Ideas for the Z

"415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)" (415s30) 05/30/2016 at 23:03 • Filed to: Z

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I’ve been kicking around ideas for some time. The Z has original paint and it’s not all great. The hood was banged up and fixed so parts don’t match, so I guess I plan to get a carbon hood and wrap it to the fenders like a rally car. It also unfortunately has the side trim, I hate it, but there are holes and another reason repainting would be forced on me. So.... I was thinking of removing the side trim and doing some kind of livery where the vinyl covered the holes from the side trim removal. In any case, there are a lot of options and I have kept a file of them. The car is orange, so thats a place to start considering options.

Also a BRE style rear spoiler is going on as we speak, like this:

Step 1,

Hood and black out. I get carbon lightness and still get the period correctness. They make a carbon cowl as well, anything that won’t rust!

Step 2,

Some kind of livery...so many options. I like art cars, so I began looking out for ways I could make a Japanese art car, like the famous BMW cars artists have designed liveries for. The Contemporary Museum in Tokyo used these designs on their posters around the city, I saw them and thought they could be arranged into a livery. I could even incorporate it into the hood wrap, make is slightly a different color so it isn’t super obvious, like a dark blue on black:

Other options:

I love this Motul livery, I wish I had the group 4 Pantera! I could change this to fit the Z.

I love the Canon film strip stripe

Also fonts for number if I had one:

The 70's was a bit of the 60's but they started getting very stripy and geometric colors.

Lower key option:

I get some inspiration from this 2002, I could just do the black on orange, make a stripe in orange to match the car color to cover the strip of holes and get a few tasteful sponsors and a windscreen banner. I have a BRE Spook air dam like the BMW has.

So hard to decide!!

My car, soon to have an update

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smobgirl > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 05/30/2016 at 23:21

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I’m all in favor for any and all posts involving the Z. Like Celica quantities.

Blondude > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 05/30/2016 at 23:23

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When it comes to S30 racing liveries you really can’t go wrong.

E92M3 > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 05/30/2016 at 23:30

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I don’t like the idea of a carbon hood. They never fit right, and cheapen the look of the car. Have you had a detailer buff it? The paint might match better if the older paint is brought back to life.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > E92M3 05/30/2016 at 23:33

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I think a Seibon hood will fit well, I’ve seen them look just fine. It would be wrapped or painted.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Blondude 05/30/2016 at 23:39

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Yeah the G nose have some crazy racers.

ktfright | Kinja Neighborhood Black Guy > Blondude 05/31/2016 at 01:42

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I like the way you think.

Shiarlis > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 05/31/2016 at 02:43

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First pic of yours... Neptune’s Net? Only been there once so far but something reminded me of it.

Wagon, semi manual, not brown, turbo because volvo > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 05/31/2016 at 04:12

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Rear window louvers. When i was a wee oppo every z i would see had them. There is something missing without them in my mind.

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 05/31/2016 at 06:37

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I love the idea of the Japanese art car with really subtle versions of those posters.

How about a matte black wrap with gloss black vinyl patterns? I've seen that on a couple of cars and it's really striking, plus it would allow you to keep the original paint underneath if you ever wanted to take it back.

Quattro-luvr, Powered by Datsun & Stinger > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 05/31/2016 at 09:39

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Dude!

How do you like those Enkei Compe wheels? They look really good!

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Quattro-luvr, Powered by Datsun & Stinger 05/31/2016 at 15:08

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They really made a difference, I did proper lowering springs and new shocks, plus strut tower braces. Much tighter car now. Yeah they look good, more like the Japanese rims. I wish they made Z432 reproductions.

GenuineAlexReid - The Reidus > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 06/01/2016 at 17:27

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Anything that won’t rust is a welcome addition to any Datsun, haha. This is great inspiration for my own car ! I love the second style of numbers you posted, where are they from?

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > GenuineAlexReid - The Reidus 06/01/2016 at 18:30

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I usually check out graphic design magazines in Japan and it was in one of those I think. You usually get random bits but sometimes like the other one you get 0 through 9 or alphabet etc.