appleslicer Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 So I'm finally finishing my build and decided to make the exhaust cutout on the passenger side. I took a cereal box piece of cardboard, traced the driver side hole, measured 40 times and started cutting only to realize the PASSENGER SIDE IS COMPLETELY ASYMMETRICAL!! The cutout is not only lower by almost an inch, but its in to the left too much. I have measured a million times, even drew a line down the center of the car and the measurement is even from the center of the car to each exhaust cutout, but the distances are all wrong! How has everyone else done this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AkumaNoZeta Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 I haven't done it myself or anything, but given that the car was produced in the days of larger margins of error, as well as gone through around 40 years of abuse, I wouldn't have expected it to be exactly "symmetrical". I would suggest just drawing it out on the panel, step back a few feet and see how it looks. Just keep re-drawing til it looks how you want. I feel when it comes to aesthetics, what your eyes see is more important than what the tape measure sees. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Litman Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 Or get creative and fill the whole thing with something symmetrical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AkumaNoZeta Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 I like how that looks Litman. Almost makes me want to do twin tail pipes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry260Z Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 what model car did the black panel with exhaust cut outs come from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Litman Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 Nissan Altima coupe. Pulled the entire rear bumper cover, cut the lower section off then narrowed it to fit the lines of the Z. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LLave Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 13 hours ago, Litman said: Nissan Altima coupe. Pulled the entire rear bumper cover, cut the lower section off then narrowed it to fit the lines of the Z. That is some HybridZ stuff right there. Love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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