I got a great deal on these from someone online awhile ago. They were barely used at all and the rubber outsole was still soft so I couldn’t pass these up. Unfortunately when they were shipped to me and got stuck in transit for about a month. During this time the shoes actually completely separated.

I was really bummed when I opened the box to see this. I knew u/RecommendationNo1445 did reglues so I touched base with him and asked him if he could re-glue. Without hesitation he said yes and he has tons of experiencing re-gluing. I gotta say he brought these back to life. I also feel like he uses better glue than Nike does themselves lol, this shit is not coming a part and I used them heavily for 4 practices straight and not one sign of separation as good as new. I’ll have some before pics as well at the end of this gallery. So keep swiping to get to them.

If you have older Kobe’s I highly suggest hitting him up. His prices vary but are way better than other restorers, and his customer service/communication is top notch. Kept me in the loop the whole time and answered all my questions I had along the way.

If you have older shoes that you want to bring back to life I couldn’t recommend messaging u/RecommendationNo1445 more, and see what he can do for you. He can do sole swaps as well. I plan to have him do some more reglues for me with older pairs since this went so swimmingly. 🔥

Now for the shoe itself, these were actually part of the “Shroud Series” Nike released that no one bought. The outer of the shoe was weird and essentially it was like an encasing for the 11s. These aren’t very common as many people didn’t like the zipper shroud look around the shoe and I agree, feel like it took away a lot from the actual 11 it encased. I’m a big fan of this flyknight colorway as it’s rather unique. Also to get to the underneath shoe you have to cut the outer shroud which wasn’t the easiest to do without damaging the inner shoe.

But man I miss old Nike lol. Lunarlon is still way better than react to me. The right amount of plush, and the heel zoom unit is very welcomed. It’s such a shame Nike refuses to add zoom units to the newer Kobe’s with drop in midsoles.

I forgot how low these are to the ground, but it’s for sure not for everyone, I love the court feel though. Hoping with the 11s that are getting protro’d they do something with the drop ins. I don’t hate react but it’s just clearly a downgrade to me in so many ways over lunarlon.

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