Hey guys,

I left my wife borrow my car for the day. In 25 minutes she managed to put a ding in my door AND rip off the black plastic thing under the front bumper. She parked too far in on a parking spot and I guess hooked it on the cement parking noozle.

Is this part necessary? All the little black plastic fasteners were ripped clean off. It appears as if it covered up the bottom of the fan. If it’s not doing anything detrimental I’m not going to call Nissan to replace (God knows how much they'll want for a 10x12 piece of plastic).

If anyone wants pics I’ll snap some.

-J

 

Noozle..?

Leave it off

 

I'd leave it off also. It has been thourghly debated about that piece causing a shimmy in the wheel.

Noozle? You mean a parking block? Or parking stump.

 

Yeah, Noozle, anything that can't be easily decribed is a noozle

But yeah its the parking block. It'd be awesome if that fixed my shimmy. Nothing else including the road force balancing has done anything for it. My next step was new shoes.

 

Mine ripped off months ago, don't really care.

 

mine was ripped off from a snow bank, i had to replace it didnt want snow all up in my junk. 50 or 60 bucks at the dealership installed

 

woudlnt it also prevent water from splashing up when driving through rain?

 

My "noozle" came off with the new bumper. Never to be seen again!

 

Mine is off too. Noozle, eh? Thats nooz to me!!

 

HA HA Deus ^^^^^

 

I'd say a BJ and a great meal is in order

 

BJ?

Bartels and James?
Barrett Jackson?

 

Damn my wife is taking my car for the first time today, i hope she dosen't come home with any of that same bs!!

 

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How about Hummer!!!

 

LOL, Good Luck...

 

Mine is 50% off.... sometime it hangs 2" down, other days i don't see it...

 

TSB. If badly damaged or missing the TSB instructs the dealer to install a new one.

www.nissanhelp.com.

 

rofl, I get it! A "hummer" !!!

 

I just put a new one on. They have screwa now so that won't fall off. Iy also keeps all the rain and stuff from going on the engine.

 

probably better to buy the 50 dollar piece of plastic. Might save you some headache down the road if crap gets into your engine.

 

mine is hanging, it is missing one screw. Will try to fix it this week

 

that sounds like a personal problem to me! lolz

 

the tsb says that its been a problem, will the dealership fix it free of charge if its still under warranty?

 

Mine was completely off. Re-install + new screws, no charge.

 

the purpose of this "noozle" is aero-dynamics, not really a splash guard. It diffuses air away from coming up into the engine bay causing wind resistance. I planned on fabricating a new one to fit the new bumper, but can't find the time...

 

Wasnt there a part number for new fasteners for this?

 

I keep hearing that this plastic flap noozle thing is partially the cause of the shimmying. Yet I dont want to remove the whole thing and then allow junk to get up into the engine. You think if I take off the whole plastic, cut off the flap part that sticks down, and then reassemble, that it will help the shimmying ease up a bit?

 

I don't know the part number but the new ones have a few that are bolts and nuts.

 

LOL too funny Chern!

But yeah man, what were you thinking letting the wife drive your max?? I learned that lesson when my (Now Ex) wife totalled my Z-28 back in '96. I was soooo pissed. I just don't let women drive my cars anymore, but hey I'm single so I know it can be hard for you married pukes. I feel ya!

p.s. My noozle is starting to get fairly beat up as well. Those damn concrete parking blocks are no longer my friend! But you guys have me curious for sure. I'll have to kneel down and take a peep under my front end today to see what's going on.

 

How everyone easily forgets!!! (CHECK OUT THE NOTE!!!)

 

Thats what I was looking for Chern. Thanks!!! I O I O, its off to the stealership I go.

 

I was at the stealership earlier. Those bastards charged me 11$ for a bottle-0-touch-up!

 

I went to stealership earlier to replace my little plastic sun visor "clip" ($11!!!!!) and my front drivers side fender liner ($60). Gotta go pick up my 11 dollar clip, so Ill get the fasteners for the underside tray.