mod what bumper?? you have to get rid of the stock bumper then push in the shocks to get it to fit

 

i was talking about how lww got the perfect almost 0 gap between his hood and bumper

but some more of the type 2 instalation instructions would be great!

how did you install the type 2 airdam ?, do you know or have a link, if not could you answer a few of my questions, i couldnt find anything here or on hybrid z

#1. Does it bolt up to the original bumper shock absorbers?

#2. Does it use the original heavy steal bumper reinforcers?

#3. how do you compress those bumper shock absorbers?

 

you know, the search button actually does work. try it out sometime.

https://www.zdriver.com/forums/showt...airdam+install

 

i did, i even hit up chinesekids profile to find his previous posts like a stalker to find something about how he installed his type 2...

it felt weird...

do you know how?...you would be like the best mod ever(oh didnt see the link)

 

you fail teh interwebs.

 

there werent any pics. i didnt know there were going to be fitment issues so now im just going to get the Regular MSA one with the ducts

MSA type 2 dreams failed gotta go tell jbs280z that i gotta pass on the 82 rear bumper i will miss you sweet race car looks at non race car price

 

Seriously....


PS... looky! A thread about installing MSA II bumpers!!! https://www.zdriver.com/forums/280zx-s130-forums-77/msa-kit-2-install-15884/

That's one of about 20 threads on the same subject.

 

im over type II, ithink made this to see, im probly gonna make one of each bumper to see how they look...

 

so if its croked i lay it out in the sun right?

 

i've been meaning to ask you about the bumper it self in your car, is it aftermarket or a modified stock bumper?

 

if its croked? thats.... not a word, if your referring to how its warped the sun will make it mushy and malleable so you can form it back to the way it should be then let it cool and mount.

 

croked like a frog.... thanks though...,its baking right now...it might go on today

 

croked like a frog? no you missed my point, there is no such word as croked. croaked like a frog. but i promise you, no such word as croked.

 

krookid man, kroookid!

 

and bleach finally speaks up. I would say get the type 3 for the s30's and "tweak" it to fit the s130. But thats just me.

 

meh... the fiberglass S130 bumper rules all.

 

No modification to the bumper will last because it's made of a 25 year old polymer that can't be blended into additional material without cracking and separating over time. Fiberglass won't work either, because it'll also crack over time.

I took a hood from a 1st gen Z and cut 3" off the front lip and grafted it to the front lip of the hood on my 280ZX. Once it was properly fitted there is only about a 3/16" gap between the "new" hood and the bumper.

It was about a 40 or 50hr job to cut it, fit it, weld it and blend it smoothly into the original hood and make sure the transition was completely invisible. You can't even tell it's two pieces from the side or from under the hood.

If I was a wuss with no vision, creativity or welding skills, I would go with the fiberglass S130 bumper too...

 

By that standard, any "buyable" kit would fall under that catagory... which I'm sure you still feel the same. I'm just sayin.

 

Nismo, don't walk into a war zone just to become a victim of collateral damage...

 

if your talking about the pic on the previous page i dont see any s30 in it, i think you wasted 40 and or 50 hours... can you show me a pic or explain it a little better? the only thing i notice is mabe a little more lip on the front but mabe not even that

 

I took the 3" of front lip from the 1st gen Z's hood and welded it to the front lip of the stock 280ZX hood.

Go outside and measure the gap between your stock bumper and your stock hood. Now look at the top and bottom of the front lip on your hood and try to figure out how hard it would be to cut off the front lip of your hood and weld the front lip of another hood on in it's place AND make it look like it was originally stamped that way. It's not easy when you're working with metal that changes size and shape when it's super-heated by welding.

If you don't see the difficulty of the process, I understand how you could fail to appreciate the accomplishment.

 

I've seen it in person, and it is a subtle, but nice improvement. Hehe, it's the usual car-guy thing of spending hours on a project to "improve" your car that probably few others will even notice.

 

i didnt say it was EASY i just said said i thought it was a waste of time

oh and im done, just dont know how to get the lip strait, the sun didnt woork just right so i might have to get a piece of metal and bolt it on the backside of the lip to get it strait

 

And it needs to be painted....

 

no... i was planning on riding ricer for a while...to build my street rep you know