Robotsan
Club Member
Hi all,
Trying to piece together the interior of my 76 280z (its bare right now). I thought the 280's had the inner rockers covered in carpet originally, then I remembered I bought some 'Black vinyl door sill trim' when I was ordering parts to come over with the car - which says its for 74-76 280z's. So maybe the carpet on the sides was only for the later models?
First question is - can anyone suggest how it is fitted? Surely the vinyl isn't just glued over the metal directly? Should there be a thicker layer of something else applied first maybe? Otherwise there's these big circular holes in the inner rocker that you could just be accidentally poked through the vinyl. I can't find any decent photos online of how its meant to look. If anyone would be able to take some photos of this area of their 280z that would be a great help.
Second question is - is there meant to be another piece of plastic trim that sits on top of the inner rocker, which sits up against the rubber weatherstrip, but covering the harder, more 'ribbed' inner strip thing?:
Here you can see the same piece:
And third question is, can you get the harder more ribbed/ridged trim that runs around the inside of the door opening? see the piece outlined in green below:
Trying to piece together the interior of my 76 280z (its bare right now). I thought the 280's had the inner rockers covered in carpet originally, then I remembered I bought some 'Black vinyl door sill trim' when I was ordering parts to come over with the car - which says its for 74-76 280z's. So maybe the carpet on the sides was only for the later models?
First question is - can anyone suggest how it is fitted? Surely the vinyl isn't just glued over the metal directly? Should there be a thicker layer of something else applied first maybe? Otherwise there's these big circular holes in the inner rocker that you could just be accidentally poked through the vinyl. I can't find any decent photos online of how its meant to look. If anyone would be able to take some photos of this area of their 280z that would be a great help.
Second question is - is there meant to be another piece of plastic trim that sits on top of the inner rocker, which sits up against the rubber weatherstrip, but covering the harder, more 'ribbed' inner strip thing?:
Here you can see the same piece:
And third question is, can you get the harder more ribbed/ridged trim that runs around the inside of the door opening? see the piece outlined in green below: