im guessing since no one i have heard of in the US has intelligent cruise on their G35 we dont have to cut off the piece of bumper toward the center of the aero bumper?

BTW got mine today, cant wait till daylight tomorrow to put it on!

anyone have AIM or other messenger that will be available tomorrow in case i have any questions and need direct help? thank would actually be so helpful...

Yes, you can skip that step.

What time will you be doing the install?

morning time...right now...11am to 1pm.

did you ever think about painting the middle fin part?

i dont know how to get the rivets onto the new bumper...and btw...do you drill it out by boring out the center from the top?

do we even need the rivets? seems like the screw will keep the mount on the new bumper...

Yes, drill the top out of the rivet and you should be able to remove the brackets from the old bumper. You will also need to drill the rivets out of the bumper reinforcement on page 6, step 6.

I didn't have a rivet gun so I used small screws, nuts/washers to secure the brackets.

I am on Yahoo messanger as solocru if you want to message me.

I went out and bought a rivet gun. I put those brackets on the new bumper with the rivets that came with the bumper. Everything lined up perfect. If you dodn't want to own a rivet gun, just buy it, use it, and return it. If you find that sort of thing ethic or not, that is your call. I kept mine, who knows when I will need it again.

i just went to the local home depot and bought the nut and bolt pack..it cost 98 cents...work just as well! thanks to cru, my installation went a lont more smoother. now i will be available for questions if any of you run into problems just pm me for IM details . BTW, how does the rivet gun work, do they melt the rivet metal or something?

No, it doesn't melt it. You insert the long narrow end of the rivet into the gun. The gun has teeth inside of it and as you pull the handle, the rivet starts to compress and then all of a sudden it "pops" and the rivet is in place while holding the 2 pieces together. Then you just throw away the long narrow piece of the rivet away.

The rivet comprises of 2 pieces. ---------------(===) As you pull on the long narrow end of the rivet, it pulls on the opposite end of the rivet and smushes it together. It ends up looking like this.

------------------ broken (=)


Hope this helps.

anyone with a IP going to paint the "fin" part of the bumper like bigsash?

My pleasure, glad it worked out.

Here are the updated pics I said I would post a few weeks ago.
https://g35driver.com/forums/showpos...&postcount=193

Damned--do you have all that shiit insured. Watch where you park that thing--your car is worth more in parts to a criminal

Looking good!!