Wild Zed body kits

OEM+ has and always will be the only way forward, unless your building a dedicated racecar and function supersedes form.
Why so many people think they can redesign the look of a car that was designed with massive budgets and teams of professionals. Chassis and engine tuning are always a compromise for average joe, however the look is designed as paramount in a road car.
 
z32bolt said:
OEM+ has and always will be the only way forward, unless your building a dedicated racecar and function supersedes form.
Why so many people think they can redesign the look of a car that was designed with massive budgets and teams of professionals.
Click to expand...
Blimey, I thought I was the only one. But with z32bolt, zedboy and datsfun onside :thumbs:, I feel a little less lonely.
Captain Stock - the only way to go :)
 
Pah
depends on which you are talking about
Almost sounds as elitist as the old classic car scene that the Z Club fought against to get the Z accepted into it
attachment.php
 

Attachments

  • bigeye1.gif
    bigeye1.gif
    71.6 KB · Views: 99
Not elitist...just my opinion. I love all Zs, but my preference is to have them 'as standard'. I'm not saying that I am right...
 

Attachments

  • Japan-S30-Z-ad-campaign-5.jpg
    Japan-S30-Z-ad-campaign-5.jpg
    906.5 KB · Views: 86
Last edited by a moderator:
Albrecht said:
Some Zs could be 'standard' and have a body kit:
Click to expand...

I tend to agree with zedboy they look better std as we know them. The ZG may be rare but that front end turns a swan into an ugly duckling (maybe that is the reason they did not produce many) & as for the spats we all used to put things like that on our mini's
years ago in order to fit wider wheels, in my view they really spoil the Z but each to their own.
 
Gio said:
Blimey, I thought I was the only one. But with z32bolt, zedboy and datsfun onside :thumbs:, I feel a little less lonely.
Captain Stock - the only way to go :)
Click to expand...

Don't get me wrong, I'm not captain concorse that stuff is a snore fest. Put it this way if I could fit 345mm discs under the z32 stock wheels they would still be on, I can't so there's some 18s on there.
I see most aftermarket kits as ugly but I have no issue adding on something a little extra, a later spec or special edition part. Even something that looks stock but isn't, for example I have those crystal rear lights, unless you knew otherwise they look like stock.
Once I'm done average joe will think its stock, only zed lovers will realise all the little non series one z32 touches.
 
samuri-240 said:
The ZG may be rare but that front end turns a swan into an ugly duckling (maybe that is the reason they did not produce many) & as for the spats we all used to put things like that on our mini's years ago in order to fit wider wheels, in my view they really spoil the Z but each to their own.
Click to expand...

The HS30-H model 'Fairlady 240ZG' was a factory Homologation Special, designed, built and sold to the general public simply because it allowed the factory to use similar ( but even more radical ) parts in races where the FIA's Group 4 rules were applied. It wasn't about making the car pretty.

Nissan didn't sell all that many of them because they didn't make all that many of them. They made enough to satisfy the quantity needed to homologate the model. Again, it was nothing to do with looks and looks alone...

Having said that, I happen to find the genuine 240ZGs - as well as the factory race cars that evolved from them - very attractive. A lot of that attraction for me comes from the knowledge that the 240ZG was built for a specific purpose, and that specific purpose was directly linked to racing. Interestingly, I think you'll find that the market ( in Japan - where 99.9% of genuine 240ZGs still live ) agrees, and that genuine unmolested 240ZGs are some of the most valuable S30-series Zs. I'd say that the 240ZG ranks third ( behind the PS30-SB Fairlady Z432-R and the PS30 Fairlady Z432 ) in a Top Trumps style S30-series Z desirability / value index.

Personally speaking I appreciate ( love ) the unmolested 'stock' S30-series body too. That's why I own both.
 
z32bolt said:
If your car is the one I think, supra engined one? Was at simply Japanese, don't avoid me I LOVE that car.
Click to expand...

No, that's not me. My 'avoiding this thread' comment was in jest at the naked picture of Burnsie, lol.
 
z32bolt said:
I see most aftermarket kits as ugly but I have no issue adding on something a little extra, a later spec or special edition part. Even something that looks stock but isn't, for example I have those crystal rear lights, unless you knew otherwise they look like stock.
Once I'm done average joe will think its stock, only zed lovers will realise all the little non series one z32 touches.
Click to expand...
I'm with you on that. I put 99-spec rears on my S1 after the shunt. (And clear side repeaters on my S6. And other stuff.)
That factory kit posted by Albrecht is the bees whatsit.
 
Albrecht said:
The HS30-H model 'Fairlady 240ZG' was a factory Homologation Special, designed, built and sold to the general public simply because it allowed the factory to use similar ( but even more radical ) parts in races where the FIA's Group 4 rules were applied. It wasn't about making the car pretty.

Nissan didn't sell all that many of them because they didn't make all that many of them. They made enough to satisfy the quantity needed to homologate the model. Again, it was nothing to do with looks and looks alone...

Having said that, I happen to find the genuine 240ZGs - as well as the factory race cars that evolved from them - very attractive. A lot of that attraction for me comes from the knowledge that the 240ZG was built for a specific purpose, and that specific purpose was directly linked to racing. Interestingly, I think you'll find that the market ( in Japan - where 99.9% of genuine 240ZGs still live ) agrees, and that genuine unmolested 240ZGs are some of the most valuable S30-series Zs. I'd say that the 240ZG ranks third ( behind the PS30-SB Fairlady Z432-R and the PS30 Fairlady Z432 ) in a Top Trumps style S30-series Z desirability / value index.

Personally speaking I appreciate ( love ) the unmolested 'stock' S30-series body too. That's why I own both.
Click to expand...

I get most of that and I find cars built for a specific purpose equally attractive in that respect - Lancia Stratos and Audi Quattro S1?

When it comes to pure aesthetics - we'll all never agree as its personal choice.

Regardless of rarity or value - i personally dont find the ZG attractive either. It reminds me of a pet axolotl i had


Even he was prettier than this creation.


 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top