A caged VQ35 G-nose Z

[Skib]

Shenaniganas are afoot........

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

lets get the body started...  there.... are so many hours ahead of me. 😑

 

 

 

 

 

fitting the G-nose headlight buckets flush to the fenders...

 

[Tank.]

Awesome! I love my vq swap, it’s soooo much fun to drive.

 

 

[Lockleaf]

Very cool.  Those VQs look hilarious in those engine bays.  Like there's 3 feet of empty space to the rad.  Looks like an it makes it a legit mid engine though.  Gotta be a great base for hooning.

[Aaron Datsun]

This looks very fun! Going to be happy to follow along.

[BrothersGarage]

GNose ❤️ 

[Skib]

36 minutes ago, BrothersGarage said:

GNose ❤️ 

 Its actually an OEM fairlady nose, not a repop.

 

 

 

 

just putting lots of hours into fenders atm...

 

 

 

 

 

 

the corner was torn and partly missing all together, someone just jammed a bunch of body filler in there.

so naturally it was crumbling off. bent up a tiny little patch to remake the corner. 

 

 

 

 

 

and a bit of stud repair on the G nose headlight bucket

 

 

[Icehouse]

To save some time on fit up, you should just give me the ZG nose 🙂

[Skib]

19 hours ago, Icehouse said:

To save some time on fit up, you should just give me the ZG nose 🙂

 Here is some comparison between the oem and the repop. 

 

The bumper is actually that same sort of foam over metal material like the GTO judge or firebird noses are made from.

[Skib]

fixin some door shit

 

 

 

door and g-nose headlight buckets all repaired.

 

 

the entire underside of the hood was paint cracked affecting it all the way down to bare metal.

so it needed to be stripped and cleaned to bare metal.

 

 

chemically stripping 

 

 

 

 

coming alone pretty decent ...

 

[Skib]

Lots of fitting and re fitting lol parts go on, they come off...  they go on lol

 

Also got some brand new tail lights in for later

[Skib]

Body work isn't that exciting,  but its progress.

 

Be shooting some color for jambs soon.

[Skib]

Finally got a squirt of color....

 

 

 

Hopefully get some of the same in the next day or two for the doors and door jambs.

 

 

 

[Skib]

Bit more color down.

 

Its well over 100 every day here so I have to wait for evening to shoot,

with the hour flash time before I could clear it I had to shoot clear under work lights lol

 

 

[Soundline]

First, the car looks super rad. Your body work is really great. 
 

I have a question though, what did you do to address the rust inside the door?  Did you coat it with a rust covering product before paint?  

[Skib]

6 hours ago, Soundline said:

 

I have a question though, what did you do to address the rust inside the door?  Did you coat it with a rust covering product before paint?  

 

 

 

Good question 👍

 

So the rot is threw the outer skin, and the inner area was just surface rust.
So I cleaned it with a wire wheel and by hand, try to get as much to bare metal as I can.

Then treated it with a rust neutralizer, coated in a metal etch primer and then a sealer.

 

The back sides of all the patch panels where coated in a metal etch primer before welding then I coat them in a sealer after as well.

 

Actually, If you look at the first post you can see the same thing with the patch of the fender.
That green behind the cut out rust is where it was rusted behind; treated and sealed with a metal etch.

[Skib]

Few things actually going back together....

 

 

[Skib]

And a bit more jambing and going together.

 

 

 

[Skib]

Body work isnt fun, but its nice when its done lol

 

 

both hatch hinge mounts where about to rip  out

 

 

but its nice in color, fresh rubber and some new hardware

 

[ShutterMeShort]

*drool*
Nice body work! I'm excited to see the end product!  VQ in a Z has got to be a serious blast!

[Skib]

Its in triple digit temps for weeks on end, with a lot of it being anywhere from 104-115.

So there's lots of evening and night time sanding lol

[Skib]

This sorta bullshit real fucks with my ability to get things done around here.

[Ooph!]

50 minutes ago, Skib said:

This sorta bullshit real fucks with my ability to get things done around here.

 

I live in the Fog belt on the coast, friends in Lincoln / Rocklin say I should move there but I've been there in the summer house sitting for them and had to douse myself with the hose just to make it across the yard.

Its 72 here this afternoon.

Edited August 15, 2022 by Ooph!

[Skib]

23 minutes ago, Ooph! said:

 

I live in the Fog belt on the coast, friends in Lincoln / Rocklin say I should move there but I've been there in the summer house sitting for them and had to douse myself with the hose just to make it across the yard.

Its 72 here this afternoon.

 

 

Stepping outside the garage mid day here like....

 

 

[Skib]

Got the hatch and last of the smaller parts a jambed up, and getting weather stripping in. 

 

 

[obrut]

nice job, I can't wait to see it painted in that color.