Im plannin on buying a nismo front bumper replica or just getting a lip and getting my stock bumper repainted(clear coat chips). Id rather get the nismo front but people have been tlking me out of it because of fitment issues. Hows the fitment and install on the replicas and wheres a good place to get them? Are all replicas the same? About how much should it cost to get it painted chrome silver?

 

My Body shop told me $385 for paint and install of a Aerosync N-Style Polyurethane Front bumper. It looks the same as the Nismo v1. This place has a good price http://www.gruppe-s.com/350z/zext.htm its where I got my sides and I will be getting my Bumper from them also (in a few weeks) the price for paint differs with area

 

Damn thats a nice front bumper. Now im torn between the two. I like the carbon fiber canards on he nismo one tho. Can you get them for that bumper? Anyone else have a price they paid to get a bumper painted?? Or a price for install and paint for those that didnt do it themselves?

 

You would have to email them and ask if the canards will fit that bumper

 

Here is a big thread about that bumper https://my350z.com/forum/exterior-an...nt-bumper.html This is how I am going to paint mine but with chrome silver

 

Guys, I have a genuine v1 bumper from NISMO Japan for sale, which is painted in Chrome Silver.

PM me if you are interested.

 

Anyone ever install the bumper themselves? How was the fitment and was it worth doing it yourself

 

well there are a lot of replicas out there and fitment varies between all of them. Installation is cake, same as removing and reinstalling a stock bumper.

 

Auto Infantry V2 ftw. Fittment is almost perfect if those guys are using same M1 mold. Find them in Marketplace (Super Replica thread)

Install = cake.

EVERYbody who sees my car is amazed it's a replica...they cant tell te difference.

 

I know that installing factory front bumpers is easy because holes are already drilled and everything lines up. i was just worried that buying an aftermarket front bumper it wouldnt line up correctly and id have to pay to have it done.

 

I was talking about a replica bumper, above ^.

The V2's are know to be one of the best fitting replicas (depending who you get them from) and holes are pre-drilled.

All i had to do on mine was drill out the holes alittle bigger to fit properly. It took all of 30 minutes to get them right, and the extent of my life-long body shop type experience is taking my front bumper off and on....one time, before i did this.

 

^ fiberglass? I'd love to get a replica, but I think I'd smash the fiberglass bumper the very day I install it. How rigid is it?

 

Its pretty tough dude. You wont find that many replicas in poly, or authentics for that matter. FRP has made some advancements in the past years.

FRP is the way to go, and cheap/easy to fix if you do crack. I worry to, but you'll quickly get over and learn to watch how you drive.