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Old Aug 20, 2015 | 02:05 PM
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From: NNJ
Default Re: $5 Dollar Front Lip

finished my lip last week and it turned out good, not great

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straight out from the box, it's much small in size. don't worry once you warp it with the heat gun, it'll mold to the trim (also good for me since this mod covers up a couple of paint chips in the bottom of my bumper)

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cut a "V" to help bend. careful when bending, the rip increased a bit that almost reached to the front of the visible lip

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sample held up by my bondo friends

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i started on the sides. i don't know how you guys cleared this but i had to remove my wheel in order to gain leverage. the screw was longer than the length of the bumper to the front of my tire. (in this picture it's lifted but once it's down the clearance was only like 1"-2"

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once i had my reference screws in, i took the lip out

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i worked my way around. drilled about 4 screws in the middle and towards the side and it fell in place pretty good.

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had my paint can friends help me out as i warped it with the heat gun


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finished. notice i didnt mention 3m double sided tape. i had some, tried to put it, but the resistance on the corners of the lip was so intense that the tape drooped. and the lip bevel was so short that the tape was exposed so i just did my best with the heat gun and added two more screws at the furthest part of the tab (the bottom area where the V was cut). the downside of this is that there is a little gap that you can see when standing right above it. i didn't mind and it looked more stable with two more screws in place.

Overall, it was a fun job and took my about 2 hours just because i was alone. i was going to paint it but it has a glossy finish already and once you throw on a mother's back to black coat, it shined very similar to the body. thanks for the info on this and making the crossfire even more unique!
 
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