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also anyone who can read and right japanise please help me. on their site the have some diecast models of 280zx's and i wanted to see if they are for sale or just for looks. i collect 280zx models, so i wanted to get another one thanks alex

thats how i want to get my 280zx painted, i found alot of fairladys yesterday, i also found a rb26dett powered z31, its pretty nice, its from the same guy with the rb26dett powered 280zx i think they have the same name but not sure if its the same person thanks alex

here is another RB powered 280zx, but this time its a RB25, if its been posted before sorry, enjoy the pics thanks alex

ya thanks, this car was givin to me as a gradation present from the 8th grade, so i dont want to sell it or race it. i mostly want it to be nice, but right now its kind of rusted thats the only problem with the car. i just have to wait until next yr to see how much total its going to cost with everything. my dad's friend sai everything will come out to about 6-7 grand. but in the end i'll probly have more like 10 in it with the sound system and wheels. thanks alex

well i dont have to pay for college and my parents don't need to pay for me either. my dad works at LMU, he's worked there for 20+ yrs now. so now we get free tution there, and if we don't want to go there LMU will pay for 2yrs at any other college/univ. i dont want high horse power or anything like that. im not really going to be driving this car very much, my dad is the one who's going to be driving this car more than anyone else. he's the one who wants alittle more power out of the car. him and his friend are going to get a 89 turbo engine and trans for the car. plus in the 1st place i dont want a fast car, i just want a nice car. street racing actully scares me. i dont like street racing. people get hurt and some people die. if theres anything i want most to do to this car is make it stronger. you know add reinforcements to the doors and sides. i had an idea of making the car out of titiaum. you know its lighter and stronger than steel. sorry for the bad spelling thanks alex

also the rims im getting are going to cost me about $1,600, not that bad alex

ya i changed my mind on those rims already im just going to get another set of ENKEI wheels. i have some on the car right now but they're only 15 inch wheels, 17's are ok i guess but i might still go with some 18's on it. or i could always stick with my old wheels because theres nothing wrong with them exept water stains. this is for David Karey: im going to keep this car because i know all the history on it i know everything that has happened to this car since the keys were handed over to my parents from the dealership. i know that most of the miles on my car are only highway miles. i know the car was never raced or mistreated before. im not saying that other cars you find for sale are but you never know the full histroy. if i was to sell this car, i wouldnt be buying another z car for a long time. i would buy a new car. if i bought another car i would then have to invest more money into to get it how i want it, but with this car itsw alot easier for me. this car is going to cost me 8 grabd total with everything that i want. thats a rust free car that will never have rust again now i prefer to put my parents money into the car they gave me than to put it into another car

well i plan on keeping this car for along time and well me and my dad want the car done right from the beginning. so once its done its done, no future mods or anything except for the rims and sound system. thats the main reason my parents are giving me so much money to invest into the car. i don't plan on selling it thanks alex

here are some other rims i like http://enkei.com/PerfSpecPAGES/rs6Specs.html if i get the honda spacers, would these fit? im not really sure about some of the words you guys use for wheels, im not sure what an offset or anything like that is thanks alex

does anybody know how the wheels i want will look like on a 280zx? i found some other wheels also but im not sure how to put them on a 280zx pic to see how they look alex

thanks for all your help alex

its funny that you say they're honda rims, i 1st saw these rims on a custom honda civic on ebay with a BMW conversion front and back, i like the look of the rims but not sure if they will look good on my 280zx i just the size of the rims cuz i saw a 280zx with rims from a skyline, they were 18's and it looked like you could go another inch or more bigger. how much did it cost to get your wheels custom made? im looking to spend $2,550 with tires total. and if you have any suggestions please tell me. see im getting the car painted black and silver and i want to make sure the rims look good with the paint thanks alex (sorry for the long read)

also it says with 225/40/18 performance tires, not sure what it means though thanks alex

they also have a 18x7.5 inch rims, they say they fit most imports

here is a pic of the rims in silver hope this works

thanks for the help, but how wide of wheels/tires can you put on a 280zx? i want some coilovers but not sure what kind to get. mostly everything is going to get replace on my car. im not looking for like a 4 inch ground clearnce, right now its 8 inches off the ground. i would like it at about maybe 6 inches off the ground or lower if they make them. do you think these rims are too big? right now i have 15 inch enkei turbine rims, they're really nice and light but they're small and have really thick tires on them. i like the low profile tires better thanks alex

can any one help me? thanks alex

but for the 6-7 grand he said he'll charge me to restore the car, he could put an a 89 turbo engine in it. he's going to do everything except for the paint though, but my dad's other friend has a body shop so i could get the paint job done cheap inside and out, my dad and his friend say we should get the 89 turbo engine so it'll have more power and it'll be faster. i just have to wait til Jan. to get the car restored going to take about 3-4 months for him to do everything to it. also it would be a brand new or lighty used engine. in the summer im getting my permit so by then it'll be done, the l28et is my second choice its a good engine just nissan wants to charge too much for a new one. i would keep my old l28 but i want a turbo car thanks alex

also how about a 89 turbo swap? my dad's friend is the one thats going to restore it for me and said he could put a 89 turbo engine in. but im not sure how much power it makes or how much boost it could take or anything about the engine, so if you guys could give me some info on this engine thanks alex

i was wondering if this has been done before? anyone know how hard it would be? ive seen it done to a 240z and since im getting my car restored and i need a new engine, why not improve the car with a better engine? because its this or a L28ET swap for my 1981 280zx thanks alex

i was looking at some G-RACING KOBE rims and the size i want are the 19x8 inch rims. i was wondering if these would fit? or are they too big? how about 18x8 inch rims? the chrome 19's cost $2,555 with tires, the 18's cost $2,345, so for about $215 more i could get the 19's so i wanted to know if they would fit. im getting the car fully restored so i wanted to update the look of it. also what kind of suspension should i get? what should i get to make it handle better also? sorry for all the ?'s and the long read. i just want to make it better than it is now. also if this helps what so ever im planing on a L28ET or a 300ZX TWIN TURBO swap thanks alex

im glad you guys liked the pics. i wanted to do that to my 280zx but its not really street legal and why have so much power when you can't go that fast legaly? if any of you guys could help me please follow the link thanks alex http://www.hybridz.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=29203

ok here is the how-to, i think its a how-to, it shows you what they did to install a RB26DETT in a 280zx, and then has what looks like a how-to, if it isn't, sorry, but im not sure but here it is http://www.turboclub.com/RTO/67300001/RB26280ZX.htm alex

the top pic is to show the side of the car, you have to look closey to see it, its there, and those are the rims from the skyline also, 18 inches thanks alex

i also have a web site on how-to install a RB26DETT into a 280zx, if anyone wants it. i havent been albe to see the pics though. i always get red x's at their web site, and the how-to is in japanise, but it looks like a good how-to alex