right now i have a 280zx 1982 turbo, its a great car, really good condition, all original except for the stereo, nice swazi rims...but im lookin to get something newer, like a nice 300zx 92' at a fair price, i was actually hoping to maybe do a trade plus cash, without the stereo, would do you guys think would be a fair price for that?? and what year would you guys recomend? and any other opinions would be great

 

Look on ebay, kbb, nada, and autotrader to see what the average prices are. What's the plan w/ your 280zxt if you get a 300zx?

 

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shut it! always gotta point out the obvious!

 

well, you asked.... as far as the question....look around in classifieds. post a WTT ad. be active. I would say any year is fine as long as you look at it and it is in good condition. some 90s had some problems.

 

lol

anyway, as for favorable year.... that's all about preference. Aside from early early early 90's which had "solf valve" problems leading to bad compression on the 6 cylinder (there were only about 300 cases of this, and about 39k 90 Z32's produced, so it's not likely you'll get one that hasn't been fixed already), the 90's didn't really have any more issues than the other years.

Back to preference.... what do you value?

weight? 90's generally weight less because of: aluminum vs steel calipers, no airbags, some other minor details

power/tuning? Anything but a 96 Auto, because there still isn't an aftermarket ECU available for the 96 Automatics yet. And really, the 96's don't have VTC which will help maintain good gas mileage while making the same power. (There's been no documented proof that the 96TT's had 20hp less, though it was a commonly accepted rumor, but the fact remains that the 96's do not have VTC and had to compensate with different cams)

Safety? 93 or 94+ (I think) had passenger side airbags, 92+ had drivers side airbag standard, 91 had optional drivers side airbag

Looks? We all know the 90-93 stock TT spoiler owns the 94+ TT spoiler, and the blank 90 nose panel owns the Nissan badged 91+ nose panel =D

Brakes? 91+ came with brake ducting that the 90's didn't have. The later steel calipers dissipate heat better than the earlier Aluminum calipers


there's more small differences, but that's all I feel like typing right now.

 

you for got that the 95 platinum silver > aztec red

its also easier to get a computer chip upgrade cause the 16 bits in the 94+ dont rank in a lot of tuner shops

 

But Cobalt Green of 95/96 owns all other colors...

(btw, offtopic kinda, but I'm considering repainting my car this winter... I like the Diamond Black Pearl, but I'm thinking either a Black Metalflake or Black with Purple Pearl, cause I think it'd look incredible... what do you think?)

 

pretty much my preference is of course the look of the car, 96 looks beautiful, but a bit too much in pricing for me, so im thinkin a 92-94, and also of course power of the car is a major preference, and also something easy to fix up

 

well, now that i think about that question, its a good question that im still thinking about, i love my 280 to death, we've been through a lot together...lol...but i dunno, how much do you think a 280 could run for, ill try to get pictures up soon, a good condition no rust 280zxturbo 82' 152k miles go for?

 

it really depends on mods, condition, etc with thesse cars. W/o any other info, I'd say anything from 1500 all the way to 5000 depending.

 

true.. that green with the beige interior is the bomb

and come on, what answer you think im goin to say

[/post whoring]

 

lol I don't know what you're going to say... hence why I asked. I haven't revealed any of my intentions with the paint job on any other forum because they're all too conservative, so I want the input of other respectable Z32 owners of whether or not black with purple pearl is ricey or not. Considering black with blue pearl is 100% accepted, I think purple pearl should be as well (hell, the 300ZX did come in Deep Purple Metallic). I know black metalflake would be the **** though...

 

I would personally like blue pearl more, but purple pearl is a very cool hot rod type of thing to do and IMO would be awesome! Go for it.

 

black with purple pearl AND metalflake!?!

 

Top Secret gold. enough said.

 

if i do get the 300zx, im going for glacier white pearl, thats the best color in the world to me, with nice black leather interior

 

I agree...any type of white with pearl is my favorite color. and bard, we've already decided about gold.

 

i was thinkin about re-painting my 280 with the 10th anniversary colors....gold with the black hood...=-) now that would be sweet, especially with the gold and silver swazi rims....*drules*