Nissan 300Zx Tt Project!

Komisiripala · June 29, 2012

thought this deserves a thread of itself.

well, those of you who know the Z history, know where this is from. i'm not gonna elaborate on that. all that matters is my mate bought it, and we are interested in restoring this beauty to the JDM spec that it was in the day it rolled off the production line!

1991 twin turbo 300ZX JDM spec. completely unmolested and in pristine shape. no aftermarket performance mods whatsoever. single owner, imported from australia. registered in 2004.

has some interesting features and additions:

HICAS 4 wheel steering

volk racing 17 inch rims running 235/45/17's

eibach suspension

the mechanicals seem to be in excellent shape. we're running it for a few days to see what gives. the radiator has been recently fixed, and it didn't heat up so far. turbos take a little time to spool up, but what a neck-snapping ride! modding this seems like a crime to us so we thought we'd keep the internals stock. at the most, a front mount and BOVs. nothing more.

the interior and exterior is showing signs of age due to long sun exposure. bubbles on the paint, faded leather cracks here and there. so we'll be fixing all that up. planning to:

completely re-do the paint. not changing color, tho.

maybe a decent front lip

re-upholster the interior, and leather up the gear knob, steering

replace all the broken plasticky bits: sourcing parts already

the exterior trim is missing. fairlady badges etc, so need those too.

in lieu of keeping things stock, the fugly spoiler-on-the-spoiler was removed. it really did look like a growth.

and got a decent audio setup. the speaker mounts are tiny. 4" in the rear and 5" in the front. the original bose speakers were shot, sadly, so replaced with infinity components. put a much smaller blaupunkt sub in the trunk, with a neat no-nonsense head unit. might close up that antenna hole if we can't find the power antenna.

expect more soon! and to think his other ride is a 12 sri subaru rex!

nexus · June 29, 2012

wow thanks for sharing Komi that car look good mate .

btw out of curiosity if it's ok how much your friend pay for that car

MasterDon · June 29, 2012

Your mate might wanna get to know DevindaZ...it'll save him a whole lotta time and money...

On 6/29/2012 at 3:02 PM, nexus said:
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btw out of curiosity if it's ok how much your friend pay for that car

I'd like to know too...this was offered to me dads a few months back for 2.5mil odd,but walked away in favour of a euro....dunno how much the asking price has changed since then.

Edited June 29, 2012 by MasterDon

CyRaX · June 29, 2012

Ade thought you said you'll gave uo the idea. Glad to see her in good hands

Out of curiosity, how many of these ladies do we have here?

Btw it's the red rex right?

Komisiripala · June 29, 2012

On 6/29/2012 at 3:19 PM, CyRaX said:

Ade thought you said you'll gave uo the idea. Glad to see her in good hands

Out of curiosity, how many of these ladies do we have here?

Btw it's the red rex right?

Supra discussed this in a thread. Two TT's I believe. The other is with clement.

About 6 or so NA ones

GTAm · June 30, 2012

Great to hear that you are keeping it original. Too many cars are modified and eventually messed up. This is a great car as it is.

Komisiripala · June 30, 2012

On 6/30/2012 at 5:55 PM, GTAm said:

Great to hear that you are keeping it original. Too many cars are modified and eventually messed up. This is a great car as it is.

Aye that it is, man. An absolute peach!

Chooti Putha · July 1, 2012

On 6/29/2012 at 2:52 PM, Komisiripala said:

thought this deserves a thread of itself.

well, those of you who know the Z history, know where this is from. i'm not gonna elaborate on that. all that matters is my mate bought it, and we are interested in restoring this beauty to the JDM spec that it was in the day it rolled off the production line!

1991 twin turbo 300ZX JDM spec. completely unmolested and in pristine shape. no aftermarket performance mods whatsoever. single owner, imported from australia. registered in 2004.

has some interesting features and additions:

HICAS 4 wheel steering

volk racing 17 inch rims running 235/45/17's

eibach suspension

the mechanicals seem to be in excellent shape. we're running it for a few days to see what gives. the radiator has been recently fixed, and it didn't heat up so far. turbos take a little time to spool up, but what a neck-snapping ride! modding this seems like a crime to us so we thought we'd keep the internals stock. at the most, a front mount and BOVs. nothing more.

the interior and exterior is showing signs of age due to long sun exposure. bubbles on the paint, faded leather cracks here and there. so we'll be fixing all that up. planning to:

completely re-do the paint. not changing color, tho.

maybe a decent front lip

re-upholster the interior, and leather up the gear knob, steering

replace all the broken plasticky bits: sourcing parts already

the exterior trim is missing. fairlady badges etc, so need those too.

in lieu of keeping things stock, the fugly spoiler-on-the-spoiler was removed. it really did look like a growth.

and got a decent audio setup. the speaker mounts are tiny. 4" in the rear and 5" in the front. the original bose speakers were shot, sadly, so replaced with infinity components. put a much smaller blaupunkt sub in the trunk, with a neat no-nonsense head unit. might close up that antenna hole if we can't find the power antenna.

expect more soon! and to think his other ride is a 12 sri subaru rex!

Dont close it machan. Try & find something. atleast find a decent match for it

Magnum · July 1, 2012

On 6/29/2012 at 3:18 PM, MasterDon said:

Your mate might wanna get to know DevindaZ...it'll save him a whole lotta time and money...

I'd like to know too...this was offered to me dads a few months back for 2.5mil odd,but walked away in favour of a euro....dunno how much the asking price has changed since then.

2.5mil for a 300ZX?

thats damn cheap!

Magnum · July 1, 2012

On 6/29/2012 at 3:02 PM, nexus said:

wow thanks for sharing Komi that car look good mate .

btw out of curiosity if it's ok how much your friend pay for that car

I wanna know too!

