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Urethane parts should NOT be baked!!!

So that part is good news.. LOL

Why is that? My poly nismo style bumper was baked.

thats probably more on the lines of what they told me. I pretty much stopped paying attention when they said it wasn't ready until tomorrow.

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just kidding, I am still really excited to see the results on your car since I have black one too.

http://www.stillen.com/PressReleases...tcardFront.jpg

photoshopped :facepalm:

OK, so I won't get the car back today :( Its got an airbag light they are going to have to have nissan extinguish for them, as they tried their tool and a neighboring shops reset tool, and neither work. Nissan said its common on the 370z, so they have to fix it.

But, they did send me a couple photos!!!!!!!



http://www.the370z.com/members/mike-...-installed.jpg

http://www.the370z.com/members/mike-...-installed.jpg

WOW that is NICE!

Looks great in black, It hides the side scoops very well.



Is that guy in the back smoking a cigar.....LoL!!

Talk about open front.
Black does hide those side vents very well.

Sucks that you can see all the coolers and everything so well.... Does look good by itself though :tup:

Could always buy a thinker mesh in black.

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Ya, a thicker black mesh would hide the plumbing better, I agree. Yet...

IT LOOKS BADA$$!

Much better than I imagined it would, great job Stillen!

I thought that the side vents were going to be the thing that stands out but it turns out to be the HUGE front opening.

Definitely gonna need to hide that somehow...

plenty of room for a big ol' honkin' intercooler... *hint, hint* :stirthepot:

oh and mike, i'm gonna be down in ATL for company training all week, should be done around 5ish everyday if you wanna make a trip down there and let me take some pics :)

that is sick. i am pretty sure i will order one soon. how much did it cost you total with the shop. thanks

just get a thicker mesh and it's all set, looks great!

Bumper looks great! That mesh does look a little chinsy and unfinished. Unless you have a nice IC in there that plumbing is an eyesore. Is that the mesh that comes with the bumper from Stillen?

no, that isn't the stillen mesh. I got the stillen mesh, but they didn't have the side vents done, only the main opening, so I had to fabricate my own. I need to see it in person still, and not in photos, but worst case, once Stillen finalizes the side mesh, I will order it and replace. Theirs is thicker, but I had to work with what I could get locally to get it back on the road. Hopefully, its just the flash of the camera that makes everything stand out.

As for cost painted, I don't really know, since its part of a larger crash repair. With shipping and the grill, Stillen charge was roughly 700.

where are you going to be Patrick, with a fresh complete buffing, the car should be prime for photos.

If you wouldn't mind, for all of us here, could you ask the repair shop what the line-item cost was for the bumper install? Thanks again for all the pics, and for being the dreaded guinea-pig. +1 rep

I just did a pchop of a fmic in that opening and it looks great!

I'm guessing the flash of the camera has a lot to do with that. I had a 2005 Nissan Titan with a mesh grill and intercooler behind it. Driving around town or just taking normal pictures you could not see the intercooler. Get that flash in there and the grill looked like wax paper and you could see straight through it...It was really weird.

Our fascia is heading out to paint tomorrow along with the rockers, roof wing, and deck wing. I should have it back in about a week or so and will have photos ready for everyone.

i will keep you updated. looks like i'm gonna be in the norcross area

thats exactly what I was thinking. When are the side grills going to be avail?

This fascia looks awesome. Thanks for posting pics Mike.

Hey Mike, I had the same problem... try this out before you go and spend money to reset it! It worked for me!


http://www.the370z.com/audio-video/4...u-install.html

Damn, I totally forgot about that. I had to do that when I installed my HU also. They will be paying for it, as it wasn't on when I dropped it, but I am going to get with them first thing on this tomorrow.

yup if the "key on" is activated with anything involving the air bag system unplugged it will fault and that's the quick way to get it to figure out everything's fine once you hook everything back up. i had to do this when i put in my D3 and then again a few weeks ago when i forgot to hook up the passenger seat after taking both out for cleaning. works like a champ :) it's the same for frontier's, just with Key On, Engine Off cycles instead of the push button thing

Concerning the big gaping hole in the front. Josh from stillen did say in the announcement that stillen would be making a modular fang piece that will function as brake ducts. That will go a long way to fill the hole.

Definitely.. and remember too the one shot is at ground level.. which you're virtually never at.. and Kyle mentioned the flash potentially eliminating any mesh.

Also remember the point of this fascia, from our design beginnings.. function

The amount of airflow this fascia provides, both with the large opening in the front, the scoops on the sides and coolers, the diversion path below the top of the opening to Gen 3's, supercharger, as well as the modular ducting soon available for brake ducting...

But it looks fantastic Mike.. can't wait to see some real world pics once you get it back..

I can't wait for your brake ducting kit!!!!!

we're working on that, stay tuned kyle :tiphat:

I really like it a lot.

The only thing I would have changed (and maybe this is a little nit pick) if I were Stillen is how much it tappers in as you go from the fender to the bottom lip. What I love about the Nismo facia is how vertically it goes straight down when you look at it from the front giving the car a wider look. You don't see any tire from the front view. But again that looks awesome.

looks like it's screaming or something :rofl2:

When I saw that mouth

I couldn't resist

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/b.../370Zshoop.jpg

:icon18: that's a win right THAR

i keep seeing new avatars on phalen's handle, yet no pict of this stillen bumper installed...

Curious as to if the Injen CAI would place the filters right in prime airflow of the side scoops? If so, that would gove the Injens an advantage even over the G3s in terms of ambient air exposure.