KOUKI 180sx AERO THREAD III

[Jo_Galezo]

Originally Posted by Malik

Clean! Is this yours?


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[koukimonst3r]

Originally Posted by da_crew10

looks great on every angle!

[Malik]

Originally Posted by Jo_Galezo

Clean! Is this yours?

no not mine :0)

[jookybanana]

[maqshood]

Some cool shots of mine from a recent drift day...

[hotrodjoseph]

Originally Posted by maqshood

Some cool shots of mine from a recent drift day...

Damnnn Garage S bonnet is soo good. I messed up

That pic really makes me want ganadors too.

Clean days with model V's

[Malik]

^ looking good both of you

more member cars in the last few pages... a welcome change

[dorkidori_s13]

gave the old girl a bath a few weeks back...

[No 240.. No id]

Originally Posted by hotrodjoseph

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That pic really makes me want ganadors too.

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I want the mirrors you got. lol

[wptfilms]

Originally Posted by Jo_Galezo

Clean! Is this yours?


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That's mine! Just slightly photoshopped lol

[jared420sx]

Ig : @a13x89


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[jared420sx]

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[R3b]

I got my dorkidori valances and r33 vents in today, cant wait for the lip to come in next. Looks amazing, cant wait to throw it on along with my skirts. Even though my car will be mismatching for awhile finally seeing it type x is going to be amazing. Pic of a huge inspiration to my car, should post a pics once everything is all on.

[diacris]

Is that a13x. car?^^ If so, my inspiration as well

[a13x.]

thanks guys, much appreciated. low days back then.

Are these up to date pics Joseph? Did you remove the livery?

Some guys always do everything right, like maqshood. strong comeback mate, garages s and grey look sick. keep it up man

[hotrodjoseph]

Originally Posted by a13x.

Are these up to date pics Joseph? Did you remove the livery?

Nope, those are just old pics from the start of summer.
It still looks like this.

[CamryOnBronze]

Originally Posted by diacris

Is that a13x. car?^^ If so, my inspiration as well

The photo jared420SX posted belongs to a13x, but the car R3b posted belonged to my buddy Kyle in Illinois. Build thread is located here:

http://zilvia.net/f/showthread.php?t=408198

I put mine away for the winter about a week ago. Working on a few restoration-centered projects this year to try to make the car a bit more comfortable to drive. Hopefully it pans out!

[R3b]

Also was on your blog last night going through it for the last couple hours. I always on and off see you post whenever I look up type x stuff Camry. You, Klye, a13x, C Garage, Koguchi and UDOORI are all inspiration in my build. Hopefully can slap on these valances tomorrow. Not sure what to use to mount them the cleanest way, self tapers and rivets bug me so much. Its going to break my heart drilling into my stock wheel wells for skirts and valances.

[ingmar F]

Excuse the poor bumper fitment its held in place by the little red box

[CamryOnBronze]

Originally Posted by R3b

Also was on your blog last night going through it for the last couple hours. I always on and off see you post whenever I look up type x stuff Camry. You, Klye, a13x, C Garage, Koguchi and UDOORI are all inspiration in my build. Hopefully can slap on these valances tomorrow. Not sure what to use to mount them the cleanest way, self tapers and rivets bug me so much. Its going to break my heart drilling into my stock wheel wells for skirts and valances.

Thank you for the kind words man! You should not need to drill into the wheel wells at all to properly mount the side skirts and rear valences. There are existing holes for the valences and the front portion of the side skirts. The only holes I would drill personally are under the chassis to secure the side skirts.

I'm planning to do a post about installing kouki 180SX aero securely this winter. I've been researching how the aero was mounted from the factory to try to replicate it. It won't be 100% the way Nissan does it since some hardware is nearly impossible to get now, but it should be professional and very secure. I'll keep you posted!

[R3b]

Originally Posted by CamryOnBronze

You should not need to drill into the wheel wells at all to properly mount the side skirts and rear valences. There are existing holes for the valences and the front portion of the side skirts. The only holes I would drill personally are under the chassis to secure the side skirts.

I totally forgot there was holes already for valances. Had to go look to check it out, what I meant to say drill was the rear section of the skirts since there is no holes where it meets the wheel well. I'll work something and then wait for your write up. Just going to mock it up and wait for your write up. Will get everything painted by end of the year.

[Malik]

[CamryOnBronze]

Originally Posted by R3b

I totally forgot there was holes already for valances. Had to go look to check it out, what I meant to say drill was the rear section of the skirts since there is no holes where it meets the wheel well. I'll work something and then wait for your write up. Just going to mock it up and wait for your write up. Will get everything painted by end of the year.

I have always left that area of the skirt alone. With screws into the bottom of the chassis and a solid bond from 3M tape, I've never had any issues with that area coming loose. Should be OK without drilling into the body!

[dizzariot]

Originally Posted by CamryOnBronze

Thank you for the kind words man! You should not need to drill into the wheel wells at all to properly mount the side skirts and rear valences. There are existing holes for the valences and the front portion of the side skirts. The only holes I would drill personally are under the chassis to secure the side skirts.

I'm planning to do a post about installing kouki 180SX aero securely this winter. I've been researching how the aero was mounted from the factory to try to replicate it. It won't be 100% the way Nissan does it since some hardware is nearly impossible to get now, but it should be professional and very secure. I'll keep you posted!

The Japanese cars have a series of plastic brackets along the bottom of the door. You slide-and click the skirt into place and then secure them via the existing holes in the front/rear wheel wells.

If you wanted to replicate factory fitment you'd have to drill into the body under the doors. I removed the skirts on my last car to reapply the adhesive and found out that these plastic brackets, like most, are brittle as fuck.

[Bushido]

[a13x.]

Yesterday i put on the car modifywonder hood after the car was sitting around for 1year. Those pics were taken after putting the hood on (5mins). I did not adjust anything. The fitment is close to oem, i would say its almost perfect for an aftermarket hood. I've decided to go with this hood because it's almost impossible to find the old KP one (racing service max), its my favorite. I dont like the wiper spoiler on the newer ones and I've heard the hood doesnt clear everything. The wonder hood clears everything just fine and I'm running nismo mounts which do raise the motor quite a bit.

[CamryOnBronze]

Originally Posted by dizzariot

The Japanese cars have a series of plastic brackets along the bottom of the door. You slide-and click the skirt into place and then secure them via the existing holes in the front/rear wheel wells.

If you wanted to replicate factory fitment you'd have to drill into the body under the doors. I removed the skirts on my last car to reapply the adhesive and found out that these plastic brackets, like most, are brittle as fuck.

Good to hear- this confirms what I have been seeing during my research as well. It looked like you need to drill a number of holes into the underside of the car and the lower portion of the quarter panel. I've got part numbers for all of the associated hardware for the skirts- hoping to order it all and check it out. Not sure I'll commit to drilling into the car though.

So yes, in short you DO need to drill to do it the way it came from the factory. But you can also get away with mounting it very securely without doing this. Good info sir.

[Ronald_Mcdonald]

Is my work in progress finally allowed to play here...?





Let's see how long it takes to end up in the DIW thread, haha.

[gbaby2089]

It belongs in the Sileighty thread, rather than 180sx thread. You may want to play with your alignment & ride height....or some way less aggressive wheels.

[deolio]

Originally Posted by gbaby2089

It belongs in the Sileighty thread, rather than 180sx thread. You may want to play with your alignment & ride height....or some way less aggressive wheels.

onevia* it does have kouki aero on it though...