Komisiripala · July 1, 2012

On 7/1/2012 at 6:06 PM, Chooti Putha said:

Dont close it machan. Try & find something. atleast find a decent match for it

oota wahanna oney lu machan! but i'm against it! would love to find the original power antenna. must be there online

Skyline R33 · July 2, 2012

Thanks for sharing Komi. One of my favourites from the 90s and happy to know it is in good hands. Btw, kuddos for getting rid of that spoiler. Are you guys planning on keeping the rear bumper kit? Im with others on keeping the power antena as well. Looking forward to see more on this thread.

Watchman · July 2, 2012

Nothing that a few seconds of google cant solve

http://www.autoparts...enna~parts.html

Edited July 2, 2012 by Watchman

Komisiripala · July 2, 2012

On 7/2/2012 at 1:41 AM, Watchman said:

Nothing that a few seconds of google cant solve

http://www.autoparts...enna~parts.html

Thanks man. Found on eBay

Komisiripala · July 2, 2012

On 7/2/2012 at 12:31 AM, Skyline R33 said:

Thanks for sharing Komi. One of my favourites from the 90s and happy to know it is in good hands. Btw, kuddos for getting rid of that spoiler. Are you guys planning on keeping the rear bumper kit? Im with others on keeping the power antena as well. Looking forward to see more on this thread.

More will follow! We've been thinking about the bumper kit. Like the diffuser but it's too bulky. It's a plastic kit from Aussie so a bit reluctant to chuck it away, but I'm sure our guys can do a less bulky diffuser.

Looking for a new set of 235/45/17's today. And tyres for my car too

Edited July 2, 2012 by Komisiripala

Skyline R33 · July 3, 2012

On 7/2/2012 at 6:10 AM, Komisiripala said:

More will follow! We've been thinking about the bumper kit. Like the diffuser but it's too bulky. It's a plastic kit from Aussie so a bit reluctant to chuck it away, but I'm sure our guys can do a less bulky diffuser.

Looking for a new set of 235/45/17's today. And tyres for my car too

I thought it was a local kit. Any ways me thinks it looks quite bulky and ruins the looks but thats just my opinion. I thought you already got the Teg's wheels sorted.

Komisiripala · July 3, 2012

On 7/3/2012 at 5:41 AM, Skyline R33 said:

I thought it was a local kit. Any ways me thinks it looks quite bulky and ruins the looks but thats just my opinion. I thought you already got the Teg's wheels sorted.

Yeah it is bulky. Agreed.

The teg is too high men. And my current set of tyres are worn out. I'm thinking of lowering her a couple of inches the proper way. Aftermarket struts and springs. Letting my garage guy have a look at it first. It'll be out soon. Will be updating that thread as soon as it is. Almost 40 teg less days now.

Got 245/45/17's for 15k a pop at the tyre place near Supun center. Chinese brand, but what the hey, it's not like she's a daily driver! The camber was badly out. -2.5 almost. Got it back to factory spec. Camber adjustments had rusted with neglect!

TheClutch · July 3, 2012

the comment was deleted by the admins..btw thats not important...

good luck with your project doc..

Komisiripala · July 3, 2012

yeah i know what the heck was that all about?

The Don · July 5, 2012

On 7/2/2012 at 6:10 AM, Komisiripala said:

More will follow! We've been thinking about the bumper kit. Like the diffuser but it's too bulky. It's a plastic kit from Aussie so a bit reluctant to chuck it away, but I'm sure our guys can do a less bulky diffuser.

Looking for a new set of 235/45/17's today. And tyres for my car too

I wonder if you noticed that Avon tyres are being imported to SL at the moment and the prices seem to be quite reasonable at the moment. Some of the tyres are sourced from the UK and some from China. Might be worth a call. The add was in ##### about a month ago, hopefully featured again. Sadly don't have the number on me....

Ayad Zubair · July 5, 2012

On 6/29/2012 at 2:52 PM, Komisiripala said:

thought this deserves a thread of itself.

well, those of you who know the Z history, know where this is from. i'm not gonna elaborate on that. all that matters is my mate bought it, and we are interested in restoring this beauty to the JDM spec that it was in the day it rolled off the production line!

1991 twin turbo 300ZX JDM spec. completely unmolested and in pristine shape. no aftermarket performance mods whatsoever. single owner, imported from australia. registered in 2004.

has some interesting features and additions:

HICAS 4 wheel steering

volk racing 17 inch rims running 235/45/17's

eibach suspension

the mechanicals seem to be in excellent shape. we're running it for a few days to see what gives. the radiator has been recently fixed, and it didn't heat up so far. turbos take a little time to spool up, but what a neck-snapping ride! modding this seems like a crime to us so we thought we'd keep the internals stock. at the most, a front mount and BOVs. nothing more.

the interior and exterior is showing signs of age due to long sun exposure. bubbles on the paint, faded leather cracks here and there. so we'll be fixing all that up. planning to:

completely re-do the paint. not changing color, tho.

maybe a decent front lip

re-upholster the interior, and leather up the gear knob, steering

replace all the broken plasticky bits: sourcing parts already

the exterior trim is missing. fairlady badges etc, so need those too.

in lieu of keeping things stock, the fugly spoiler-on-the-spoiler was removed. it really did look like a growth.

and got a decent audio setup. the speaker mounts are tiny. 4" in the rear and 5" in the front. the original bose speakers were shot, sadly, so replaced with infinity components. put a much smaller blaupunkt sub in the trunk, with a neat no-nonsense head unit. might close up that antenna hole if we can't find the power antenna.

expect more soon! and to think his other ride is a 12 sri subaru rex!