5 Star Rising Posted October 5, 2006 Share Posted October 5, 2006 I bought this car 3 weeks ago and it needs work...... I need a bondo-free left and right fender and a hood for my 75 280Z.. Does anyone know what other years of Z's will fit my car. I planned on getting these at the local junk yard here in California. Also off the subject.. while driving,when I hit the gas and jolt the car I here a huge bang coming from the rear of the car. as if a drive axle hits the frame, is this a common problem that happens on these cars? One more question... I noticed that the people that had the car before me had put little spacer-like shims in between the spring coils on all 4 struts. Does anyone know why they might have done this? The car has after market 15" eagle rims on it. I was wondering if they had to do this to make clearance for the wheels or if the struts were so worn out that this was a way to keep the car from bouncing all over the place. Any way I was going to buy some new struts for the stock application. But did not want to get the wrong ones that might not fit with these wheels.. Any info on this would be great.. Thanks Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbk240z Posted October 5, 2006 Share Posted October 5, 2006 Check you rear diff mount, very common to fail on the Z's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMortensen Posted October 6, 2006 Share Posted October 6, 2006 I believe all of the 240/260/280s share the same front fenders. My bro-in-law has fenders for sale, they're off of parts cars, so they're used but decent shape. You can PM him, his username here is Matman. The hoods also interchange but the 280 hoods have vents where the 240 and 260 do not. The shims in the springs is probably because they were sagged out and the PO was trying to keep the thing off the bumpstops. Sounds like you have some suspension work in your future. Search on the front diff mount. There are some good, easy $5 alternatives that will save you a lot of time and hassle and will make the mount much stronger in the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5 Star Rising Posted October 7, 2006 Author Share Posted October 7, 2006 Thanks fellas. that was some very greatful information. Off to the treasure hunt at Pick-N- Pull (junkyard) tomorrow. They are having there half off sale. All Fenders $17 each and hoods $19 each. p.s yeah my rear diff mount was shot. I was able to lift the rear end off the mount completely lol. And if I cant find anything at the junkyard I'l be hitting up your Bro for those parts. Thanks man Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonZ Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 I just swapped a '72 240z hood onto my '77 280z, worked like a charm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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