On Friday, I was hit in a 5-car accident - I was the last car in line to get rear-ended, and my rear bumper is pretty smashed up. As such, I'm going to need a completely new one. While I could very easily just get a new stock rear bumper, I am now faced with the interesting dilemma of potentially getting an aftermarket rear bumper to spice things up.

Thus, I have come to you guys in the hopes that you may steer me in the right direction.

Here are the basics of my car:
I have a black 2006 350Z. The only exterior mods that I have are a CF Varis intake duct, clear front reflectors, and splash guards. Other than that and some Z wheel caps and window tinting, it looks completely stock (It definitely doesn't drive that way, though, with the mods I've put in).



So whatever I get, stock or aftermarket, it needs to flow with the rest of the car and not cost some outrageous amount of money. Any suggestions?

 

Get the ChargeSpeed =]
https://my350z.com/forum/body-exteri...gs-vs-etc.html

Carbonfiber to match your air duct if you got $$$

Here's Colecatz's Z if you don't mine..
<a href="http://s567.photobucket.com/albums/ss117/davidc002/?action=view&current=o.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i567.photobucket.com/albums/ss117/davidc002/o.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>
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do you have more pics of your splash guards?

 

+1 on the chargespeed.

 

Chargespeed replica w/ carbon fiber exhaust panel can be had for around 5-6 something from vendors on this site.

 

I do like the Chargespeed, as well as the INGS Type N. Those are some really good suggestions. However, after looking into it, I've come to the conclusion that I really want to avoid FRP for durability purposes. As far as I can tell, this really, really limits my options. Any more ideas?

 

Considering the fact that you're literally bone stock you should just purchase a used bumper, get it painted and pocket the rest from your insurance money.

 

OEM?

 

Well... yes... that's the default option. I'm sort of testing the waters of opportunity, though. I mean, I have no problem with OEM, and the suggestion of just buying a used bumper and pocketing the difference... that's certainly interesting.

 

Or just get a OEM bumper and mold some lip to it lol

 

That thought has certainly crossed my mind. Any suggestions with that?

 

Chargespeed, IMO, is the best rear bumper that would flow with a near-stock car.

Autoinfantry has them in the Vendor Classifieds section. I received mine about 7 days from placing the order.

 

I've been drooling over that for a while. My only gripe is that it's FRP, which makes me worry a little bit. Do you think that would go well without a full body kit or any side skirts? (The last thing I want is something that looks out of place, but I haven't been able to find any pictures of one w/o a body kit)

 

I think it's the closest you're going to get to something looking "right" without going OEM.

If you want to keep it simple, you could go with a blitz rear spoiler, some nismo jdm sides and a cwest-style front lip and the car would look great for not a whole lot of money.

 

OEM+Nismo or Top Secret rear valances?

 

I've been searching pretty much endlessly for a shot of a 350Z with a Chargespeed bumper, but without sideskirts of some kind. I've found nothing.

Can somebody please help me with this? If I can see it, and quiet my fears, I'll get it. Otherwise, I'll just stick with my stock bumper.