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Old 09-16-2011, 09:44 PM   #1
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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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Old 09-16-2011, 09:45 PM   #2
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Damn. So this is what u have been doing. Ahaha.

Legit.
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Old 09-16-2011, 10:08 PM   #4
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they look good
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Old 09-16-2011, 10:13 PM   #5
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Damn. So this is what u have been doing. Ahaha.

Legit.
That's why I sold my jlines and got battles

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they look good
They fit perfect too.. I am really happy on how they came out. I will take pics of fitment and post as well
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Old 09-16-2011, 10:15 PM   #6
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they look bigger. How do they fit
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Old 09-16-2011, 10:25 PM   #8
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Thanks man.. Love you too.. Thanks for the support.
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they look bigger. How do they fit
They are perfect.. exactly the same size. I just this camera phone.. I took all these pictures and made this thread with my android.. Shit took 45min just to create this thread.. I'm tired.. I test fit them on my car since I don't have valances and they fit spot on
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Pictures of them on the car?
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So will you be making more of these and sell them? They look good.
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Pictures of them on the car?
i wanted to take some today.. but I'm stuck at work.. i'll defiantly try after i get out of work.

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So will you be making more of these and sell them? They look good.
I'm going to fill in the first orders and local guys that wanted some. and then my homies at jpr motor inc. wanted some as well. so after i might make a group buy. but they will be up for sale in a month on ebay. since i'm not a advertiser.
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I'm going to fill in the first orders and local guys that wanted some. and then my homies at jpr motor inc. wanted some as well. so after i might make a group buy. but they will be up for sale in a month on ebay. since i'm not a advertiser.
A month of wait =[ sent you a pm about them.
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definitely gonna need some of these!
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Ok taking some pictures now
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What would be your price on them? Maybe you should make navan ones also!
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I'm not sure about the navan valances. Those still come around once and a while.. And there are some replicas already

Next I want to do the s14 oem jdm kouki front lip.. maybe make it a tad bit lower.idk yet. I can't find a good clean one.. Unless someone wants to let me borrow one for a few months?
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At times, I had my doubts that you were making these and just ran off with my money, but I knew in the back of my mind that this was really going to be made. I'm really excited that these worked out.



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What would be your price on them? Maybe you should make navan ones also!
From what I gather with this project, it would end up costing more than buying used OEM ones.
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At times, I had my doubts that you were making these and just ran off with my money, but I knew in the back of my mind that this was really going to be made. I'm really excited that these worked out.





From what I gather with this project, it would end up costing more than buying used OEM ones.
Because of you I actually made these.. When I was about to quit and when I said fuck it I just want them on my car already... You kept asking me for updates and I was just going to tell you it's not happening.. But that changed my mind and I sold wheels to fund this..
Thanks for the support.. And you are getting the 1st set. I couldn't be happier on the way they came out.. Again thanks.u
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Because of you I actually made these.. When I was about to quit and when I said fuck it I just want them on my car already... You kept asking me for updates and I was just going to tell you it's not happening.. But that changed my mind and I sold wheels to fund this..
Thanks for the support.. And you are getting the 1st set. I couldn't be happier on the way they came out.. Again thanks.u
If there was a "like" button like there is on Facebook, I would like this post.

Thanks for putting up with my many, many PMs, haha.
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Sorry guy. watching the ortiz vs. mayweather fight...

GO ORTIZ!!! OXNARD LOCAL AND I WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL WITH HIM..
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Fuck! What the hell.

Look at the reff

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Old 09-18-2011, 06:43 AM   #23
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sorry to crush your dreams but they aren't discontinued any more, just on back order
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Your not crushing my dreams in any way.. Place an order and let me know when they come in...

Mine are already for paint out of the box.. Just scuff and paint... All the high and low spots are fixed and they are straight and smooth.
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Ok guys here are pictures I took on Friday

Oem


Mine


Sorry for the late reply I got sucked into the ortiz vs. mayweather fight. And today I went auto-xing .. I was putting it down for nissan.

Ended up getting 11th place out of 68 drivers..

I'll do a better photo shoot tomorrow.

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damn, those look pretty legit man. nice work!
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damn, those look pretty legit man. nice work!
Thanks for the kind words.

I need to take better pictures with a good camera.. This android phone is not cutting it
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ok today on my lunch i went to my auto body specialist and picked up my 3m double sided tape and went on the hunt for the hardware ...

the 3m tape is the same thickness and width as oem




and here is the hardware
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