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    Bumper, yes again, but different.

    in Body Kits & Paint

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    I was working in the front (fixed some lighting issues), and noticed that there were two bolt holes on either side of the grill opening, below the hood hinges that looks to line up with the bumper. I am assuming that the early bumper bracket bolted into these holes. Is that a correct assumption?

     

    I may just make a new bracket to mount the bumper.

     

    Still would like to see some pictures of the OEM parts if at all possible.

     

     

    That's correct on those bolt holes. You can bend some flat stock pretty easily to match up to the older style bumpers and those holes, rather than buying the nissan brackets.

     

    And I unfortunately can't seem to find the pics that I had of the two types of bumpers. Sorry...

    Bumper, yes again, but different.

    in Body Kits & Paint

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    I've read about people doing that, but haven't seen any pictures that show the differences, do you have any?

     

    I'll check to see if I can find some pics, but the bumper for the earlier cars fits much closer to the body. I'm sure it fits as you think your current bumper should. I know when I swapped, I was much happier with the look.

     

    I remember taking a pic of the two bumpers to compare, but don't know if that pic survived. I'll check my old pc to see if I still have it. If I find anything, I'll post it here, but give me a few days to look.

     

    If you do go that route, you'll need to switch to the earlier style mounting brackets. I saw mention of cutting the '73 brackets above, but it's easier to make new ones (just bend some flat stock and drill a few holes).

    Finally Painted! I need decal options.

    in Body Kits & Paint

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    Can you post more pictures of your car? The one you posted has me itching to find out how that front looks from other angles...

     

    That Z pic is of my 240. I had plenty of pics from different angles in the imagestation album referenced in my signature, but imagestation got shut down. I've been planning to put the pics back up on another service, but haven't found the time to do so.

    Another set of Sportmax Wheels Mounted

    in Brakes, Wheels, Suspension and Chassis

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    I started with a hammer and a the edge of a small block of wood to get the edges moving, then moved to baseball bat. I used the wheel and tire as leverage for the bat. If you're worried about your paint, this isn't the best way to do it.

     

    Recently, however, i got a good deal on a fender lip roller and went back over my original work with it. This tool works much better if you can find one. You can also supposedly use a heat gun on the lip to keep from killing the paint. I wasn't really worried about this on mine.

    Another set of Sportmax Wheels Mounted

    in Brakes, Wheels, Suspension and Chassis

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    What type of suspension are you running? I am thinking of running similar wheels. I have tokico hp shocks and tokico lowering springs. Also are those the 16x8 +0 offset wheels? Either way they look great. good luck on your build.

     

    I'm using Suspension Techniques springs and Tokico HP cartridges all around. Your tokico springs will give about the same ride height. the wheels came from the group buy: http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=118865

     

    To continue on my progress, I did some work this weekend on my fender lips. I didn't originally roll the passenger side as well as the driver's side and was getting some ugly scrapes when the suspension compressed over some bumps in the road.

     

    After this weekend's work to roll the fenders, I no longer have any clearance issues. I've hit some good dips at speeds that would have shredded my tires before, but now I have no issues.

     

    While coilovers are still in my future, my current suspension setup is working for me right now.

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