I LOVE 280z bumpers...

[280z1975]

Ok, for those of you out there who don't like the look of the 280z bumpers, you won't get any argument from me. But I still have to say that I love them ...

So yesterday I was just coming back from the store and my neighbor at my apartment complex (a small building of only 12) asked if she could park in the spot on the street I just took (she tends to part there most of the time) and I had no problem with that as there was plenty of other parking available. Well right behind that spot was sitting my 280z.

So as I pull out of the spot I watch her in my rear view back into the place I was occupying and then all of a sudden she bumps my 280z!! I watched it move over 2 feet! luckily I hadn't set it in gear and the parking break wasn't pulled to hard (all the streets are quite flat). I swear I just about had a heart attack!

She wasn't going that fast and the weight of the car combined with the rolling and the 80 lbs bumpers absorbed all the impact (I guess they really are 5mph bumpers!). She got out of her car and was like, "Oh, did I hit your car?" I was like, "Yea, it rolled back 2 feet!". She went on to explain that she didn't realize my bumper stood out that much and how long the front of my car was. She isn't the brightest one in the apartment.

Anyways. The car is fine and all is well, less a some skipped heart beats. I had thought about going bumper less on my car, but I don't think that will happen. If I get rid of the original bumpers I am still going to fashion some sort of bumper system on the car!

[Hrududu]

See, with my luck I was hit at 5 mph in the side. Not much good those huge bumpers do over there.

[lonetreesteve]

Yeah, those 280Z bumpers certainly protect the car a lot better than the 240z bumpers, but the bottom line is they're still UGLY!

[280z1975]

Yeah, those 280Z bumpers certainly protect the car a lot better than the 240z bumpers, but the bottom line is they're still UGLY!

Yup, but sometimes ugly is good .... and as long as I am daily driving the car I am going to stay UGLY. Once I move to a place with a garage and it's no longer having to suffer from on street parking I will do be putting 240 style bumpers on the car.

[lonetreesteve]

Yup, but sometimes ugly is good .... and as long as I am daily driving the car I am going to stay UGLY. Once I move to a place with a garage and it's no longer having to suffer from on street parking I will do be putting 240 style bumpers on the car.

Makes sense... street parking can be brutal!