datsun40146 Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 I have shaved the marker lights, side trim, headlight buckets lines and the rear bumper on my 280z. I also swapped out the large front bumper for an astro-van grill similar to brian510's car. This was done to complement the shaving work done to the rest of the car and for a cleaner look. However now that I have removed the front bumper I am left with two indentions in between the valance and the body, you know where the bumper bolted to. Is there any way to smooth that out, I don't want to use filler b/c of the air pushing on that area I am afraid of it cracking. That wan the car is about to come out of paint and I dont want to change anything now. I can't really weld it because one cannot weld fiberglass (air dams material) to steel. Does anyone out there have any ideas on how to solve that problem? Other than MSA's front body kit, which I don't really have a great liking for, and I have all ready invested in the van grill. Thanks for anyone's ideas, I am open to suggestions and open discussion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vintage Posted January 26, 2008 Share Posted January 26, 2008 Weld in metal on the headlight buckets, making it as flush as possible, and glass the buckets and the airdam together. I'm pretty sure this is how Aziza did his. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datsun40146 Posted January 26, 2008 Author Share Posted January 26, 2008 I know that I could fill it w/ fiberglass and then extend it down to the dam. However the car is mostly already underpaint and I can't weld on it anymore. What I need is something like a filler peice or a aim dam that comes up and fills that area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datsun40146 Posted January 27, 2008 Author Share Posted January 27, 2008 I found this http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=103873 Look at the pic that Zhadman posted. This is more or less what I was thinking I would do. With the exception of milling the bumpers down thinner so they hug the body more. What do you guys think of them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datsun40146 Posted January 27, 2008 Author Share Posted January 27, 2008 Thanks to everyone who posted these pictures in anotehr thread, I put them in one place so I can find them later. Thanks hybridz! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJLamberson Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 those last few pics, whoever made that should make more and start selling them, those are great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datsun40146 Posted January 27, 2008 Author Share Posted January 27, 2008 That would be jbc3 he made those, I've already PM'd him about them. I'll post here what I learn from him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datsun40146 Posted January 27, 2008 Author Share Posted January 27, 2008 Quoted from jbc3 in a PM he sent me. I actually finished the fiberglass inserts and didn't like them much. All you do is cover the insert holes and surrounding area with wide masking tape. Fiberglass the area and then when it cures, stretch a layer of glass to form the outer or final surface and glass it. The whole thing peels off when you are done. The problem I had with mine is I peeled it off too early and the whole thing twisted slightly making it hard to fit perfectly flat. I had a sheet of 1/8" Kydex (heat mold able plastic) so I cut a form out of thick paper, cut the kydex, heat molded it to the shape I wanted to cover the insert holes flush with the outer body and when it was done, I used 3M double sided adhesive to hook the covers on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktm Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 datsun40146, thank's for the pictures of the cut bumper. I was thinking about doing the same on my car (similar to the early 70s Camaro RS). I can better visualize what it would look like now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aziza z Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 Weld in metal on the headlight buckets, making it as flush as possible, and glass the buckets and the airdam together. I'm pretty sure this is how Aziza did his. yup thats the way to do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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