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THIS...and a lot of patience and strain got it on!

11-27-2021 UPDATE: Ok, so with renewed vigor and the troubes of yeaterday behind me, I was able to get the side mirror bolted on, reattach my painted rear view mirror, Touch up around the dome light after yesterdays installation, straighten things up a tad, and re-spray my tailight frames. To get the side mirror on, I ended uo threading a bolt into it with a nut on it as well, dremel'led the bolt head off, and then backed the nut off to clean the threads. Thus, making it a stud sticking out of the mirror. At that point, I was able to take my cobbled together wrench and finally get a nut started on it and then I was able to cinch it down. SUCCESS!

1-26-2021 UPDATE: Some days....you just can't get much done. Today was a rough day. Screws refusing to go in....wrestle, wrestle, etc. well the trim is in, I got the side mirror STARTED....talk about a fight.

Little 240Z has it's share of slight door dings etc like this. there are 2 schools I figure....one is the leave them, clear over and let them add "charm" to the car....the other is to use a bit of glaze and block them out, spray to blend it in and then clear. I am of the school, of remove as much of them as possible. Opinions? This is it for today, Gentlepeople, Cheers and Happy Thanksgiving! God bless each and every one of you. Peace.

Dremel in the holes to clean it up is a lifesaver.

Passenger mirror layout. I found out the the factory mirror rotates 180 degrees, so you can use one on the passenger side as well! Since I like the "dainty chrome" look of it, I bought one used, so it matches the original patina on the driver's side and went ahead today and marked it and drilled the mounting holes. The idea is to do everything for the doors NOW, so once closed up, that's it....in theory.

yeah, the cap needs Armor all!

once dry enough I set the dash trim piece in place without bolting it down to just be "there" and out of the way! Yes the piece seem to have a slight bend in it, but it's not noticeable. I didn't do it!

sprays glossy, dries satin.

rear view mirror getting a clean up and paint, using the same paint:

saving this texture was all worth it, I think. mounting bolts got a blast of paint too, why not?

Well, here we are again, same stuff, but satin black. To use this, and not have any runs, you have to use it in quick short bursts from a distance. It looks great if done this way, Death by a thousand cuts (or quick bursts while swingin the can). I used it on my dash metal trim against the windshield. The trim has a woodrain texture to it. If you just sandblast this piece, you loose it and then just have smooth metal. I carefully cleaned it up with the brass wire wheel and steel wool, it worked! here are some pics:

driver's door had a bit of rust on the inner face. I went ahead to took it off with the brass wire wheel attachemnt in my electric drill and painted it. It wasn't supposed to run.... darn it! Well, it's hidden, I guess.

now the left (driver's) side: NO HOLES! Happy about that!

when paint runs out the bottom of the door drains, that is a good thing! It means everything is getting a good coat! I ran around and cleaned it up and left some paper to catch it!

I used this for paint .... Krylon satin white, primer and paint in one. Does the job.

Okay, a coat of primer/paint inside of both doors. You can't see what you are painting, so you spray, let it clean out, and use the phone to check. It'll do.

Jury's out. I will let it cure and sand down and grind on it and see if it will work. I KNOW all-metal does, but I will try the Steelstick.

Try the steel stick on the holes, and paint inside the doors with the rust preventer.

looking from inside the door out with a light outside. I see holes!

exposing the holes, then taking a Dremel to them to open them up a tad to get rid of the rusty metal

11-22-2021 UPDATE: Gosh.....today was a good day on the Z car. Even though I got a late start, I feel like I got a lot done. I went ahead and cleaned out my doors, via screwdriver in the seam and vacuum, then wiped it out with alcohol wipes, then painted them with rust preventer and then finally, a coat of white. The pics are cool, as I am able to stick it in there, where you can't see....so when the "dust" clears, you take a pic, and see if what you have done is "good enough" or not. The driver's (left) door is clean as far as any rust holes, but the Right door was not. As I am out of all-metal right now, I decided to try some JB Weld steel stick. After it is hard, I will take a sander and grinder to it. If it falls out? GOOD. Better now then later. I went ahead and cleaned up and painted my windshield dash metal trim piece with satin black as well as it's mounting bolts. Also went ahead and measured & drilled and got the holes needed to mount the passenger mirror on, oh, and finally mounted my passneger fresh air pull knob to the dash underneath. My interior rear view mirror looked hammered to death....so I went ahead, sanded it up, went over it with steel wool to get it smooth, and painted satin black. The plastic part I wiped down real good with a rag and denatured alcohol. The mirrored face has a bit of patina around the edges. Oh well. I took A TON of pic's, and I will post them, with some commentary. If it's a tad redundant, sorry....as I have said before, I am keeping a record of all of this work. I hope you like. Any questions, please ask! Cheers! 11 43 Comments Like Comment