Stillen Front Lip....

[2brian0]

As far as the headlights go, I had overlays on my whole car (tails, mirror turn signals and headlight assembly). My headlights were completely covered. It looked great but when combining that with my windshield being tinted, it was too dark at night. So, I cut the overlays to contour just the headlight portion of the assembly. Was nervous about doing it but I think it turned out great and gives the car a unique front look. Kind of my own version of eyelids but with smoked vinyl. Plus, now I can see at night a lot better...

[bembol]

The new pics look even better!

Honestly, I have to say those Chromes (not a fan of, sorry) is what keeping your Coupe from being sick! I love your whole Black Theme, why not continue it...get something like BlackNWhite's?

Also, why not take out the Nissan Logo at the back? Or you might as well paint it Black.

[SHIFT_COUPE]

Ok, its settled. I'm ordering this VERY soon. It looks fricken awesome! Good stuff man.

[Miss_Lanaya]

Looks good ....all murdered out, blackaliscious!

[2brian0]

As far as my wheels, I'd have to say I somewhat agree. The problem I had when picking my wheels was finding ones I liked with the right offset (as I plan to put prokit springs on) and finding black rims without the chrome lip. Sorry, I'm just not a fan of the chrome lip. Especially on a car that I was attempting to black out, why would I want chrome rings around my tires?Just didn't sound good to me. So, I couldn't find any decent looking all black rims.....So I decided to go with a chrome wheel with black accents. The dealer had these, they were the right offset, they had black accents, and I got a good deal on them as a peace offering from issues I had with the sale of my car. I was a little disappointed that the black accents basically disappeared/blended in when the rims were put on the car. So, while I think I could have made a better choice, I still think the car looks good. If wheels weren't so expensive, I'd think about changing them but I'm stuck for now...As far as the rear emblem, if my rims were black, it would be painted but with my chrome rims I like the way it looks. I wouldn't take it completely off as I think the rear without any badges looks too plain. Just my opinion...

[skiski329]

i am loving how you did the tints on the head lights. and the front lip looks great i think i am going to get one. the rims AMAZING. and the rear spoiler is what i have been looking for. you also made me regret that i did not go with the black like i had planed. ( but the dirt dosen't show up as much on mine YEA!). but dude i envy your car.

[SHIFT_2.5S]

+1 for tint on headlights. Nice flow to the body. Car looks nice overall.

[heysteve]

yeah i like wut u did with your headlights. reminds me of that custom white altima at sema.

[rjdmmfl1]

2Brian...one word.. SICK!!!!!!!!!

[skiski329]

can you give me the site that you got that bec i went to stillen.com and i cant find the front lip.

[johnny_d]

http://www.stillen.com/product...LTIMA

[EzeebMOS3]

How much lower is the Stillen lip compared to stock? I live in Boston and im worried about it being too low for the winter.

[johnny_d]

i don't think it's much lower at all, you can pull up a stock picture and see

[2brian0]

Didn't measure the before and after but just from eyeballing it, the front doesn't really sit any lower than before. The best pic. to judge it from it the side profile. You can see the body lines are basically even from front to back. That is one thing I liked about the stillen lip vs. the other one available. The other one has a noticeable drop to it and makes the car look like it needs side skirts. Thank you to all for the positive comments. I'm pretty damn pleased with the looks so far. Now if the eibachs and exhaust would just become available I could complete my "project".

[skiski329]

THX for the site but i did not see if i could change the color i hope that it don't only come in blue!!!!

[2brian0]

The part comes unfinished. You will need to take it to a shop (or do it on your own) to be painted and/or mounted.

[BigDan727]

Looks Great Get some custome rims made how u want to go w/ ur black theme and u wont have to worry about fitment issues

[2brian0]

That is always an option but I've never checked into custom rims and I'm almost scared to know how much they would cost. If that were something I did, I think I would go with rims similar to the thin spoke '07 G35 wheels. Just 20" and black. I know I could just buy some oem ones and have them painted/powder coated but they only come in 18". I just really like the look of the 20s on our cars. Plus, with 18s I'd have to purchase new tires again...

