Make a custom Carbon Fiber/Rubber splitter for your AfterMarket bumpers
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^ yea no problem Def, reason I updated is because some interest recently was shown in doing this so I updated. Otherwise I wudda left the thread dead, haha..
damn Markcel, now I remember why my first choice for a bumper was the KurumaZ... so niceeeee... good work man, looks good!
damn Markcel, now I remember why my first choice for a bumper was the KurumaZ... so niceeeee... good work man, looks good!
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Good deal, i just did mine on my OEM bumper for my '04 coupe it turned out well except that the bumper is not flat all the way around, it kinda goes up a little bit on the very front...but it's all good. I'll post pix. I added a few screws here and there along with the 3M. I'll post pix tonite. I also installed a replica of the Impul spoiler 
I think i had a little too much 3M on my hands.
I think i had a little too much 3M on my hands.
Originally Posted by chonmoreno
Good deal, i just did mine on my OEM bumper for my '04 coupe it turned out well except that the bumper is not flat all the way around, it kinda goes up a little bit on the very front...but it's all good. I'll post pix. I added a few screws here and there along with the 3M. I'll post pix tonite. I also installed a replica of the Impul spoiler I think i had a little too much 3M on my hands.
I think i had a little too much 3M on my hands.
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Well here it goes.... the bumper is not even all the way so it makes the lip a little bit "crooked" but it's hard to tell.
I like it over all, thats what u get for $15 hehe. Although i could have done a better job hiding the 3M but from the distance is hard to see. Like some one previously mentioned you should try to find a black one instead of the gray one.
I like it over all, thats what u get for $15 hehe. Although i could have done a better job hiding the 3M but from the distance is hard to see. Like some one previously mentioned you should try to find a black one instead of the gray one.
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^ niceee, yea I couldnt find the black tape either so I used the gray.... it's pretty sticky stuff eh, remember when you plan on taking it off, either get a blow dryer or heat gun. I'm about to put a fresh new strip on next week.
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^ How's protecting your aftermarket front bumper, which after paint is usually a $1000+ dollar investment ricer in any way ? this is something that works really well and it just happens to be on the cheap side, and cheap doesn't always equal rice like most may think.
I've gone through snowstorms, and many a scrapes with this strip and it's saved my bumper from some major rashes, the type of rashes you can't just sand and paint over.
the fact that you and your buddies used to do this to your Preludes/Civics is what fools you thinking the strip is rice, because 80% of the mods available for those cars back in the day were rice, that was the order of the day. RICE equals to something that has no effect on the vehicle whatsoever, or something cheap and quickly done, aside from a visual standpoint, something like a sticker, or a hugeeee wing that doesnt work under 150mph.. and that's rice, rice isn't something that actually works very well for what you've intended it for when you put it on your vehicle. In the case of this strip, it works very well and it just happens to be cheap.
I've gone through snowstorms, and many a scrapes with this strip and it's saved my bumper from some major rashes, the type of rashes you can't just sand and paint over.
the fact that you and your buddies used to do this to your Preludes/Civics is what fools you thinking the strip is rice, because 80% of the mods available for those cars back in the day were rice, that was the order of the day. RICE equals to something that has no effect on the vehicle whatsoever, or something cheap and quickly done, aside from a visual standpoint, something like a sticker, or a hugeeee wing that doesnt work under 150mph.. and that's rice, rice isn't something that actually works very well for what you've intended it for when you put it on your vehicle. In the case of this strip, it works very well and it just happens to be cheap.
Last edited by Adon; Apr 1, 2008 at 12:23 PM.
Originally Posted by Adon
^ How's protecting your aftermarket front bumper, which after paint is usually a $1000+ dollar investment ricer in any way ? this is something that works really well and it just happens to be on the cheap side, and cheap doesn't always equal rice like most may think.
I've gone through snowstorms, and many a scrapes with this strip and it's saved my bumper from some major rashes, the type of rashes you can't just sand and paint over.
the fact that you and your buddies used to do this to your Preludes/Civics is what fools you thinking the strip is rice, because 80% of the mods available for those cars back in the day were rice, that was the order of the day. RICE equals to something that has no effect on the vehicle whatsoever, or something cheap and quickly done, aside from a visual standpoint, something like a sticker, or a hugeeee wing that doesnt work under 150mph.. and that's rice, rice isn't something that actually works very well for what you've intended it for when you put it on your vehicle. In the case of this strip, it works very well and it just happens to be cheap.
I've gone through snowstorms, and many a scrapes with this strip and it's saved my bumper from some major rashes, the type of rashes you can't just sand and paint over.
the fact that you and your buddies used to do this to your Preludes/Civics is what fools you thinking the strip is rice, because 80% of the mods available for those cars back in the day were rice, that was the order of the day. RICE equals to something that has no effect on the vehicle whatsoever, or something cheap and quickly done, aside from a visual standpoint, something like a sticker, or a hugeeee wing that doesnt work under 150mph.. and that's rice, rice isn't something that actually works very well for what you've intended it for when you put it on your vehicle. In the case of this strip, it works very well and it just happens to be cheap.
I think you did the community a favor by posting this. You could have been a money hungry a-hole by buying this stuff & repackaging it for over 100 bucks. People would have lined up & paid that much for it. But instead you shared this with everyone else. Some people need to wear a diaper around their mouth with all the diarrhea they spew. props to you & I will be doing this to my KS bumper in the future.
