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Prices do change however, so it might be valid for today. Generally, they've stayed relatively constant I think. But what we're now seeing are less and less shitty ones. The real dogs have gone to the breakers, there are practically none being imported now, bodykitted wonders are falling out of favour and the car is increasingly becoming a true enthusiast car rather than a cheap-thrills vehicle.

The very same! I remember when a rattle can painted rotter came up for sale for a similar price and I just couldn't comprehend the price tag. I will happily hand over good money for a top quality Z32, but what I consider top quality Z32s are few and far between. Here's how I see basic pricing structure on Z32s, these could be modified, but not 'Max Power' type monstrosities - this is irrespective of bodystyle as good examples of SWB and LWB models don't seem to vary all that much, similarly with UK vs JDM models, however an immaculate UK car is sought after, but very very rarely come up for sale as there are hardly any about. Tatty NA : £500 - £750 Average NA : £750 - £1200 Clean NA : £1200 - £2000 Immaculate NA : £2000 upward to about £3,000 Tatty TT auto: £1000 - 1200 Tatty TT manual : £1200 - £1500 Average TT auto: £1200 - £1750 Average TT manual : £1500 - £2000 Clean TT auto : £1750 - £3,000 Clean TT Manual : £2,000 - £3,500 Immaculate TT Auto : £3,000 - £4,000 (almost non-existent)** Immaculate TT Manual : £3,500 - £5,000 + (almost non existent)** Convertibles generally sit around the £3,500 - £4,000 mark ** denotes individual merits of examples from specification to quality of paintwork, body and specialist vehicles like Pentroof and M30Z type examples which are worth considerably more. Perfect examples have no reason for not going over the £5k mark (Terry's car when complete for example should be work around the £6k mark), but generally those are not these OTT examples styled on airfix kits, irrespective of how much work and effort went into it. Typically the market and general public alike, prefer the car in its original format as a visual piece. Good mechanical enhancements generally make the Z far more sellable over bodykits, silly spoilers and crazy paint.

They're still on your garage, you didn't return them from the last time! Make sure they come back clean, I don't like dealing with particles of clinker.

How did I miss that? I just thought it looked shit, but upon zooming....MY WORD! Those pedal suck too. I can't stand aftermarket pedals. My Z came with Razo pedals. They came off within an hour of owning it! :rofl:

Baz paid something stupid like £1000 for it or something, might have been less! That's not a realistic price for a 99-spec!! :lol:

Bring condoms, whips, butt plug tails and wigs!

Where? There is virtually no spec and a power figure of 375bhp....

Looks damn ugly though, like it crashed through Halfords' shop window. Like the seats though - considering going alcantara on mine. So much stick-on tat. Rally mudflaps too! I LOL'd when I saw those nailed to the bumper! :rofl: This examply is over priced, it doesn't even have any spectacular power figures. It does look clean though, so it is saveable. Generally, bodykitted up 300zxs take longer to sell and are never worth what their owners think they are. The market for 'Max Power' style 90s McDonalds cars has all but dropped off a cliff (thankfully).

Whilst the Z is in the body shop, I thought I'd do some work on my fog lights and series 2 indicators. I managed to split my indicator lenses and will be doing the innerds a black-chrome as I will with the fog light reflectors. I decided against the UK corner blanks as the pattern is different, they were the second resort if I couldn't split the indicators. Pretty happy with how the fog lights look, they match the head lights now and something that I am having done to the front end! ;)

There is no metal flake in pearl. There isn't even any in metallic, it's actually plastic particles in metallic, but these can react to static too.

What colour are you going for Graham? - - - Updated - - - Beaulieu? Damn, I need it ready for Coventry! Haha

Yes. However it'll be touch and go with the Z if I can put it all back together in a day!!!!!

I HATE mask lines and over spray, so I remove everything I can. It only costs me some time. To take the rear screen and rear quarters out and refit is only costing me about £120. I took the door glass out and totally stripped the doors. Windscreen stays in as I won't be having the roof done. I cringe when I see Z32s with body colour wheel arch liners and intercoolers ducts. :rofl:

I really like pearl white and didn't want to go for a metallic or solid. I considered for a short while to go for Ford's solid white which is one of the purist solid whites I have ever seen. Most solid whites have a hint of yellow on them, but the ford white, similarly the Kia solid white is a really nice white. As for metallics, years ago I thought about bayside blue, but I am happy with how my Z looked and wanna keep it as it is, just want better paint. My car has always been a pearl white Z.

I did wrangle with the body shop who did the original job and he started to get quite shitty with me. The bumper had to go back to him a couple of times as it was. It is a shame as the top coat and final finish were fantastic, I may not get that same again, but at least with that, I can correct anything with a good detailer, but it should be good. The guy who's painting it now is ex-Honda and is used to painting pearl paints including whites and when he took one look at mine knew exactly what had caused the faults in the mid coat. He's done me some colour cards which were highly appealing....of a slightly different colour. ;) The previous guy I don't think had much experience in painting in pearls as he predominantly spent his time rebuilding classic cars and because of that, didn't get the exposure and experience to gun set up for pearl paints which can be quite an art in itself!

I wasn't happy with it and the imperfections, which were everywhere started to grate on me more and more to the point where I just had to get something done about it. I was going to wait a while, but it got to the stage where I didn't even like looking at it! Basically the pearl mid coat was screwed up, it looked like it had been applied at a pressure too low and hadn't atomised correctly before laying on top of the base coat. In some lights the car looked amazing, at certain angles in direct sunlight however, it was really really patchy. The only option was for a full respray....at another garage.

If a Vileside bodykit comes within a mile of my Z, I will throw that fibreglass into Portishead Marina where all the other boats are! :lol:

Mine went to the paint shop today at 8, glass man came at 11, bodyshop started at just after 11. I need it back by Thursday PM if I am to have any chance of getting it put back together for Coventry - gives me 2 full evenings!!

Yeah, just a few! :rofl:

No, that's a real car, I've seen it in the flesh! Painted in different colours now, it's white, gold and silver now and doesn't look anywhere near as nice as it did here.

Yup. That car no longer exists anymore. I forget what happened to it! American market car. Stramann also did conversions on many other models in the US. It's basically a remanufactured t-top, so you were able to buy it as a Twin Turbo and you were able to buy them through select Nissan dealerships, in the same way you could order Stillen and SR-71 models through specialist dealers. Friend of mine in Georgia also has one, bought off a buddy of mine in California actually. Here's a photo of it from an LAZ32 meet I went to. To the novice, they are very similar, but notice how the rear part of the waistline swoops up and the angle of the rear deck.

Made by a company called ASC. It lives out in Florida now, but was originally owned by a guy in California. It was commissioned by Nissan USA for, I think, the LA Motorshow in 92 or 93. There were already 2 other Z32 convertibles on the market, and I don't think Nissan thought it would sell. Their own rag top NA and the Stramann convertable Z32.

Look again, look at that god awful rear quarter. Looks like it's hewn from a solid lump of MDF, the bumper looks completely oversized for the car....yeah, and then there's the two spoiler deal. I like the wheels though, but the rest look gross. The thing above it looks horrendous.

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Calimari?!??!?!? You been eating too much octopus? :lol: Calamari BTW! Yeah, the Kaminari skirts are nice as are most of the TwinZ products, except their front bumper which I think looks bloody awful, like a basking shark come Dirt Devil. Their lip spoiler is fantastic though and so is their rear diffuser, I am going to get one of those! I'll probably bring it back as checked luggage when I go to ZNationals in October at Z1 Motorsports.