Anyone has good experience with aftermarket side strake such as the ebay one below regardjng fitment?
Im thinking of picking one up and do a quick paint, clear.


Ebay

 

No!

Those things are awful. There is no way to mount them. They are totally hollow on back side. So only way to mount them is to make a huge wad of sticky tape to hold them on. Screws can be used where they meet fender opening, but not where they meet side of rocker and quarter panel.

I returned them. Then later found on ebay someone selling true replica of two-piece oem strake. The lowers were aweful, but can't really see them, and most with real strakes only use upper.

Upper are pretty decent, painted, and match was good (Silverstone). Fit wasn't perfect, but I used heat gun to shape them near perfect. Then I used the stock oem trim to fill the gaps. This is the stuff used for stock ap2 front lip. Also used for stock strakes.

Finished look is like oem strakes.

Back when I bought them they were around $150. I see sometimes they are up on eBay, but then I see times when they aren't there. Guessing its lag between selling out stock then having more made.

Issue with lowers is shape was worse than upper, so required more massaging. Its a more complex fit and this required more finesse. But larger issue is they weren't fully molded. Like injection didn't reach all the edges of mold. This was only where the lower has fingers that stick out and engage into upper, to help hold them onto car. I complained to them and made them send me another set, which was improved, but still not perfect. But they worked.

Hopefully by now their quality control issues have been resolved and partially formed fingers no longer an issue.

Uppers aren't hollow. They have molded in steps on back, where you can apply single layer of double stick tape for mounting. These steps are all along entire edges of backside. So secure fit that pulls it tight to body, and isn't going to move around.

 

Thanks Car Analogy. I know what you're talking about. Also looking for that "4 pieces" strake too. They're not currently available on Ebay. Anyhow, saw a YouTube video from the guy "CRX Seth". He installed one and have to use a heat gun to mold it in place..which I think I can do. He also mentioned the fitment of the lower piece which he had to modify to fit.

 

That inner half of lower he cut off, that is what I was talking about more difficult to heat mold lower. At first it does seem useless. But careful observation you xan see what surface its supposed to mate up with under car, then torque and twist and bend it with heat to fit properly. A 3D puzzle. Then both metal L brackets can be used to mount under car.

He went through the trouble of painting the holes he drilled. But then self tapping screws go through the holes, will tear paint off. So instead I used antiseize to prevent rust.

Otherwise a well done diy. Glad mine came painted!

 

I posted a comparison of OEM strakes and eBay 2-piece strakes here:

https://www.s2ki.com/forums/s2000-mo.../#post24794929