iluvJDM

Here check it out guys I found sum Fiberglass body panels for our S130s! Let me know what u think.

http://www.showcars-bodyparts.com/280zx.html

s/cL3.0

Yup we have seen these.. I dont think you can contact the company.. not positive though..

SHADY280

I Just Tried, They Have The Std Fiberglass Wing By Wings West That Isnt Being Produced At This Time. If I Can Get It Ill Be So Happy

jmw.81

I've emailed them several times over the past couple of years and have never gotten a single response back from them

NismoPick

Interesting that you all have probs trying to contact them... ever used the phone? I just called their listed ph# (905) 857-6345 & talked w/ a guy about the parts... and it's even Sunday afternoon!

SHADY280

Its Long Distance Big Time From Canada, Do You Mind Calling Him And Asking About The Standard Fiberglass Wing, Or Ask Him To Check His F%&#%$ Email.

jmmorriso

Well, I guess I dont have to make my own widebody kit now. Sure takes some pressure off I donkt want to be the first person to try their stuff though. Could someone with lots of money buy the widebody frontend and try it out first?

iluvJDM

So no one here has ever bought anything from this site?!?!? Dam I really want to fibegalss my whole front end but I dont trust these guys....

s/cL3.0

I wouldnt either..

Lost Vegaz

Our front fenders are nothing more than stamped steel. They weigh next to nothing, no inner structure. So fiberglass panels would probably weigh more. And why would you want to add weight??

iluvJDM

Yeah thats the whole point I want to lose weight. So Im glad to know the fenders dont weigh much thanks for the info. What about the fiberglass hatch? Combined it with a plexiglass rear window and that has to do something right?

Lost Vegaz

The rear hatch is still lighter than other ones I removed. When I swaped the 1 from the 80 to the 79. The 79 was lighter because of no glass, got broke out, thats why I swapped it. But they were both were not all that heavy, I lifted em by myself, I'd say under a 100 pounds. I'll weigh it for you tommorow. So the glass is the heaviest, so to remove weight do the window in something like plexi, but don't use plexi because it scratches to easily and looks like ****. My 80 was a stripped down base model. I didn't have a rear wiper or washer, no controls for one and the trim piece inside the hatch is just a flat vinyl piece, no holes or cover for the wiper motor, like I've seen on other ZX hatches. Mine is the only 1 I've seen like that. So to get rid of weight, remove the wiper arm and the motor and trace those wires and cut em out at there source. There are multiple things you can do to cover that hole too

jfairladyz

Plus there is the whole fact that nobody has a single picture of those parts installed on a Z. Not even the freakin company The had to have had a Z on hand to make all those parts. Why the hell didn't they fit them up and take some pics? Poor fitment and/or quality maybe? If they cant do us the justice of showing us a pic of their products installed on a car then why should they be trusted with our business? Thats why I'm leery of purchasing from them.

RodMoyes

^ The very definition of "Irony"

Rod.

SHADY280

Id Do Plexi On A Race Car, But Not The Street, Its Totaly Not Worth It

NismoPick

I remember someone on ebay trying to sell this for $1200.... it was re-listed over & over for about 6 months.... dunno if anyone ever bought it:



In fact... I think this was the same pic, cuz I remember the vice grips holding it together.

jmmorriso

Funny thing about lexan, on the stock cars, the preformed windsheilds are WAY more scratch resistant than lexan sheet. Dunno if it is coated with something, or if the heat from forming hardens it... I wouldnt to lexan on a windsheild for the street, but prolly the hatch.

DynamicJ

these guys are a joke.... no one should deal w/ them. some guys at hybridz had bad luck with em.

s/cL3.0

Thats where you have been..

DynamicJ

lol...

yeah, I crossed over to the dark side

but my roots are far from forgotten!

http://webpages.charter.net/dynamicj

click here, then the folder called "Resized" for updated pics.

Lost Vegaz

In the photo your emblem is on wrong.
I thought you drove a Z not a N
Other wise looks really good

jfairladyz

N = Nissan

Lost Vegaz

Weighed my hatch with no glass tonight, On the bathroom scale, it was 19 or 20 pounds, with the wiper motor still attached and the wiper arm.


Front fender weighed in at 10 pounds. That is still very light

jfairladyz

That is pretty light for the fender. I mean a carbon fender can be made to weigh in at around 3lbs a piece and the hatch probably around 4-5lbs (without glass). So the fenders wouldnt net you much of a weight savings. Fiberglass fenders would probably weigh 10lbs+. The hatch probably wouldnt save any weight in fiberglass either. You could make lighter weight fiberglass fenders but they would be really flimsy and delicate. Probably crack from sitting on them.

s/cL3.0

.. please.. just stop