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Ah! correctly colored lenses, The same molds could make the clear variety as well. I'd spring for 2 sets but only with the correct coloring-the price is coming down... I just emailed them asking for details of hw they would deal with the lens having a clear section and red(I don't see aproblem), and a glued in reflector(maybe a red flag), I offered to take pictures if needed, I did forget to address the chrome piece in the middle, but only because I am almost through with a solution for it! Will

No you aren't, you typed... I couldn't add the smiles for what ever reason. I was poking fun, sort of... But then the molds could be used for factory reproduction as well as clear. Will

It is a pressure fit. No welds unless the PO got stupid with a torch. Get a pair of gloves, start at either end and pull while carefully rolling upward over the car(if memory serves), after you have the end free, tape a rag on it just incase it gets away from you, it will save your paint. Occasionally I have tpaed the jaws of a pair of pliers and carefully used them for persuasion. Will

Look folward to the reading-ok, looking at the pictures! Will

Tomohawk, that is the very thing I ment when I said: "PS. at the end of the poll I will provide the statical analysis available with what has been collected so we can see what is tells us(other than the posted percentages)." WIll

A couple of servings of Uncle Bens should cure you! Clear taillights on a Z-Maybe you should get a Honda... The side markers are available already-always on ebay. It is your Z, make it what you want it to be, but don't exzpect us to have the same version of perfection. Will

All major manufacturers (and most small ones too) would rather use already available parts than develop brand new ones for small parts. Several examples are found in The 1960s Ferrari 250GTO, tail lights, tag lights, inner door handles, dash vents, and seats (among other parts) came from a Fiat 850-granted out of the 39ish cars that were made, there is variation in parts used. That wasn't the point. The 240Z uses a few small parts from Datsun cars that perceeded it, but the parts specific to a 240Z include most of the interior plastic, the glass, all of the body sheet metal, the engine, and most of the suspension. On the 350Z about the only thing that isn't shared is some of the plastic. I am not saying that it is a bad car. I am not saying it isn't a great car, only that is a different trim level of another car-a o-posative relative of sorts. The 240Z is an S30, not a rebodied anything. It was designed to be what it is, and not an assembledge of major assemblies of other existing cars. All of that may sound like bashing, it isn't, I like the car, My next door neighbor has one-my Z is on a rotisserie, and he gets to comfortably enjoy his every day, there is a lot to be said for that! The 350Z is a nice car, that just so happens to made predominantly from parts designed for other cars. That is not good or bad, it is just the way it is. The six cyl. L series engine was not designed by Nissan to provide more horse power than it would ultimately be set up for in a Z, it just so happens that it can. The rating for the installed VQ35 series engine is no higher than 300HP, but the fact of the matter is the VQ35 engine was DESIGNED by Nissan to produce WELL above that, and detuned when put in a car. Datsun did the same thing for the Mazima and the 200SX when they got the L series 6 cyl that was designed for the Z. The VQ35 engine was designed for more form the start, that is Nissan published fact-look at the development articles that support that engine, the first engines assembled proved that. Will

They are # 16,17, but a frame rail is a repair! -what you mean they aren't showing on your -puter, Loop them into ground effects(cosmetic). Will

I don't think stripping the features from a 350 is the root of the problem. I don't drive my 240Z hard enough often enough for the radio, a cup holder(I use the ashtray), or a few other "necessities" to distract me from the road and those I have to share it with. I think the 240Z was designed to be a drivers car, and the 350Z was designed as a marketers car. Both make great use of the technology available at their time, but the 240Z was not made specifically to be modified, the 350Z was-the engine has tons of un-tapped potential engineered into it, the S30 engine had a little potential left over. The 240Z raided the parts bin of other cars for hidden mechanical items-and a few trim items, the 350Z raidied the parts bins for quite a bit more. (Weight the shared shared parts that came from other cars-not the Parts that went to other cars, and make them a percentage of the curb weight.) I think both cars hit their target market-else why would this thread be here, but Those of us who love the S30 aren't part of the 350Z target market, and no ammount of bellyaching about the car will change anything. Those who love the 350Z will never read our words-except while on the throne reading SportZ, and depositing their responses appropriately. Those who love both are the real winners here, they have a drivers car, and a marketers car, the best of both worlds. "This is my rifle this is my gun, one is for fighting, one is for fun." Each of us has to figure out which is which. WIll

