colesl4w Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 (edited) Update: Just updating this post to include the dealer name: Tradelink Cars, incase anyone else is considering buying from them. Google 'tradelink cars review' to see loads of examples of horrendous reviews about them. It took 110 emails and 11 months to get a replacement bumper, when they had admitted they advertised the wrong sort, and it would not pass MOT. Hi all, To cut an extremely long story short, I bought a 350z off Tradelink Cars on this forum. The dealer has a checkered past, but I ignored that, thinking it was just a case of people being too fussy. I bought the car in May 2015, and immediately noticed the replica Nismo V1 body kit I asked them to fit, was not the one they advertised to me. It had no headlight washers (an MOT fail in Northern Ireland), and was made of fiberglass rather than plastic as promised. After 10 months, countless e-mails being ignored, loads of legal threats, and what must be nearly a hundred e-mails back and forward, they have finally sent me a replacement bumper. Can someone smarter than me please confirm that this is fibreglass, and not plastic as promised? http://i.imgur.com/UIAeHdO.jpg http://i.imgur.com/g3jVO9T.jpg http://i.imgur.com/U28rx0o.jpg Edited January 10, 2017 by colesl4w Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
350Chris Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 I don't believe that even the genuine Nismo bumpers are plastic - they were all fibreglass. A genuine Nismo bumper will have the brand label glassed into the rear of the bumper in the middle. A plastic Nismo bumper is an impossible promise on that basis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlad Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 That looks like fibreglass. Saying that, factory fitted Nismo kits are fibre glass as well, so not even sure you can get them in plastic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoogyRev Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 (edited) Looks like fibreglass to me. Edited March 9, 2016 by DoogyRev Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlad Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 Oh beat me to it lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlad Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 And I guess trader will be something beginning with "Tr... ...." Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colesl4w Posted March 9, 2016 Author Share Posted March 9, 2016 I don't believe that even the genuine Nismo bumpers are plastic - they were all fibreglass. A genuine Nismo bumper will have the brand label glassed into the rear of the bumper in the middle. A plastic Nismo bumper is an impossible promise on that basis Thanks for the reply. I knew it was not an original Nismo, but a replica. However, when the trader advertised the bumper to me they said (this is a direct paste from the e-mail): "This is the kit that will be fitted. (V1 Full Nismo kit.) Rear spoiler, rear bumper spats, sideskirts and front bumper. The front bumper we use, unlike most on the market, incorporates the all important front headlamp washers. It is also an excellent tried and tested fitment." and "The kit is a replica but is made from plastic and not fibreglass. (A genuine used Nismo kit would cost you around £2500.00, for the kit alone, without painting and fitting, thats if you could get hold of one, which is doubtful)!! The kit does meet EU regulations though and is the best on the market." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colesl4w Posted March 9, 2016 Author Share Posted March 9, 2016 (edited) And I guess trader will be something beginning with "Tr... ...." Lol Yes, It's Tradelink. How did you know? Edited March 9, 2016 by colesl4w Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarmac@TarmacSportz Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 The only plastic one you can get is Aerosync. Everything else is Fibreglass including genuine ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 May last year???!!! Jeez man, just start a claim, that's ridiculous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colesl4w Posted March 9, 2016 Author Share Posted March 9, 2016 May last year???!!! Jeez man, just start a claim, that's ridiculous. I have been threatening that to them for about half a year now. I genuinely was just hoping for the good in these people, and that they would correct the mistake they admitted to. I don't understand what they're trying to achieve by stringing me along like this. They've now spent loads of cash prepping, painting and posting me what is once again the wrong bumper. What on earth would they be thinking by doing that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 You're a better man than me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlad Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 And I guess trader will be something beginning with "Tr... ...." Lol Yes, It's Tradelink. How did you know? Clues were Trader on here Mixed reviews on here Sells cars and can fit/spray parts/cars lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
350Chris Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 Regarding the headlight washers - just mark out the holes you need, cut them and fit the standard washers in (or ask one of the decent bodyshops to do it if you aren't handy with a Dremel) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colesl4w Posted March 9, 2016 Author Share Posted March 9, 2016 Regarding the headlight washers - just mark out the holes you need, cut them and fit the standard washers in (or ask one of the decent bodyshops to do it if you aren't handy with a Dremel) I would - but it's more the fact that they specifically advertised this as not fiberglass, and yet that's what they've given me... twice. From what I'm being told here, plastic bumpers are extremely rare. In that case should I believe that anyone who has bought a Nismo conversion from Tradelink has potentially been lied to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 Depends on what they asked for. I wouldn't worry about other folks, focus on your own. Again, pinch of salt as we only have one side, but the email from Greg is fairly damning. I am surprised at this really, I know people have knocked him for his pre-sales patter at times but I've not heard of anyone with issues post-sale. He should know better than to promise something undeliverable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarmac@TarmacSportz Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 Regarding the headlight washers - just mark out the holes you need, cut them and fit the standard washers in (or ask one of the decent bodyshops to do it if you aren't handy with a Dremel) I would - but it's more the fact that they specifically advertised this as not fiberglass, and yet that's what they've given me... twice. From what I'm being told here, plastic bumpers are extremely rare. In that case should I believe that anyone who has bought a Nismo conversion from Tradelink has potentially been lied to? I think it might be a misinterpretation, FRP - Fibreglass reinforced plastic. You won't get a plastic one from anywhere in the UK, even I have tried and failed to get them. The one in the pics looks decent quality though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colesl4w Posted March 9, 2016 Author Share Posted March 9, 2016 (edited) Chris - Greg has just confirmed that this is a "fibre re-inforced plastic bumper". Where would that compare on the quality scale with an actual plastic bumper? Thanks for your input. Edited March 9, 2016 by colesl4w Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
350Chris Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 Plastic isn't rare - I don't think it exists Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarmac@TarmacSportz Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 Chris - Greg has just confirmed that this is a "fibre re-inforced plastic bumper". Where would that compare on the quality scale with an actual plastic bumper? Thanks for your input. No thats right bud, just get a bodyshop to put the headlight washers on and you will be the same as practically every other Zed with a Nismo kit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnH Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 Plastic isn't rare - I don't think it exists They do exist, although they used to be damn hard to find. Searching around again now this one looks available, god knows what the fitment is like though: http://www.outcastgarage.com/products/nissan-350z-03-08-nismo-style-v1-front-bumper-polyurethane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
350Chris Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 I stand corrected! Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colesl4w Posted March 9, 2016 Author Share Posted March 9, 2016 Thanks for the input as always, everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZMANALEX Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 Plastic, which in my book is Polyurethane is the way to go if it is a good fit. FRP is exactly what it says on the tin, and is not Plastic/Polurethane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veilside z Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 Not good. Hope you get this sorted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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