How has your 370Z held up?

ImportConvert · 10-29-2011, 06:23 PM

Wait...Red_Zed...

You said that you replaced the rusted parts yourself. Are you referring to the slender black X-brace rear and single-brace front?

If so, yeah, it's just paint, and yeah, it will rust. For a comparison, the control-arms on my G20 look similarly painted, etc. and I bet are even a similar alloy. Yes, when scraped they rust a bit, but I bet unless I drove it through salt every day it would be fine. If not, it does look like an easy fix as you noted. Pull them, spray with truck-bed liner, replace, done.

Was it some other component you meant?

As to the orange peal. Dude. I own a 'vette. Orange-peal is LITERALLY part of the "feature" on that car (No, I am not kidding, the clear is purposefully sprayed so thick that on the SMC panels near the bases it ALLLLMOST runs. This is by spec, and it makes for a car that doesn't chip like a 370Z, but it's not "pretty" like the Z's paint, either. Hence my desire to wrap the hell out of it. No, this is not GM marketing BS. I was at the plant and observed in detail.)

10-29-2011, 06:23 PM	#1 (permalink)
ImportConvert A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: SWMO Posts: 4,454 Drives: 2019 CX5 GT Reserve Rep Power: 7627	Wait...Red_Zed... You said that you replaced the rusted parts yourself. Are you referring to the slender black X-brace rear and single-brace front? If so, yeah, it's just paint, and yeah, it will rust. For a comparison, the control-arms on my G20 look similarly painted, etc. and I bet are even a similar alloy. Yes, when scraped they rust a bit, but I bet unless I drove it through salt every day it would be fine. If not, it does look like an easy fix as you noted. Pull them, spray with truck-bed liner, replace, done. Was it some other component you meant? As to the orange peal. Dude. I own a 'vette. Orange-peal is LITERALLY part of the "feature" on that car (No, I am not kidding, the clear is purposefully sprayed so thick that on the SMC panels near the bases it ALLLLMOST runs. This is by spec, and it makes for a car that doesn't chip like a 370Z, but it's not "pretty" like the Z's paint, either. Hence my desire to wrap the hell out of it. No, this is not GM marketing BS. I was at the plant and observed in detail.)