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Got my order delivered to the shop today. Will stop by tomorrow to take a look (will take some pics of the parts). With the type 2 valence, I will need to either get a new quad tip axle back (apexi) or just get a quad tip added onto my Joe Z. I think apexi is a bit louder which I'm not too fond of since Joe Z is loud enough with the apexi midpipe that I already have (plus that's additional $1k that I rather spend on something else). Anyone with the quad tip insert? Does it look funky?
I got Full Cat Back Joe Z as well, want to do quad tips too.
Want to do this conversion so bad, but waiting to hear back from your experience...please update us on fitment.
Any chance you can PM me where you purchase and price and all the part # needed for the conversion?
I want to get my order in since it takes so long to build and ship.
Which is why the eBay plastic bumper is such a great deal. It's plastic so it's easy to work with and make your own cutouts. And it costs only $800 shipped. I'm still planning on getting it but once my finances are a bit better. Aimgain is fiberglass, I absolutely hate making cutouts in fiberglass, it's awful.
Which is why the eBay plastic bumper is such a great deal. It's plastic so it's easy to work with and make your own cutouts. And it costs only $800 shipped. I'm still planning on getting it but once my finances are a bit better. Aimgain is fiberglass, I absolutely hate making cutouts in fiberglass, it's awful.
If you can get it to work and fit well, I'll be right behind you to get it done. It's certainly much more reasonable in price than the Aimgain. I've had bad luck on eBay though, you get what you paid for.
If you can get it to work and fit well, I'll be right behind you to get it done. It's certainly much more reasonable in price than the Aimgain. I've had bad luck on eBay though, you get what you paid for.
I've seen enough pictures of that bumper installed to know that its fitment is 90% good. The only issue I constantly see raised is the gap between the hood and the grill. I black out my chrome anyways so it's hard to notice. I also intend to add molding between the hood and the grill to reduce that gap. $800 for good fitment vs $3.5K+ for perfect fitment? I'll happily take good fitment for $800.
is there any pic without the foglight? look like without the foglight it will almost look like a gs f bumper
Originally Posted by shurik74
Very interested in fitment details as well and what happened to parking sensors holes...
Pardon... Is that rear bumper on the picture also from the same vendor?
Originally Posted by jdpdata
If you can get it to work and fit well, I'll be right behind you to get it done. It's certainly much more reasonable in price than the Aimgain. I've had bad luck on eBay though, you get what you paid for.
By the way, here is the link to the plastic bumper, you'll see it looks almost identical. And I prefer this one over the Aimgain. I was going to spend $460 to get the foglight added to my current bumper but I might as well save a little more and just buy the bumper. My only concern is getting it painted the perfect Lexus ultrawhite (paint code 083).
By the way, here is the link to the plastic bumper, you'll see it looks almost identical. And I prefer this one over the Aimgain. I was going to spend $460 to get the foglight added to my current bumper but I might as well save a little more and just buy the bumper. My only concern is getting it painted the perfect Lexus ultrawhite (paint code 083).
It's not difficult... see below. Just take a drill and go straight in. They are held in by tabs.
Thank you for details Eddie... I've done many cuts / mods on bumpers before, even restored my GS after it was totaled but now I'm just lazy or for this money would like to get it for easy install to be honest, just my 2c.
Wonder if whoever is making them at least put markings on inside for easy holes cut...
You spend all that money on a bumper and you still have to drill holes in fiberglass, kind of ridiculous. Not to mention the holes have to be the perfect size and in the exact same spot on each side otherwise it will look off.
The eBay bumper presents a much better bargain and plastic much easier to work on. I'm sure of the 11 bumpers they sold, someone figured out how to install it. Otherwise they would have pulled the item if everyone wanted their money back.
Unfortunately the one guy who bought this on this forum for test fit gave up and hasn't replied/updated that thread.
I knew that the washer and parking sensors are not pre-drilled when i placed the order and since my body shop is doing the work, i'm not too worried about it but I do agree that if I pay that much it should have came with it. What i was disappointed however is the fact that there are one too many "imperfections" to the bumper, not the "high quality Japanese marksmanship" that I thought. The shop will place a layer of flexible bondo and smooth out all the imperfections.
As for updates on this process, the shop is a well known shop and they're quite busy with other projects too so it may take a while. I rather have them take their time and do it right then do a half *** job (which I know they won't). I waited almost 6 months, what's another month or two
10-27-18, 12:13 PM
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