Oh Deer
- Thread starter beelove
- Start date
- Car
- 2017 QX70S
- Name
- Andy
Ah, nice front bumper conversion. You're the first on this conversion. :congrats:
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Thanks to all here who gave me the idea to do it.
It almost didn't happen. The body shop guy tried to order the newer style bumper and they automatically sent him the old style one because of my VIN. He sent it back, went online to find a '12 FX for sale on Ebay and ordered the part with the other VIN.
I'm not sure the dealer recommended body shop that is the only Infiniti "certified" body shop in Wisconsin would have done it. The guy at the shop I took it to was a BMW entusiast and was once a BMW mechanic. He was impressed with the 50 and did whatever it took to make me happy with the whole process.
- Car
- 2009 FX50S
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Just got my 2010 done. Body shop install new bumper, grill and new camera. But they did not know how to recalibrate the camera. So I stop by did it less then 5 min. But the new right head lamp I'm not able to adjust it with dial. I brought it back yesterday jan 29, 2013. Hopefully they fix it fast. I can not wait to get it back.
Finally got the car back from my accident about two weeks ago. I am mostly happy with the change to the new bumper. The color was not matched perfectly. The body shop guy told me the paint is so touchy that there will be differences depending on where in the booth the part is painted. As time as gone on, and with a few washes, it does appear to be less noticeable.
The other issue is the camera. I had it at the dealer today and they said the '12 camera will not be recognized by the car. I have to take it back and they are going to put the '09 camera in and that it's going to take two hours to calibrate and initialize?
That's my boy Ty completing the all white composition.
Glad everyone's okay! Car's looking sharp! Good to know about the cameras. The '13 is different from the '12 as well and there's variations of wires too. Some have built in sonar into the camera whereas some don't.
