What have you done to your car today?

marrow · Post by **marrow** » Tue Nov 11, 2014 7:39 am

Manual conversion complete! Dropped it in at the muffler shop for a flowmaster and some flanges for when it goes +T, and also because I hacksawed the pipe in half

disruptiv · Post by **disruptiv** » Sun Nov 30, 2014 8:44 pm

Before

After

reliablejunkie · Post by **reliablejunkie** » Sun Jan 04, 2015 12:08 pm

Wheels, brake callipers, brake rotors, rear axles, rear diff and driveshaft out and now time for lunch. Next up I am taking off the gearbox. The zed is at the beginning of a wee touch up.

HasMilk · Post by **HasMilk** » Tue Jan 20, 2015 7:40 pm

Slow progress, most exterior trims back on. Today I took the hatch off and tried cleaning that up a bit, pulled some junk out and fiddled with some small stuff. Replaced a couple of frayed fuel lines the other day in the engine bay as well as the fuel filter (lots of fuel was spraying out all this time!).

Getting ready to pull underlay out and organise all the required wiring before interior is put back together.

http://i.imgur.com/4mhGQGX.jpg

Pretty sure I spent an hour just sitting in it..

ChrisP · Post by **ChrisP** » Sat Jan 24, 2015 1:53 pm

installed new rear pads and put new rubber on the rear of the 350. surprised at how easy it was to do the brembo pads.

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SR240Z · Post by **SR240Z** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 5:37 pm

Cant work on the car from WA but I can buy! Just bought myself a two-post hoist

350ZST · Post by **350ZST** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 7:09 pm

Today I purchased my very first 350Z and drove it home, I'm still smiling

The only thing I have done to it is fill it up with petrol, 98 octane

BRONZEE · Post by **BRONZEE** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 8:15 pm

1achuck wrote:Today I purchased my very first 350Z and drove it home, I'm still smiling
The only thing I have done to it is fill it up with petrol, 98 octane

Nice!!!! Best thing is price of petrol has dropped so much that it's not so painful filling the thing up like it was a couple of years ago, at almost $200 clams a fill as it was.

reliablejunkie · Post by **reliablejunkie** » Fri Jan 30, 2015 5:17 pm

my welding skills are getting better so I have decided to take off the first bit of rust on my car. Very exciting times for me. Got the wire wheel and started on a tiny rust bubble as my first attempt in rust removal and then that rust bubble turned into a giant crunch spot with body filler filled out over a cm thick in some points.

Strange how there are several different coloured layers in there though.

HasMilk · Post by **HasMilk** » Fri Jan 30, 2015 6:19 pm

That's some thick cut cheese! Always a bit of a bummer to find that :\

reliablejunkie · Post by **reliablejunkie** » Fri Jan 30, 2015 11:46 pm

Yea, I am not too bothered. It is good practice to get the car straight. I am tackling small sections at a time because I do have a few patches of rust to deal with. Onwards and upwards though.

reliablejunkie · Post by **reliablejunkie** » Sun Feb 01, 2015 6:48 pm

Today I went to town with a wire wheel and tidied up a lot of my rear sub frame parts and painted some of them. I will finish the rest tomorrow and pop it all back on the car.

350ZST · Post by **350ZST** » Mon Feb 02, 2015 2:10 pm

Removed the Japanese navigation control box from behind the drivers seat, no more bing-bong and irritating japanese writing on the screen.
Just waiting for a blanking plate to be fabricated to fill the hole in.

HasMilk · Post by **HasMilk** » Mon Feb 02, 2015 8:43 pm

Started sticking underlay down, got about half of the job done. I also took the pedal box out again.. What a pain in the ass! But now I'll be able to bolt clutch master cylinder on (prep for manual swap).

I'm placing the wiring atop of said underlay and will make a couple of additions next week (I've started shopping..).