hi everyone, first time z owner. I have recently bought a 1988 300zx z31, and yes it needs bodywork doing, anyone have any front panels and sills lol.

Welcome David and parts for the z31 could be hard to source. You could try one of our traders http://www.300zx.co.uk/forums/forumdisplay.php?38-MJP-Eastern-auto

 

Any pics of your Z?

thanks for replying I will have a little nosey at that, I will try and get some pics up im not good with computers lol.

I had a restoration fella come out to have a look at the work needed. (dickinsons restorations) he said it needs a new passenger side chassis put in, balancers at the back, bit of the drivers side chassis, new drivers side sill, which he said he will fabricate, front crossmember or sway bar. He charges £250 a day so to be done in bits n bobs lol. but im not giving up I want her on the road. oh and he said ill have to drop or take out the rear axle cos welding is needed somewhere around there. so yes its a big job. ive noticed it has a water leak coming out the rear of the engine, a steel pipe has a hole in and is squirting on the exhaust that runs across the bulk head, oh and it needs a new battery base putting in.

hi everyone, first time z owner. I have recently bought a 1988 300zx z31, and yes it needs bodywork doing, anyone have any front panels and sills lol.

 

You might do better on Zclub.net looking for parts etc as this is 99% a Z32 forum not a Z31 forum.. The Z31 has its own section on Zclub.net

There are however a few members on here who own Z31s

The facelift Z31 is fast becoming a very rare car in the UK . I wish you good luck in getting it restored back to full health.

Put some pics up on here tho as generally we are a nice bunch of people with a love of most things automotive:thumbup1:

thanks very much, its a shame the parts are hard to find, I always seem to buy a car that the parts are hard to find lol, I owned a Santana PS10 a Spanish land rover and the parts for that was near impossible and if found very expensive, it cost £100 for two track rod ends, that's when I thought...time to go haha