Z back from the body shop!

I've been prepping my Z for sale. It's a 96 TTZ, with some amount of modifications - exhaust, intake, bigger turbos, etc. After a rather expensive repair to fix a low compression problem (turned out to be machine work that didn't quite seal the valves - John at Exact Motorsports had to hand-lap each one of the 24 valves to get them sealed), I finally got around to sorting out some of the cosmetic issues. As I never had an invisibra installed, the front end was pretty peppered with gravel. So I had it repainted. While it was in, I figured I'd also replace the window trim (was getting pretty faded, and replace the rear spoiler (which had cracked).

The front end repaint was no problem. The car looks great now! The window trim was no issue either. However the spoiler caused me no end of pain. First off, the spoiler is no longer available from Nissan - so I'm stuck looking for an aftermarket part. I called this after market Z parts company (who shall remain nameless), who sells a replica wing. This gets shipped, and supposedly fits fine initially, but once we get it painted, we discovered it isn't wide enough to cover the factory holes. So I call the Z parts company up, and they send me a wing from a salvage car in exchange for the nicely painted, slightly narrow rear wing. Bad idea. The salvage wing arrives, but the mount points are cracked.
Fortunately things are slow at the body shop, and they let me leave the car there while I search craigslist, ebay and twinturbo.net frantically for a rear wing. Finally I find one, and hurray, it's from a 96, and looks to be in pristine condition! So its shipped out, fits great, gets painted, and my car's back! :)

Now I just need to get a pre-purchase inspection & we'll be ready to get it listed. Not in bad shape for a 12 year old car - still turns heads - and with the big hp, it'll hold its own vs the new Z, or even the mighty GT-R! :)