Motorhan Racing Posted May 31, 2012 Report Share Posted May 31, 2012 Okay, trouble with using a '72 510 as a daily driver is when you get hit by some knucklehead! Driver's fender and rim took the brunt, so looking for decent replacements on these in San Diego. Thanks--Mike Link to comment
Eagle_Adam Posted May 31, 2012 Report Share Posted May 31, 2012 these the correct rims? Link to comment
craZee Posted May 31, 2012 Report Share Posted May 31, 2012 I have a front 510 fender in San Diego. No matching rim but a full set of turbine 14's I will let go cheap. Call me if you want to check it out. I am in El Cajon Steve 619-851- 691 six Link to comment
yenpit Posted May 31, 2012 Report Share Posted May 31, 2012 You are both right........the 6-Spoke and the Iron Cross are both 14". The Swaztika's are 15" (I don't know what size the Turbo Snowflakes are?). Link to comment
Motorhan Racing Posted June 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2012 Eagle Adam--Yes, I now know they are called the "6-spoke" 14" ZX rims like pictured on your white 4 door. I guess they are way too difficult to recognize in my avatar! I do like the look of the iron crosses though. Steve--I'm right by Valhalla HS, so will be calling you later this morning about the fender. Thanks everyone so far, will probably be checking the Otay junkyards for a rim this Saturday--Mike Link to comment
Datsun Bob Posted June 1, 2012 Report Share Posted June 1, 2012 The 81 Turbo Snowflakes are 15 inch X 6 as are the Swasticas The 6 spokes are 14X6 and so are the Iron Cross wheels the Black Pearl wheels are 14 inch X 5.5 The 4 lug Non turbo 84-85 300Zx (Z31)are 15 X6 also That covers all the Factory 4 Lug Alloys Link to comment
Motorhan Racing Posted June 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2012 To all who read this and responded--Thanks for the info on all our options with the Datsun/Nissan rims, we found the needed ZX strut housing/spindle and 6-spoke rim at Ecology Pull-your-parts, they wanted $40 for each of these which is slightly more than I thought they would be, plus $5 to remove the wheel lock, plus $6 core charge for tire/rim, plus $2 environmental fee, but we were just glad we were able to find them. We then cleaned up, painted and swapped the springs, brakes & bearings over from our bent strut, and luckily already had a spare Tokico blue strut insert, so mechanically back together. A huge thanks to "craZee" Steve, who not only had a solid fender at a fair price, he lived nearby so no additional wasted money for gas, AND he shared his passion for driving/racing old Datsuns with my son and I, which got my son fired up to get his car back on the road! We still have a little more work to do (about a half inch) to square up the top of the driver's side inner fender/strut tower so the fender and hood have the correct spacing, but it's at least driveable for us to get it to a body shop. We'll have all body work and full paint job done as soon as we get a few estimates. Thomas says he wants it semi-gloss black, not my first choice of colors, but it's his car so we'll see how it turns out. Thanks again--Mike Link to comment
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