S14 kouki custom grill

[spooled240]

**This is a hand-made product so it is not going to be perfect as if it was cut from a CNC but I'll let the pictures speak for themselves. Every grill is made with pride and fitted on my kouki s14 to insure correct fitment.** $45 shipped They are all primered and painted flat black. They are ready-to-be installed with double sided tape is included and a riveted bracket to mount to the hood latch 12mm bolt.

Some of you remember me making a custom grill for my s14 a while back if you don't here's the thread: zerothread?id=343695

I've had a lot of people give me compliments about it at meets, school, and everywhere else and I have been asked numerous times to make more for their s14's lol

well I tried to reproduce them but I always ran into small fitment issues here and there where I had to start with a different approach to get each grill to be almost identical to each other. Today I had some time and I somehow just got the urge to start working on this again and actually made something that was pretty nice. I made two of them today, one which is going to remain a template but i actually painted the other one and mounted it on my car as a "test" grill to see how it holds up. I'm no experienced fabricator but I take pride in my work and I think I did a pretty good job with your basic hand tools.

OFF TO PAINT!

first coat of primer:second coat of primer:final coat of flat black:

I'm not a fan of the OEM 240sx grill and the JDM grill can be up to 150 bucks out the door (give or take) I like the "grill-less" look but I hate the fact that you can see the ugly bumper bolts and the sides of the headlights when taking off the OEM grill.The OEM grill have little slits for air ventilation which is probably ok, but the area is definitely opened up taking off the grill so more air can enter.Stock OEM: (JDM is the same except for a mesh style)Finished product:This new grill is actually a big different than the first one i made way back in that other thread. I had this grill angled down towards the bumper to reduce any gaps and the bend down the middle makes the sheet metal A LOT more sturdier. As of right now it is held on by the hood latch bolt alone but it is also held down by the hood itself. 3M double-sided tape would be the better approach to hold this thing down but I might leave that up to the customer's discretion...rest assured this thing is not going anywhere at high speeds as long as the hood is properly closed(you have bigger things to worry about if your hood is not closed while you're on the freeway lol)

So tell my what you think guys and if you're interested hit me up, I'm still gauging some interest

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[E7-S14]

quick someone make a Zenki Template!!

i didn't see in the txt the material.it looks like galvanized something.

[Dittoz7]

Grill-less Kouki Present!

Make Me One And I Love You Long Time!

Srsly, How Much?

[Chris28]

Quick...someone make a...uhhh...chuki template!

Haha looks great man, I like the look of your grill better than that of the JDM one, and I'm sure it provides more flow to the rad.

[E7-S14]

Quick...someone make a...uhhh...chuki template!

Blasphemy!!!!

[spooled240]

thanks =]

quick someone make a Zenki Template!!

i didn't see in the txt the material.it looks like galvanized something.

lol zenki might be next but i'll need a zenki to work with

it is galvanized metal which was thorougly prepped and cleaned before paint. The paint went on nice but I'm gonna see how the paint holds up daily driving it for a while.

Grill-less Kouki Present!

Make Me One And I Love You Long Time!

Srsly, How Much?

ummmm I'm not entirely sure yet lol cuz I just made it today and I don't consider it done yet. I want to get a few more things like some metal edge protectors so the hood seal doesn't get all cut up.

[Dittoz7]

No Worries I Haz No Seals.

I Want The First One.

You Don't Even Have To Paint, Just Send It Over Raw.

I Send The Monies, For Everything Material, Gas Money, Shipping, Ect.

[kornaz]

Nice to see another fabricator. I should start doing the cooling plates again also

[LOVERboy]

I want I want I want!!!! where did you get the aluminum from? o.O

[spooled240]

No Worries I Haz No Seals.

I Want The First One.

You Don't Even Have To Paint, Just Send It Over Raw.

I Send The Monies, For Everything Material, Gas Money, Shipping, Ect.

I'd like to get $45 shipped for them LMK

[carps13guy]

damn, looks good man. im a fan of the diy stuff. imo just paint the core support black and it will look real sexy. i might have to play around with this when i convert my coupes front end.

[spooled240]

^thx man, yeah that would look a lot cleaner and easy to do =]

Alright I set the price including shipping let me know if you guys want one and I'll make one for you =]

questions, comments, concerns just hit me up.

[zenkistic]

In zenki the gap seems to be bigger, I don't know whether it would look good. In OP's kouki it looks cool. Can you take a picture from a distance?

[spooled240]

sure thing.

[zenkistic]

pic #1 have you tried red? not saying that it doesn't look good...

[EnjoiNismo]

approveee!! Looks great!

[spooled240]

nah haven't tried it...can't really imagine how it would look lol

[Dittoz7]

Paypal y0!

[spooled240]

i'm making a few minor modifications like trimming and getting some double sided tape today. I'll let you know when this one is ready

[Frank E Bones]

I say u give one away as a raffle prize in Anaheim, preferably to me

[Dittoz7]

Just Wanna Pay It Before My Money Starts Disappearing.

Don't Care If I Get A Month Later, LOL.

[StricNyne]

ARGHH why does everyone use photobucket, imageshack is sooooo much better i wanna see this sooo bad but my army network dosent let me see photobucket

[Dittoz7]

There Ya Go.

[StricNyne]

thnx ditto i appreciate it man !!

[StricNyne]

thnx ditto! i actually like that a lot !

[Dittoz7]

Np

[spooled240]

alright i trimmed it down a bit so it doesn't chew up the hood seal like it was before and I put some double-sided tape on the bottom and it is firmly in place

So it looks like it's officially done, I'm gonna see how everything holds up after a while of daily driving.

dittoz, the next one i make will be for you so you'll be the first one to get a grill lol.

frank, trade me your kouki hood and we got a deal

[ka-t4u]

looks great men to bad i dont have a 14, but dumb question, do you have an interfooler??lol or did you pop a turbo kit out of nowhere while making this?? lol i just looked at the pictures and got so confused!!

[spooled240]

lol i had a ka-t setup but i recently took it off due to a ref ticket, that pic up there w/ the ic is when it was still boosted..now i'm stock

[Frank E Bones]

frank, trade me your kouki hood and we got a deal

Thats kool with me as long as you paint it WKO Pearl White