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Originally Posted by DEpointfive0 WStar is correct. You need a VIN to buy Nismo parts, but I bet if you went to a dealer they wouldn't mind using the VIN

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Old 05-08-2014, 08:56 AM   #1 (permalink)
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WStar is correct. You need a VIN to buy Nismo parts, but I bet if you went to a dealer they wouldn't mind using the VIN off the car on the floor or googling a VIN
So the vin does tell you if it's a nismo or not?
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Apparently Ebay just gives VIN's out for free,
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VIN#: JN1AZ4EH5EM630146
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When I got my rear bumper hit the dealership allowed me to replace with a Nismo OEM rear.
Not sure how they did it but they said it was no problem, they have also done front bumper for others also that do not own a Nismo.
They eBay'd one, lol

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So the vin does tell you if it's a nismo or not?
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Powerhouse kit is nicer imo

I've seen the Powerhouse Amuse bodykit, but I've always wondered something about it... Photos I've seen, seem to indicate it's lower than the NISMO's. Maybe that's because the car photo's I've seen, are also lowered vehicles.

Just out of curiosity: if the Z isn't lowered, how low is the lowest part of that body kit from the ground?
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I've seen the Powerhouse Amuse bodykit, but I've always wondered something about it... Photos I've seen, seem to indicate it's lower than the NISMO's. Maybe that's because the car photo's I've seen, are also lowered vehicles.

Just out of curiosity: if the Z isn't lowered, how low is the lowest part of that body kit from the ground?
As far as I'm concern, the front is the part that you should be concerned most about height wise. The front end is the area that gets abused the most from bums and dips in the road, driveway, ramps and so on.

Anyhoo, for your amusement and to fill your curiosity, I just went out and crawled around in my driveways trying my best to take come measurement/pictures for you. It was hard to take a level shot to get an accurate picture of the measurement but you get the idea. It's hard doing it alone.

front bumper just to show that it start out high then tapers down as it goes towards the rear
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front bumper/lip it starts to taper around 6 3/8''


lowest part of the undershroud about 1' and a little more in form the front lip


left driver side of the bumper in front of the wheel well


left side rocker to show the profile


left rocker behind the left front tire


left rocker in front of rear tire


rear left bumper


muffler


better muffler measurement shot


exhaust pipe connecting to the muffler ( you can see it in the pic above and how low it sit)


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I've found the biggest source of scraping isn't necessarily the height of the front end, but the length of the front end. It is long and it is flat.

If you look at other cars; i.e. a Porsche, they actually taper up a bit from the wheel well forward.

With the regular front bumper, I could pull out of my very steep driveway; no such luck with the Nismo bumper. I still scrape a bit when I back out at a severe angle.
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I've found the biggest source of scraping isn't necessarily the height of the front end, but the length of the front end. It is long and it is flat.

If you look at other cars; i.e. a Porsche, they actually taper up a bit from the wheel well forward.

With the regular front bumper, I could pull out of my very steep driveway; no such luck with the Nismo bumper. I still scrape a bit when I back out at a severe angle.
Yes,the front end is long. The end does taper a little as you can see in the pics. I take it slow up and down my driveway. My driveway isn't even steep. Our driveway are those tapered semi rounded ones so there it's the same curve from driveways to grass area that divide our houses. I cut on the grass and take a big and wide angle out. Spare the front end from gouges, the grass can die as sacrifice!
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