Best Air Dam?

[Comet02]

What's the best air dam to replace the horrible bumper on a 76 Datsun 280Z 2+2? Send links of where to buy please!

[Pmg]

Google Image search.. See what you like. Think about what you want out of it; for show or function. Urethane flexes and fiberglass is rigid. The former flexes a bit going 70 mph and the latter cracks easier when hitting curbs. There is no best.

PMG

Edited November 4, 2015 by Pmg

[Comet02]

Sorry, "best" probably wasn't s good word. I'm looking for any links to places to buy them, or what styles people recommend?

[Pmg]

Here you go. Get this one.

http://www.jegs.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/m20ProductDisplayView?pageSize=10&resultCatEntryType=2&searchTerm=&catalogId=10002&langId=-1&productId=1926871&storeId=10001&sType=&pgGrp=search

PMG

[EuroDat]

I went for the fibreglass version with no air dusts, but that is pure a personal preference and coverted it to the 240Z bumpers. It came from MSA. The link is in this thread.

http://www.classiczcars.com/topic/45677-fitting-240z-bumpers-and-valences-to-a-280z/

[Comet02]

I'm thinking one maybe along these lines?

[Comet02]

EuroDat, mine is a 76 280Z 2+2 so I don't think those bumpers in your link will fit for it, unfortunately.

[cbuczesk]

The 70-78 Z body is pretty much the same up front even for the 2+2. I didn't read that link but if the air dam and bumper fit a 240Z then it can be made to fit a 1976 280Z 2+2. The biggest challenge would be making the two front bumper mounts work. The 240Z is a solid piece of metal where the 280Z uses a shock and I believe the 240Z uses 2 bolts on the body where the 280Z uses 3 to attach the mount. If you have a welded and some basic skills it's not a big deal.

 

Chuck

[Pmg]

You can use the bolts where the shock was mounted to attach an L bracket to hold the 240z bumpers.

PMG

[Comet02]

Okay, good to know that I can make them fit. I'm not a big fan of the look of that huge bumper in front, so I was looking for a kind of bolt-on or something similar in an air damn to change the cosmetics of the front, something that looked like the one on the blue Z that I posted.