rturbo 930

You can't lump all HOA presidents into one type of personality/stereotype/whatever. Just like there are good cops and bad cops, there are good, reasonable HOAs, and ridiculous ones as well.

Oh no. Like I said, there is not a chance I would live in an HOA neighborhood. However, I get why they are there, and if you (or anyone else) don't want to follow their rules, why live there? You would just be causing unnecessary stress, on both your end, and their end. I have never seen the point of making life harder for other people. If you're just going to cause problems for people who WANT to live that way, just move and leave them alone. However, that doesn't mean I don't want to live in a nice neighborhood. I don't want to look at other people's trash, because it looks like crap. I don't enjoy eye sores, so as you might expect, I would like to avoid them. Generally trash = bad neighborhood, and nice, up kept houses = good neighborhood. Or option C) Live in the in country where neighbors aren't a problem No HOA fees either, no neighbors to complain, etc. Sounds good to me. Example though: My two friend's parent's houses. They are neighbors. One of them has a nice house, most of it is renovated, all of it is kept nice and pretty, freshly painted, lawn cut, gardens in order, cars parked where they should be, trash cans taken in, etc, etc. The other is the opposite. Ugly fence, front of house is sort of, kind of maintained, but not really, because it's brick and there's not much to maintain. There is still trash that the trash people wouldn't take LITERALLY from last summer (2009). Cars parked on the lawn, making ruts, stained driveway (sorry, but it does look really bad), garage doors broken/halfway open/crooked, with junk pouring out of it, vines going wild wherever they please, etc. That's a brief description. And those are the kind of people that I cannot stand, and probably why HOAs exist. It's extremely inconsiderate to have your property looking like that when you have neighbors that DO care.

HOAs are there because some people enjoy having not only their house, but all the ones in the neighborhood looking nice, and kept in good condition. If you don't want to live by HOA rules, don't move there! It's REALLY not that complicated. Sparks hit the nail on the head. Having neighbors with goats, ugly as hell chain link fences, poorly cut, if cut at all, lawns, cars sitting on the lawn going nowhere, boarded up windows in the garage, what have you, is a MASSIVE eye sore. (Those examples are not directed at you, BTW). Although, for the record, I wouldn't want to live in an HOA either, I'd rather just live in a nice neighborhood where people "get it."

What do you have for an interior?

What do you have for an interior?

Wow Dave, not too shabby! That looks pretty good!

Do you know how old some F1 drivers are? You can't make general statements like that. Not to mention, bjhines has a LOT of track experience. I think he knows what he is doing. I could go on, but honestly, you post reads like you are jealous, and know a few kids who had a bad crash. Which will tend to happen in racing. Lastly, I really don't see why they should have to work on it. Some people only want to drive their cars, and if they don't have to work on them, who cares? I don't.

Double post.

If I'm not mistaken, all the panels you mentioned are held in with plastic rivets. MSA (motorsport auto/thezstore.com) should sell them, but ModernS30 had a better solution to that, but I forget what it was. Hopefully he sees this thread.

The "Datsun" badge has three pins, and sits diagonally. The "240Z" badge has two pins, and sits horizontally below, and a tiny bit to the right of the "Datsun" badge. To try to put it into perspective, the 2 in 240Z is directly below the space between the T and the S in Datsun.

It's gorgeous dude. I've been taking notes for if/when I ever build my own dream Z.

BTW, how much did you spend getting the motor?

I don't think this has been done before. However, I'm looking forward to seeing yours completed. He's from Norway, so I don't think english is his first language. I didn't see any horrible errors either, so it's not a big deal. Mods mostly want you to at least make an effort, they don't expect everyone who posts here to have flawless grammar and spelling.

On a 280Z. Not on a 240Z.

Keep in mind you just said that on a Z enthusiast site.

Would've been better without the music IMO. I wanna hear the cars. Yes, he said what song it was in the first post.

That is f'n stupid. Considering I get irked by people parting out perfectly good/restorable cars, you can imagine what's going through my head right now...

http://forums.hybridz.org/index.php?/topic/83543-any-tips-for-mounting-a-fuel-cell/

Wow, that car is soooo much better than your 280Z. I will admit, I am definitely jealous of how solid it is. Is there any rust at all? Are you scrapping your 280Z? Based on what others have said on this site, I think you would be MUCH better off getting a spare tire well to weld in, and getting a stock fuel tank.

Regarding the graphite bits, I'm not entirely sure it works with the orange, but it certainly doesn't look bad. On the other hand, I can't really think of a color (besides black) that would be a better choice, and I agree that painting them black would have been too much. Definitely better than orange though, at least on the bumpers. You could get away with it on the handles, but I'm not sure if it would look better or worse. Same with the mirrors. Bottom line though is it looks pretty good. Heh, just noticed it matches the wheels too. Also I am curious what made you choose the RB25DE. Mind explaining? Not knocking it, just curious because it's not one you see very often. What are your plans for the suspension? What's the anticipated use for the car?

So you don't have time to search for the answer to a question that's been covered more times than anyone would care to count, but you think you will be able to find time to work on a Z and keep it maintained and running?

I say go for it. If you're doing ZG flares, I think you should paint match them as well.

Guys, I don't think he's going to reply, since, well, he's no longer a member here

I think it would look good, based on those pics.

I've bought a few things from him, and would definitely buy again in the future.