NOS Maier Tecate Shrouds

[Jeb]

I wish they still made these. The are pulled in allot closer to the tank than the stock ones. I hate to drill these and use them. I've got an old school maeir non shiny front fender thats practically brand new and would need a nice non-shiny rear fender to make it all match.

The other parts I just took pics of because my wife bought a new camera this afternoon!

[ScottZJ]

Man I love that nice headlight plastic, you dont want to sell it do you!??? I just bought a full set of OEM plastic except the right shroud and headlight plastic. I need the headlight to complete a new set of OEM plastic.
I bought a set of new Maier shrouds on ebay too.

[Jeb]

Scott, did you notice how flatter the Maier's are? I wan't to install mine but hate to drill them. To me, there as golden as my brand new factory right-hander.

[whiteman350x]

Hey I have a brand new dull finish rr maier fender. If you are interested in completing your set gimmie a shout.

[ScottZJ]

Hey Jeb I might be getting the stickers made for the rear fenders and shroud soon. I can hook you up with some if you need them and they will be alot cheaper than the 50$ for the ones on ebay.

[Jeb]

I would be interested. I've been interested in good reproductions for years now!

So interested in fact that I've PAINSTAKINGLY measured and drawn the decals up in AUTOCAD from my originals that are on my original plastic. I measured them along contour and I've printed them out full size, trimmed them out and layed them over the originals I have on fenders & shrouds and made adjustments to make sure they follow the curves of the plastic like the originals. I used scanned data for the correct fonts on the Kawasaki and Tecate Logos. I measured and drew the 250 logos. I've got allot of time and work into them. They will look great and much closer than the ones on ebay which have thinner stripes and slight differences here and there.

I cant claim they are 100% accurate, but I dont mind claiming 99.5%. Which is a hell of allot closer than the ones on ebay and will make them a nice reproduction decal set. On my CAD drawings, there's a little bit of variation in the Kawasaki logo for the shrouds and the clearance for the bolt holes on them and the rear fender decals might be very slightly out of position and maybe a little smaller or larger. But the stripe widths, angles, etc. are right on the money.

What I would like now for mine is the factory correct color codes for the dark blue, green, and white. and maybe make just a few final adjustment on the left-hand shroud decal. Rear fenders are ready to go. I talked with Hanke4 and Harlan about doing them. Harlan was interested, but wouldn't give me a couple free sets so no deal. He would make a killing selling them on ebay. I was talking to the girl who does the hanke4 stuff. she sent me a color chart and I can get pretty close with it but had trouble getting a file to her she can use for printing and have since dropped the ball on the deal.

Anyway Scott, if my artwork can help, let me know. If anyone else with printing connections wants to see what I've got, let me know. If you are serious and we can cut a deal to where I get a couple free sets of decals, I can then provide electronic files on CD, if i can output the right format you need. Or I can print them out full size on a D size sheet of paper and mail them.

It's time I got these things printed anyway.

reply here or email.

[Ace Mon]

Jeezus Jeb you are either the biggest enthusiast or a man with way too much time on his hands . Either way I still love ya bro . LOL . Man if someone were to make a vacuum mold of those sidecovers they could corner the market , likewise with the stickers .

[ScottZJ]

I am already on it AceMon. Not sure if I am going to use the OEM ones or the Maier. I really like the Maier instead of the OEM.

[Jeb]

Jeezus Jeb you are either the biggest enthusiast or a man with way too much time on his hands . Either way I still love ya bro ...

Hey, Ace, .... I really don't think that's something one dude should say to another dude...


just kidding! It is tough to find the extra time for stuff like that but hey, after all ............

[GreenBoy]

I mailed Maier to ask if they are going to make the shrouds again
and mailed them the auction link.

Here is what they replied -->

"Dear Marco,

No we will not be making the air scoops as shown below.

Sorry for the inconvience.

Kind Regards,
Maier Mfg. Inc."

The offer custom work on their website, why don´t they use their existing molds for some shiny scoops then..........
They also offer shiny front and rear fenders for the Z, but nothing for the 86-87 T3 except some ****ing mudflaps.
Are these guys nuts ?????
CYA at TF
Hagen

[ScottZJ]

I sent them an email with my work signature(Dept of Defense). That way they wouldnt think I was just a kid asking and typed a really long page being very professional. I havent heard back from them yet but I hope they start seeing these emails and think...hmmmm maybe we should start to make them.

[cliff2302]

they wont make them again. ask NICKG about it if you want the info. i would really love a new set also though.

[FireHead]

I have a hook up for the printing of decals. If you're interested in getting them printed let me know.

[ScottZJ]

Well I talked to my neighbor last night and its a go as far as making the mold. He does molds for roadsters and said this would be a piece of cake to do. I am going to start with the right shroud first and then go with the headlight bezel. I am just not sure which right shroud I should let him use....should I let him use the Maier since they fit nicer? Once he takes an old left shroud to test and gets it right then I will post a poll on which one to use for the template.

[FireHead]

I am interested in how making injection molds are not a big deal. That is how Maier produces their parts. To make an accurate reproduction it is in the tens of thousands of dollars to have hard tooling made for such things. The no big deal way to do it would be to make thermoforming molds, but then the parts pulled from those aren't original, nor would they look it.