panel fell off... what's the purpose?

fuct · 07-27-2011, 09:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Rooskey

If its there for aero and two people already had it fly off at 140mph then epic fail on nissans behalf. Either way if it happens again then im gonna make my own out of abs. BTW my friend that owns a body shop got mine for $190 (not that im proud about paying that for a piece of plastic).

i dont think some of yall are getting the point. this peice takes the brunt of the force during scraping. its better if you scrape off some clips and then eventually this piece INSTEAD of scraping off the clips that hold the bumper on......

it serves an aero purpose because its covering a gap thathouses clips that hold the bumper up.

Rigormortis · 07-27-2011, 04:00 PM

Just got back from the dealer. $20 in plastic fasteners is all they charged me. No labor :^) Thank goodness it fell off in my driveway!

ZeeingAround · 07-27-2011, 04:19 PM

You can get a metal one from one of the vendors here for just a little over $200. Nice with a opening for the oil plug. If I cracked the plastic one, I would go for the aluminum one and forget about the factory one.

fuct · 07-27-2011, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by ZeeingAround

You can get a metal one from one of the vendors here for just a little over $200. Nice with a opening for the oil plug. If I cracked the plastic one, I would go for the aluminum one and forget about the factory one.

it doesnt fit the nismo. no one has a replcement for us yet. but thx

ZeeingAround · 07-27-2011, 04:36 PM

Take a picture of the bottom. i bet just the front bolts needed to be drilled out in the correct spots for the front. Or better yet, if anyone is changing their oil, take a high resolution picture of the factory plastic panel.

Dustin@Z1 · 07-27-2011, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by ZeeingAround

Take a picture of the bottom. i bet just the front bolts needed to be drilled out in the correct spots for the front. Or better yet, if anyone is changing their oil, take a high resolution picture of the factory plastic panel.

No, the NISMO undershroud is COMPLETELY different in shape...and ALOT more expensive. Try nearly 6 ~ 7 times more expensive without the piece in question included....or even the $30 of hardware.

Go back and check out the Nissan Parts Zone link the OP attached. The factory lower spash shield on the NISMO covers the entire area under the fascia, whereas the NON-Nismo's have the L-shaped fender liners to complete the area under there.

USMCram · 03-07-2012, 11:08 PM

anyone find a reasonable replacement for that little sheet? Mine came off recently...

takjak2 · 03-08-2012, 12:10 AM

ZSpeed has been working on the entire aluminum under-shroud for the Nismo. Still hoping to have it by the end of the month.

tjlazer · 03-08-2012, 12:17 AM

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Originally Posted by USMCram

anyone find a reasonable replacement for that little sheet? Mine came off recently...

You could get the Non Nismo base model one and fit it on there easily! Just as the Nismo converts have done. At a hugh cost savings....

USMCram · 03-08-2012, 08:49 AM

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Originally Posted by takjak2

ZSpeed has been working on the entire aluminum under-shroud for the Nismo. Still hoping to have it by the end of the month.

I've been waiting for that one too.

fuct · 03-08-2012, 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by USMCram

I've been waiting for that one too.

likewise...

quicksilverCC · 03-08-2012, 10:45 AM

Yea I posted a thread a few weeks ago about this same thing when I saw that I was missing this piece. My buddy who has a body shop brought it to my attention when he noticed stress fractures from the wind, since it was so flimsy without it, in the paint on my bumper/lip. This plastic piece would also give the lip support from the wind at higher speeds. We ended up cutting some thing metal strips and bolting them on to give it some support. Its worked so far but we kinda look at it as a temporary fix until we can get a new piece. The Nismo piece was like 1000$ or something like that when the regular 370Z piece was 200$

Check out this thread for more information on some of the comments: Missing under piece to bumper/front lip?

fuct · 03-08-2012, 12:28 PM

be weary of slapping on strips of metal under the car. they become sharp projectiles if they fly off!

roplusbee · 03-08-2012, 01:01 PM

LOL......very true. Just gotta take an extra step to make sure that it won't just "fall" off!

Sharpie711 · 03-21-2012, 12:24 AM

The same piece flew off of my nismo cruising at about 105 mph...It kind of pissed me off that they designed this so badly. I'm going to measure a piece of aluminum and just cut it to specs...Then im going to find a way to fasten it properly instead of using these stupid plastic clips...It almost seems like a scam

07-27-2011, 04:19 PM	#18 (permalink)
ZeeingAround A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Michigan Posts: 6,365 Drives: 3500 NVP 370Z-sold! Rep Power: 86624	You can get a metal one from one of the vendors here for just a little over $200. Nice with a opening for the oil plug. If I cracked the plastic one, I would go for the aluminum one and forget about the factory one. __________________ Get some roosters for eggs and Bulls for milk . Then you will see that gender matters. Especially at milking time.

07-27-2011, 04:36 PM	#20 (permalink)
ZeeingAround A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Michigan Posts: 6,365 Drives: 3500 NVP 370Z-sold! Rep Power: 86624	Take a picture of the bottom. i bet just the front bolts needed to be drilled out in the correct spots for the front. Or better yet, if anyone is changing their oil, take a high resolution picture of the factory plastic panel. __________________ Get some roosters for eggs and Bulls for milk . Then you will see that gender matters. Especially at milking time.

03-08-2012, 12:10 AM	#23 (permalink)
takjak2 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Sterling, VA Posts: 1,922 Drives: Legit Racecar 370Z Rep Power: 142	ZSpeed has been working on the entire aluminum under-shroud for the Nismo. Still hoping to have it by the end of the month. __________________ Mods \| Stuff \| Things \| Seat Time \| Nismo facebook.com/TeamSparrowSpeed

03-08-2012, 01:01 PM	#29 (permalink)
roplusbee A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Killeen, TX Posts: 2,360 Drives: 2007 350Z NISMO Rep Power: 23	LOL......very true. Just gotta take an extra step to make sure that it won't just "fall" off! __________________ 2007 350Z NISMO #0618: Zerolift \| UPREV \| F.I. \| Greddy \| Competition Clutch \| Injector Dynamics \| Aeromotive \| Pioneer \| JL

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Rigormortis Base Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Iowa Posts: 29 Drives: Nissan murrano Rep Power: 15	Just got back from the dealer. $20 in plastic fasteners is all they charged me. No labor :^) Thank goodness it fell off in my driveway!

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quicksilverCC Base Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 42 Drives: 370Z Nismo Rep Power: 14	Yea I posted a thread a few weeks ago about this same thing when I saw that I was missing this piece. My buddy who has a body shop brought it to my attention when he noticed stress fractures from the wind, since it was so flimsy without it, in the paint on my bumper/lip. This plastic piece would also give the lip support from the wind at higher speeds. We ended up cutting some thing metal strips and bolting them on to give it some support. Its worked so far but we kinda look at it as a temporary fix until we can get a new piece. The Nismo piece was like 1000$ or something like that when the regular 370Z piece was 200$ Check out this thread for more information on some of the comments: Missing under piece to bumper/front lip?

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fuct A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2009 Location: Sugar Land Posts: 3,692 Drives: 97' Ranger :) Rep Power: 24	be weary of slapping on strips of metal under the car. they become sharp projectiles if they fly off!

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Sharpie711 Base Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Georgia Posts: 54 Drives: 09 370z (Nismo) Rep Power: 13	The same piece flew off of my nismo cruising at about 105 mph...It kind of pissed me off that they designed this so badly. I'm going to measure a piece of aluminum and just cut it to specs...Then im going to find a way to fasten it properly instead of using these stupid plastic clips...It almost seems like a scam