I thought I had read a while back that the 2007-2008 Nismo had a different front bumper bar then the non-Nismo Z and that you couldn't swap bumpers without swapping the bumper bar.

I searched and I could not confirm this. Does anyone know if they use the same bumper bar or different?

 

you could swap just the bumper no issues...have done it

mike

 

I wouldn't have thought they would be different. Thanks for the info.

 

even if it dint fit its not a big deal to remove it, beyond 5 mph it doesn't do anything anyway, hence why 50% or more of vehicles out there use a styrofoam bumper bar now.

 

The problem with removing it, even if you don't worry about crash protection, is that I believe the bumper bar connects both sides of the front sub-frame. Although I haven't studied the Z, many cars don't handle as well with the bar removed.

 

eh ive got a intercooler going in place of that, not to mention most cars also dont have front strut tower braces. plus again most cars nowadays dont even have metal bumper bars(im guessing the z might since the core support is fiberglass vs most cars having metal) and i know a giant foam block isnt gona improve chassis rigidity at all i only know about the foam ones because of sending so many out to body shops when i worked at dealerships.

 

I have a nismo v3 on my car right now. I did nothing to modify the bumper bar from a standard bumper.

 

Here is the NISMO version from Courtesy Parts:



Here is the regular version:



They look like two different parts to me

 

Looks like the beem is the same, but the impact foam is different.

 

???

confused!

What are you trying to do?

 

Correct. Impact foam is different. the non-nismo foam is much shorter and does not come anywhere near making contact with the back side of the nismo bumper.

I removed this foam and ran this past year without it. no noticeable effects.

I presumed he was talking about the aluminum impact beam across the front.

 

Thanks guys for the info. I am potentially putting a stock bumper onto my NISMO...alreadys scuffed up the NISMO one at the track and don't want to do more damage to it so thinking about running a stock front bumper since I had one laying around.

Funny that the bumper foams look different in the pictures but show the same number. Either way, as long as the bar itself is the same, I can always remove the foam if necesssary.

 

I had a feeling you were asking because you wanted to swap it out for the track.

I don't think you will have a problem at all.