Hi all. I have an 05 350z in silverstone. I just ordered a Nismo V2 style bumper with canards and a chargespeed style rear (the one with the vents.). I am looking for opinions on my paint scheme. I will be using the canards and I will not be shaving the vents on the chargespeed rear. I am undecided on the side skirts right now or hood so those will come later. Thanks for your input, all criticism is welcome. Anyway, here is what I am thinking.

A.) Paint the entire front bumper silverstone and canards black.
Paint the rear bumper all silverstone and the diffuser area gloss black.

B.) Paint the front bumper silverstone, canards and "lip" section in gloss black.
Paint the rear bumper all silverstone and the diffuser area gloss black.

C.) Paint the entire front silvertone, canards black.
Paint the entire rear bumper in all silverstone.

D.) what do you suggest?

I am leaning towards A myself, but looking for opinions.
A would look something like the pic of the white car.
B would look like the middle pic (i borrowed that pic from another member F350z (love your car btw) )
C would look like the 3rd pic, silver car, but imagine it with canards on in black.

 

I say B because thats how mine is and I think it looks good. I get a lot of compliments.

Where did you get the rear bumper? Im looking to get one but Im not looking to drop 1000.00 on the real one so I need to find a decent replica.

 

I got it from extreme dimensions. Both front and rear are made out of that duraflex material they use. PM me if you want to know pricing. To be honest I am a little nervous about fitment issues. Hopefully it all works out well. Thanks for your vote on B. I should of made this a poll thread instead.

W

 

Im local to ED so I can get great pricing. Im just afraid to pull the trigger on their stuff. Too many fitment horror stories.When are you having it painted and installed? Let me know how it turns out...

 

A gets my vote

 

A for me

 

A..

 

Thanks guys, much appreciated. I am leaning towards A myself.

07 maximan, I will let you know how fitment goes. I will def post a pic once its done. Might be a month or 2 tho depending on where work sends me. If I can make some time I will start talking to shops about paint and fitment in a week or 2. Oh and check out R1 Autoworks on the market place, they have a similar rear bumper with the carbon fiber insert. I would have gone with that one over the one i picked if I had seen it but I must of skipped over that thread and I didn't see it until this morning

I am thinking now that I might also want to swap out my exhaust. I currently have a Turbo XS but that might not be aggressive looking enough for the cspeed rear. I am thinking TDXv2 would pull it together nicely.

 

I may sell my invidia n1 which goes well with the chargespeed rear but its loud.

 

A - do not like the white line in the center of the grill or is it reflection? A and C look similar
B - if you paint side skirt a two tone theme
C - if you paint side skirt silverstone

I would shave the front emblem... food for thought.
I do not like mix matching kit, have fun picking side skirts.
Chargespeed rear should be painted like below. Yes, keep the vents... I like them.

EDIT - before anyone ask... it's the Blitz spoiler.

GL og

 

Thanks for the input Stogey. I agree that the yellow car you posted is what I want to go for. I think he has a carbon fiber insert tho for both diffuser and license plate area. Eitherway, mine will look similar to that. For option A and the corresponding photo I think it was a reflection but I will be painting the full inner part there all black. No white or silverstone line for me.

I think I saw that car in person at JDS Motorsports in NJ, or someone copied his style really good.

I thought about shaving the burger off but still trying to decide on that. Another thing I don't know yet is what I am going to do with my license plate. Its required by NJ State Law to display it in the front, just not sure if I will wire tie it to the grill or install in factory location. Anyway, thanks for suggestions.

W

 

Greddy sideskirts would go perfectly with the n2 and chargespeed rear.

 

Anyone know where I can source a set of greddy side skirts? I checked the marketplace but it doesn't't seem like any vendors advertise them. Thanks.

 

Here's mine

 

My set up. Personally dont care for the canards, bumpers from shine

 

^ Love the white wheels on Solar Orange!

A member from a local forum in Houston have your front and rear set up but without canards (EDIT: I like it with canards). Thought I'd post the link up and share. GL on choosing your sides.

http://www.houston-imports.com/forum...d.php?t=676895

 

Thanks for posting pics. Both cars look great. One of the reasons I like the canards is because I think without them the bumper might look a little plain, especially because they have no reflectors on them.

@stogey, thanks for the link. Much appreciated.

 

Painted porsche orange from the gt3.

 

Ahh, I see, I see.

Willie - no prob.

 

I like the lip to match the rest of the car and the grill area all black. The black lip is getting kind of played out with all the unpainted eBay lips floating around. So my vote goes to A.