gtr bumper on a gtst

**nick-nismo** · 01-17-2012, 01:33 AM

so i recently got a skyline its the r32 gtst and it came with a (replica of some sort) gtr bumper so obviously i wanna paint that sucker up and get it on asap, but i was tellin my buddy about it and he said to stay away from the fiberglass ones. so before i take the oem one off and try and fit the gtr bumber is it going to fit? any complaints about these?

and the back bumper is scuffed the guy i bought it off must have hit something the exhaust is all bent too but thats not important right now, so i'd be getting both painted at the same time to save some cash and get her looking top notch

oh and the cars already got gtr hood and grill so the bumper will finish it off

**cschepp** · 01-17-2012, 01:50 AM

Ok from personal experience you will regret going to fiberglass! Anything you hit your bumper will be f'd. Stick with the stock gts bumper until you can get Oem Gtr bumper. And as far as fitment goes it will fit but the Gtr fenders are wider than the gts so it obviously won't be perfect but will work just fine.

**nick-nismo** · 01-17-2012, 02:08 AM

hmm yeah fair enough when all this snows cleared up im going to get a quote see what its going to cost for paint.
whats an oem gtr bumper cost these days?

**cschepp** · 01-17-2012, 02:13 AM

300$. It will be durable and worth while. I'm going for a repaint on mine so I'm not worried. To do just a bumper will be 500-600$ out the door unless you find a cheap place to do it for 200 ish

**MKIV** · 01-17-2012, 07:06 AM

Go OEM. It's more expensive for a reason - you get what you pay for.

As Cschepp mentioned, the GTR bumper (replica or not) was meant for fitment to the GTR fenders. Without it, they won't look perfect but very close to for sure.

Good luck

**feyd182** · 01-18-2012, 12:37 AM

Originally Posted by cschepp

Ok from personal experience you will regret going to fiberglass! Anything you hit your bumper will be f'd. Stick with the stock gts bumper until you can get Oem Gtr bumper. And as far as fitment goes it will fit but the Gtr fenders are wider than the gts so it obviously won't be perfect but will work just fine.

^^Agree, fiberglass body parts suck. As mentioned any slight impact will usually have major damage. My first Skyline had a fiberglass front lip that usually required repair for any small impact.