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S Chassis Technical discussion related to the S Chassis such as the S12, S13, S14, and S15. |
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My S14 kouki rear valances are finally done!!!
Yes that's right my valances are done...
I purchased some valances in used but good condition and I paid a arm and a leg. But I was happy because it was a pain in the a$$ to get them do to all the biding wars and people selling them in hours. so I wanna help out and make some so people can own a pair at a reasonable cost. I posted a feeler a few months back. Since these valances are discontinued now and are hard to come by I decided to ask zilvia, "if I could make perfect exact replicas if you would be interested." and I got some positive feed back.. But everyone didn't want to wait and thought it wouldn't happen, but I couldn't fund it buy myself.. And I almost just said fuck it I tried and I was going to just put them on. But it tore me up inside to see all these clean koukis with the rear jdm bumper without the rear valances. so I manned up and sold my nice jline wheels and paid for it. ![]() AND I MISS THEM!!! start it off by taking off the metal support bracket. and sending it out to a machine shop to replicate the bracket. ![]() Then we got to business and started block sanding and fixing all the imperfections. ![]() ![]() As you can see there is a lot of high and low spots even from a new factory piece. Example: the inside where the nissan logo and part number are. ![]() ![]() after we block sanded and primer 3times. they were perfect! ![]() ![]() Now the hectic molding process begins. ![]() ![]() ![]() And then we ran into a problem. if we wanna keep a nice radius edges we need to do a clamshell mold.. FYI it's a lot harder to make the mold and its more time consuming But I wanted a perfect mold so we did it. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() the molds after they are done ![]() ![]() Our first pair out the molds can you tell which ones are the real ones (left are oem) ![]() These are ours ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() finally our brackets came in. perfect spot on (oem ones are outers ours are in the middle) ![]() ![]() ![]() Now our valances completed... Sorry for the crappy pictures. ![]() ![]() Shinny ones are ours dull are oem ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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