Undecided for my next mod!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 

I am torn right about now... I am usually 100% confident on all my mods but not sure about this one.

I bought and have in my possession Stillen Canards. I am not 100% sure whether or not I want to install them.

The problem is that all the mods I have done, I can remove and go back to stock if I ever decide to sell the car. But with the Canards, it requires me to actually drill holes to the front of my bumper. So if I install them, its not an easy fix to remove them later on.

I placed the Canards to my bumper by hand it it looks awesome but I am not too sure.

What do you guys think about the Stillen Canards? Should I leave them black or color match them?

Canards look pretty ricey to me unless you are a serious tracker who is chasing fractions of a second there. That is just my opinion, though. I would be pretty reluctant to drill them in as well. You cna probably leave them black if you do put them on though.

well I don't think you have to track your car to take advantage of the downforce the canards provide. You can taken advantage of it just driving at highway speeds. but I appreciate your input :) Leaning towards leaving them black if anything.

I think if you like them you should just drill em on. Worst case scenario you swap front bumpers in the future to revert to stock with someone who wants the canards.

You see both sides of this argument and only you can decide.



RE: its not an easy fix to remove them later on.

I do not like them enough to install but if you do, you can buy a new bumper if this effects sale price later.

I am another person that against canards, especially on a Z. It might look good and aggressive on evos but thy dont go well with the lines of the Z.

But it is totally based on personal reference though

one of my friends had a 1st gen xterra and was all excited about buying the ARB snorkel for it when it became available years ago. he had a big party and a bunch of his xterra buddies came over to help him install it. to do so required cutting a pretty sizeable chuck out of the front driver's side fender. they measured multiple times and taped it off correctly. however, when it came time to pull out the cutting wheel, my friend just couldn't bring himself to do it. one of his more bombastic buddies at the mod-party abruptly said "hey! what the hell is that?!!" and pointed off in the distance. everyone turned to look, including the owner, and quickly the guy grabbed the cutting wheel, flicked it on and made a slice across the area to be trimmed. my friend looked back, shrugged and said "oh well, i guess we have to do it now". my point is, maybe you just need someone to push you over the edge. discussing it on a forum isn't going to change much.

having said all of this... imo, unless you have a big *** carbon wing on the back and huge carbon diffuser on the front, the canards are going to look out of place

Thank you guys for the input... HKYstormFront is right on.. It looks like i need some convincing to get me over the edge to get me to do this. Like I said before, I have never felt this way before going into a mod so this is new territory for me.

I can think of two out comes if I decide to remove the canards: I can either patch up the bumper or get a new one.

Decisions...Decisions :(

patching a urethane bumper doesn't go very well typically (though they'd be small holes). i'd suggest using painter's tape and tape them on in place, take some pics and post them so we can see how it will look.

Yeah i also forgot that I have a clear bra installed on my bumper... so I will have lost the film if I change my mind.....!!!!!!!!!!:icon08:

here are some pictures. I like the look but it's drilling into the bumper thats my issue.

http://i1077.photobucket.com/albums/...DACD939C48.jpg

http://i1077.photobucket.com/albums/...DACE7FF7BB.jpg

http://i1077.photobucket.com/albums/...DACE0B9303.jpg

I'm gonna be the bad guy and say No. Don't do it.

You're saying they'll have just as much of an effect as driving on a track as at highway speeds.... Well, you don't really need downforce to change lanes... Just saying.

If you're this conflicted, then you're not 100% sold on them aesthetically. So if you're not 100% sure before you install them, you won't be afterwards. And now, you've got holes in your bumper, and in your clearbra.

So your options are suck it up, get the holes patched, or sell/buy bumpers. Unless you happen to find someone else who has the MR Blue and wants them, you're gonna have to get a New bumper. Not really worthwhile for the small mod, and even smaller 'gain' you're gonna see with them.

Just my :twocents: :ugh2:

with the diffuser you already have and the carbon'd fangs, i don't think it'd look terrible but you really would need to match it with some sort of aftermarket wing on the back to tie it all in. if you want to do that kind of mod, i'd hang on to them and do the wing and canards at the same time. if you don't want to do a different wing on the hatch, i'd leave them off the car.

:iagree: Good words from Father Patrick. :rolleyes:

Thank you guys for the input. I will follow my gut feeling and not put them on. Never been this undecided on a mod before so it must be for a reason. LOL these will be going on sale pretty soon.