How difficult is it to fit front bumper, side skirts and a rear spoiler ?

 

Do they all have to be sprayed after fitting in place ?

 

Thanks

 

John

hi there bud how r ya,

 

just saw your post and im busy fitting a z centre front and rear bumper with side skirts to my z,

 

lucky my dad is a panel beater and is helping me with the kit

he is going to respray the whole car for me

 

now then with the rear bumper i had to cut the aluminium impact absorber behind the bumper with a jig saw where the number plate goes inward, then i fitted the rear bumper its not to bad once you have taken the old one off you will see how it all goes together, what i did find is that the bumper isnt a great fit so had to use some filler to blend it in with the car panels.

 

you will also notice that the bumper cracks when you tighten it up, so with the rear i fitted it all tight, primed it and blended it with filler and will spray it on the car cos if you spray it first it might crack when you fit it!! and dont forget to cut off your towing eyes!!

 

with the front i fitted the bumper and filled it with filler to blend in with the body of the car, and what we noticed is you cant get a spray gun underneath to spray the bumper, so i had to take it off to spray, but have to be very caerfull when re-fitting it so not to crack it!!

 

i also managed to use all the bumper brackets when fitting the front bumper bit of a nightmare getting to them to say the least!!

 

i have removed the rear spoiler and have ordered the skin to go over the tailgate,

 

i havent fitted the skirts yet or the rear spoiler but hopefully next week!!

 

ok then in my opinion try to spray them on the car cos they tend to crack when you tighten up, so fit them on and tighten them up, then get em sprayed

 

p.s they only crack if they r fiberglass, if they r plastic you will have no probs at all amnd can spray them anyhow u want

 

have some pics on camera of the ongoing work can e-mail them to you when i get them developed if you like!!

 

hope this is of some help to ya!

 

dewi ap.

Thanks Fastredz,

 

Bumpers sound like they can be a bit tricky to install, especially as I use my car daily.

 

Maybe I will get an old banger to get me around in, so I could take my time with mods.

 

Pictures would be nice.

 

I was interested in doing a front bumper, how long do you reckon it took you ?

 

Thanks

 

John

What bumper is it you are fitting on mate ?

 

To take the front off for the first time it can take a couple of hours. Once you have done it a few times you can get it off in 30 mins.

 

Take at my site http://www.300zx-mods.co.uk/Bodywork.htm for a few tips to take the front off. It should makes things quicker when you know whee the bolts are you are supposed to be taking out. ;)

 

99 spec needs a little alteration. But most others should go on without a problem.

I have not decided yet Stuart, I was looking at the ones on Zcentre, not sure if I will do the rear spoiler first though.

 

Thanks

 

 

John

By the way Stuart, your step by step article is super.

 

John