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My mechanic called me today and asked me if I could help him find a part for a customers 280zx that he has in the shop. He is in need of an ecu number A11-652 805. The car is a 1983 zx non turbo 5 speed. If anyone has one they want to sell or knows where to get one would be greatly appreciated.

Wish he would split them up, everything wasting away to the elements... too bad

Just came across this on my local craigslist, too bad he isn't parting them out http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac/cto/2583550203.html

Hi I was looking around the internet about information about this and I came across this thread and some pictures that are in it: http://www.viczcar.com/forum/index.php?topic=2954.0 I really like the flat black 280zx pictured there and people were saying that that persons car was from this forums. Does anyone know more information? Im not sure what to search for on this forums to find the thread those pictures came from.

Yea I ended up ordering the early brackets. I got the ones off of ebay from zspeed240 they are aluminum also got the rear brackets because mine were really bent up. Havent got to my house yet but they are shipped and on the way.

Do they only sell them for 260z's? What about rear bumpers thats really cheap price a whole lot better than a grand for those stainless ones on ebay

Yea I have been looking all over for others with the chrome and I guess a past owner did do it, never really paid close enough attention to grills till I got mine I just thought it was originaly there from factory haha guess not well it looks good to me good luck to anyone else that wants to do it too.

I will be sure to post something about them when I get them. Another reason I am thinking of getting them is that they look like they have less holes and don't have the ones for where the bumper guards go, and im not planning on putting my guards on I want more of the euro look so I hope they work out good.

Got some edge trim from pepboys for 10 dolars 18 feet but that still isnt enough i think i need like 7 more feet to finish the last 2 strips of the grill. here are some before and after. First pic of the grill has the old chrome stuff off of it and laying below it looks like it didnt need to be replaced in the picture but in person its nasty.

Thanks for the info, I haven't been able to put up my bumper to the car close yet because I still haven't cut off the sidetabs but if the 73 bumper is different I think I might just end up buying those new stainless bumpers off of ebay since mine are pretty bent up and going to need a straightening and rechrome. Thanks everyone for their replys

Hi guys I just wanted to throw out an idea that I had to day when taking off my front grill maybe someone has already tried it. The chrome strips that are on the grill are just put on with adhesive and it looks really similar to the door edge chrome trim that they sell at like pepboys and autozone. Tomorrow im going to go see if they have strips that are of similar thickness and then replace it on the grill. This is what im talking about: http://www.brandsport.com/trmg-2105-c.html I will be sure to post before and after pics.

Well not shock absorbers but the brackets are really big and heavy and at the end where it mounts to the bumper it has a piece of round tubing on each bracket. Also the brackets mount down to where the bottom of the radiator support is i think the earlier brackets don't mount there

Thought I would give another update to everyone thats given me such great advice. Well the 300zx was fun for like a month and then I realized that im not going to want it in a few years and just didnt feel like fixing the body work that it needed in the rear. Plus that gas was pretty bad because most of my driving was ending up being off highway so i found this guy that wanted to trade his miata for my 300. I decided to do it since he had the tranny and diff rebuilt and it would be really good on gas. Let me just say that the miata ended up being the worst car ever I hated it and will forever hate miatas haha. I ended up selling the miata and made more money off of it than I paid for the 300 and now my DD is a 91 240sx and its a lot better and doesnt need any work. But whats made me happiest after all this is a family friend that i didnt even know owned a Z sold me his for cheap. It has its little rust spots one on the door one on the part inside the hatch but above the tailights near where the hatch locks but its floor boards are solid and it has everything, all its nobs, plasitcs, emblems, bumper guards and risers it doesn't run though but that doesnt bother me im happy with driving my sx everyday and am having even more fun just cleaning and fixing little things here and there on the z that don't cost money untill i have the money to drop into it. I want to say thank you to everyone that gave me their advice and im so happy that now i finally have a 240z!

Your car is so amazing! Its a great inspiration for what I want mine to become. Are those xxr 513 rims on the car? If so thats what I want to put on mine what size are they and tire size?

Yea the 73 has some what of a crash bumper different from the earlier years. The 73 has more space and black ruber/metal pieces the fill in the extra gap between the car and the bumper but its not as much as the 260 and 280's