Has anyone ever tried to attach the LOWER front bumper section from a 2002+ NSX to the UPPER section from an early NSX (with pop-up lights)?
Why would you want to?...
1. The 2002+ NSXs have more "mass" around the lower portion of the car. If you put the 2002 rear valence on the early car, it looks slightly off without the 2002 side sills. If you mount the 2002 side sills, suddenly the front of the early NSX starts to look small. The lower 2002 front bumper continued the lines of the sides and rear.
2. Although there are some options for either replacing the whole front bumper unit (and retaining pop-up lights), or just replacing the lower half of the front bumper, you lose the option of having a bolt-on front splitter (unless you make one custom).
3. You could update your car to the 2002 look but still retain the pop up lights (some people never warmed to the exposed lights).
The issues with performing the swap:
1.The front radiator opening on the 2002 cars is shaped slightly "trapezoidal" instead of rectangular like the earlier cars. However, upon a close visual inspection, the openings for the two different styles appear pretty close in the top section of both bumpers. Also, the 2002 bumper looks like it might be slightly longer?
Perhaps someone who is performing a 2002 front update could see how closely these parts might fit together (I'm sure there would be some "smoothing" required, but perhaps only a minimal amount on the upper portion of the early bumper).
This might give people some options for updating their car, but retaining the pop up lights. Prime member Stacey came close to designing a cool wider lower half for the early bumper that meshed well with the 2002 sides, but he pulled the plug and went with the full 2002 update.
So, anyone try this?:biggrin:
Why would you want to?...
1. The 2002+ NSXs have more "mass" around the lower portion of the car. If you put the 2002 rear valence on the early car, it looks slightly off without the 2002 side sills. If you mount the 2002 side sills, suddenly the front of the early NSX starts to look small. The lower 2002 front bumper continued the lines of the sides and rear.
2. Although there are some options for either replacing the whole front bumper unit (and retaining pop-up lights), or just replacing the lower half of the front bumper, you lose the option of having a bolt-on front splitter (unless you make one custom).
3. You could update your car to the 2002 look but still retain the pop up lights (some people never warmed to the exposed lights).
The issues with performing the swap:
1.The front radiator opening on the 2002 cars is shaped slightly "trapezoidal" instead of rectangular like the earlier cars. However, upon a close visual inspection, the openings for the two different styles appear pretty close in the top section of both bumpers. Also, the 2002 bumper looks like it might be slightly longer?
Perhaps someone who is performing a 2002 front update could see how closely these parts might fit together (I'm sure there would be some "smoothing" required, but perhaps only a minimal amount on the upper portion of the early bumper).
This might give people some options for updating their car, but retaining the pop up lights. Prime member Stacey came close to designing a cool wider lower half for the early bumper that meshed well with the 2002 sides, but he pulled the plug and went with the full 2002 update.
So, anyone try this?:biggrin:
