Editing Forums/Z31P/z31-repairs-forums cosmetic-interior-exterior-aa/Down to bare metal

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'''TWA88T:''' <small>(2020-02-12 18:01:30)</small>

Well its too cold to work on it toay so how about some pics

Paint was looking harsh.. And she had seen many a paint booths in her time..



Decided the side marker lights look better on my horse trailer then on my z.. They got to go.

Gone

Speaking of gone

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'''Z_Karma:''' <small>(2020-02-12 19:42:09)</small>

I've heard stripping is a thankless job. [archived image: biggrin.png]

Can you tell me about the 4 post lift? Been seriously looking at getting one for my garage, to the point of modeling it.

Which did you go with?

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'''TWA88T:''' <small>(2020-02-13 02:57:27)</small>

It's a "direct lift" bought it used from a buddie… It makes working on the car unbelievably easier… It came with a solid oil pan thing, i use that with a couple bottle Jack's when it's time to pull wheels off. I did accidentally break the hydraulic fitting off that sticks out up there by the front drivers wheel.

If you buy used one like mine bring lots of friends that owe you big time… The left side runner has the hydraulic piston in it and weighs slightly more then an aircraft carrier.

At first i was wanting a 2 post but I'm extremely happy with the 4 post.



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'''TWA88T:''' <small>(2020-02-14 02:29:39)</small>

It was either that or i Jimmy a beam across there to help lift.

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'''TWA88T:''' <small>(2020-09-03 13:56:34)</small>

I have a ton more pics to share.. Anyone know a good pic hosting site… Photo bucket is garbage now.

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'''TWA88T:''' <small>(2020-10-20 15:25:28)</small>

Getting closer

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'''badq45t:''' <small>(2020-10-21 05:22:50)</small>

Agreed, that looks like your making progress

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'''TWA88T:''' <small>(2021-09-20 22:38:10)</small>

Finally made it into the paint booth!

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'''TWA88T:''' <small>(2021-09-20 22:40:45)</small>

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'''TWA88T:''' <small>(2021-09-20 22:41:40)</small>

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'''badq45t:''' <small>(2021-09-21 19:57:56)</small>

Getting closer gotta feel good, keep posting!

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'''TWA88T:''' <small>(2022-04-30 15:54:26)</small>

I'm not dead.. trying to get car done by end of May, for the summer driving season.

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'''TWA88T:''' <small>(2022-04-30 16:02:21)</small>

Ohh yea.. can anyone post a Pic how this rear lock assembly is supposed to go together....

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'''badq45t:''' <small>(2022-05-10 02:00:49)</small>

Love the color, funny if that original red had been that color when I bought mine in 1984 I may have gone with it, I was looking for fire-engine red and 84's red wasn't thus i went with maroon. Looks great, I love you tag line that Nissan had it right 30 years ago, for me it was 38 years ago January when I saw a new Z in the showroom as I drove by and banged a U-turn to fall immediately in love with the car.

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'''TWA88T:''' <small>(2022-05-12 03:25:56)</small>

Thanks man, yea love the red, funny thing is my wife and I looked at the 1000s of red color swatches at the paint shop, and picked the one we liked… turns out it was a Nissan 350z red.... which made it even better… yea I definitely wanted a new red the original "Aztec red" the Z was looked way too orange to me.

Maybe its time to update the tag line, it's been on there for probably a decade.

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'''badq45t:''' <small>(2022-05-17 20:36:19)</small>

LOL! Yes for sure it was too orange and you couldn't really tell that from the brochure, it wasn't until I saw one in person that I was like ERRR no. Thankfully back in 84' I had ordered a Non-Turbo (insurance on a Turbo for a 23 year dude was 5k) with analog/cloth and T-Tops as that fit into my budget better. That was mid-January 1984..2 weeks later the dealership got a big load of new Z's and my brother was driving past the dealers and called me to go have a look (of course when he got home no cell phones then). I drove down and saw a Red and Maroon both had the leather/digital packages and knew immediatley I didn't like like the Red but the maroon with maroon interior was sweet. Made a deal on the stop to up my ante to the only package other than T-Tops. I am super glad that I got that package, yes the digital stuff created more issues over time but the seats are amazing to this day and leather holds up way better than cloth.