Originally Posted by Adon
^ How's protecting your aftermarket front bumper, which after paint is usually a $1000+ dollar investment ricer in any way ? this is something that works really well and it just happens to be on the cheap side, and cheap doesn't always equal rice like most may think.
I've gone through snowstorms, and many a scrapes with this strip and it's saved my bumper from some major rashes, the type of rashes you can't just sand and paint over.
the fact that you and your buddies used to do this to your Preludes/Civics is what fools you thinking the strip is rice, because 80% of the mods available for those cars back in the day were rice, that was the order of the day. RICE equals to something that has no effect on the vehicle whatsoever, or something cheap and quickly done, aside from a visual standpoint, something like a sticker, or a hugeeee wing that doesnt work under 150mph.. and that's rice, rice isn't something that actually works very well for what you've intended it for when you put it on your vehicle. In the case of this strip, it works very well and it just happens to be cheap.
I've gone through snowstorms, and many a scrapes with this strip and it's saved my bumper from some major rashes, the type of rashes you can't just sand and paint over.
the fact that you and your buddies used to do this to your Preludes/Civics is what fools you thinking the strip is rice, because 80% of the mods available for those cars back in the day were rice, that was the order of the day. RICE equals to something that has no effect on the vehicle whatsoever, or something cheap and quickly done, aside from a visual standpoint, something like a sticker, or a hugeeee wing that doesnt work under 150mph.. and that's rice, rice isn't something that actually works very well for what you've intended it for when you put it on your vehicle. In the case of this strip, it works very well and it just happens to be cheap.
I agree when done properly it looks clean, price has nothing to doe with it. Its when people start tacking these things onto every bodykit(including OEM) out there and end up with gaps/double sided tape showing/wavyness/uneveness then it becomes ricerish. Notice how I said this mod has just NOW gone into the realm of ricerness, I didn't post initially because it looked good on the first few cars, especially the nismo bumpers(aside from the fact that it made it even lower compared to the stock sideskirts that were too low for the nismo in the first place)
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yea on the Nismo bumpers it's a perfect fit if you touch along the front edge of the bottom of the bumper you'll find that there is a perfect width along it that is completely flat, it's like the strip was made to fit on the Nismo. I was surprised, but at the same time now I'm dreading having to take it off because the 3m tape. I got my heat gun handy though, lol
Dubs, repacking it and selling it! lol, you mean like CustomAutoMesh.... I'm bout to bust their whole Mesh scheme in a new thread I'm bout to make. I already posted last month on the 350z forums, i'm bout to do so here on driver as well..
yea on the Nismo bumpers it's a perfect fit if you touch along the front edge of the bottom of the bumper you'll find that there is a perfect width along it that is completely flat, it's like the strip was made to fit on the Nismo. I was surprised, but at the same time now I'm dreading having to take it off because the 3m tape. I got my heat gun handy though, lol
Dubs, repacking it and selling it! lol, you mean like CustomAutoMesh.... I'm bout to bust their whole Mesh scheme in a new thread I'm bout to make. I already posted last month on the 350z forums, i'm bout to do so here on driver as well..
Last edited by Adon; Apr 1, 2008 at 01:42 PM.
Originally Posted by Adon
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yea on the Nismo bumpers it's a perfect fit if you touch along the front edge of the bottom of the bumper you'll find that there is a perfect width along it that is completely flat, it's like the strip was made to fit on the Nismo. I was surprised, but at the same time now I'm dreading having to take it off because the 3m tape. I got my heat gun handy though, lol
Dubs, repacking it and selling it! lol, you mean like CustomAutoMesh.... I'm bout to bust their whole Mesh scheme in a new thread I'm bout to make. I already posted last month on the 350z forums, i'm bout to do so here on driver as well..
yea on the Nismo bumpers it's a perfect fit if you touch along the front edge of the bottom of the bumper you'll find that there is a perfect width along it that is completely flat, it's like the strip was made to fit on the Nismo. I was surprised, but at the same time now I'm dreading having to take it off because the 3m tape. I got my heat gun handy though, lol
Dubs, repacking it and selling it! lol, you mean like CustomAutoMesh.... I'm bout to bust their whole Mesh scheme in a new thread I'm bout to make. I already posted last month on the 350z forums, i'm bout to do so here on driver as well..
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^ and don't forget the heavy duty garbage bags they always got on sale right by the exit.... You rarely ever need'em since you got like 4 boxes at home, but it's too damn good of a deal to walk out on! lol
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Originally Posted by redlude97
You said it yourself
I agree when done properly it looks clean, price has nothing to doe with it. Its when people start tacking these things onto every bodykit(including OEM) out there and end up with gaps/double sided tape showing/wavyness/uneveness then it becomes ricerish. Notice how I said this mod has just NOW gone into the realm of ricerness, I didn't post initially because it looked good on the first few cars, especially the nismo bumpers(aside from the fact that it made it even lower compared to the stock sideskirts that were too low for the nismo in the first place)
I agree when done properly it looks clean, price has nothing to doe with it. Its when people start tacking these things onto every bodykit(including OEM) out there and end up with gaps/double sided tape showing/wavyness/uneveness then it becomes ricerish. Notice how I said this mod has just NOW gone into the realm of ricerness, I didn't post initially because it looked good on the first few cars, especially the nismo bumpers(aside from the fact that it made it even lower compared to the stock sideskirts that were too low for the nismo in the first place)