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Old Apr 3, 2007 | 05:42 PM
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Default Athens Blue with Kuruma Z

After some time, the Kuruma Z is finally painted and on the car. I've included a pic to show that it matches up with stock sides and splash guards quite well. It is a tad lower than stock. There are practically no gaps in grill/hood area. the color is off because of bad lighting and there is a big *** storm coming.



And for how it fits. Maybe I'm too **** but there are a few issues.
The major gap is by the driver side headlight.
The paint is a little darker, but not too noticeable.
Little gaps by the sidemarkers.
The mesh grills are not tight.
I don't know much about bodywork, but apparently polyurethane is harder to work with than fiberglass, ie smoothing out the surfaces and filling in gaps.




Overall impression:
The bumper itself is of very good construction and flexible. Bought it from Coz at Concept Z performance and he was always quick to respond and very helpful. The body guy said it was one of the better aftermarket bumpers he's seen. It fits as well as any aftermarket bumper can be expected to fit, not 100% but close. You can't see the imperfections unless you look closely. It looks awesome and I'm happy with the work that was done.
I have other pics so if there are requests for other angles I will post them.

I have a bunch of performance parts layin around that I need to get installed. Wheels and drop are next once I gather up the funds.
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Old Apr 3, 2007 | 08:01 PM
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Congrats!!

Looks GREAT... Yes, I know where you are coming from but TRUST ME that bumper fits GREAT!!

I also have the KurumaZ and a TS poly replica... My body guy LOVED the KurumaZ and was cursing the TS... There are more gaps in the TS and the bottom inner flat area was a bit warped...

I am working on getting it to lay flat on my own and have a couple of ideas to do so...

I like how the TS has the grille incorporated into the design... I wish the Kuruma had that as well...

I change my bumpers off and on depending on my mood... lol
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Old Apr 4, 2007 | 04:51 AM
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from the pic,s it looks like it fits pretty good,most aftermarket bumpers arent going to fit like stock.i think it looks great.
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Old Apr 4, 2007 | 05:43 AM
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That looks almost OEM. Ver nice.
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Old Apr 4, 2007 | 06:48 AM
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clean job i like
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Old Apr 4, 2007 | 07:18 AM
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Very nice.
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Old Apr 4, 2007 | 02:29 PM
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Looks nice !!!!!!!!!! I was impressed with miine , as was my shop that installed it . They said it was one of the best fitting aftermarket bumpers they have seen .
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Old Apr 4, 2007 | 02:54 PM
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yea.. i'd call it a bit **** . that body fitment is great. you should see what 'bad' really is then you'd truly appreciate how well your stuff fits.

cool paint job.
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Old Apr 4, 2007 | 02:56 PM
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+1 Your bumper fits perfect and the color looks spot on too.
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Old Apr 4, 2007 | 03:08 PM
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Fitment really does look great. KurumaZ makes some good stuff, but just wish they didn't bend you over so badly on the pricing...
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Old Apr 9, 2007 | 02:11 PM
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Speaking from experience with Z32 parts, Kuruma by far has one of the best fitments out there. Looks real good.
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Old Apr 12, 2007 | 08:48 AM
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Looks good
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Old Apr 12, 2007 | 07:39 PM
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Not bad! Better than I expected when clicking on the thread.
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Old Apr 13, 2007 | 10:18 AM
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looks very good
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Old Apr 13, 2007 | 10:26 AM
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who knows where to get this bumper for the G? my cousin wants one for his coupe, but from what i read... its been discontinued?
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Old Apr 18, 2007 | 05:52 AM
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looking good.. i have a kuruma front as well....z33benny you can get these bumpers from Coz @ concept z or z1 i believe. Think they had like 10 of em around february they might have a couple left.
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