COZY Z COLE Posted April 14, 2005 Share Posted April 14, 2005 From another site.... 1.) Pair of g nose factory hinges- almost new. 2.) Pair of factory g nose headlight covers- new in the box. Contact.....Bryan Holmberg LARRY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dat240zg Posted April 14, 2005 Share Posted April 14, 2005 Those are my parts. I guess that I'm going to skip the gnose due to the amount of serious bodywork that will be needed to make this one work well. If you guys want pics let me know. Bryan Dat240zg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COZY Z COLE Posted April 14, 2005 Author Share Posted April 14, 2005 Sorry,.. just trying to help other Z owners..... LARRY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dat240zg Posted April 14, 2005 Share Posted April 14, 2005 Actually, thought it was kind of cool. Thanks for the mention. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusty260 Posted April 14, 2005 Share Posted April 14, 2005 hi. interest in g-nose headlight covers, - may i ask where you got them from. any pics and indication of how much? if wish to email - cuzziebro@safe-mail.net thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dat240zg Posted April 14, 2005 Share Posted April 14, 2005 Man, based on the response to these things, someone needs to start producing them again! I'll post some pics tomorrow. Bryan Dat240zg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusty260 Posted April 14, 2005 Share Posted April 14, 2005 was think the same thing. gona try to ask a few ppl next month to see what itll cost to make just in case can you get high reoultion pics, with measurements. somethong to work off, either for myself, or anyone eles trying to make some thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikelly Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 Got a question for you... Where did you get your gnose from and do you have pics of it? Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dat240zg Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 The nose came with a parts car that I purchased. I've looked it over fairly closely and don't see any identifying marks. I'll be taking/posting pics of it tomorrow. The hinges and covers are both Nissan parts and were there as well. Bryan Dat240zg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proxlamus© Posted September 28, 2005 Share Posted September 28, 2005 I just sent him an e-mail, I want them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparks280zt Posted September 28, 2005 Share Posted September 28, 2005 hopefully in the past months he hasnt sold them yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK-Z Posted September 29, 2005 Share Posted September 29, 2005 I was what the headlight covers were made of exactly. I would think that after a while if they were plexi that they would be scratched up. So are they made of lexan or somthing else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quicker240 Posted September 30, 2005 Share Posted September 30, 2005 A friend of mine has an original Nissan lower valence that came from a G nose kit.Its for sale reasonable,and is unused.I'll try to get a pic up soon.Anybody needs it,contact me and I'll get the info to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dat240zg Posted September 30, 2005 Share Posted September 30, 2005 Guys: Sorry to say, but the covers were sold a good while back. I was just fortunate enough to get them in a parts car deal and the owner's wife didn't care about making money - total spent on the parts car $300. This time I was able to recoup my "investment" several times over. There were several people that had mentioned using mine to make copies, but it didn't seam like people were serious, so I put 'em on ebay and they got snapped up quick. Sorry! Bryan Dat240zg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dat240zg Posted September 30, 2005 Share Posted September 30, 2005 AK-Z: The covers were made of some type of clear plastic. Not certain what it was. Mine were actually still sealed in the Nissan factory box and the boxes were filled with a brown tissue paper, so no scratches! The chrome trim rings actually came with a black electrical-type tape covering to protect the chrome as well. Pretty cool. Bryan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NZeder Posted October 1, 2005 Share Posted October 1, 2005 AK-Z: The covers were made of some type of clear plastic. Not certain what it was. Mine were actually still sealed in the Nissan factory box and the boxes were filled with a brown tissue paper' date=' so no scratches! The chrome trim rings actually came with a black electrical-type tape covering to protect the chrome as well. Pretty cool. Bryan[/quote'] Yep that is how mine came from Japan, the chrome bits look to be Stainless Steel to me like some of other chrome trim on the Zeds. When I opened the box and spotted the black electrical-type tape I thought thats not right...then I noticed it was protective tape...also the clear plastic also had/has a clear cover over the cover (if that makes sense) I have a local sheetmetal worker look at how difficult it would be to replicate the SS trim. Once I know he can do this I will visit a local light cover manufacture and see if they can replicate the plastic covers. I will post info here once I know I can replicate the covers + trim. Please beer with me as the sheetmetal worker is going to look at this job as a favour and I did say speed is not an issue, so it might be a few months before I know anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NZeder Posted October 2, 2005 Share Posted October 2, 2005 Well after 1 month I spoke to the sheet metal worker looking to replicate the Stainless Steel trim of the original Z-G light covers. (He even passed them on to another guy who had more experience working with Stainless Steel and tool making). Result = not good. It would be too costly to create the tooling to create the trim/curves/folds out of the original material (stainless steel - he stated something about a 20ton press etc). So now I will take the clear covers to a local headlight cover manufacture to see if I can replicate the cover at least. Will then see if the trim could be made out of different material ie steel (easier to work with) and then get it chromed. Sorry about that guys - I will keep trying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kj280z Posted October 29, 2005 Share Posted October 29, 2005 Any updates on this? The trim rings could even be made out of fiberglass or carbon fiber... PPG makes a new paint that looks exactly like chrome so the factory look could be retained... If the headlight covers could be easily made, I could probably make some fiberglass replica's of the trim rings fairly easily... Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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