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Kept them all the same size @17x9 -13 ... basically 4 fronts from the staggered package. I wanted to be able to rotate them.

I'm still interested .. take your time. I'm no stranger to custom parts ... hell, I've been waiting on a repro of my old hood for almost 9 years now lol

Wow, so much has changed since I last posted. Here's how she sat last week. I've done quite a lot of piddling around on her just a little bit at a time over the last few months. Chronologically, here's how the last few months went .. I finished cleaning up the oil pan and changed the gasket Finished up swapping out the auto for the 5 Speed Replaced the R180 with a same gear ratio R200 (cleaned it up a bit too) with Technoversions mount and replaced all halfshaft U-joints Got some decent (not perfect) replacement fenders. (I subsequently got my hands on a perfect set after the fact and will swap them out later Old New... I re-coated the backside with undercoating and stripped, treated any rust and then painted the outside Time to cut for flares!! If you look real close you can see the new front sway bar mounted as well (since I forgot to take any specific pics of it. Got some tires mounted on the Rotas finally (245's all the way around) Some finishing touches Photo Op outside the garage, this is when I decided I wanted some Camber plates for the front My little garage helper!! I relocated the font strut isolators to the rear and put in these GC camber plates on the front. Not super excited how they came out, and I'll order some weld-in units in the future to clean it up a little bit. On a side note, has anybody had any issues with this setup hitting the bottom of the frame on the hood? I had to notch the frame to keep the adjusters from buggering up from rubbing (after the fact - ugh), but at least I got my illuminas before they fell off the face of the earth .. hahah No criticizing the cut, I was in a hurry and I'm really not too worried about this hood anyway. It will get replaced with a fiberglass one (going to repro an old hood of mine from my silver Z. The next big thing I did was mask her off, grind and treat any rusty spots; good thing 90% of it was just surface stuff and then rattle can painted her. Rattle can critics hush! It was only to get a uniform color for the time being until I can get the bodywork and paint done! Right after I painted her and let the paint set for a few days, I went ahead and mounted the flares and cheapo fender mirrors. Prior to ride height adjustments. Adjusted ride height and moved her out of the garage for a a quick spin around the block to settle the suspension a bit. Tucked back in the garage. I found a local guy parting out a early model 260Z. I needed the front bumper brackets. I bout a 260Z replacement bumper last year from Black Dragon and it sat on the shelf until I found the brackets to mount it! The guy was real cool, allowed my to take the complete front clip (pretty much flawless) from the 260Z. I got a PERFECT 240 style grill, front turn signals with valances, both fenders and headlight buckets with headlights and side markers for CHEAP!! Finally a score for me! Getting ready to mount bumper Mounted, just prior to final adjustments. Also note that that brackets for a 260Z bumper have an extension for the rubber bumper guard to be mounted to. I'm going to use that to mount some LED daytime running lights instead. And once I leave Texas, I'll get rid of the license plate brackets on the bumper as well. Have to have the front plate for now And that's it for now. I'll take some interior pics once I get her all buttoned up. Right now, I'm changing the headlights, attempting to fix the door locks (and adding keyless remote entry) and then taking care of a pesky ignition problem. My HEI conversion module apparently doesn't like Texas heat. Right after I got done telling my wife that the car runs like a champ, she left me stranded about 2 blocks from the house. From the way she was acting I KNEW it was this module. Got a Pertronix unit on the way from Jegs, and I'll take this cheapy back to the store to get it replaced so that I can have a spare in the glove box. This is what a decent backfire can do to a muffler .... ask me how I know, hahaha ..... (new muffler on the way) No pics, but I also added an Optima Yellow top, and an ignition relay. I was getting a weak signal to the starter, so the temporary fix was to add a quick relay circuit. I'm losing my garage in about 3 weeks and the car will move to DD status for about 3 months, so I need to iron everything out by then. Wish me luck and let the Z gods bless me with reliability! hahaha

I got one, PM me if interested

Before As it sits now, still finishing up

I'm pretty sure this just went to the top of my "what to do next" list !

