Nismo Replica front bumper questions! Please help!
To each their own. I ordered a fiberglass nismo v2 from Strafe. I got screwed over by JMAutoracing (don't ever order from them) lol, so i had to get it elsewhere. I will post pics of fitment and such once it arrives. This one is pre-drilled thankfully so fittting it shouldnt be too hard.
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Heres the end result:
Review:
The bumper is good. I would give it a C+ in terms of a grade if price wasn't a factor. Why? Because a B would be one that fits almost perfectly, and has very little wave to it, and an A would be OEM fit, etc.
Since it was only 246 however, its pretty fantastic. I wouldn't go to a show and expect to win because of the bumper, as the fiberglass has some wave to it, and the fitment isn't perfect (never expected it to be), but overall I'm very impressed. I had a bit of a struggle at first getting the holes for the zspeed engine shroud to line up to it, but nothing a bit of pushing on it couldn't fix, and now its locked on there.
Money well spent, and my painter did a great job making the most of the bumper.
Review:
The bumper is good. I would give it a C+ in terms of a grade if price wasn't a factor. Why? Because a B would be one that fits almost perfectly, and has very little wave to it, and an A would be OEM fit, etc.
Since it was only 246 however, its pretty fantastic. I wouldn't go to a show and expect to win because of the bumper, as the fiberglass has some wave to it, and the fitment isn't perfect (never expected it to be), but overall I'm very impressed. I had a bit of a struggle at first getting the holes for the zspeed engine shroud to line up to it, but nothing a bit of pushing on it couldn't fix, and now its locked on there.
Money well spent, and my painter did a great job making the most of the bumper.
mine just got delivered but my z is at the shop. It's not pre-drilled tho 
How much did paint and installation cost you?
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Paint was $350, and he helped me install it. The paint job is like, 99% perfect but to make it 100% would have cost at least 100 bucks more, and the difference is negligible. (slight wave in the fiberglass on the passenger side could have been bondo'd out then completely re-primered, etc)
Heres the end result:
Review:
The bumper is good. I would give it a C+ in terms of a grade if price wasn't a factor. Why? Because a B would be one that fits almost perfectly, and has very little wave to it, and an A would be OEM fit, etc.
Since it was only 246 however, its pretty fantastic. I wouldn't go to a show and expect to win because of the bumper, as the fiberglass has some wave to it, and the fitment isn't perfect (never expected it to be), but overall I'm very impressed. I had a bit of a struggle at first getting the holes for the zspeed engine shroud to line up to it, but nothing a bit of pushing on it couldn't fix, and now its locked on there.
Money well spent, and my painter did a great job making the most of the bumper.
Review:
The bumper is good. I would give it a C+ in terms of a grade if price wasn't a factor. Why? Because a B would be one that fits almost perfectly, and has very little wave to it, and an A would be OEM fit, etc.
Since it was only 246 however, its pretty fantastic. I wouldn't go to a show and expect to win because of the bumper, as the fiberglass has some wave to it, and the fitment isn't perfect (never expected it to be), but overall I'm very impressed. I had a bit of a struggle at first getting the holes for the zspeed engine shroud to line up to it, but nothing a bit of pushing on it couldn't fix, and now its locked on there.
Money well spent, and my painter did a great job making the most of the bumper.
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I bought one straight off ebay for $250 obviously not painted. It WAS a bastard making it fit.. but it looks clean right now and you can notice that it is the slightest bit off from the fender but only if youre looking up really close and trying to find out
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Ya, removing them would require some hole filling. I never noticed they were on backwards though!! Hahahahahaha the painter put them on, and hes a lexus guy, not something he was used to. They're only mounted with the allen key screws though, no putty, so I'll probably switch them when I can get around to it.
Thanks for the heads up!
Thanks for the heads up!
Eh I think I'll be good. I marked all the holes by putting the OEM bumper inside the new one. Should fit just like the factory one did if the holes are in the same spots. About to bolt it on
Last edited by Esser; Mar 6, 2013 at 09:39 PM.
I got more V2 bumpers than I can keep track of.... paint PPW and Donate to the David Charity "I want a V2 bumper" 
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f&uck Well it's already painted.. can't sand much now.. just wanted to see if this was prevalent in shine bumpers.. also the passenger side where the bracket sits was ********.. -__- i feel like they ****ed up my bumper but my fiance zip tied it and made it look awesome so no biggie but still.. kinda pissed me off
Well it's already painted.. can't sand much now.. just wanted to see if this was prevalent in shine bumpers.. also the passenger side where the bracket sits was ********.. -__- i feel like they ****ed up my bumper but my fiance zip tied it and made it look awesome so no biggie but still.. kinda pissed me off
