1982 Datsun 280ZX "Shakotan Style"

[C greens]

Yes frickin metal louvers. Lol when the car gets its paint job, im thinking about matching the louvers with the same paint as the rest of the car. That means metal flake and all. It just depends though, I have a feeling the paint is gonna be LOUD and very sparkly, so it may be too tacky to match it. Time will tell...



Btw, can't wait til some seats like this are in the car. Need my roll cage hoop too. The roll cage will definitely be painted the same color as the exterior of the car

[CSBolger]

Metal louvers? Yes dude.

[C greens]

Thank you! Found a guy parting out an 81 ZX and I'm trying to scoop the louvers up from him. They're from the 80's, metal ones. Need to be restored a little but that's pretty much anything with a car this old.

[Miroteknik]

yeah man..... lips on this is gonna really do it to em

looks so good

[C greens]

A whole picture for you to see. They definitely compliment the car, now to be a few inches wider

[hinrichs]

Love the wheels, look perfect on there. Cant wait to see them with some new lips.

[Quillhill36]

Glad to hear it! Your opinion ultimately is the one that matters. Easiest way to find out if you can flip them is to try. You'll eventually be taking them apart anyway, right? Are they two or three piece?

[C greens]

I don't believe that I can flip these, I'm currently talking to a few different companies about some lips for these. Hopefully in a month or two it'll be sitting nicely. Even these as they are "brought the car together" so to speak. They look so perfect in terms of period correctness and style. I'm a happy boy!

[Quillhill36]

Even at current spec those are awesome. Can you flip them to gain offset?

[C greens]

Even though they're not the usual wheels you see on vintage Japanese cars, and they're not really nice spec (yet), this is a milestone for me. I've always wanted authentic wheels and I'm happy to have these

[C greens]

So my Almex wheels came in today, and I wasted NO time getting my tires mounted. They're already installed on the Z. Looks a little bit strange with narrow wheels on it but I'm very very excited to own my first set of authentic wheels. Barrels and new hardware will be next on the list. Going to be rebuilding them to similar specs as my last wheels, but these actually have the proper center bore to be installed on the hub with no shitty spacers pictures will come today so you can see what it looks like.

[DawsonLiri]

What a mess, and I thought mine was a disaster

[C greens]

It idles perfectly at 700 rpm, you kind of have to cold start it like a carb'd car, but other than that it's the same! I'm not sure if I'll do a ka24 TB, it makes the stock intake look awesome, but I REALLY want itb's. Maybe something to do for the mean time. Thanks for the positivity

[CSBolger]

Nice! How is it without the IACV?

If you do a KA24 throttle body, you can go to a cable and really strip the top of the manifold.

[C greens]

A little before and after of some deletes I've done. Deleted quite a few things, and it cleaned up the intake manifold quite nicely. Nowhere near done, still haven't routed unused wires out of sight, and it needs a shit load of cleaning, but I'm very happy!