pain in the *** to install....doing it at night sucks...even harder with a flashlight that keeps blinking on and off.

Looks good though......LED's need to be yellow..not clear it would match better.

The pic makes it look better.

 

Plan to take good part of the day to take off bumper if your not a wizard with power tools and a nice garage setup.

 

Abyss---

Why did it take so long to take the bumper off?

I did mine in about 20 minutes. Try this next time: I did not remove the inside of the fender well or tires, I just took out the 3 rivet connections and pulled it back, then reached my hand in to take out the 3 screws on each side. I did not raise the car, or use any power tools. It seemed easier than I thought.

The LED's look good.... Thanks for the pics.

 

Nice!

 

Cool, there's hope for us guys who don't want to remove the whole bumper. Would you be willing to do a DIY write up for another point of view ?

 

Thanks Abyss, they look awesome.

Would have looked even better with your girlfriend and her "friend" posing with them though!

 

sorry i didnt have a pro or a tutor...just me and the instructions that came with it.

So needless to say me and a flashlight went to town with it.

I wish I could have installed em faster trust me.....

Me being a retard started taking all the entire wheel well out and everything. Thats what happens if you dont wait for someone to post on my 350z a easier way to do it....plus my tools sucked and was working on a incline.

I figured I would make it as hard as possible to install em...hee hee.

I had a hard time remembering where all the clips went....I found em all so it was done with no left overs.

-----I one big complaint about the side markers-------- is they dont match the factory orange with yellow light bulb in the head light....Strickly Z should put yellow LEDs in the side marker to match the color correctly....But the cool thing is that the picures make it look like it matches.

 

I only found this out because I am lazy, and no one had done a write up at the time. The intructions I had were in Japanese, so....

I have some pics, but I am not at home for the next week.... I can give you a quick idea of how I did it:

1. Remove the 6, or so, connectors on top of the bumper, I used a flathead screwdriver to pop them up....

2. Remove the 8 10mm bolts/screws at the bottom of the bumper, a 10mm rachet works best, although a screwdriver may work.

3. Turn the wheels out and remove the connector on the inside of the wheel well, there are three connectors on the inside of the wheel well, they are the same as the ones on the top of the bumper, use a flat head to pop out.

4. Turn the wheels in to remove the 2 that are closest to the outside of the wheel well (I may have it backwards, there may be 2 on the inside and one on the outside, but you get the idea).

5. With the wheel turned in still, pull the liner back, you should be able to pull it back about 6-8 inches. You will see the 3 screws that hold the bumper on, you will see 3 silver screws, I used a large philips to remove these 3 screws, they are 10mm also I believe.

6. Repeat steps 3-5 for the opposite side, and that is it. I have long skinny arms, so it made it a little easier.

Like I said I am lazy, so I was surprised that it was easy. I had never removed a bumper before, but I work on equipment everyday that has very confinded space, and that expiriece helped a lot, I can do a lot without being able to see much.

As I have stated before, if you plan to do the horns, do them at the same time....

If there are any questions let me know and I will explain in more detail. I will try to post pics when I get home. Last time I tried, they were to big, and I was too lazy to resize, but I can host them now....

 

jran76,

Thanks for the insights. It would be great if you could post pix, as they're "worth more than a 1000 words" .