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Cool, I sent you a PM about the rollbar. What are your overall plans for the car?

Looks like a great place to start. What are you going to do with the roll bar? I know someone local who is looking for one for his project.

Yeah, the square edge is for the top corners. I found the rear hatch glass to be easier than the windshield, especially when it comes to putting the chrome trim in the seal.

Yeah, that's what my last one looked like, too.

Sorry for your loss... and glad you weren't hurt.

I got my panels this week and they're really well-designed. Here's a thread for my install in my silver '73 240Z: http://forums.hybridz.org/index.php/topic/95446-installing-dereks-kickspeaker-panels-in-my-silver-73-240/ Thanks, Derek!

Part of my plan for this weekend was to install my new Kick/Speaker Panels recently introduced by Derek here on hybridz. I had these in mind for my silver '73 240Z, which already has speaker panels in the kick panels, though I've never really been happy with them. Info on Derek's panels can be found here: http://forums.hybridz.org/index.php/topic/94564-vacuum-formed-kick-panel-speaker-pods/ New kick panels as they were received. The items sitting on the bag in the top center are for relocating the hood release mechanism. It needs to be offset higher to clear the speaker enclosure. I have hood pins on my car, so this bracket won't be needed with my install. Out with the old... 5 1/4 kicker components installed in universal q-logic panels. As I said above, I was never really happy with these q-logic panels and gladly replaced them with Derek's. One small snag... I was having a difficult time getting the driver's side panel to fit due to the dead pedal. I wanted to install them without cutting, but couldn't find a good way to do this. I started to trim the bottom corner for dead pedal clearance, but instead decided to take an inch off the top. The top part is not going to be visible with the panel installed anyway and provided just the clearance I needed to get the panel up and over the dead pedal. Here's what I trimmed: Driver's side test fit after removing 1" from the top: Kicker components installed in their new home. I decided to mount the crossover unit on the top part of the panel. Everything together and installed on the driver's side. Good legroom and still have use of the dead pedal: Next is the passenger side, which was a little more challenging but still easy overall. Again, out with the old... This set of relays caused a bit of a headache. They're attached to a bracket that has 3 bolts holding it in place, which Derek accounted for in his panel design. The top one was a little difficult to get to in my car. I got the top bolt loose, but decided to leave it in place and again decided to trim a portion off the top. For the passenger side, I trimmed just below the slotted hole that Derek had provided for the top relay bracket bolt. Test fit of the passenger side after trimming the top: It fits well and the cut portion is not visible, though the dirtiness of the inside of my car is. I also appear to really like blue wiring and can't recall exactly what I was thinking when I did that 7+ years ago (or so). Components installed and panel sitting in it's home. Right now, this panel is only being held in by the two lower bolts that hold the relays up top. I'm planning to put a few more fasteners in at the bottom corners on both panels, but ran out of time for the day. I also need to find a new location for the passenger side crossover. I'm extremely pleased with these new panels. Installation overall was simple and they provide a much-needed option for installing speakers in the front of early Z cars. Great job on these panels, Derek! I'll be contacting you later for 1 or 2 more sets

Yeah, it's fixable, but still heartbreaking at the same time.

Thanks... I may ping you when I'm looking for parts (driver's fender, grill, and surrounding pieces). It'll be interesting to see what the other driver's insurance company tries to offer. This happened on stock brakes, which I went through a few months ago, replacing the pads/shoes and upgrading the rubber lines to stainless braided ones. I was holding off on the ZX upgrade until I got the 260 on the road.

Not the update I wanted to give: Someone pulled out in front of me today. Bumper is all twisted, grille and core support pushed back, hood bent on front driver's corner, driver's fender is all bent up.... not a happy day.

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Count me in for a pair. I like the carpet cover a lot and the fact that you're paying close attention to how it lines up with the weatherstripping.

Wow... that's fantastic.

That looks like a scratch on top of a pretty good dent. Would you be able to get that dent and the scratches out? I didn't know body work was going to be required, so please name your price for that grill after repair.

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Depends on how it looks. Can you post some pics of it?

Beautiful... So when will this radiator/fan combo be available for purchase

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False. http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/trivia/august.asp

Ernie has a blast cabinet. Not sure what kind of media he has, though.

Also, meant to post my cam details in a previous response. Here's a screen capture of the cam specs:

Here's some pics of the por-15'd floors (yes, i know i missed a spot): My 200-4r transmission has been rebuilt with a full manual valve body, which I could only find with a reverse shift pattern. TCI seems to be the only company that makes the proper reverse-pattern gate plate for an aftermarket shifter, but that works out well since they also made the valve body. I wasn't sure if the TCI gate plate would work with the B&M pro stick shifter I planned to use in this car, but suspected they were close to being the same. I bought a TCI thunder stick from Summit Racing to be sure that I could use this gate plate. Upon comparing shifters and gate plates, I found that they're exactly the same. I'll pick up another gate plate later for my silver 240, which has a b&m pro stick shifter. The gate plate went on the new tci thunder stick shifter with ease. I had this B&M quick release plate from the previous owner (installed with ARP bolts). And mounted the TCI shifter to it with no problems. Today I spent some time cleaning up the wiring a bit in the engine compartment. The previous owner had a few relays and a small painless wiring kit on the firewall that I'll be moving. The fan relay will be kept in the engine compartment, but the rest will be moved inside the car under the dash. I started wrapping the wiring harness on the passenger side frame rail with a heat shield wrap since the passenger side header is extremely close to that frame rail. The crossmember and framerails look strange in the pic above, but they were painted when the car was with the paint/body man. They just need to be cleaned with soapy water (messy from wet-sanding). Once I get everything tidied up with the wiring, I'll cover it all with Russell's "Wrap-It" for a clean look. More next weekend... Got company in town from Hawaii.