[rjdmmfl1]

Brian, question....I went to Stillen's website and lookd at the front lip spolier instal, and I was severely disappointed. It states that the front lip is attached via doublesided tape... Say it aint so!! DId you get the lip screwed onto the car or molded onto the car, or is it just attached with double sided tape! I would hate to think it would be that easy to just rip the front lip off.... VERY DISAPPOINTING!!!

[LongBeachCoupe]

Double sided tape?!

Brian.. hehehe... my name is actually brian too....

anyways.. brian... where do you park your car at night... i need a new lip!

[kyle@stillen]

The front lip can be held on a couple of different ways.

1) a couple of self-tapping screws on the inside of the wheel opening screwing into the factory bumper...My recommendation.

2) Using the supplied double-sided tape. This tape is EXTREMELY strong. We actually used it to attach a wing to a G35 coupe. We tried to take the wing back off to design a new one and decided it would be easier to just buy a new trunk lid. We have been using the 3M double-sided tape for 20 years now and I promise you that it is extremely strong stuff.

[rjdmmfl1]

The front lip can be held on a couple of different ways.

1) a couple of self-tapping screws on the inside of the wheel opening screwing into the factory bumper...My recommendation.

2) Using the supplied double-sided tape. This tape is EXTREMELY strong. We actually used it to attach a wing to a G35 coupe. We tried to take the wing back off to design a new one and decided it would be easier to just buy a new trunk lid. We have been using the 3M double-sided tape for 20 years now and I promise you that it is extremely strong stuff.

My concern would be accidentally hitting curbs when parking. I mentioned the self tapping screws on my post, but I can't imagine double sided tape being strong enough to support this long term after rain, snow, etc. But hey, maybe I'm wrong!

[2brian0]

I had the body shop put it on for me since they were painting it and my grill. They used the tape and screws both. The thing is on there tight and doesn't appear to be going anywhere. Mine was so perfectly molded and sized that I dry fit it and it stayed on for 2.5 miles when I accidentally forgot to take it off one night. I got down the road and had an all of a sudden oh sh*t moment when I remembered the lip was still on. Got out and it was still right in place. I'm definitely not worried about it falling off now that it is properly installed. Although, I can't speak to your concern about it holding up to curb smashing. Haven't hit one yet but it does concern me when I finally get to lower it. However, I think with even a 1.5 inch drop it should still clear parking blocks just barely (have my fingers crossed)

[cartersaltima]

Hey you guys think that lip would fit the Sedan? Im debating between the stillen lip or the G35 Lip that was featured at SEMA on the white Coupe from atisan. Any help or advice from your own opinions would be great thanks much.

[rjdmmfl1]

Hey you guys think that lip would fit the Sedan? Im debating between the stillen lip or the G35 Lip that was featured at SEMA on the white Coupe from atisan. Any help or advice from your own opinions would be great thanks much.

This lip will NOT fit the sedan. Although the width on the Coupe and Sedan are the same, the front bumper is shaped differently on the sedan. Every panel on the entire vehicle, short of the hood, is different!

[cartersaltima]

This lip will NOT fit the sedan. Although the width on the Coupe and Sedan are the same, the front bumper is shaped differently on the sedan. Every panel on the entire vehicle, short of the hood, is different!

Hmm... well thanks. I think I might have to ask a friend who does body work and see if its able to be modified enough to fit.. thanks. (G35 Coupe Front Lip)

[kyle@stillen]

My concern would be accidentally hitting curbs when parking. I mentioned the self tapping screws on my post, but I can't imagine double sided tape being strong enough to support this long term after rain, snow, etc. But hey, maybe I'm wrong!

Hitting curbs when parking is NOTHING for urethane. It will damage your paint but shouldn't hurt the front lip (of course it depends on how fast you're going when you hit the curb.)

We've had some of our cars between 150-200 MPH where the body work was held on with the double sided tape (only way to mount most wings without drilling) and the forces at that speed are way more than the forces of smacking a curb while parking. We have NEVER had a piece of body work fly off of one of our cars at high speed.

[johnny_d]

hey Kyle,

when can you post the pix of the Stillen body kit? thanks

[kyle@stillen]

The front fascia was delayed a few days. It is currently in production right now and the first pieces will be going straight to paint. We're close, but still a week or so away from having the first painted parts installed on our car.

[johnny_d]

keep us updated please, even unpainted pics would be great still thanks