now i like my music a fair bit and as my datto inside was real clean i didn't want to cut up the door trims so i opted to remake the kick panels to cater for some nice 5.5" co-ax speakers, and this was the result of my fibreglass pods


this was after glassing and painting, prior to cutting out the speaker hole


and this was them installed ... was real happy with the result

so on the topic of music i might aswell show my boot retrim to make it neat and tidy, hold the CD stacker and cut some road noise down ....

now back to inside ... i needed something a little more supportive than the OEM front seats and i wanted to stick with something period that would not look out of place, introducing freshly retrimmed 240z buckets to match the interior !!



and to top off the inside my final peice installed ...



nice alloy plate and leather gearboot with one of a kind shifter knob.
plus fire extinguisher for trackdays mounted to a bracket fixed to the passenger seat mounts.

well its been a while since i did anything on the datto let alone the forum
so i thought i'd jump ahead to today - i'll fill in the between eventually ;)




new hand polished 13x6" hayashi copies with 175/50/13 sime tyres fitted

this is some pics of the wheels from start to finish :


how they were when i received them


after about 5-6hrs on each wheel - started with 400 grit and ended in 1500grit wet and dry
then cutting compound, followed by polishing compound and the autosol polish


after paint, took about 2hours per rim to tape and paint, untape, retape and paint and clear


the black is a custom mix based on fords saphire but with a red pearl mixed thru it


new tyres fitted finally ...

all up the polishing, painting, wrapping in rubber, balancing and finally getting them on the car has taken 367days !!
oh how things take time !!

jesus very very nice dude.. i love how you have made your boot nice and tidy

Very nice, Its certainly a tidy wee car i like the 240z seats.
A small upadte on short sedan rear shocks, I ended up going with hilux bilsteins I got the revalved though as they have huge rebound (fine for a rally car not so good for a road car) I can get you the part number if you were still interested

so the semi slicks arent going on these rims any time soon?

sweet nick, i'd be keen for the part number as i havent got any closer to sorting out the rear shocks ..

and as for the semi slicks they will eventually go on, or a new set will ... next year when i can get the datto back onto the track ...
but i still gotta get the handbrake sorted ;) so i'll have to grab the bits off you pigdog to start fiddling around :)

yeah i'll have to to bring them back with me next time im out at dads

what are the sime tyres like? they cheapies?