Oh no..the fakes are coming
Originally Posted by pacfwu
Look on the bright side, maybe this means we'll be able to get the Japanese bumpers w/o those stupid reflectors and the cool fender lip/flares.
I don't think it's really going to be cost-effective for someone to buy the actual kit and put it on the standard Z. I think I read some estimate that the entire kit would set you back 4-5k. The only way I'd think someone would add this kit is if it were a replica. All a company would have to do is just find someone with a Nismo (or even buy their own), make a mold of the kit and offer it up to the public.
I figure converting it to look like a Nismo with the authentic kit will be rare, but replicas are pretty much inevitable.
I don't think it's really going to be cost-effective for someone to buy the actual kit and put it on the standard Z. I think I read some estimate that the entire kit would set you back 4-5k. The only way I'd think someone would add this kit is if it were a replica. All a company would have to do is just find someone with a Nismo (or even buy their own), make a mold of the kit and offer it up to the public.
I figure converting it to look like a Nismo with the authentic kit will be rare, but replicas are pretty much inevitable.
Originally Posted by CEO350Z
yeah, give zcar a break. why would he post a part number if it was fake?
LOL...
Originally Posted by mlatham
are we really taking this guys word that it is a legit nissan part. i believe only AUTECH has the specs to make true replacement parts. not nissan. ill look into where the real parts comes from and let you all know. it would be funny to see this rear bumper on a Z without the rest of the wide body kit! hanging over looking like a cheap civic!
would you please quit posting worthless posts thinking you know something?
Originally Posted by Nuki06FireZ
Im eagerly awaiting someone to get me ahold of that wing that is on your guys car. I dont want to be a nismo, just want that wing.
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it makes me and im sure all the other Nismo owners feel good, that people want the kit so bad. There was all this bashing going, on now people are saying they want it. So hope you all get it, just dont go putting badges all over it calling it a real nismo, cause that's like putting a fairlady symbol on a left hand drive car.. it ain't riight.
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Originally Posted by Z04
would you please quit posting worthless posts thinking you know something?
Originally Posted by mlatham
huh? i wasnt bashing anyone. just asking a questions. but if trash is what you want to talk....here we go. i do know something. i know the deminsions are wider, therfore, a widebody kit. nissan itself states that. measure it up, if it is the same we shall go to them about it for lying to the public. why would you even bother to say that? worthless. thanks anyways.
I have an '07 factory Nismo sitting outside right next to my dad's '05 S-tune. The Nismo does NOT have a wide-body kit. The lower parts of the bumpers stick out a little bit, but there's nothing on the body of the car itself that is any wider. You may be thinking about the JAPANESE Nismo car that has a very small lip added on to the metal. But, once again, it is NOT a wide-body. Just minor extensions inside the lip of the fenders.
The Nismo body kit will fit on the standard car with NO modifications (except for possibly the metal bumpers underneath, as already stated)
(Edit: maybe the inner fender liners too.)
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i wonder if they are test driving the japanese nismo. could they justify the front and back diffusers as a wide body? i just got on nissanusa and edmonds.com and they both claim a "winning gt inspired wide body kit from autech". i am not trying to come across negative i am just trying to understand. please no one take me for an *******. i believe what you say, no questions, i just want to know what they mean.
If you look up the specs on Nissannews, the track width of the Nismo and GT models are 0.3 inches wider. Is this what you were looking at? I believe that's a measurement for the outside of the wheels and not for the chasis. Since the Nismo and GT share the same sized wheels and are wider than the Base/Enth/Tour, that would give you your wider measurements.
Where are these specs you've seen that lead you to believe it's wider? I've never seen or heard anything from anyone about "wide body kit". I think you've misheard something and got it stuck in your head that way. Or, just as likely, someone said something in a video that was incorrect.
Site a source and share with us, then I'm sure you'll get a better answer.
Where are these specs you've seen that lead you to believe it's wider? I've never seen or heard anything from anyone about "wide body kit". I think you've misheard something and got it stuck in your head that way. Or, just as likely, someone said something in a video that was incorrect.
Site a source and share with us, then I'm sure you'll get a better answer.
Originally Posted by mlatham
i wonder if they are test driving the japanese nismo. could they justify the front and back diffusers as a wide body? i just got on nissanusa and edmonds.com and they both claim a "winning gt inspired wide body kit from autech". i am not trying to come across negative i am just trying to understand. please no one take me for an *******. i believe what you say, no questions, i just want to know what they mean.
