Monday, August 26, 2024

New Door Cards for the 280z

When I acquired my 280z I found it adorned with a customized cloth interior that was a little worse for wear.  I had previously replaced the seat covers with factory-look vinyl but the door cards still had the cloth inserts.  



I came across some factory reproduction door cards at Z Car Depot so I decided to pull the trigger.  While I had the door cards off I decided to install some new door handles I had lying around since the return spring on the passenger door handle had broken long ago.  I also took the opportunity to fix a problem with the driver side locking mechanism where the key would barely turn far enough to lock the door.  I designed and printed new door lock gaskets out of TPU.




Friday, August 9, 2024

280z Engine Compartment Labeling

I had a few dress-up items for the engine compartment that I had accumulated over time and decided to install them.  This included labels for the air box, paint code, coolant type, radiator and a Nissan "OK" quality sticker for the passenger-side rear window.

Air Filter Change Interval


Coolant Type and Paint Code