inglar Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 Hello Anyone know what type of wing this is? Manufactur and so on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HS30-H Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 Manufacturer = Kotobuki. Application = Nissan OEM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inglar Posted August 29, 2013 Author Share Posted August 29, 2013 Manufacturer = Kotobuki. Application = Nissan OEM. Great, thank you Need to do some work on it. Change the bolts, remove Paint and fix a small crack. But probably worth it. Paid $35 for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inglar Posted July 22, 2014 Author Share Posted July 22, 2014 Sorry for reviving this post but HS30-H, how do you know this is an OEM Nissan wing? What are the tell tales? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HS30-H Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 The distinctive shape on the inside of the moulding, the material (it's very distinctive) and the outer shape all add up to point to the OEM part. I've had a lot of them pass through my hands (they were standard equipment on UK market cars) and it's fairly easy to distinguish between the OEM items and the copies/replicas/'BRE'/'Interpart' et al versions. Have you got any reason to think that it isn't an OEM Nissan part? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inglar Posted July 23, 2014 Author Share Posted July 23, 2014 (edited) Thank you again for the answer. Quite a few of my friends don´t think it´s a original Nissan wing. But now it is Clear, it is the real deal. Thank you It allso turned out great after the repair I had to do:) Edited July 23, 2014 by inglar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HS30-H Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Quite a few of my friends don´t think it´s a original Nissan wing. The quality of the moulding on the inside is the main proof. There have been many repros and copies made over the years, but the OEM Nissan (Kotobuki) moulding is far more complex (strengthening ribs, moulded-in mounting studs etc etc) than most private enterprises would bother with. Most copies / replicas were FRP, laid up by hand and have natural piece-by-piece variation due to that. In contrast, the OEM Nissan item was made in metal moulds using a Styrene-based material. Fit is usually spot-on. I should have mentioned that your rear spoiler is the *second* OEM shape for the S30-series Z. The very first S30-specific rear spoiler designed and made by Nissan for the Fairlady Z 432-R was a different shape, and was hand made in FRP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inglar Posted July 24, 2014 Author Share Posted July 24, 2014 This was great information. And as you say, the fitment was allmost 100%. After the nesessary repair I spent under 5 minutes of grinding/fitting the wing. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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