Hi all
Something I looked into end of last year and have not followed up as yet , I think I even mentioned it with Wasso .
I got in touch with a company called Aero kit after seeing them at one of last years shows and expressed an interest in designing a replica chargespeed rear bumper. Slight twist if we wanted would be that instead of the rear square indentation for the reg plate we would have it designed with a rectanglular uk design making it a bit more unique .
Aero kit are one of the only UK based manufacurers of bodykits and all their kits are made on their premises in the Hertfordshire. They are also the only bodykit company that does a 'guaranteed fitment' offer, They also use a higher grade of material than most bodykit manufacturers (especially the chinese products you see on ebay), Ive copied and pasted a section of one of my emails about the quality:
the quality of our bumpers are dare i say even better than Chargespeed. Chargespeed tend to use a spray gelcoat which is very thin and often can cause problems when cheaper paint is used on it. They also use less matting than we do. most chargespeed products are laid 450 grams, we use 600grams on most of our products.
The only issues are is that they would need an original bumper which may have to be factored in to the price somewhere, we could resell and split the difference lost on it (rought estimate extra £25 each), the original bumper would be used to make the mould and would have a few pinholes in it afterwards but would be easily prepped up by a bodyshop for resale. They would also need a car for a week as they will not create any products without test fitting, I wouldnt mind loaning mine if no one nearer offered.
I did get a rough price estimate back end of last year of £220+ vat for the bumper (without insert) but this would need to be confirmed,
They also quoted me for the insert £190+vat but at the time that was only available in black fibre glass although they were in the process of introducing carbon so I would need to check. Having spoke to a few members with chargespeed rears some of them have decided to go without the insert and it does look fine anyway. Plus im sure if we couldnt get carbon and you were desperate then RTCustomz could probably offer a carbon service.
We would really need 10 people interested to make this worth while, it will be a quality product and as mentioned not the usual ebay type cheap and cheerful stuff so the price reflects this and I personally think its a great opportunity to get what is definately the best looking rear bumper for the 350z.
Look forward to hearing your comments good or bad plus any positive input or ideas, as mentioned this is just in infant stage and just seeing if there is much interest.
Cheers Tarmac