SS Bumpers from Vietnam

[Yarb]

Curious to hear how they fit. Did you buy Harrington’s brackets with the bumpers? 

[HappyZ]

I haven't fitted them yet.  It'll be a couple weeks.  I didn't buy the brackets as I'll use my originals.

 

[Yarb]

I’m retrofitting my 280. I understand there are rubber insulators at certain mounting points. 

[HappyZ]

I'm not sure, but I don't recall seeing any rubber insulators when I took them off my 240Z, nor do I see them in the FSM

[siteunseen]

I didn't want that metal on my paint either so I went to Lowes and bought something similar to these. The rear bumper side mounts and the front bumper sides are all I remember needing the rubber. 

https://www.lowes.com/pd/Hillman-2-Pack-1-in-Rubber-Washer/3130433

[SteveJ]

14 hours ago, Yarb said:

I’m retrofitting my 280. I understand there are rubber insulators at certain mounting points. 

I noticed the need for spacers on the front bumper: https://fiddlingwithzcars.wordpress.com/2014/01/20/installing-the-front-bumper/

[Yarb]

After reading your post SteveJ, I beginning to think that special brackets are needed for the 78 280 conversion.

[charliekwin]

I made my own brackets for front and rear, so spacers weren't necessary. But like siteunseen, I didn't want anything rubbing directly on the paint, so I cut up a bike tire tube and used that on the rear on the bracket and side mounts.

[SteveJ]

8 minutes ago, Yarb said:

After reading your post SteveJ, I beginning to think that special brackets are needed for the 78 280 conversion.

You'll need brackets like this for the front: https://zcardepot.com/products/front-bumper-conversion-bracket-set-ss-280z-to-240z

For the rear: https://zcardepot.com/collections/exterior/products/rear-bumper-bracket-conversion-280z-to-240z?_pos=1&_sid=2131235fb&_ss=r

You'll probably also need to drop the tank to remove the stock bumper mounts.

[Yarb]

Thanks, already removed the old bumper and brackets. I need to remove that rear valance. Bought the spot weld tool from ZCD . The bottom welds look like there’s ample access, the upper not so much. Any tips on that we’ll appreciated. Hate to destroy it taking it off the car.

[charliekwin]

You're talking about what Nissan called the "sight shield" right? It's been years since I took mine off, but I seem to recall having to bend it upwards quite a bit to get a spot weld cutter in there. Mine had been in a collision, so I wasn't trying to preserve it or anything, but I think it'd be tough to take it off without doing at least a little damage. 

Edited July 14, 2020 by charliekwin

[Yarb]

Do you know if there is a license plate delete option for the front bumper?