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Old Nov 2, 2009 | 10:00 AM
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For the front bumper, you only have 2 options really, KuRookie or Areo.
You've already mentioned that you're afraid the KuRookie is too low. IDK if it is, but maybe some of the people that have them will chime in.
For the Areo there are a few different routes you could go.
First is OEM, nice thing is they're polyurethane so they're less likely to break, cons are price, availability, and price (yes I know what I did)
Next is Vis, they make a fiberglass Areo knockoff. These are fairly cheap, some say the fitment is bad, some say it's good I'm not sure, I don't have one. One of the guys that got the full Vis kit said the front was perfectly fine, it was the rear that was terrible, so maybe that is where talk of bad fitment originated.
Your other option is one of Hikkatadori's current projects: https://g35driver.com/forums/g35-sed...ront-05-a.html
 
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Old Nov 2, 2009 | 12:33 PM
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I'm very much inclined to go with the NISMO Areo front bumper. The fiberglass worries me that it will crack or easily damage, particularly here in New England when it gets so cold and everything is brittle. All it has to do is hit a nice chunk of ice? Everything G35 has the OEM that is already painted. It's just expensive. . . a little over $900 shipping included. My other G35x that my son now has came with the full areo kit when I bought it. So I'm famiiar with that. I may just open up the wallet and shell out. I'll also ditch the fog lights at that time, and I'll get the headlight housings painted black.

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Old Nov 2, 2009 | 01:21 PM
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Are you sure everything g35 has them in stock (in your color) ????
Last I knew almost nobody had them, and any you could find were CB.
 
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Old Nov 2, 2009 | 03:27 PM
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They have them advertized on their website but I haven't called yet.
 
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Old Nov 2, 2009 | 03:41 PM
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I called and it's not available in Diamond Graphite. So I guess the VIS aero knock off and painting it is the only option. Well, it's cheaper anyway even with painting it.

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Old Nov 2, 2009 | 08:57 PM
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If I remember right, you could almost buy and paint the Vis twice for what it would cost to buy and paint the Areo!
 
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Old Nov 2, 2009 | 09:09 PM
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If you include shipping the Vis is a little over $500, and I'm not sure how much a body shop is going to charge to paint it, but around here I doubt your going to find any body shop to do it for less than two or three hundred. The areo is $900 something painted and shipped. So I don't think the Vis is much of a deal. Plus with the aero you have the convenience of having it delivered all ready to put right on. So I think the Vis is kind of a rip off unless your set up to paint it yourself or have your drunk uncle or something do for free.

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Old Nov 2, 2009 | 09:13 PM
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Looks nice
 
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Old Nov 2, 2009 | 10:25 PM
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Originally Posted by manbart
If you include shipping the Vis is a little over $500, and I'm not sure how much a body shop is going to charge to paint it, but around here I doubt your going to find any body shop to do it for less than two or three hundred. The areo is $900 something painted and shipped. So I don't think the Vis is much of a deal. Plus with the aero you have the convenience of having it delivered all ready to put right on. So I think the Vis is kind of a rip off unless your set up to paint it yourself or have your drunk uncle or something do for free.

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$500? I thought I found them cheaper than that. Maybe not though. I was also talking about the price to have the Areo repainted too, considering that now it's hard to find them in the right color

When it comes to painting it, I've found it's good to have a friend that manages a body shop
 
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Old Nov 2, 2009 | 11:45 PM
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I don't think you can find it for less than $500 when you add the shipping. Yep, you could just get the Areo and paint it whatever you want but spending 12 or $1,300 to put that bumper on your car is a little nuts. What's on there now isn't that bad! So what I'll probably do is get the VIS and have it painted and hope it fits well enough and doesn't crack or something the first time it hits a chunk of ice. There's not much of any other option. You see cars around here with some pretty intense body kits and they look like hell. They're cracked and they're half falling off, and to tell you the truth they look El Cheapo in the first place. The Vis looks good and it won't be hanging too low.
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Old Nov 2, 2009 | 11:45 PM
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The fogs would look a HELL of a lot better if they were lower and t the outside. Car looks great though.
 
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Old Nov 3, 2009 | 12:35 AM
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how much did it cost you to paint the chrome trim and the door handles?
where are you located?
 
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Old Nov 3, 2009 | 05:11 AM
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As I remember it was $400. The chrome trim they took off, and the door handles they prop up to paint. The Grill I think was an additional $80. I'm in Massachusetts.

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Old Nov 4, 2009 | 09:51 PM
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Car looks great!!! I'm lovin those brakes

I would also recommend doing the black headlight mod; especially since you already have the other stuff black. I just did mine today...I looked for pics of another DGM sedan with it done already, but couldn't find anything (noob here). So I said screw it, and did it anyways...Only took about 5 hours from start to finish:


 
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