Always great ness. I need to buy a house for garage.

okay, I figured I'd bring this car up to date, as it has been a while.


Fixed the sheered off lugs, rebled the brakes. Man...

Car has been super reliable.

I finally have got around to fixing the alignment on the vehicle. I still need to tweak it slightly, but it is worlds better.





Now it wont do this in 2500 miles again. Haha.




I lost a trim piece somewhere along the way (Booo!). Had to shop the parts pile for my spare.... Still need to shoot it.

I bought a used front air dam. It was advertised for a 280zx, but it definitely is supposed to be on a 280z. +$80 SHIPPED!!!! Got a scream of a deal on it.

I'll make it fit




and since I am upgrading the seats in my 240, I am going to toss the old seats in this car.






So stuff is still happening to this car too!

Days worked on project to date: 52
Total money spent on project to date: $1373 (+$80 - Front air dam)
Total miles put on vehicle to date: 3957

Honestly, the spacers are poor quality or something wasnt installed right to do what happened to you car. I have been running stud kits and spacers on my cars for almost 10 years without issues. The one that came off your car looks like an autozone one fits all that isnt balanced. And probably overpriced.

Spacers were high quality. I just screwed up installing that one after some brake work.

But, I don't care much for having to worry about 2x the bolts. So no more spacers.

If I care about stance, I'll get wheels that fit.

I'm a couple tires away from being 100% cool again.



So yesterday and today I decided to do some.....budget composites! haha.

The air dam I recently purchased is designed for the s30, specifically a 280z. I did not know this until I received it.



It was only 80 dollars so I didn't mind either way. So I decided to make it fit. The majority of the body lines seemed to be appropriate, save the fact that it was about 8-10" too narrow.






Like I said. On a budget (all scrap materials utilized). Thank you ACE, you certainly were helpful! :laugh:





This post was edited by OldAndyAndTheSea on Sep 20 2014 02:58pm

Epoxied

Some short strand fiberglass and a little body filler to make it roughly acceptable.





Primer

Some shoddy scrap 20 gauge steel brackets. hahaha. And despite what they look like, they are actually surprisingly strong.

I think it turned out pretty good. Actually, I giggle when I look at it, and think of what actually went in it. Some trash, and a couple paint sticks.










I don't normally abbreviate things, but LOLZ!

This post was edited by OldAndyAndTheSea on Sep 20 2014 03:01pm