Hi I recently ordered the authentic nismo v2 front bumper (not here yet) and was just wondering is its possible to remove that took hook piece ? Here is a pic of what I mean..




Also do you think it looks better with or without the mesh ? Cant make up my mind ha

 

A saw. Never heard of wanting to cut this out anyway. Oh, use black mesh for the grill.

 

I'm sure a body shop could cut that out for you and patch it up

 

the horizontal piece will lose some rigidity and become a bit flimsy (may or may not matter to you) if you remove the towhook piece. in my opinion, just paint that little section black, to go with your black mesh, and paint the rest of the bumper whatever color you want.

otherwise like he said above, just go to town on it with a saw.

 

You can saw off and shave down np, but as stated earlier it will make the middle horizontal support weaken. A body shop can do this np.

Also, YES, put the mesh in!! Ive seen it in person both ways and it looks horrible without mesh unless you have a FMIC.

Check the media section for a thread titled something along the lines of "V2 redone or remade" or something. He cut out the entire grille area on the V2 and it looks pretty damn good.

 

Please don't hack that up! Just leave it man.

 

You ordered an authentic and now want to hack on it? Shoulda saved $400 on one of these perfect fitting replicas

 

I think if it's painted black you won't be able to see it that much anyways.

 

Yes. Cut and sand. It will be fine.

 

paint it black like mentioned, keep the integrity of the material

 

I don't care if a replica fits perfect, I don't put knock off parts on my car..

Also ya I guess I will just leave it on. Where do you get the tow hook for this bumper ? (i'd prefer black)

 

no mesh... just my opinion

 

If that's the case then what is with the front lip in your album photo? Looks like it doesn't fit on the passenger side.

 

it ripped off on that side going out of a driveway, thanks for noticing tho lol..

Heres a pic of when it was first installed

 

Clean!

 

ditch the mesh, and sell it to me! =)

 

how much did it cost you for the bumper?

 

I paid $950 Canadian. Just got a call from the shop today, its back-ordered and coming from japan 4-6 weeks ! Nismo originally told them it was in stock and will arrive 10-12 business days.