Belly pan front valance.

[dspillman]

  Found on eBay recently, and curious if this is how all Jdm cars come from factory?  With captured nuts for optional belly pan, that runs under the engine compartment?   

Edited December 4, 2023 by dspillman

[Yarb]

Looks like the valence.

[HS30-H]

The captive nuts in the front apron were primarily intended to be used to attach the (urethane) factory spoiler, fitted as standard equipment to UK & European market models. The quarter valance pieces also had captive nuts.

*28 = 98300-E8100 ASSY-FRONT AIR SPOILER

*6 = 62600-E7201 ASSY-PANEL FRONT APRON

 

Those same captive nuts allowed attachment of the full engine bay undercover, as fitted to the 432-R model and homologated in the JAF GT-011 papers:

*14 = 98200-E7200 COVER-under (Omori Sports Corner)

 

 

[dspillman]

So every car outside of the United States came with captive nuts on the front valance …….not as rare a peice as I thought…… worldwide..

Appreciate answering that question for me… 

   Now to find a 240 spook spoiler to utilize this part.

David

[HS30-H]

3 hours ago, dspillman said:

So every car outside of the United States came with captive nuts on the front valance …….

Only UK & most mainland European markets. Not seen on Australian, NZ or Japanese market cars. 

[26th-Z]

I have one of those.  Good luck finding the urethane spoiler.

[dspillman]

Just bought one…….

I’ve liked the subtle appearance of those spoilers…..

     Found a euro spoiler earlier this evening, should have in a week or two.

I think the full underbelly will be the tough one to find

     Now to find the proper  left side front quarter.

  I  Learn something everyday.😀

Edited December 6, 2023 by dspillman

[dspillman]

2 hours ago, HS30-H said:

Only UK & most mainland European markets. 

      Would all these markets all be RHD?

 

[HS30-H]

7 hours ago, dspillman said:

      Would all these markets all be RHD?

 

France, The Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Portugal, Switzerland, Scandinavian countries are all LHD and all received cars with the factory front spoiler.

[HS30-H]

8 hours ago, dspillman said:

I think the full underbelly will be the tough one to find

The E7200 full length engine bay undertray/bellypan was intended to be used in race conditions, where sustained high speeds were expected. They are not really suitable for road traffic conditions in hot weather. 

The other factor is that the E7200 was aimed primarily at S20-engined cars with a crossflow head design, and which have inherently better cooling systems and less fuel percolation issues than L-gata engines where the inlet is directly above the exhaust.