What we've all be waiting for...It has a ZX in it

[ScubaStevo]

LOOK DOWN A FEW POSTS FOR THE EXTERIOR





Thats right, a 300ZX twin turbo. I'm not totally sure on the mods, but its definatly not stock.



Paint was in pretty bad shape, with swirls and scratches all over the car. The shippers from Japan really didn't take much care for the car. The windows had acid rain pitting all over them, apparently very common on imported cars.



Anyways, I only did the exterior and engine bay on this one, but the weather made it feel much longer. It is currently 32 oC and with the humidex its 41. So you can imagin what it ws like at 1 or 2 o'clock, where we hit 36 oC for a couple minutes.



Processes for the engine bay were:



-Spray over 1 liter of degreaser over the engine and scrub witha tooth brush. (THAT THING IS CRAMPED!)

-Mist down engine to get rid of the degreaser.

- Allow to air dry while working on the rest of the exterior

-Soak down everything with 500 ML of armor all. (So much plastic :shocked )



Before:

After:

And one out in the sun:

 

[ScubaStevo]

Exteriors will follow soon, the girlfriend just got here.

 

[sQuashed]

Zoom Zoom!!!

 

[imported_guapsnaman]

Finish that crap up with your girl and let's see those darn exteriors.



Great job with the engine though.

 

[MattZ28]

Nice job!!

 

[ScubaStevo]

I had to deal with some crappy weather last night...

Exterior processes:



Wash

Clay

Varosol to remove tough tar

SSR 2.5 on LC Cuttin Pad x2 in some areas

SSR2 on whole vehicle to restore gloss and give it a more even look.

Paint cleaned with Klasse AIO

S100 ( I LOVE THIS STUFF!)

Turtle wax stuff on the tires

Trim Restorer on trim and in wheel wells.



Befores:

 

[ScubaStevo]

Afters:

 

[ScubaStevo]

I worked on the exhaust some more, and got the pipes all shined up all the way up to the turbo's.

Hey hey hey, look at this

Thanks for looking folks

 

[imported_guapsnaman]

Awesome job man.



Thanks for the update!

 

[Pats300zx]

Looks awesome. Beautiful work and Z :woot:

 

[BigAl3]

i love the way black cars come out after a good detail, cause you can see every little thing when done. great job! :xyxthumbs

 

[imported_truzoom]

no intercooler?!



looks great

 

[Intercooled]

no intercooler?!



looks great

My thoughts exactly!! :nixweiss

 

[imported_series1]

Very nice job. I don't know how some people can make the cars they work on look so perfect in the sun with no swirls cause i can't even remove a scratch.

 

[MongooseGA]

Rice.



Haha, just kidding



Looks awesome. I wanna know what mods it has. Any way for you to contact the owenr to see what's been done?

 

[ScubaStevo]

Rice.



Haha, just kidding



Looks awesome. I wanna know what mods it has. Any way for you to contact the owenr to see what's been done?

He himself doesn't even know whats on it. I think he said, chip, intake, exhaust and a couple other things that he knows of.



Anyways, as far as the intercooler, its tucked up into the kit somewhere there.

 

[White95Max]

I thought it was going to be a ZX2.















haha a 300Z is so much cooler though. Nice job!

 

[MongooseGA]

Is this the one that had just come from Japan?

 

[ScubaStevo]

Is this the one that had just come from Japan?

Mhmm, thats why he knows nothing about it.

 

[Scottwax]

Wow! Excellent job on all those swirls!