Choosing a front fascia?

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eight3six
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So ive been MIA off here for a while and dropped off a lot on the car mods and such. Was looking around last night and really want the Stillen front fascia still, but I dont believe it has a spot for the fog lights. Did some looking around and doesnt look like any of the ones available for a 2007 4dr have a spot to put the factory fog lights. Would it be difficult to make custom brackets for them, or pricey to have a body shop make a spot for them on there? Has anyone else done this? Id go outside to inspect but its dark, snowey, and in the single digits temp wise.

Any suggestions would be helpful and appriciated, thaaaanks


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downedzephyr
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i think one of the coupe guys used PIAA fogs and they worked out, just drilled into the fascia to mount it.

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The only fascia I've seen that appears to account for OEM fogs is the AIT IMP-style fascia.

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IBCoupe wrote:The only fascia I've seen that appears to account for OEM fogs is the AIT IMP-style fascia.

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That kit was so close to win, but they had to extend the bumped out farther (same for the rear bumper). If they would have left the bumper more flush with the grille then it would have been the best looking kit, but it also takes a hit on my liking due to it not being polyurethane. BTW that kit is for coupe only ( I think), so it wouldn't work for the OP'er.

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Thanks for the replies all. And Bama you are right that front sticking out and making a rear bumper look on the front kind of kills it for me.

As far as the PIAA goes if I'm not mistaken thats a whole other kit? Say I buy an after market kit, could I just wire it into the factory wiring? Once I get the front end ripped off I could see what im dealing with. Just trying to get a heads up on what im dealing with first. Maybe theres a way to use the housing of my factory fogs and mount them into the stillen fascia.

Hrrrrmmm decisions decisions.

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BamaCoupe wrote:That kit was so close to win, but they had to extend the bumped out farther (same for the rear bumper). If they would have left the bumper more flush with the grille then it would have been the best looking kit, but it also takes a hit on my liking due to it not being polyurethane. BTW that kit is for coupe only ( I think), so it wouldn't work for the OP'er.
Here is a quick photochop of what I'm talking about with the front and rear bumper flush rather than extended on the IMP-style kit.
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The front looks a lot like stock there.

And as for being coupe-only... He could always trade in! That's what I would do if I had a sedan.

eight3six
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If I didnt travel so much and need the extra room for luggage/bikes/etc I may have. Although I bought a new 06 2.5 altima, then 9 months later got my 07 3.5 sl. So trading that in about 10 months later for the coupe would have made 3 brand new altimas in under 2 years ha. Its got to stop at some point!

Though I do kind of want a coupe now as well...blah!


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