Aero Bumper or Wheels?

[HKSpeed]

Sorry for the stupid question, but I'm racking my brain trying to decide what to do and I'd like some input from others.

I'm trying to decide whether to get an Aero bumper (comes with bumper support, foam, and signal lights) or some used jdm 3-piece 16's or 17's with a polished lip. Either one will cost me around $800 (rims&tires or bumper&paint).

I currently have a Q's Silvia bumper and 17x7.5/et30 Gram Lights (not staggered ). I'm trying to sell my Gram Lights to finance the bumper or wheels. If I sell the wheels and get the bumper, I'll roll on stock S13 SE wheels.

My car:

Maybe I'll change my mind and get these instead:Nismo LM-GT2, 4 lug, 17x7/et29, 17x8/et38. $1200

[240marcuSX]

your car looks really nice how it is, why not get some real performance parts with that money?? but i guess if i had to choose between the 2, get the bumper because gram lights are hotness.

[HKSpeed]

I already have a sr (with all the basic bolt-ons). i'm done with performance parts for now.

Just to clarify:Aero bumper with stock wheels OR Q's bumper with different wheels.With either choice, I have sell the gram lights.

[Thrwnsprkz]

not sure what aero bumper your refering to, but I'd say wheels... a car that clean shouldnt roll on the stock wheels :o\

plus its always nice to have a few spare wheels and tires around. (OEM)a bumper would look nice, but i honesty luv your silvia conversion. unless somethings wrong with it I dont see the need to replace it...

[GhostDriver]

Get the wheels. Aeroshmero.

[240marcuSX]

oh, well in that case, get wheels. how much are you selling the gram lights for?

[BomexS13]

get the wheels...

[Fergus]

Yeah, go for the new wheels, wouldn't look right with even more agressive body kit and stock wheels

[w1ngzer0]

wheels > body

[SoCalSilvia]

wheels... although I like the GL's better than the Nismo's.

[Nitrus0nous]

any pix of the bumper you're talking about?

[HKSpeed]

any pix of the bumper you're talking about?

I'm not going to get the bumper. Spending $700 (500 for bumper, 200 for paint. I got my Silvia front for that price) for just a bumper doesnt seem like an economically sound idea. Oh well. Back to searching for a zenki lip.

[phuphyter]

nice car. off topic, but your car looks very familiar. have you been around cal poly lately? i saw an s13 last saturday with the silvia font end, kouki tails, cage, and gram lights...hmmm

personally, i would get the wheels. your front looks nice as it is.

[nsrZ32]

wheels

[574-240sx]

do 5 lug and Z32 brakes then roll around on stock 300zx rims.

[HKSpeed]

nice car. off topic, but your car looks very familiar. have you been around cal poly lately? i saw an s13 last saturday with the silvia font end, kouki tails, cage, and gram lights...hmmm

personally, i would get the wheels. your front looks nice as it is.

hmm...i was there on saturday and my car was parked in C Lot (CLA), but I dont have kouki tails.

i rarely take my 240 to cal poly because of theft concerns.
Modified by HKSpeed at 11:21 PM 4/21/2005

[Juujai]

i also go to cal poly

800 for an aero bumper alone? arent they more like 1200 for the whole conversion?

the fitment for the nismo lms arent too great either. maybe if it was like a 17x9 size but thatd be 5 lug for sure. i dont see it as much of an upgrade. lip isnt that hardcore either. i think you should just buy an aero bumper and then sell off the Qs for whatever you can get and continue using the grams until you go wide or something

[HashiriyaS14]

You should just keep the Gram Lights.

Forget the aero bumper, the stock S13 front end looks great, you should keep it.

That's one of the cleanest sileighties I've seen. If you get new wheels, I'd definitely stay gold, maybe some gold Work VS-XXs. I actually think it looks really good without dish, which is generally blasphemous for me.

[HKSpeed]

Work VSxx (or any model) is pimp. I dont know if i can afford them.

I just learned Work makes them in 4 lug (4x100 shown). Maybe its custom.

I have a pair of these lying around. i'm searching for a matching pair (or something similar). Anyone know what Work wheel it is? Ryver? Ewing? Rezax? I dont have the center caps.

[phuphyter]

hehe maybe i was imagining the kouki tails. i guess that was you then. i was standing outside of it just looking at it for a while. nice car bro. I've been worried about car theft myself, especially when i go to my 6-10pm class.

were you thinking of getting the wheels because of your current wheel colors?

i would get the nismos as long as there are no fitment issues. i like them better than the grams