Thanks Jason, that's what I'm talkin' bout! Will

Enrique, The only thing stopping you from voting that way, is you! I had similar thoughts, and that is why I didn't vote immediately. I am glad the method to my madness is becoming clear. I am using the same train of thought about upgrading with later model Datsun parts, still an upgrade, and not a repair, but more difficult to discern. Mike, I am not critical at all, I understand what the statistics are showing, I didn't when I posted the poll, but now that I do, the next one will fit the formulas! The only part that I wish for was the interconnection of the categories-how many people who upgraded their wheels also added ground effects-and the like. I appreciate the opportunity to have a poll with growing pains! Will PS. at the end of the poll I will provide the statical analysis available with what has been collected so we can see what is tells us(other than the posted percentages).

Yes, but the substructure is not set up to handle the math involved in that series of options...The proof of what I just said is in the percentages! Just like our cars, just because that is the way it is, does not mean that is the way I want it. Now, tell us about your car... Will

If I institute the Tomohawk rule, one chance to vote one time for one thing, the statistics will represent what they are intended to. That wasn't the point of the poll, the point is the feedback from the questions, not the analysis thereof. Forget the math, enjoy the cars, and talking about them! Will

Bill, I can't pay you to change your own diapers ! Will

FYI The percentages displayed on the poll are computed relative to the total number of votes, not the total number of people voting. Each vote for a line item counts as one even though there could be 15 votes per participant. The structure of the poll is not congruent with the structure of the statistical data collection. Oh well, this is only my second poll. Will

Thanks MikeW, That explains why I haven't seen them, I haven't yet voted. Carl, that must have been a hell of an experience in your garage to affect the HTML code just by typing with the same fingers that you play with your "parts" with! Will

I'm glad you guys like the poll, I had about 30 ideas before I volunteered, and evey time some thing else pops in the old(figuretively speaking) noggin, I put it on the list-I may post two a month if noone has any objections or consergns. Carl, There are no itallics on this end, sounds like you spent too much time/energy in the sex rated part of your garage before participating! I wondered about the percentages as well-it appears we are having technicle difficulties, but get lost on the participation, not in the percentages! How about some comments on the upgrades and what was good or bad about them? I am working on my list of comments off line, and will add them when I get through. Will

Sounds like Sex and car parts are pretty well integrated to me :eek: ! Gear oil may be substituted for whipping cream , but I hope you never go the other way... :nervous: Will

On your Z, what system(s) have you upgraded or plan to upgrade(not simply repaired, but made different than a "Factory"-I just can't get away from that F word!-or dealer installed situation)? Why did you do(plan) what you did(plan to)? Have the changes worked out as well as you had hoped? What would you do differently, or advise others relative to your changes and their outcome? Will

Carl, Remind me again what is in your garage...

Procedure is in a thread(use the search), and I am too tired to type it again! I use Meguars paper, and compound. WIll

Welcome! Will

I use a 5 foot piece of stainless steel high puond test/small cross section leader wire (Walmart) attatched at both ends to a 6" section of 1/2 pipe. Drill a hole in the middle-lengthwise-of the pipe, and loop the line through it to give you balanced handles on either end. Attatch one handle immediately, poke a hole through the weatherstrip at one corner, and insert the wire through the hole, then secure it to the other handle. wrap the extra wire around on of the handles to keep the length comfortable while you cut the sides using a sawing motion between the handles. When it comes tooime to do the top and bottom, let some of the slack back out to lengthen the waire to keep it comfortable. Go slowly, and be very careful at the corners. I have taken 12 windshields out this way, and it works well. HarborFreight also had a tool for about $7 that will do the job without much drama, but not as comfortably. Will

Ed, Here is some more food for thought. If you painted your car a color that was not available when the car was produced, and installed a L28ET, would all of the work allow you to have a new reproduction paint sticker made with the new paint color, and a new data plate made with the new engine number? The same arguments for and against work, while I think it would be a "neat" thing to do, I don't think it would be the right thing to do. Someone would take it that the information held in the speedo, paint sticker, or data plate, as correct even if that was not the intention-but if that wasn't the intention, why bother? Will

Enrique, I think I have a set of the rails and ends-I know I pitched the inserts. If I do, they are yours if you want them. Will