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Just wanted to post some photos of the finish product from some of our discussions
when doing the Nismo front conversion for you all to see

Looks great, what was used as a filler when you removed the front emblem?

What I used in the end was Evercoat Maxim for the main fill, which is a two part epoxy combined in a tube and SEM bumper bite flexible glaze for the finish which you mix together like body filler. A good tip I got from a friend who owns a shop and did the final painting is as you fill and work piece you should put it outside and let in bake out in the sun to draw out the resin and to see if it bubbles or moves around. Best to let this sit and cure and not try to quick dry it with a heat lamp for best result.
After that it was sprayed with a sealer and painted with color and the grill area was blacked out with a semi gloss black epoxy.

Thanks man, repped...

Nice job; welcome to the club! :tiphat:

The round brake ducts look nice too. :tup:

Great job!

Haven't posted my car for awhile...here are some pics of it...enjoy

At one pt...it used to look like this...

I have a '12 Roadster. I scuffed the right under side of the bumper and scratched off some paint. Instead of taking it in and getting it fixed at a body shop I was thinking of replacing it with a Nismo front bumper. I read thru your stuff here but it's not clear to me. Can you replace the front bumper cover without a lot of other stuff underneath that you cant see needing to be replaced? Any idea what it would cost to have a body shop do the work? I'm not much into working on cars anymore. Arthritic low back. OUch.

10MPlayer,
If your going to pay a shop to do this conversion its not going to be cheap, they will only buy the parts from Nissan, and not fabricate some of the smaller detail parts and brackets as is explained in the threads. example there are (2) small 2 inch metal brackets nothing fancy to make and Nissan wants $40 apiece for them. This conversion
cost me around $1500 with the paint. and I fabricated the smaller parts, shopped online for all the fasteners and installed the bumper cover myself which took a good afternoon to fit up.

Hey Scruffydog.
Took awhile but I finally got there, it really changes the look of the car :), thanks for the postings which were a great help and put the bug in my a$$, LOL.
You Z looks great too. The brake duct look super too. Mine cost me nothing, had them sitting in the shop for 20 years left over from another project. Also what you may not see is the S.S. wire mesh screen that I have clipped in behind the grill open. Its all about detail.

I PM I wrote to a member a while back… Just for more info related to this conversion. PM me for further details in the future.

These questions are not easily answered. The reason is that there is quite a few variables that depend on your check book, abilities, patience, and who you know….

First off, I looked and looked and looked for these pieces used. Sometimes this works out, and you'll find the whole kit used for cheap(between $600-1200). Id say a good condition front bumper cover, under diffuser piece, rear bumper cover, and side skirts will be hard to get your hands on for less than that.

I purchased my front bumper and diffuser from a forum member in Massachusetts, Rear bumper from a forum member in Texas, and side skirts from eBay. I waited more than 2 months waiting for everything.

I have a local hookup at a paintshop, I know the manager, and he gives me good deals because I bring a lot of business to his shop. Again, Its gunna save you a lot of money. I do my own body work for the badge delete areas, prior to paint, thus saving more money…. Basically I show up with all my pieces prepped, and ready to paint. Id say a good paint job thats OEM spec to match your car closely would be around $500-600 for these pieces…. I probably spent about $280….

Then When its all painted you need a "cut and Buff." This process is about wet sanding the paint and then buffing to a original looking shine. I let the pros do this. I spend around $175.

These pieces we are talking about do need supporting hardware. The Front bumper requires a bracket for each side to be made to conner the front of the fender liner to the edge of the bumper, and underneath I simply found self tapping screws to connect the stock sport slide plate to the back of the NISMO under diffuser. The side skirts fit into the OEM spots perfect, you just need new push tabs as its impossible to connect the old skirts off without braking the tabs. The rear bumper requires similar tabs to be made to connect the rear of the funder liners to the edge of the rear bumper. These tabs are crucial, as the wind while driving will rip your bumpers off if you don't have them. There is a large metal bracket mounted in the center of the bumper, down low. You can pay out the *** for the NISMO bracket, which is shorter, or you can cut the old one in half and weld it like I did.

So in total I probably spend around $1800 after it was all said and done. This is with a lot of patience and doing the majority of everything myself I hope this helped.

P.S., I priced all this work out if I would have got the nismo rear wing and all the brackets etc and paid someone to do it all for me…. Total was over $4000.

Cheers, Let me know if you have any other questions.

DEpontfive has a Nismo wing for sale for a descent price.