Zedyone_kenobi

Glad I could help Eric!

I wanted to chime in here. I just bought these from www.Zcardepot.com They look really well made. I will see if they fit this Friday when I try to install them. These come with new window felt and a really nice chrome strip.

You rock Mike!!

Need to find a 5 speed transmission for my 71 Z. Since I changed out the diff to a 3.90, I have been wanting a new transmission to get my highway cruising speed up. I suppose any 5 speed will do, but a close ratio would be great.

Just a crazy idea, to make the drive up their less stressful, I am considering a 5 speed swap. Any ideas where I can get my hands on a good 81-83 5 speed? I already have a B type transmission, so it should just bolt in easy peasy. The idea of driving 3 hours at 4k rpm is a bit nauseating.

Booked my hotel at the Austin Airport Hilton for 20-24th Zedyone will be there! Just curious, do we have to pay to park their nightly? Self parking is 10/day per the website...You would think that would be waved since we are mass booking for a car show.

LOLOL well we will see where this leads. I am a pretty conservative guy to be honest. I do not get into trends that much. The panasports while common, do not offend and compliment the cars current color. I will keep my eyes on other options, but short of watanabe's I am not totally keen on much. I am also a bit leery of powder coating my current set as that is irreversible. I think this thread has run its course, but I am going to save all that hard work Mhoward did!

Tough crowd! I would definitely go toward a darker bronze before anything else. I could try to plastidip them in dark bronze and report back the gallery I definitely would not go GOLD. It would have to be a bronze

Brace yourself... This may be my next move. Powder coat

I use to us that trick when I painted my models... good to know lessons learned as a kid still hold true!

Yes sir, those are the ones you posted! I am trying to repaint the emblems now, but they are in a pretty bad state. I will keep trying. But I may have to order some. The passenger side was held on by double sided tape. The prongs have been broken off. So we will see.

In that last pic it looked like the sticker was not flat past the 240Z numerals. I measured, and yep, it was crooked. luckily it still had a bit of the soapy water on the back and I was able to fix it. It was off a little over an 1/8" Now it is pretty darn close to perfect.

I am liking these!!!

I sent my combo switch and my turn signal switch into DAve and the results were just beautiful. The finish was perfect, and the quality of wire and overwrap and connectors were better than I could have hoped for. I recently sent in my hazard switch so he could do that too. I had no idea the hazard switch was so critical to the wiring of the Z. I am going to go ahead and install his Parking Light harness to go with my Headlight harness as well. CAnnot hurt. Has anybody tried the MSA fusebox replacement? Are they really better than OEM and worth 200 bucks?

THat is amazing work! So very thorough! Love seeing this kind of attention to detail

Buy a complete set of thread cleaning taps. NOT thread cutting taps. Before you put anything back into the block run those thread cleaning taps through them. This will ensure you get an accurate torque reading on everything you attach to that block. Few things in life are more satisfying than using new cad plated hardware into a fresh clean engine block.

I currently run the Eibachs, and I went from Tokico HP's to the Eibach pros. The Eibachs are progressive as stated, and the ride is softer than the Tokicos, but they are darn fine for a street spring. They make getting up and over speed bumps a non scraping affair. They also allow a jack to be fitted with ease even under the spook. Having said that, I though my car looked more aggressive with the Tokicos and since they are NLA I may look into a set of these Vogtlands sprnigs. If they are made in Germany that makes them a cousin to Bilstien, which has to be good!

I think what you are looking for is more Horsepower. The car can only be tuned to a correct setting. Their is not much to be gained from going leaner or richer from correct. Does the car stumble? Does the exhaust pop and spit when you are off the gas slowing down? The 240Z is a peppy car, but by todays standards it is not a race car.

Also make sure the car can stop! No need to get it on the road and run it off into a ditch because the brakes are shot. Safety first.

I don't waste time with regrets. Made somebody a great deal who needed them more than me and we are moving on! Smiles all arond

jaymanbikes, those chrome lugs do help quite a bit!

Guy you are as steadfast as a mountain. My spoiler is the same color as the car. But I am going to try that 240Z door pinstripe (if you mean the purple pinstripe, yuck that is never coming back!). I am also getting new door cards for the interior and redoing all my external badges. I am at that point where next to a paint job, their is not much left to do that will have a noticeable improvement. Having said that I am working with Dave Irwin and we are getting all my turn stalks/ hazard switches/ combo switches redone. I am chasing a weird right rear blinker thing. The more I tear into the car inspecting wiring, the more I add to my punch list. I like to try new things with my car. I cannot help it. I am also going to get some euro bumpers and put them on their as well, and maybe even spring for some original OEM Datsun fogs (995 dollars gulp!). If I ever find a set of head light covers, I have 2 grand stashed for those as well. Just need to get lucky. I already sold the black Konigs, they are going to a very cool new 280Z owner who is getting his build finished.

That is not actually a bad idea... but fitting 4 wheels and tires in my Z may prove difficult.

Agreed and well put. Forget I mentioned it. I have made the same arguments. I am just a little annoyed that I now have TWO sets of wheels and tires I do not need. A complete set of VTO LeMans, and a complete set of Konig Rewinds. BOTH WITH NEW TIRES. This is a bad as the spark plug wire fiasco of 2012. (5 sets of wires... do not ask)

I suppose if I really wanted to lower the nose I could cut a coil out of the darn thing...But not sure that would be smart.