We just got our red VERSA SL HB w/Sport Pkg and CVT 10 days ago. Got the windows tinted yesterday.
Was wondering if anyone's bought the pre-painted body side moldings available on the net (SPORTWING has them), and if so, what your experience was regarding the quality, paint matching and installation, especially if you installed them yourself.
Comments/recommendations? Thanks!
Versa body side moldings
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Re: Versa body side moldings (randyshemin@comcast.)
http://www.shop.versaspeed.com...Id=28check here
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Re: Versa body side moldings (randyshemin@comcast.)
personally if u were to ask me i'd say it takes away from a "clean" look of the car
Re: Versa body side moldings (bigdog)
I've seen what you are looking for an Ebay..just search "Versa" and most of the aftermarket items are there.
You will have to scroll throught a pile of tacky junk like "increase your MPG's " put this useless piece of crap for $12.00..in your intake air duct..or, "Re-Chip your Versa for another 10 HP, with this equaly useless and potentially engine damaging rip off"
In among all those interesting items you can sift through and possibly get a better deal on your side body mouldings.
Personally I think if it was'nt for Bean Counters sitting in on design meetings, all car would still have them as standard trim.
http://picasaweb.google.com/longo3002/VersaPics
You will have to scroll throught a pile of tacky junk like "increase your MPG's " put this useless piece of crap for $12.00..in your intake air duct..or, "Re-Chip your Versa for another 10 HP, with this equaly useless and potentially engine damaging rip off"
In among all those interesting items you can sift through and possibly get a better deal on your side body mouldings.
Personally I think if it was'nt for Bean Counters sitting in on design meetings, all car would still have them as standard trim.
http://picasaweb.google.com/longo3002/VersaPics
Re: Versa body side moldings (longo)
I went out to look at the pics of your V. How did you add the chrome acccent to the lower, front cowling? It looks very nice.longo wrote:http://picasaweb.google.com/longo3002/VersaPics
Re: Versa body side moldings (jmaclean)
Hi John,
I used up a roll of fender trim I bought at an auto supply store for $16.00 It is normally used to run a chrome line around each fender opening as an accent. Its not really chrome of course in the true sense of the word, but I think it's better. Its a self sticking plastic that is "chrome" covered. and pretty much indestructible.
You tear off a protective strip that covers the glue, and if the temperature is warm enough, it instantly sticks to what ever clean surface you put it on. If you try and install it when its cold, a couple of things happen, it's very stiff and doesn't like to form around curves and two, the glue won't grab. I used the same stuff for both the upper grill and the larger lower air intake, went on easier than the upper pieces as the lower bars are larger and smooth.
To do this trim job it's essential that you cut the pieces to the proper angleson each end and get them as close to perfect as you can before you go to the 'stick-on' part. Cut and trim the pieces to fit each bar, as the sections in the grill are all different lengths by a small margin.
Now the tricky part, the adheasive on this stuff is so tacky that once you take off the protective plastic strip and it touches, that's it. If you start putting it on crooked, you are doomed to waste the piece as it doesn't like to be pulled off and be re-attached.
Putting this trim around a fender well is easy, but fitting it onto the plastic grills of the Versa is not so easy.
So here's my solution, when I had each piece trimmed to length and the ends beveled properly, then, contrary to the instructions I put it on cold, (it was probably about 35F on the driveway.) When it's cold the glue won't do a death grab on the plastic, so it can be moved onto it's final place, lightly pressed enough to keep it there, and then....I used an electric "Heat Gun" to warm up the piece while I kept putting pressure on it. (The kind used for melting old enamel paint off wood)
Our Versa has been through the desert, blizzards and countless high pressure car washes and the chrome grill mod still looks like new.
I have to live with one slightly off centered piece of a 'woodgrain' dash kit that I installed on my Honda Odyssey that uses the same 3-M red-sticky-stuff-from-Hell. After months of stewing about the basic problem I had with the installation in the Honda, this is what I came up with.
Still, from what I see out there for expensive grill options to all that dull black Nissan plastic, it's well worth the aggravation to make the Versa look like it actually has a grill.
Modified by longo at 10:10 PM 2/11/2008
I used up a roll of fender trim I bought at an auto supply store for $16.00 It is normally used to run a chrome line around each fender opening as an accent. Its not really chrome of course in the true sense of the word, but I think it's better. Its a self sticking plastic that is "chrome" covered. and pretty much indestructible.
You tear off a protective strip that covers the glue, and if the temperature is warm enough, it instantly sticks to what ever clean surface you put it on. If you try and install it when its cold, a couple of things happen, it's very stiff and doesn't like to form around curves and two, the glue won't grab. I used the same stuff for both the upper grill and the larger lower air intake, went on easier than the upper pieces as the lower bars are larger and smooth.
To do this trim job it's essential that you cut the pieces to the proper angleson each end and get them as close to perfect as you can before you go to the 'stick-on' part. Cut and trim the pieces to fit each bar, as the sections in the grill are all different lengths by a small margin.
Now the tricky part, the adheasive on this stuff is so tacky that once you take off the protective plastic strip and it touches, that's it. If you start putting it on crooked, you are doomed to waste the piece as it doesn't like to be pulled off and be re-attached.
Putting this trim around a fender well is easy, but fitting it onto the plastic grills of the Versa is not so easy.
So here's my solution, when I had each piece trimmed to length and the ends beveled properly, then, contrary to the instructions I put it on cold, (it was probably about 35F on the driveway.) When it's cold the glue won't do a death grab on the plastic, so it can be moved onto it's final place, lightly pressed enough to keep it there, and then....I used an electric "Heat Gun" to warm up the piece while I kept putting pressure on it. (The kind used for melting old enamel paint off wood)
Our Versa has been through the desert, blizzards and countless high pressure car washes and the chrome grill mod still looks like new.
I have to live with one slightly off centered piece of a 'woodgrain' dash kit that I installed on my Honda Odyssey that uses the same 3-M red-sticky-stuff-from-Hell. After months of stewing about the basic problem I had with the installation in the Honda, this is what I came up with.
Still, from what I see out there for expensive grill options to all that dull black Nissan plastic, it's well worth the aggravation to make the Versa look like it actually has a grill.
Modified by longo at 10:10 PM 2/11/2008