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68cam454 07-13-2015 11:56 PM

Stillen Fascia Fitment Issue
 
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I have my Z at the local highly praised body shop and they just cant get the bumper to fit properly. If you push it into place in the front so it lines up with the hood properly, it pops out under the headlights. If you line it up properly with the bottom of the headlights, you have a huge gap at the front of the hood??

I've asked the guys at Stillen to make contact with the body shop tomorrow since the guys at the shop are throwing their hands up and ready to put the OEM one on. This would really suck since I really need the extra airflow for the Stillen intercooler and oil cooler.

I've searched on here but haven't found anyone else reporting this but I'm hoping it's just a matter of following a certain sequence in putting it on. Please let me know if anyone has experienced this before.

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jchammond 07-14-2015 03:35 AM

do they have the foam in place? maybe it requires a different size...?

INeedaDoctor 07-14-2015 07:28 AM

Mine has the same issue and I just assumed that it's supposed to be like this. Can anyone chime in?

DEpointfive0 07-14-2015 09:21 AM

You have to cut the foam, and mine doesn't fit great either

Riptide67 07-14-2015 01:18 PM

my amuse front was that way. The foam had to be removed.

68cam454 07-15-2015 12:21 AM

The body shop already trimmed the foam piece as it states in the instructions.
They have had their main tech on it and he has 25 years of experience doing this. He says he has tried everything he can think of and he has given up on trying to make it fit right. The owner of the body shop is going to talk to Stillen tomorrow to see if there is anything they have missed and if not, we are back to the OEM bumper and I'm out a bunch of money for all the prep work and time spent trying to make this fit.

FireDan50 07-15-2015 08:37 AM

Mine has some fitment issues too...at the fenders but mainly near the headlight and the center/front portion near the hood where it shows a small gap. Hard to tell from the pics but I can spot them like bird poop when I look at my car :(

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68cam454 07-25-2015 05:24 PM

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The body shop is trying to get the gaps filled in as much as possible since I really have no options right now other than making this work. It's going to cost me a bunch of cash that I wasn't expecting to spend to get it prepped.

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Mike 07-25-2015 08:12 PM

mine pops out, but I don't care, its a track car

Chucktown-Z 07-29-2015 07:42 PM

Best of luck guys, but I'm glad I read this...nearly bought a Stillen bumper yesterday; this reaffirms that it's not for me.

KoolKarmaJoe 07-30-2015 09:38 AM

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Originally Posted by 68cam454 (Post 3267128)
The body shop is trying to get the gaps filled in as much as possible since I really have no options right now other than making this work. It's going to cost me a bunch of cash that I wasn't expecting to spend to get it prepped.

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Has Stillen responded?

370Zsteve 04-10-2016 07:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 68cam454 (Post 3267128)
The body shop is trying to get the gaps filled in as much as possible since I really have no options right now other than making this work. It's going to cost me a bunch of cash that I wasn't expecting to spend to get it prepped.

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I sure would like to know the outcome of this since I have a Stillen fascia sitting in my garage. :/

Wonka2581 04-10-2016 07:41 PM

Maybe it was a bad mood / casting? Why not just ship it back to Stillen and have them send you a new one??

Zoom370z 04-11-2016 01:02 AM

I'm also planning on buying that same front bumper... when I took off mine to install my stillen G3 intakes the oem bumper didn't want to go back in, so I removed the foam and bumper fits like it should but that's the oem bumper.

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Nixin 04-11-2016 07:12 AM

Thanks for the heads up. I was considering going this route as well.


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