zeiss150 Posted May 1, 2007 Share Posted May 1, 2007 So here's this... I was at the MSA show chatting with a fellow HybridZ member and a kindly man interupted to ask me if it was my Z that we were standing infront of. I said yes and he pointed out that my Z hatch pillar badges were on backwards? This was news to me because I had never noticed a difference. If you look at the side of the badges there are cut outs. If you put them on the wrong sides(the cut outs should face towards the back of the car) it inhibits the venting of the hatch. which would in turn allow for exaust fumes to enter the cab for the pleasure of the driver to smell. It turns out that the kindly man used to own a Z car shop for some 20 years so in his experiance this badge switching (among other things) caused the dreded "exaust smell". I had my badges off for 3 years and I always had the exaust smell and I asked him why. He said that the badges are enginered to draw out air through the hatch pillars. We also check my hatch seals and they were great. So I switched the hatch badges today and drove around the block a few times and I didn't notice any smell. could it be that simple? I need a few more miles on the road to verifiy my results. I'll take some pictures tomorrow on the correct side of the badges. Has anyone else ever thought about this? Thank god for MSA show and the wise Z car man. Matt- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aziza z Posted May 1, 2007 Share Posted May 1, 2007 i think that might have something to do with it. when i shaved mine off completly i noticed that the fumes did go down a little, not much thou. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeiss150 Posted May 1, 2007 Author Share Posted May 1, 2007 Suposedly you need the venting to get rid of any fumes. So if you shave them off you will still have the fumes. I asked him about just taking the badges off and he told me that nissan designed the vents to work only one way, with the badges on. I'll put up some pic in a little bit Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeiss150 Posted May 1, 2007 Author Share Posted May 1, 2007 ok here are some pictures... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southpaw Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 Good call, plus it says on the back of the badges-"L, H" or "R H" (but that doesnt help if they're already on I guess) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaTTSuN Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 ahh so it vents not pulls in air... hmmm ive thought of closing off the back with some lexan that might be fun haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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