Bartman
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Just wanted to post a pic of my painted door panels. It takes a little extra work to get them paint ready, but I'm very happy with the results.
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Here is what she looks like now - I pretty much repainted everything again with a slightly different color because the blue was too purple and the flakes were too big.
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Yes, it looks great Bo! John Williams paints cars?
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Thanks Hans. I'm still working out some issues - but I'm really happy with the overall look and feel of the car.
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Here is a closer view:
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Looks great Bart! That attention to detail will always make it nicer than the rest when sitting next to one another at a show. I can visualize a stripe on the two-tone paint line in grey to pull in your wheel color nicely.
Thanks Vince. I actually painted in a thin lime green line between the blue and the silver, but it's hard to see in the pic's I posted. I am thinking of adding something to the wheels to bring it all together, maybe a thin lime green line aroung the perimeter.
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I spent a lot of time on the gaps and welded rod onto the leading edges of the doors to make them as tight as possible without interference when the door is opened and closed. The buckets are welded to the fenders, so I'm not too concerned about them cracking - I did this years ago before my last paint job without any signs of cracks so far.
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As a farther of a special needs child, them not following up with you is down right wrong. I am sad to hear that, somebody that has a passion for cars and supports autism awareness wouldn't follow up with you. Shame on them.
They followed up - they just weren't interested in having my car connected with their organization.
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Yes, I'm familiar with that car and their organization - and have even contacted them in the past about joining their Racing for Autism campaign with no luck.
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So I've been spending the last year or so working on a new makeover to my Z. I Made quite a few changes, and wanted to just make it look a lot better overall. I thought the primary focus was going to be the track, but my plans changed after I found out my daughter loves going to car shows with the Z. So the quality of the body is a little better now, and I made other changes such as shaving the door handles. I spent a ton of time with all the body gaps and the body line - and I think the time and effort has payed off.
So what do you think so far?
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Here is my setup:
18x8.5 +10mm offset with 245/40R18 on the front, 18x9.5 +19.125 mm offset with 275/35R18 on the rear. Fenders are rolled and the front airdam had to be trimmed to allow the tires to clear when steering is at full lock. No rubbing whatsoever through full range of suspension travel, but it is extremely tight - and yes I am using coilovers.
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If you're not going to use them - How much do you want for your OEM (new) vents?
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I am running a 280Z hood on my 240Z. It does help cool the engine compartment, but the vent studs seem to be easily broken off. I've tried to restud mine a few times - but it's still not holding. If you like the look of the aftermarket vents you can go that route - but I prefer the look of the original vents.
As you stated - you really don't have to worry about keeping the car original - so running a 280Z hood on a 240Z is a good upgrade.
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I'm running a staggered setup with18 x 8.5 up front and 18 x 9.5 on the back. No flares, but I did roll the rears and had to trim my spooler on the front to prevent rubbing when the wheels are turned to their maximum extent.
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There are several Tension/Compression Rod Bearing Kits on eBay and they sound good and are relatively inexpensive. So what's the bottom line as these kits? Are they worth installing and as good as the descriptions on eBay? Which one is better - Experimental Engineering or G-Machine? You can search for '240Z T/C kit' oneBay, but here's some current links:
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You can remove the bolts that connect the hood to the hinges on the front of the hood and lift it enough to release the latch manually. You may have to remove the grille, but it's not difficult to do.
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Here's a link to a thread that includes pictures of my Vintage Air installation:
http://forums.hybridz.org/topic/42270-vintage-air-install-update-2
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Looking forward to seeing them David. Here's my current ghetto solution - it's flexible molding from Pep Boys!
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Good luck, good ones are harder to find than lenses. Some people have talked about recreating them - but I haven't seen anything so far.
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I'm using this air dam with 18's:
http://www.kaminari.com/nissan-240z-260z-air-dam-frp
It does require some trimming to prevent rubbing when the front wheels are turned to their limit.
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I installed a very simple, but effective, toggle switch on the power to my electric fuel pump. It is hidden, but of course I don't want to say where. I like that if someone wanted to steal it I would hear the engine start and then die shorlty thereafter. As loud as my car is it's like setting off an alarm.
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I bought the engine and tri-y's from Tim many years ago. Although they were nice, they were too low for me and I sold them to someone else on eBay.
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I don't see them at this site. Are you looking at the inner door glass fuzzy seals?Check out www.zcarsource.com their website has just the rubber listed for a fraction of the price of buying the whole molding piece. I haven't purchased this yet so I can't comment on quality but I plan too.
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You need to slide out a locking plate on the rear side of the lock. To access it, just remove the upholstered panel on the lower back side of the hatch. It's just a fairly small piece of sheet metal that slides around the lock cylinder. It has small bends in it that help hold it in place and provides a place to push it on and off. Hopefully that helps.
Leather dashboard cover...anyone??
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Thanks for the write-up, I'm considering doing this upgrade as well. It looks like the have glove box covers too, which I think would be a good compliment for this. A console cover would be nice to, but it looks like they are limited to later models only.