scuff plates

[fluegel]

I am in the process of restoring the interior of my '76 260z 2+2. I've got the scuff plates out ie the things that cover the carpet on the inside of the sills. They are made of black vinyl covered sheet steel ( marviplate?). The vinyl has come unstuck at the edges and is curling away. I am thinking of 3 options 1. remove the rust and reglue the vinyl back 2. pull the old vinyl off and recover with new or 3. paint black with something which is tough and wear resistant. I would appreciate any ideas.

[EMPRACING]

Near have to be powder coat to take the abuse if it was anything other than the factory stuff.
Mine are ripped half to hell i havent decided what im doing there on mine yet.
No matter how carefull you are you will kick them so its got to be tuff.

[saxon]

There are new 240z ones available from a variety of places (msa, ebay). The shape is different, but can anyone confirm if they fit onto the 260z?

[gilltech]

New ones are available from overseas suppliers but they are not cheap. See if you can restore your existing ones - unless the metal is rusted away or beyond saving it's quite simple to strip off the old covering & apply new.

[saxon]

I got my hands on a new set of OEM scuff plates for the 260z. The fit well and look nice. They are available here:

http://www.new-datsun-parts.com/datsun-240Z-parts-interior2.html

They are for 280 but are the same shape, however they require drilling new holes to fit as they are a bit skinnier. Not a big deal. The 240 scuff plates are half the price, but I don't know if they will fit. Also the 240 are available in a lot of places, this is the only place on the whole interwebs where I have seen the 260/280 scuff plates.

Cheers,

Hamish

[gilltech]

The 2+2 sill plates would be longer than the 240/260/280 2-seater ones due to the 2+2's longer doors. Glad to hear you've tracked some down OK, some stuff seems to be hard to get at present, probably due to the GFC & much reduced demand.

[saxon]

I am in the process of restoring the interior of my '76 260z 2+2. I've got the scuff plates out ie the things that cover the carpet on the inside of the sills. They are made of black vinyl covered sheet steel ( marviplate?). The vinyl has come unstuck at the edges and is curling away. I am thinking of 3 options 1. remove the rust and reglue the vinyl back 2. pull the old vinyl off and recover with new or 3. paint black with something which is tough and wear resistant. I would appreciate any ideas.

Maybe more to do with the fact that it's a 40 year old car

[260Coupe]

Try spaying them with a wringle finish paint ...........I've seen that done and it looked great

[fluegel]

I ended up regluing the plastic covering back with super glue, they look allright I removed the glue which got on the vinyl with acetone , removed the dirt as well. Lastly I gave them a wipe over with linseed oil and painted the rusty one inside with hammerite.

[fluegel]

Here is a pic of the plates , one is restored.