Ugh, Dave, I wan't! But can't afford I'm sure .. lol

I cut ... One time, high .. and drove the piss out of it trying to get it to rub ... I think I'm good to tack it up, seal it and final mount the flares This was taken before I did my final adjustments for the ride height.

I personally went with the Ground Control bolt in plates because I don't have the equipment/know how to weld anything in. However, I'll more than likely re-do them with some weld ins in a year or two. I want it my towers too have more of a "stock" flush look ....

I installed those on my car using the LHD instructions posted above. Now, I can't see as much as I could with a large set of truck mirrors, or even the stock door mounted ones, but with the size that they are, I can see just fine. These are only a temporary solution until I spring for a "real" set, whether it be OEM, Repro's or even the Celica style ones (Maybe I can find some decent, less pricey ones when I'm on that side of the world for a year starting this summer). I just can't get over the plastic"ness" of these, but what do you expect for what you spend on them.

Use greyhound and shipping would be significantly less. I've shipped stock metal hoods for around $60 that way.

Good choice .. I did it twice .. I originally left all the original insulators in place onall 4 corners, but I didn't like the range of the drop in the rear, so I picked up some camber plates for the front and moved the front insulators to the rear. Lesson learned, good thing it wasn't major work as it only took about a half hour.

Got some rears listed on Ebay at the moment, will shut down the auction early for a HybridZ'er .. shoot me an offer and I can get them out as early as tomorrow.

I need a rear 240z bumper as well if anybody has one!

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I'm wrapping up that very same swap in my car, it's VERY straight forward! My biggest issue was/is getting the clutch pedal in there. I was hoping to be able to do it with the pedal box in the car, but it looks like I'll be unbolting the whole pedal box instead. Just no room to get the bolt in there. Either way, should make for an interesting days work, and 100% positive it will be worth it! DO IT FWIW, I'm using the same driveshaft.

<<< Jealous I have to wait to be able to do my final 2/3rds of that .. lol .. But DO have the same plans!

Hey Greg, I replied to your question through ebay, definitely open to working it out with ya. PM me here, shoot me an email to mfaubus@gmail.com or text/call me @ 5172008239. The one I have is in great shape!

Interested

So my ADD with this project has been kicking in a lot lately and I've been bouncing around from one section to another. Anyway, I think I'm all set on parts for now and I'm promising myself that I'd finish what I've got before I buy more parts ...... After the most recent parts purchases that is So I put in a little work the other day getting a temp fix to my fuel starvation problem. Drilled out the drain plug hole Getting some threads in there Then pulled the pan to change out the gasket Planning on getting the pan gasket, rear main seal, clutch hydraulics and tranny installed this weekend. Crossing my fingers that the new goodies don't get me distracted. The new goodies 1" Suspension Techniques front sway bar and Ground Control Camber plates CF ZG Flares Cheap fender mirrors And my wheels arrived today as well :)/> Got A LOT to do before I get her on the road. Hoping to get it done soon though!!!!

I put together a word document and basically fixed all the links. That way all you'd have to do is copy and paste the posts over the old ones with the broken links. I'll try to send it to you as an attachment. Thanks for the help!

Love this thread!

I have a set of those. VERY lightweight plastic. I'm only going to be using them temporarily. I'm anticipating them not holding up very long at all. I've seen a few pics of Z's running them and they don't look bad .. Just cheaply made. You get what you pay for, and I was being cheap .. Lol

I had moved some pictures in my photobucket account that were linked into my build thread so now the links are inactive leaving the thread with a bunch of missing pictures, When I went back to edit it, the edit option is no longer there for me, is there anyway to get the thread opened back up for editing by chance?

Sticker, hoodie and t-shirt ..... My original circa 2003 T-shirt has been reduced to the rag pile in the garage for quite a while now.