Looking at getting my first 300zx and tHe seller has shown me some of the issues with the car...

 

Not that clued up with bodywork repairs...

 

Will these be a nightmare to sort?

 

Thanks,

Mark

Yeah seem that before. Seems to be a bit of an issue.

Steer clear, those will need welding eventually, the RH side looks like it already needs a patch...those wings and red bits - eow.

If that's the only localised rust I would say any decent body shop could cure that. Talk to Boldy at body mech on the traders section I'm sure he can guide you also I'm sure Jeff at Zed world will have done plenty of these.

I can get the car fairly cheap tbh, so I'll have a little money to throw at it :)

 

Just don't want to get involved with bodywork when it's a structural area...

Wings (and the rest of the bodykit) will be removed and swapped for standard parts! Not a fan at all of lairy kits...

Doesn't matter how cheap it is matey replacing the inner and outer sills on both sides, which is a common problem, is both structural and not cheap.

My advice would be if the sills are shot walk away and wait for another.

However if it's just those couple of bits in the engine bay then it's worth a punt

Edited February 14, 201510 yr by Iangreenfield

Wings (and the rest of the bodykit) will be removed and swapped for standard parts! Not a fan at all of lairy kits...

 

:bow: :)

Funkysi, if I can get it looking half as decent as yours I'll be a very happy man :)

Hey, thanks dude! :)

Mine has no rust at all. Clean as a whistle!

Mine has no rust at all. Clean as a whistle!

 

A good buy in my opinion

Out of my budget though I think. ..

That left hand turret is a fairly easy repair as welding goes. the skin behind it will more than likely be untouched (mine was fairly bad). On the right hand side i had that also as the majority of what you see is seam sealer, a wire wheel attachment will prob shift that and you could seal it then put some seam sealant back in.

 

The ones to watch are the sills...they are the nightmare.

The seller seems convinced is just surface rust. ..ie attacked it with screwdriver and it's still solid :)

The seller seems convinced is just surface rust. ..ie attacked it with screwdriver and it's still solid :)

 

Yeah after I removed all the seam sealant on my car there was patches of surface rust under the sealant so even the cleanest of cars could have some surface rust ;) However im pretty sure the pass side turret isnt surface rust. It will need welding but its a simple welding job.

The sills...

Ant thoughts on those sill pics? Too hard to judge from a picture mabye?

Never mind. ..

Quite a lot of winter slime on those parts - looks like it's about to break out along the same and corners of the floor pan. I wouldn't personally.

I didn't :)

 

Had a look and it's too much work imo to get back to good OEM standard...

 

Lots of nice parts and worth the asking price but not for me...

Is it just me or does "Rusty Turrets" sound like it should be a character out of Disney's Car films?

Them seams are horrible to do, i had a zed with no rust at all and had not long been sprayed,

I scrapped it, i bought another shell and reshelled it with all the parts from the scrap one,

Problem was a little tiny scab ended up huge, and the seam was going to keep splitting all the way along,

Could have easy welded a patch in there but I'm quite fussy and wanted it to look like it had never been done,

I'm no welder lol and tried replacing the whole inner wing but it never happened hole just got bigger and bigger has i found more rust,

Went and found a shell took a torch looked right into the quarters, the bits behind the rear wheels and engine bay and got one with no rust anywhere...

Had a look at a couple that looked very clean but inside rear quarters they was rusty,

I hate rust would rather scrap it and find another then try that welding crap again lol...

Dont get me wrong i made arches for my transit, welded new sills on and done lots of welding for mots etc but on my pride and joy i wouldn't be happy with it,

The biggest problem is sealing the bugger up inside the sills etc that once welded up you can't get there and even weld through primer will burn off,

And no guarantee cavity wax is going to get in there properly cause you cant see,

Would probably last forever on a dry weather garaged car but one used everday bet it would be back in a few years...