is it just me or we're seeing more people using replica for these 2 brands? Under classified area, lots of buying/selling for these 2 kit.

 

yep ur right.

 

bubble did you just change your bumper and hood

 

long time ago...and about to change front bumper again.

 

I dont know if it was my CAR's Front End..or the Ings Front bumper Replica...my car got painted and fitted and i just picked up my car today..and saw that the headLight and the Front Bumper had a gap!!! also the sides of the wheel well weren't the best fit...From what i heard Before i bought the Ings Replica..it was a 98%!!! perfect fit!! i was kinda mad of the big gap i have... but im going to another bodyshop to see wut they could do!!

 

take picture of the gap. This pic of the kit i did the review 2 weeks ago. No gap, perfect fit. Where did you buy from?

 

yeah I have seen a few for sale. I am selling mine as well but in the Texas forum. I am looking for a local buyer so I don't have to ship. I purchased mine from NissanBlack350Z on here. I purchased too soon not really thinking through about the look I wanted for my Z. I ended up going with Nismo sideskirts. I don't think the INGS front bumper would go well with the Nismo sides. Also I think the INGS front is a little more extreme than I wanted to go. The INGS front looks alot better with an FMIC in the grille and I am going to stay NA. I instead am going with the Kuruma front bumper from performancenissanparts (received yesterday) woo hooo!! .

 

how is the Kuruma front bumper looks like?

 

Its the same as the Aerosync bumper that Gruppe-S and Z1 on here sell.

Here is KurumaZ site. http://kurumaz.com/350z/98.html

 

ic. Nice. $500?

 

yeah, decent price. I've searched/read alot on here from other Kuruma/Aerosync owners and fitment is pretty much A+, that helped me in my purchase as well. The INGS replica was a very good fit also, but an experienced shop will have to do some slight work for perfect fit. Nothing major. Both Kuruma and my INGS are polyurethane and very flexible.....helped my purchase decision as well.

 

I have the KurumaZ bumper on my car and the only complaint that I have about it is that the area of the bumper that meets the fender's most fwd tip (by the headlight) do not align properly...it's minor but if you look closely you can see it...I'll try and post up some pics later tonight after I get home

 

what have people heard or experienced with the version:select body kits (vertex replicas)? i'm curious about getting one but want to make sure i get good fitment. thanks

 

vendor said it fit good but haven't seen any member here actually buy the kit and have a review yet.

 

I know the INGS LX front lip I got in the classifieds fits awesome, and I even posted pics of it on my car. Granted nothing is actually attached, it's just hanging there, but if you go replica, that's the one to get.

 

Perfect fit?? look at the gap on the fender in the 1st pic. It's off by at least 1/4 inch. and the gap is tapered...are they usually worse than this?

 

I bought my urethane ings N-spec replica from nissanblack350Z as well and I had major gaps underneath the headlight and hood. He claimed I was the first to have a problem of this sort and that everyone had perfect fitment. I bet the fiberglass bumpers I'm selling fit better. Anyone else have any problems with the urethane N-spec bumper from nissanblack350Z?

 

Where did you buy from? If it's from nissanblack350z, I called it out before. But unfortanely all Nissanblack350z's posts are deleted so I can't find it. There's "another" PU ings+1 kit that was out last year. It also had the "mysterious" headlight gap as well. I'm willing to bet it's the same bumper that nissanblack350z is selling--I mean, how many polyurethane ings+1 kit makers do you think there are?

https://my350z.com/forum/mid-atlantic/122451-new-front-end-installed-professional-auto-body-thank-you.html <-- this is the "old" ings+1 PU kit

And the other post that shows the gap on the ings+1 bumper is deleted, but it was on MaximumSportZ's car.

Just as an FYI, even if a vendor claims something is 100%-absolutely-positively-without-a-doubt dead-on in fitment, take it with a grain of salt. Like I said, I don't know if yours is the version by Nissanblack350z, but I'm just using that case as an example. Of course, if you don't mind something that's 95% close (or you're like Bubble and you change stuff every 3-6 months! ), then don't mind my comment. I'm only speaking to the people who are perfectionists, and will lose sleep if their bumpers are 2mm off.

On a side note, I wouldn't buy anything from NissanBlack350Z. His customer service skills flat out suck. I asked him for a phone number, or where he works, or additional pix, etc. and he ignored all those parts on the PM. He only answered with "this is how much it is....can you pay now?....are you buying?" Come on...at least answer my questions!

 

Read my post above. I caught him and called it out. It was on MaximumSportZ's car. Unfortunately they deleted that post. There was a huge gap though. Plus if you look at the "older" PU bumper, it has the exact same fitment issues as well. I'm sure it's the same one.

 

BTW, x350Zx, the comment that nissanblack350z made was quite possibly true: you might have been the first to complain. It's probably because a lot of people just deal with it and don't mind small imperfections. That's why I wanted to the the bumper FIRST HAND IN PERSON or have some really **** person give a review. Unfortunately (probably fortunately for me), that vendor was less than accomodating, so I had to pass on that bumper. However, his other kits do seem like they fit well, so I'm not going to say thing nothing he sells fits properly.