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Apologies in advance if this is a dumb post, I swear I have searched up and down these forums, Google, AskJeeves, Magic 8 Ball, etc. and to no avail have found much information. I have a 2017 Base Coupe and I absolutely love the rear valance design where there are body painted pieces that run along the bottom and frame the exhaust tips (see image below for a slightly better visual than my awful description). Are these pieces that can be bolted on to a standard valance? Are they easy to find/purchase new or am I going to have to search ebay for a used piece? I threw in a pic of my rear bumper just in case there are any questions as to what I am looking to mate up to. Rear Valance style I am looking for My Rear Bumper/Valance
If you mean the black bit and the body coloured bit at the bottom, yes you could fit them on to your body coloured bumper. if you mean just the body coloured bottom bit, no.
What you are after is the "sports design kit" rear bumper parts. I actually have my old ones in my shed at home because I swapped over to the valance and finisher for a v8 to fit in the quad exhaust. The cost of the plastic bits was horrific, about $5K though that was for the v8, and I couldnt source second hand parts whereas you will probably be able to. when I was looking, I can remember seeing quite a few from the v6. Even the little cover for the tow hook was about $300 (dont forget that bit). It was about $3500 for the black bit and $1500 for the (unpainted) finisher, which I had painted body coloured.
If you mean the black bit and the body coloured bit at the bottom, yes you could fit them on to your body coloured bumper. if you mean just the body coloured bottom bit, no.
What you are after is the "sports design kit" rear bumper parts. I actually have my old ones in my shed at home because I swapped over to the valance and finisher for a v8 to fit in the quad exhaust. The cost of the plastic bits was horrific, about $5K though that was for the v8, and I couldnt source second hand parts whereas you will probably be able to. when I was looking, I can remember seeing quite a few from the v6. Even the little cover for the tow hook was about $300 (dont forget that bit). It was about $3500 for the black bit and $1500 for the (unpainted) finisher, which I had painted body coloured.
You might be able to wrap a bead around the bottom of your existing in body coloured wrap and get a similar effect.
Not much chop for the OP as the one you link to for sale in Oz is the stock version which he already has and not the "Design Pack" type he is after. And even then it is the ROW version with the large reversing and brake light cut outs not the small/skinny/single lens ones like he has.
You had me all excited there for a minute as I have lusted after this Design Pack rear valance from day 1 but as you say you can't get the valance by itself you can only get the whole Design Pack kit which includes front splitters and side skirts, and it costs a bundle. $3930.74 AUD from Rimmer Bros see here: https://rimmerbros.com/Item--i-T2R17102LML, and that's before postage, painting and fitting all of which would cost a bundle more.
Imagine my disappointment when I opened the linked ad to see that it cost only $295 AU but only to then discover it was the stock valance after all!
Is that stock? i thought it was design pack as it is glossy and stock is matte. Oops...
I havent sold mine in case I had to go back to the stock exhaust in my car, sounds like a valuable commodity lol.
Yep, that is a stock one, mine is identical.
At least it is good to know that I can maybe get a replacement here in Oz for not much cost if mine is ever seriously damaged!
Yeah come to think of it, the parts I got from Jag were probably just the normal rear diffuser for the R, as that always had the finisher on it albeit generally in black at first.
Yeah come to think of it, the parts I got from Jag were probably just the normal rear diffuser for the R, as that always had the finisher on it albeit generally in black at first.
I'd offer you mine but because the car is very loud I have had a concern that at some point I might be told to correct it. I still have the v6 back box and diffuser if that happened
Rear Valance/Diffuser/Whatever
