Molesting 280zx's front bumper~opinion?

[stevofoxono]

Hey all, Thought id ask another noobish question buuut I have a pick thats re-ignited my interest.

http://www.inlineperformance.net/projects/adadson/1981%20Datsun%20280ZX%20(32).jpg

Just like the yellow 280 that is on the forums except it uses the existing bumper, just cut. I'm interested in getting a front spoiler from benZ but kind of only if i get the catfish mouth of the s30s.

What do you guys recon and any other alternatives that you'd suggest?

If I decide to through with it after my rust repairs i'll start a 280 body thread thinking about curving the roof line also lol

[stevofoxono]

http://www.carsales.com.au/all-cars/private/details.aspx?R=5285028&__Qpb=true&Cr=8&__Ns=pCar_RankSort_Int32|1||pCar_PriceSort_Decimal|1||pCar_Make_String|0||pCar_Model_String|0&keywords=&__N=1216%201246%201247%201252%201282%204294966615%204294766388&SearchAction=N&silo=1011&seot=1&tsrc=allcarhome&__Nne=15&trecs=28&__sid=1292A06C808E

This beauty is kind of given me the idea of modifying my roof line, I;m thinking get rid of the rear seats, put some kind of sound system or just lighten my car so when the time comes for motorkhanas/circuit racing i'll have one less thing to do. I have a brilliant mechanic/panel beater fairly close to home, has a v8 4wd silvia and 1000hp vg powered road legal sil+the original fairlady roadster and more nissan/datsuns than you can poke a stick at. So mod plate/getting the right effect shouldn't be to hard. The next z I get i'll keep original, i promise 

[stevo_gj]

I wouldn't use weight reduction as a reason for chopping bits out of the roof hey. If it's a mod for aesthetics go for it - but consider the structural effect it will have.

 

I would suggest maybe learning to photoshop a little - easy to do. That way you can work out how you want it to look and see if it will work.

[Quandary]

I don't see the point, not even for aesthetics.  The roofline remains the same.  It just looks like someone was ashamed of their Z and tried to make it look like something else.  If it's for saving weight there are 101 better options.  I'd like to see that in a wind tunnel cos its going to be funny to see how much less downforce the rear spoiler has with the chopped hatch.  Wish I had that paint job though.