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synolimit 12-30-2013 03:35 AM

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Originally Posted by DEpointfive0 (Post 2630063)
No, I'm serious.



Yeah, I have. I've actually seen it in person. His isn't painted. Mine is... It doesn't deform at all, is much more rigid after prep and paint

O, I have no idea what you're talking about with the bumper than? What's happening with the cuts or whatever?

Hmm interesting.

synolimit 12-30-2013 03:43 AM

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Originally Posted by martin82 (Post 2630078)
It's just a matter of time if you drive the car hard, I do 140's several times a year to about top speed also, the bumper is just too heavy for what it is. Out in the summer on track bumper just flexes like crazy, out in the cold is fine. The top sags and just too damn heavy. Thinking of putting stock bumper back w varis lip or ings bumpers or wait for big one coming out

Interesting. Whats it made out of? It's got such large holes I'd think it'd be light. Game plan is to use a sheet of aluminium and make a splitter. I know people will say use that cardboard looking sheet though because it's stronger. I just hate the look of it.

Akbubba47 12-30-2013 05:28 AM

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Originally Posted by synolimit (Post 2630098)
Interesting. Whats it made out of? It's got such large holes I'd think it'd be light. Game plan is to use a sheet of aluminium and make a splitter. I know people will say use that cardboard looking sheet though because it's stronger. I just hate the look of it.

Polyurethane

Kingbaby 12-30-2013 07:20 AM

I say get a oem nismo...you guys would be surprised what your bumpers look like above 140

PEPI 12-30-2013 07:28 AM

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Originally Posted by martin82 (Post 2630078)
It's just a matter of time if you drive the car hard, I do 140's several times a year to about top speed also, the bumper is just too heavy for what it is. Out in the summer on track bumper just flexes like crazy, out in the cold is fine. The top sags and just too damn heavy. Thinking of putting stock bumper back w varis lip or ings bumpers or wait for big one coming out

My Stillen kit 3 years old and is sagging. Also side skirts starting to sag a little in the middle.....looks like **** when in the sun after a while.

I Often do high speed runs 1600km between my home town and where I live now ( Northern Territory Australia) - when I stop to fuel up, I have had to 'pop' the front bumper back into place under the headlights - certainly leads me to believe to flexing on a hot day at speed - sick of it -

I am putting my OEM kit back on - I think my stillen kit will suit someone else in a much much cooler climate and/or the dump....

DEpointfive0 12-30-2013 09:24 AM

^That sucks

Ever thought about using builder's expanding foam behind it?

synolimit 12-30-2013 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Kingbaby (Post 2630172)
I say get a oem nismo...you guys would be surprised what your bumpers look like above 140

Any evidence of this? I still think with a splitter the difference is marginal. Plus I'm not a huge fan of it.

martin82 12-30-2013 03:12 PM

This is a wild guess but I guess the stillen bumper weights 3x stock bumper lol!!!

synolimit 12-30-2013 03:21 PM

Wow!!

DEpointfive0 12-30-2013 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by martin82 (Post 2630966)
This is a wild guess but I guess the stillen bumper weights 3x stock bumper lol!!!

Yeah, probably 2x, maybe more, but it just seems a lot bigger too. I made mine even heavier by adding a scrape guard, lol

I wonder how much more it weighs than the Nismo, because the Nismo sticks out a lot more than the standard car

PEPI 12-30-2013 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by DEpointfive0 (Post 2630388)
^That sucks

Ever thought about using builder's expanding foam behind it?

Hadn't thought of that - but I did fashion and make a metal brace to help reinforce and keep the bumpers shape. Still droops a little at the top where the emblem would be on the OEM one.

I'll put a pic up of it over the weekend.

It could just be me - but I had have the attraction to the OEM look of late - getting old I guess....

I do like the OEM look of the rear end lowered with spacers thought. Looks fuctional and squat.
Which leads me to ask - the FI ppl using spacers and track their cars - which spacers would be recommended?

Cheers

luigi90210 12-30-2013 10:10 PM

design 1 is suppose to flow better but those bumper cutouts are suppose to be for short ram intakes, well at least thats what they were used for on the 350z

synolimit 12-30-2013 10:29 PM

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Originally Posted by luigi90210 (Post 2631535)
design 1 is suppose to flow better but those bumper cutouts are suppose to be for short ram intakes, well at least thats what they were used for on the 350z

Short rams though are to far away behind the radiator and support. These make more sense on a long tube cai system.

martin82 12-31-2013 05:07 PM

on the stillen bumper there are 2 slits on the front to move air straight to the air intakes, that's exactly where they get full of dirt caked on. I need to clean mine off every 3 track days, if I go longer and its caked with dust/dirt, I can't even pull on an s2k on the straight away......


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