purpose of black plastic covers beside fangs?

m4a1mustang · 07-18-2010, 08:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Pharmacist

Family Guy!!!

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Originally Posted by Pharmacist

however though is that while the upper half of this cover is one piece with the bumper, the lower half is only held with bolts and clips and is removable. it's almost as if they were made on purpose in case someone wanted to add some cooling ducts

You've got it the other way around... the top part is the removable part (I removed mine). I tend to think that it's purely a manufacturing/cost issue but unless it's been documented somewhere there's no way we can really figure out what the Nissan engineers were thinking.

But either way it DOES make for a nice place to attach some ducting... whether it be for brakes or intakes.

Pharmacist · 07-18-2010, 08:50 AM

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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang

Family Guy!!!

You've got it the other way around... the top part is the removable part (I removed mine). I tend to think that it's purely a manufacturing/cost issue but unless it's been documented somewhere there's no way we can really figure out what the Nissan engineers were thinking.

But either way it DOES make for a nice place to attach some ducting... whether it be for brakes or intakes.

i would think if it was a cost issue, the opposite would be true, it would be one piece bonded to the bumper. i believe it is actually more expensive to manufacture all the extra clips, tabs, and bolts to make it removable. either nissan has it there as an option for tuners to add cooling ducts or forced induction, or possibly they have it there for themselves in case they decide later on that the z will become turbocharged. i'll try and email nissan north america and see what they say.

m4a1mustang · 07-18-2010, 08:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Pharmacist

i would think if it was a cost issue, the opposite would be true, it would be one piece bonded to the bumper. i believe it is actually more expensive to manufacture all the extra clips, tabs, and bolts to make it removable. either nissan has it there as an option for tuners to add cooling ducts or forced induction, or possibly they have it there for themselves in case they decide later on that the z will become turbocharged. i'll try and email nissan north america and see what they say.

It depends on the shape and complexity of the mold to create that one complete piece. I believe the center grill surround and then the bottom part of the fangs are all one piece, then you have the two 3/4 covers of the fangs which are separately bolted on.

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