Heya all,

I was wondering about the Aftermarket Fairies that can be found all over Ebay for the ZX14....

Are those things of good quality etc. ? Or am i better off painting everything over what i have now?

Thanks.

i would buy a abs set off ebay

Yeah those are the ones i am talking about. Any experience with the quality/fitting etc?

Try this site alot of aftermarket fairings if you find one you like for a diferent bike they will paint it for your bike.

www.nicecycle.com

Any experience with the quality/fitting etc?

I'VE ONLY SEEN A COUPLE OF SETS ON BIKES AND THEY LOOK BETTER THAN FACTORY ..

the owners told me eveything match up and was an easy install

the owners told me eveything match up and was an easy install

In other words, we might want to buy a few pieces for that reason alone. lol Kawi could have done a little better with making the side fairings match up perfectly flush with the tank fairing. The lowers also come together a little crooked where they join with the push pin. My seat cowl rattled before I stuck some foam under it too.

As long as aftermarket fairings are no worse than OEM.....

omg i've heard horror stories.

i know the carbon fiber stuff i had fit like dog poop. Don't have any idea how the abs stuff fits, but i would do oem. In fact, i took all my carbon stuff off and put oem back on

Hmmm, thanks for the responds guys;

Does anyone have any actual EXPERIENCE with the abs fairing sets that are on Ebay, or any other Aftermarket sets
on the sites above?

Would love to get a set like that myself, but not into wasting 500 bucks if i hear ninja's story!! lol

Ninja, where did ur set come from, what site?

Thanks!!

hey MATSUkE I have had first hand with ones that where from CHINA...CHINA not for the 14 but for the zx12 and let me tell you they wheren't even close and they had the wrong yr dash panals faring /wind screen holes off to one side big azz gaps no no no stay away from parts made in china if you can find from japan you might have some luck I am not saying things made in china are no good but if I had a parts stretcher or some of those bags of steam they might have fit better the ones we got said the west racing on them they look good in pictures from a few paces but look dont touch they bust off like a fat man in a little coat lol I say paint you can get what you want for a better price and you know the panals will fit...kinda (thanks kawi)...xxx's

look at the stator cover lol I told him to buy from the US only but he just had to have them after four hours I told him to off them but he paid a local dealer and this is what he got lol paint qual.is good but the fit lol ok ok and that big azz 4 on the side lol

* Last updated by: xxxses on 5/26/2010 @ 11:26 AM *

Haha, thanks for the Feedback Xxx,

Yeah, after all those stories i'am probably just keeping the Fairings i have now, and maybe try a Vinyl line like Rook has. I might try a different color though.

My guess is any of the plastic aftermarket cowling sets are going to be pretty good, because they are cast in injection molds, so there is very good control over the integrity of the hole spacing and such.

Unless the company is not good at making the original molds.

I have the same kind of carbon fiber as Slow had, most of it from MDI. They got the mounting pillars so far off on one of the two tail pieces (which the rear turnsignals mount in) that I had to cut the pillars out and screw them to the turnsignals, put some epoxy on the ends of the pillars, and fit the turnsignals to the piece. Then I put a wood block on the inside (turnsignals mount from the inside) and wrapped masking tape around it tightly. After the epoxy dried, I unbolted the turnsignal, leaving the pillars in the right place.

I still had to spread epoxy on carbon fiber tape and wrap the bases of the pillars; epoxy, tape, epoxy, tape, epoxy, on all three of them.

It came out looking just fine, but I had to do a lot of work.

On my large side panels, which hold the front turnsignals, the cutouts were way off, so I had to use a dremel and redimension the cutouts. One turned out good, the other has a minor miscut, not obvious, but I know its there.

Getting the headlamp assembly in the top cowl was not easy, but turned out good. I had to dremel the openings until the headlamp covers would just barely stick out, and then found the two bottom pillars that the bottom of the headlamp frame bolt too were like 1/2" too long, so I had to cut them down. They make them out of steel tubes imbedded in plastic tubes, wrapped with carbon fiber and expoxy. So just cutting them shorter was tricky.

Fitting the mirrors through the cowling into the brackets was a nightmare, the wholes in the cowling were 1/2-3/4" off both sides. So I had to slot one hole and drill a new hole on each side, and then had to plug the forward unused hole on each side with carbon fiber tape and expoxy.

So I'd say the abs aftermarket plastic cowling sold on ebay is probably a better bet. The two guys I found selling a wide variety of pieces both have good feedback scores, and none of the negative feedback was about fit or finish.

I had purchased a set of ABS fairing from ebay for my ZX9 and I had nothing but problems, to start with, several pieces just didn't fit and couldn't be modified to fit but luckily the OEM pieces were still good. I then had to re-drill almost every single hole as either the holes were too small, or I needed some wiggle room to line up the panels to fit.

The quality of fit alone was enough that i swore i'd never buy ebay fairings again (unless its for a track bike and I have a lot of free time on my hands) but what was worse is how I had some of the mounting points snap off from regular riding and within a year (actually i think it was 6-8 months) the top clear coat was already flaking off on several panels.

Its really a matter of "you get what you pay for" the OEM fitment and finish are WAY superior but the price is WAY higher (ie, 1 panel can cost as much as the entire ebay kit...) If you have a lot of patience, a dremel and want a very cheap way of replacing several destroyed fairing peices (or just change up the look of the bike for a short time) this kit is the way to go. If you only have 1 or 2 panels to replace go OEM.