Finally got an S30--my 260Z 2+2

[Joel]

Got the car back this morning, drove it a few miles tonight after work. Runs well, doesn't overheat. Can't fully judge the suspension yet as my current tires have dry-rotted creases from sitting too long before it was mine, but it feels well controlled and as smooth as it can in corners, considering the tires. Planning to get it all tired up this weekend so I can start using it next week.

 

Still a long way to go, but it's at least a driver now with what should be reliable carb tuning, brakes, cooling, and suspension all taken care of. Everything else I think I can handle on my own.

[Joel]

Finally got my wheels in, ended up ordering some XXR 532s a couple of months ago, but they seem to have not been in production yet. They got here earlier this week so I had some Kumho Ecstas put on a couple days ago. Wheels are 16x8 ET0, tires are 225/50R16. As stated before it's sitting on Eibachs + Tokicos, but I haven't driven nearly enough for it to settle so it's hard to judge what the final fitment will be like. Really happy with the way things are going now. One setback was front clearance--the low offset wheels were swinging forward too far and hitting the fronts of the wheel openings so I had to take a baseball bat and jack up the quarters and lower valence a bit. No big deal since my car's body isn't great to start with. May be an issue for anyone else looking to fit low offset wheels up front. Maybe there's a caster adjustment that will help? I don't know.

 

Anyway, pics, pre-fender-batting:

 

 

Hate to toot my own horn, but I quite like this shot:

 

[Joel]

Forgot to mention, in the pics the fronts are turned as far as they'll go until they hit the sheetmetal at the front of the wheel opening. I tried to do a u-turn and it was about a 15-point job... that's all taken care of now, but like I said, at the expense of the front quarter panel and the valence. I'll put up some shots eventually.

 

Another thing I forgot, I finally stripped the nasty green paint off of the air filter covers. Hit them with some Aircraft Stripper and finished them off with steel wool. They're fairly pitted, but the finish goes well with the rest of the car.

 

 

Time machine took me back to '74 to work on my car and my same-year CB200...

 

[Woody620]

Honda bikes and datsuns... soo good.

 

2+2s are growing on me and yours made me realize that. And mine is just a normal z! :thumbup:

[gokiburix]

cool! makin progress! That's awesome! The body and wheel color combination works! I like it!