with the lip its my ultimate favorite bumper !!!!

without the lip ... well not so much

 

Thanks, guys and gals. We agree with you on the chin spoiler and intend to take the appropriate steps to get it back on the car, permanently. Doing so now would only insure that I would be replacing it in short order. It's that or not drive the car for now and that is NOT an option, IMO.

As to the overall ride height of the car we have the stock Grand Touring setup with 18" front and 19" rear wheel diameters with the NISMO-S suspension and stock Bridgestone tires.

Yeah, the back end does ride up a little higher and in person does not seem to be out of place. In the pictures, it really accentuates the rear-high stance. Dropping the rear by 1-1.5 inches would probably balance things out nicely and give 2-3 inches of increased clearance at the end of the nose/chin spoiler as the front pivots around the axis of the front wheel.

[OP puts flame suit on.......] I have now edited this post after doing a search on lowering methods. Apparently the 'old school' nonsense we did in the 70's is no longer acceptable (cutting or heat compressing springs) given all of the different springs available in this enlightened age. So, I will now pose an intelligent question.......What rear springs would give a suitable replacement for the NISMO-S settings and still lower the rear by about 1-1.5". I would hope I could keep the front set. If not, then what is recommended with the assymmetric (front to rear) Grand Touring wheels that would duplicate the NISMO-S stiffness at a lower profile. The last thing I want to do is have to buy multiple spring sets, try them on and finally get something that works as well as what I currently have (just so I can use the chin spoiler).

Any thoughts would be appreciated. And, again, THANKS!

 

For those of you considering this front end..........

I have been driving with the complete kit (chin spoiler attached) for several days over all types of surfaces and, despite my 'rear-high' stance with the Grand Touring (19" rears and 18" fronts) and the NISMO S-tune suspension, I have not had any 'nose strike' issues.

There is about 4.25" of clearance on the front, and while that looks very low, in reality, the car has managed to clear all speed bumps and highway dips (we did have to modify our driveway entrance but that is an atypical curb for drainage).

So PRESS ON, if you are interested. It passes the real world test on the most extreme of the 'stock' suspension setups.

 

+1

who cares about drive way?

I have been daily driving my car with Cig pack height under front bumper for more than a year in LA. (STANCE coils) I scrape though, especially under the driver seat... so terrible.. exhaust and drive shaft scraping...

 

+100 yup yup

 

this kit needs the front lip put on. It also needs the bars removed from the holes, and then lowered severly. then it would look good and would pull off the porsche look

 

Spoiler helps, but it does look like a Cayenne.

 

I don't like it, sorry. It looks too much like a porsche front end. As long as you like it tho.