For Christmas I treated my Zed to new oil (Shell Helix Ultra Professional AG 5W30 Fully Synthetic), new oil Filter and 2x new Gates belts. I also got a full set of stainless steel clips U-Clips and Stainless bolts for the under-tray and bumper fixing.
I put the front up on ramps, the other half was going out so to be double sure I put a couple of axel stands just loose underneath.
Everything went great, belts replaced, oil changed, I then drilled and repaired/replaced the 14 under-tray bolts and clips, i even got the lip spoiler to clip right up again the bottom of the bumper. So I finally reversed back down off the ramps and heard a loud crunching sound. Stupidly I had left the axel stands underneath!!!
The one side is scratched and creased but you cant see it from the front, the other side has a tennis ball sized dent down to the black plastic and lots of fold marks where the stand squashed it. How stupid! It still completely drivable and nothing I can see damaged underneath.
Options now I guess are:
1) Replace the bumper like for like. (Gun-metal pre facelift)
2) Replace with facelift bumper
3) Get the Nismo V2 that I've always wanted.
4) See if it can be repaired and sprayed, but its not in the best shape.
I've wanted a V2 Nismo replica since day one but its always been an extra luxury to fork out on.
What would you guys do? What do you think would be most cost effective?