Guest 305240 Posted May 4, 2004 Share Posted May 4, 2004 Awhile back I remember reading about someone welding their drains up. Then I read about the rust starting in the fender/body area because of the drains. I'm in the process of building mine, and have the fenders off and upon looking at the drains, I see no reason why one couldn't just continue down with the drain lines. Have them exit just below the bottom of the fenders. It looks like there is room enough between the fender and body to do it. Anyway...I'm going to try it. I'll post some pics of what I use if I'm sucessful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z-TARD Posted May 5, 2004 Share Posted May 5, 2004 I think having the drains there may actually help prevent corrosion to a certain degree. The water that drains out of them when it rains would tend to wash away deposits of mud and road grime that get trapped in the lower fender area where they attach to the body. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 305240 Posted May 5, 2004 Share Posted May 5, 2004 Hmmm, you may be right Mike. I keep thinking of the road salt in the rust regions of the states. In Michigan the life span of a Z car is real short. I can only briefly recall seeing a small hanfull years ago. Then again, almost all the cars from Japan didn't last long in the salt country. The US cars didn't last much longer either. Hmmm, I need a auto transport. Sounds like a good way to retire early. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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