mikey280zx

Well this is about my approach to the weak chin of the S130 I own. Looking for months and evaluting the situation I found that all the commercial options wopuld still need to be worked to get rid of gaps. Quite a bit and I still was not sold on what I would have. One outstanding example of a builder is the red and white striped 280zx. I included it as "thought" for others as it was for me. The silver car show gaps in whats available and what it looks like if not fared in proper. So I took what I liked and left what I didn't and started to make what I wanted.

I removed the cover and steel reinforcement, planning to incorporate some sort of steel collision protection with new look. I used 1" building insulation and cut pieces using bumper reinforcement as template. I stacked enough to fill the area where old bumper fit. I moved this in from original position to what looked good to me. I glassed these and made a lower lip out of one thickness same foam, glassed both sides.
I supported these in place and started using can foam to fill in areas to be flush with front face of bumper. I used 2" thick foam blocks in center area and looked at different configurations to choose what I think looks and will work best for grill.

zxguy1986

Nice work so far, mikey. Please keep us up to date with your posts as you continue with it. End result can be amazing! Thanks.

mikey280zx

Progress being made. working vertical surfaces now then I need to cut horizontal lines. Happy so far. I am making a wood and glass center insert to replace hokey foam pieces grill area. Off for a month to Calif. I will be back.