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Fibreglass replacement OEM style front ends 32 GTR

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Duncan Grand Master

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Since 32 GTR front end parts are not on Nissan heritage yet and genuine second hand are going for drug money as a result, I'm looking into fibreglass, but OEM style, guards and bonnet for the rally car

Any suggestions on suppliers with reasonable quality, preferably NSW/ACT?

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Nobody makes anything decent mate. JSAI may be your best chance in terms of fitment, but it's all still made with swimming pool materials.

 

I've got a 32R bonnet mould, so I could make you a good quality bonnet, but I'm in WA so I'd be scared to look at the freight quote. 

Duncan Grand Master

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Thanks, I'll talk to Just Jap about the JSAI stuff.  In this case i am looking for OK/not crap but I don't really need it to be good because it is kind of sacrificial.

And thanks for the offer on something made properly :) like you said I assume the freight would be a killer, same possibly even worse for guards with their shape

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On 2/17/2022 at 4:35 AM, Duncan said:

same possibly even worse for guards with their shape

Nah.... buy a 65" TV from Kogan et al and shipping is only a small amount of money. Boxes the size of front guards are shipped around all the time. Even the bonnet might not be quite as bad as you expect. I mean.....if you (or say, I, because then there is defo shipping from Syd/Mel to me in SA) buy a JSAI bonnet from JustJap, or Seibon, the freight on that is unpleasant, but not excruciating - not compared to the cost of the bonnet, anyway. A box with a pair of seats from east coast to SA/WA is only a hundred bucks or so.

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On 17/02/2022 at 7:00 AM, GTSBoy said:

Nah.... buy a 65" TV from Kogan et al and shipping is only a small amount of money. Boxes the size of front guards are shipped around all the time. Even the bonnet might not be quite as bad as you expect. I mean.....if you (or say, I, because then there is defo shipping from Syd/Mel to me in SA) buy a JSAI bonnet from JustJap, or Seibon, the freight on that is unpleasant, but not excruciating - not compared to the cost of the bonnet, anyway. A box with a pair of seats from east coast to SA/WA is only a hundred bucks or so.

 

Yes, but as I'm sure you're aware, freight companies work on accounts with their clients. A massive company like Kogan shipping massive volumes all around the country are going to get a better deal per CBM than a company like JustJap who just aren't shipping as much volume. And certainly for a business like mine where 99% of my market is local, I won't get any sort of deal on shipping a bonnet across the country, and I haven't got the leverage to say 'give me a better price or I'm going with someone else'.

 

I've priced up freight on full size panels for Eastern States clients before, but not since Covid. Back in 2018, it would have cost roughly $1500 to transport an R34 bonnet that only weighed 3kg from here to Melbourne. Cost of the bonnet was $2200, so the freight was not an insignificant part of that. Since Covid, freight prices per CBM have doubled.

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