calvin280zxt Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Spare tire well. Had no rubber plug and a magazine made its way under the spare so it was rusty. Basically goint to weld together a new well/ inner our dog leg first. Any advice?. First I was going to just do the bottom part but the seam was r7sty to so its all gone. Thought about putting the battery in there but im probably to lazy and cheap to run all that copper. Will try for pics on phone well see Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calvin280zxt Posted July 9, 2013 Author Share Posted July 9, 2013 Like my new tire on my rotas? El cheapos but I liked that they made a 255 40 and a 245 40 in the same tire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluDestiny Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 I'd put a flat plate there. mine has rust, but I hit it with a wire cup and sprayed it with primer/paint. It literally does nothing for me since I don't keep a spare in the car. Battery relocation seems like a cool idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calvin280zxt Posted July 21, 2013 Author Share Posted July 21, 2013 Maybe ill make it a fixaflat holder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris83zxt Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 The guy who did my paint cut out the rusty parts and built a new bucket out of mesh and fiberglass. That was six months ago and it's doing fine. Helped with road noise tremendously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calvin280zxt Posted July 27, 2013 Author Share Posted July 27, 2013 Be easyer for sure than metal. Itching to use my new welder though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowlerMonkey Posted July 28, 2013 Share Posted July 28, 2013 I still wonder if anybody has enlarged it enough to fit a full size spare? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnum44 Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Ok, Im Looking to see if someone makes a reproduction of the zx spare tire well ? I just sent an email to Charlie from "Zeddfindings" in Canada. any help would be appreciated. If not, I was thinking of finding someone with a zx will a good well and making a fiberglass mold out of it, and using that. Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xnke Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 There's nothing major to making a new one. Use 18G mild sheet steel, NOT galvanized. Finish stripping out all the rust and make your cut square. Break it up into sections of flats or curves, avoid making compound curves here. It's minor structural, not load-bearing, and not cosmetic. Fix the inner vertical part first, cut out a square/rectangle bigger than the rust and work very carefully around the outer skin seam...even if the outer is rusty DON'T damage it yet. Weld it in, full seams, but "dot" it in first...It's thin sheet and you're working vertical. Start at the two top corners and make sure it stays aligned the way you want it. Dot in the bottom two corners, then the middles, working it down and letting it cool completely after you have it tacked up. Be ready to get a body dolly behind it and peen out the welds to fix the shrink, get it flat! Once you've fixed the inner skin, you can make a simple cylindrical shape out of the 18G steel, following the old curve, or you can choose to weld in a flat section, or a battery tray, or anything like that. But fix that inner skin first, then repair the outer skin, THEN you can work inside the rear deck. Work sections a little at a time, use a hammer and dolly to stretch your welds out to keep from pulling the body out of whack, and you'll get it done the way you want. I find metal MUCH easier to work than fibreglass or plastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calvin280zxt Posted February 15, 2014 Author Share Posted February 15, 2014 going to tackle this first thing this spring. thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnum44 Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 I Ended up making a replica out of fiberglass from a buddies zx. He left it at my home for a couple of hours and used mold release wax and put multi layers of thick matt and resin, and within half hour I had me my new exact spare tire well to drop in my zx. installed it after trimming ,with body shop two part seam sealer. Looks like nothing was ever done. Happy camper here. Would recommend, and will never ever Rust. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calvin280zxt Posted March 6, 2014 Author Share Posted March 6, 2014 Sounds like a good plan other than I have never seen another 280zx that was even drivable haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calvin280zxt Posted March 8, 2014 Author Share Posted March 8, 2014 Sounds like a good plan other than I have never seen another 280zx that was even drivable haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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