DIY Home depot lips

[truong]

I've been reading up on some of these things. Just wondering if anyone has done it locally.

I was planning to do something like this for a friend and start fiberglassing it as well. Any pointers or tips will be great

majority of the stuff i read, were not very informative.

[8thcivic]

Originally Posted by truong

I've been reading up on some of these things. Just wondering if anyone has done it locally.

I was planning to do something like this for a friend and start fiberglassing it as well. Any pointers or tips will be great

majority of the stuff i read, were not very informative.

pretty nice temporary lip =]

[!Aznboi128]

if i remember correctly hk2000 did the lip thing on his mitsu galant

[illicitstylz]

Someone on here did it on their subaru too with garage door liner. Wondering if it Would work for sideskirts..
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[CorneringArtist]

I've seen a DIY job on a 1986 Cressida on the sideskirts, replacing the chrome trim there with some rubber material. The car was a dark blue, so it meshed pretty well with the car.

If my OEM lip goes (it's pretty beat but still standing), I'm doing a home Depot job or getting one from a Volvo.

[toyota86]

i lost the oem lip of the car and didnt feel like paying a few hundred bucks to get one from the dealer and get it painted. here is the one i did. i cut some extra pieces and used double sided mounting tape to double layer the corners so it wont fold in on itself.

[jpark]

Originally Posted by 8thcivic

pretty nice temporary lip =]

that is actually pretty as hell, what is it exactly?

[ajax]

Originally Posted by illicitstylz

Someone on here did it on their subaru too with garage door liner. Wondering if it Would work for sideskirts..
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I've heard it doesn't look very good for sideskirts. There's a pretty good thread about it on 8thcivic.com
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[jlenko]

I've seen it done a few times... and it looks good from far, but it's far from good.

But I'd rather see it done right than on the cheap...

[LenovoTurbo]

Originally Posted by downhiller88

that is actually pretty as hell, what is it exactly?

That's garage door liner.

[8thcivic]

Originally Posted by downhiller88

that is actually pretty as hell, what is it exactly?

What you need:

- Bottom Garage Door Seal (Home Depot is the cheapest.. $14 + tax)
- 3M double sided tape (From Home Depot as well..$5 +tax)
- Sissors
- Super Glue (optional if u dont want the foam lip ripping off the tape)

First you would stick double sided tape on the short side of the foam or glue the foam onto the tape. (optional for glue) then just peel off the other side of the tape and stick it onto your bumper. and u MIGHT need to trim the foam to make it fit. Pretty easy and simple. takes about 20 mins if u do it carefully.

If you really enjoy it, u can also screw it on after u taped it. Personally for me its a temporary lip until i find a perfect one. But if i cant, i might just drill it in..

Heres a link to the 8thcivic fourms with the DIY home depot lip w/ pics
http://www.8thcivic.com/forums/exter...front-lip.html

[!e.lo_]

Originally Posted by toyota86

i lost the oem lip of the car and didnt feel like paying a few hundred bucks to get one from the dealer and get it painted. here is the one i did. i cut some extra pieces and used double sided mounting tape to double layer the corners so it wont fold in on itself.

yea that's what i told my dad to do. he just bought a 91 318i and the front seems to be missing a lip or something. i can see plastic clips.
prob will show him the pics and suggest it again.

[hotong]

[sleeves]

those diy lips are nice!

[Fafine]

been wanting to do this for awhile but never had time. maybe next weekend

[G-spec]

I saw something similar on a neon years ago, then in late 2007 I posted on the G35 forums and since then it took off like wildfire, a lot of guys are doing it now, here's a link to my original thread there....

http://g35driver.com/forums/interior...t-bumpers.html

also I posted a thread about it here long time ago but it got buried, RS should really have a dedicated DIY sticky area for stuff like this

http://www.revscene.net/forums/diy-m....html?t=527657



here's a full quote with directions for those interested.... gimme some thanks'ss bitzhess

Originally Posted by Adon

Lowered my car, and dislike bumper scrapes as you all do so I went to Home Depot and got a rubber garage door strip I cut it, and used 3M tape to stick it on. There is a few different ways to do this, and I did it my way. Pics below.

UPDATED PICTURES FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN THIS MOD

this is what you buy at home depot, it's a garage door liner that goes on the bottom of your garage door to soften the hit when your garage door hits the floor, so if you can't find it in the garage accessories section, ask a HD employee





this is the tape you buy at Lordco or Napa







And this is how you install it onto the bumper






and here's a picture from a few months ago the first day I installed it





and as you can see it survived being a snow plow through winter, so it's very tough and can definitely take a beating



and here it is now, you can see it sags slightly, but like I said I used it as a snow plow so a little has to give

[G-spec]

a few pics showing a different way of doing it as well

Originally Posted by Adon

added new pic of a reversed section of the lip so you can attach the lip 3 different ways which is even better.

once you paint it to match your car it also gives the appearance of your car being lower than it actually is, while still protecting it.





and this is how it looks once you reverse it and do install it with the rear side facing frontwards, and as you can see by looking at the middle section of the bumper, since it's very flexible you can curve it to fit and contour to pretty much every front bumper, but it's hard enough not to sag

you can paint it before or after it's on the car, prior painting with flex additive in the paint is a good thing, but you can't go wrong with the chinese newspaper method either, lol

[Leopold Stotch]

just did mine the other week

just put the tape further back and depending on where you put the tape the lip curves differently

[hk20000]

I'm not sure fiberglassing it does anything because the beauty of this lip is that it shrugs off light curbing and bruises because it's soft rubber....

fiberglassing it only makes it lose its merits.

[death_blossom]

wow, this is the first I've heard of this Home Depot lip thing. I've seen other DIY lips, but this one is amazing! totally looks like an actual lip that was molded for the car.

[Leopold Stotch]

Originally Posted by hk20000

I'm not sure fiberglassing it does anything because the beauty of this lip is that it shrugs off light curbing and bruises because it's soft rubber....

fiberglassing it only makes it lose its merits.

they actually don't sell the rubber ones anymore

it's all foam.

[Levitron]

I've had mine on the car for three winters and it's still going strong.

Best DIY mod I've ever made!

[spoon.ek9]

i really want to try this since sourcing out a EF Si lip is getting harder and harder!

[twitchyzero]

looks great and good to know they can take a beating

[G-spec]

Originally Posted by twitchyzero

looks great and good to know they can take a beating

you know it bro! the 3M tape is super sticky, and the lip is very tough and yet flexible, winning combo... and this picture says more than words can