than an average paint job, even with professional installation. Just thought I would throw this out here for discussion, I searched before posting and didnt come up with any previous threads.

I have been researching the past couple days the possibility of wrapping my car instead of painting it. I have looked at alot of photos and videos by googling the subject and it is interesting. A roll of Oracal, (comes in 15 metallic colors) is around $600. Of course there is a learning curve on installation but much less so than painting it myself. The photos Ive seen are impressive, the life of the product is 8-10 years for "normal" driving conditions. Does anyone have any thoughts, experience on this?

I am sure that everyone on here would agree with this, find the cleanest car possibe to start with. Check all the usual suspect areas for rust. Evaluate your skills on what work you can do to save on labor or plan on spending ALOT more coin to get it where you want it to be. A decent suspension, (lowering springs, struts, bushings, tie rods, ball joints, etc) will set you back about $1,000 for parts alone. Rims and tires will run at least $1,000, I just bought a set of 15" Konig Rewinds with 225 Toyo tires shipped for $1,100. A paint job? Plan on $3,000 for mediocre to $6-$8 for a nice one. Of course, this just scrtaches the surface. Add new brakes, interior, exhaust, etc and the price really starts to climb. I plan on having about $8,000 in repairs & uprades once completed and have done all the work myself, learning as I go.

Here is the pic...and Stephen, mine is fuel injected

My brand new set of ceramic brake pads have finally been claimed! I cant beleive it took so long to give them away and I am even picking ip the postal charge : ) Anyway, I would like to see some other members jump on the wagon and keep this thread going!

I have a shot of my engine "77 280 posted with some other pics on my facebook page...not sure if it is as clean as you are looking for but its alot cleaner than when I bought the car. : ) http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/photo.php?pid=30651428&id=1514826125

Now I thought you got the alternative section?? I would have liked the pic of the asian, thats more my style! Mine came with the Money section of USA Today, a section I had already previewed at work btw! Dave, I almost pulled out my can of POR today for the mount but ended up going to see the Bengals play, I cant wait to finally try my POR15 Kit!

Got mine as well today, glad you didnt put the alternative section in mine, if you did, I sure as heck wouldnt admit to reading it Anyway, thanks again for taking the time to do this for all of us. The mount looks great, enough to get my lazy a$$ back out into the garage now and continue with the rear end rebuild. If you have been hedging on one of these, grab one up before they are gone!

that kit does not come with the insulators, I am not even sure if E/S makes them. You can buy them from Motorsports though but be prepared to pay a bit, they are not cheap. I reused mine but like others on here, my bumpstops were literally dust!

They look great Dave, cant wait to get mine in. Thanks again....oh and btw, I bought a couple cans of POR15 last year but havent used them yet. I think your mount will be my first! Thanks again.

I thought it was for you to POR15 his 3... It's my Pleasure Mark. Throw in an extra $5 and I'll do that for ya. Just kiddin, I just found out I left the damn lid cracked open after the last time I used the POR15. Oh well, thank god I don't need it this week.

The time and knowledge you provided me are better than any parts you might have, you got my car up and running again!

Damn, you work quick! How are you going to POR15 them all in that short time! Just kidding, I am sure I can speak for all of us Dave, thanks so much for taking the time to do this!!

I have a set of front brake pads, I beleive they are ceramic, brand new in a box. I bought a set of cross drilled rotors last summer and they came with them. I decided to do the Toyota caliper upgrade rendering the pads useless, to me at least. Free to a good home, p.m. me.

Dave, I actually sent you cold, hard cash! Hope its not lost in the mail...I was too lazy to drive to a Walmart to get a M.O. : )

Congrats, I hope to do my own paint in the spring when the weather turns warm again. Going with a lighter color helps. Post some more pics once you buff/polish.

I agree, THANKS for doing this!! Let us know how/when and where to pay, i will be one of the first to send you the $$.

I have always had good luck with cars and have bought the majority of them new, Toyota, Honda, Nissan, Mitsubishi, Mazda, Dodge Dakota 4X4,and beleive it or not, my current car, a 2005 Hyundai Sonata that has 69K trouble free and maintenence free miles on it right now but I will get to that car in a moment. When gas started to climb, I dumped my 4X4 for a 2003 Hyundai Accent GT 5 door, a cheap, economical car. It was nicely equipped for the price, leather, power sunroof, etc. 11 months into owning it, my 3 year old spotted a black Jeep Wrangler and told my wife and I that he thought it was cool. Mommy said, Jimmy, do you want Daddy to get a black Jeep like that? Long story short, I traded in the Accent for a brand new 2004 Jeep Wrangler... The soft top buffeted in the wind, it got terrible mileage, getting my son in and out of the back was a challenge. No power anything, the ride quality was awful. My wife (5 feet even) bitched about climbing in and out of it. Even the coolest part of it, taking the top down in nice weather required 5 minutes to drop and 10 minutes to put back up. I ended up HATING the thing. One day after driving to Toledo from Cincinnati and back on business and getting beat to hell and back on the drive, I drove to a Hyundai dealer the next and bought my current Sonata. They were discounting them heavily and with the bath I took on the Jeep, it was the only thing that made sense at the time. When I picked my son up that day at daycare, he asked what car it was, then asked "Why is it called a Hyundai". I told him if he wasnt in Daycare (at $760 a month) it would be called a Mercedes

Dave, count me in as well. I am stalled on my rear end rebuild. I want to replace the mount while I am back there. I havent heard from the Hybrid thread in over a month and would like to get the mount asap.

I've thought the same thing, I may clean them up and paint them out black when I finally do my paint job. Thanks for the compliment btw, that is one of the photo's that were on the Ebay ad from which I bought the car. Unfortunately, photos are deceiving and in my case, very much so As I've said many times in the past about my Z, its nothing a few hundred hours and $6-7 K wont fix