ok i know everybody kinda hates me but im going to take the 240z apart completely. i've already started with the interior, but what i wanted to ask everybody was what in your opinion was the first thing you did while taking you car down to nothing? and what you would have done differently?

 

dont take it apart, it will only see the road once after you do and that will be on the back of a tow truck, you dont have the space, money or tools to strip a s30 i suggest you dont do it.

i am being completely honest you strip that car and its never going to be put back together (by you anyways)

 

well i already started and i have alot of work to do it was mickey mouse rigge everywhere. and there is rust that i want to take care of. i know a guy who will do the entire interior for 300.

 

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yeah, he will do a half assed refurb and quit halfway, either that or his quote is for half the labour.

 

nope he's a friend of the family and i have an uncle who does body work/paint. but that's later

 

its never going to happen the price of materials alone is going to be upwards $500 that and its just a quote, i have been quoted many a times only to have the final bill jacked up.

 

well after the last 2 payments to that guy i'll have 300 extra a month that i'll save and when the time comes i'll do what is necessary

 

how much do you think it will cost and how long do you think it will take to restore that car? assuming is doesnt have cance?

 

what is cance? you mean cancer? and i know it does that's why i want to build it from the ground up even if it takes me 10 years i don't care i want to fix this car the way i want and im enrolling into uti soon so i'll have some knowledge

 

Settle with one thing man, seriously.

 

ok then im going to settle with my 240z.

 

BUAWAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAhAH unless you have experience and basic understanding of how you make power and whats necessary to use the power all you will be qualified for is to work at autozone im sorry but you wont learn jack **** at UTI at your level...

 

why not? and what level?

 

UTI is a joke, I know more than most of the kids there. At least the one here in FL is, place is full of ricers and when they're in the actually in the workplace they can't even change the oil.

 

i'im not even going to try to talk about this. TOF needs to severely F something up before he can begin to learn any lesson. within a year, he will have had a rite of passage concerning auto mechanics

 

no offenc to you, but you dont know **** about anything with a motor, you have no idea how complex even something seemingly as simple as a lawnmower works, honestly UTI will make you dumber, it may make you seem like you know something, but you wont, all they will teach you is how to change your oil, unless you go in with general understanding of the science involved with engines and unless you know how a motor works, then your first step should be to either a machine shop or a library, dont bother spending $70k for some shitty school and dont bother spending $30k in tools to attend the school, if you want to go to school so bad, then go to a community college and learn the basics.

the truth hurts, but someone has to tell it.

 

i thought u were like some super experienced hot 23 year old guy but i have to wonder, what do you know???? I don't know anything but i admit it....cancer isn't that bad it just requires alot of reading, and alot of practice, and at least 50 hours. that's what i've put into my 2+2 so far and i'm actually going to start cutting once my por15 comes in (hopefully tomorrow) just read read read, and you have to just jump in and try it. I will hopefully have some pics and help tips if you can wait a week or so

 

OH yeah!! label and ZIPLOCK bag EVERY SCREW!!!! and keep it all togetherr!! trim with trim, seats with seats, and DON"T take out the wiring unless it's corroded. it'll last for a while!!

 

what the hell is up with the hot 23 year old part? are you gay?im being serious kinda scary

 

when i stripped my 260 i pulled out EVERYTHING even teh dash took my grinder over any surface rust and my sand blaster and then sprayed the rust to primer converter **** which is a miracle liquid then painted it with this super tough paint then while it was appart i tried but didnt finish for some reason to restore all the panels and vynil and **** then put back together. also, wheres my super charger?

 

like the good book says the only way to cure cancer permanently is to cut it out.

 

not if its surface rust. aka the grinder.

 

Don't do it, I have seen so many cars taken into the junkyard where the owner stripped the entire thing and never finished it.
It's such a waste of what potentially could be a nice car.

 

I'm just going to say good luck it is a task not to be taken lightly. But update us as you progress and please add pics as well.

 

You will take the Z a part, and with little $$$ for parts and repairs, it will sit... sit... and sit, and some day... you WILL sell it or send it to the junk yard!!!

I have hired UTI people before, and they know very little about cars and the parts that go in them... The best thing to do is go to college... you will learn A LOT MORE... you could learn more from high school than from UTI...