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Geez, thanks for saying something....I got the posts crossed! Appreciate the kind words. I don't need water tight, as the car is just a "nice day" toy!

Back to work on the Z Turbo car and taking a break on the NA car after finishing up the body work. Time to dry fit the rear suspension for the Turbo Car. Designed and built my own control arms and rear support years and years ago, finally fitting it up. They are 4130 seamless Chromoly that I polished welded then clear powder coated. Here are the rear control arms. I stuck with the standard urethane mounting bushing fror the inner front pivot location, but used really nice Teflon lined Aurora rod ends everywhere else. I had some 6-4 titanium bar drops and plate, so I was feeling creative and made all the big control arm bolts from the titanium Here it is all installed with the brakes and custom parking brake cable as well as custom CV axles, Diff mount and front mount This is a custom front diff mount with a double hump for the duel exhaust that will fit in very nicely. The Diff is an R-200 with 3.70 gears and a Quaife Limited slip. Can remember where the diff cover was from, but I think it was a Nismo part. I bent up my own sway bars from StressProof steel and made two point adjustment links for the end. I machined some mounts with solid Teflon busings for the sway bars, similar tot he 280z placement, front mount style The bar is sitting too low and will hit the duel exhaust pipes so I need to remake the mounts and raise the bar higher in the chassis. Thats it for now, on to the front suspension and crossmenber next. Let me know if any questions, clarifications or more pics. Busy Summer.

Lookin good, @A to Z! But I think you may have gotten your text and photos mixed up. I like that you installed the headlight covers without the rubber trim strip....I do mine the same way. To me, it's a much cleaner look; as long as one takes the time and effort to install the covers with a good fit, as they often need some trimming, "massaging", etc to achieve a nice tight fit on the headlight bucket. One small suggestion for your consideration: if you used the supplied phillips head screws to secure the covers to the mounting clips, consider replacing them with allen head screws. I know it's a tiny detail, but IMHO the allen head hardware looks more "mechanical" whereas phillips head looks more "household". Again, a tiny, tiny detail...and probably just a personal preference of mine. The car's looking great!! Always enjoy seeing photos of it. 👍👍