So I guess home depot sells lips :) 56k not a chance.

[FrodoGT]

After wet sanding and painting my bumpers with krylon fusion and blaking out my emblems I decided to be creative and use an idea ive seen floating around the internet.

Heres some pics of the car.

It looks shiny but its just wet.


the dent will go when paint is done.



Im almost positive this door isnt original






I got incredibly lucky and managed to nab speaker pods in the junkyard, I just threw some speakers I had lying around in. The fronts are nice infinitys'.


Before painting the rear.

And after



Cost of all materials for front and rear lips... $25
Let me know what you guys think.




Not bad for 350 bucks eh?

[Nick Gautreau]

Soooooo.... Whadia use???

[FrodoGT]

Thought youd never ask

Voila http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/...ctId=100320288

[Nick Gautreau]

Howdja do it? Like this? (It's a bit rotated, sorry)

[thefooshmeister]

looks clean but i cant see the rear lip..im just blind lol and it looks pretty stock. nice job on the badges too. i wish i wouldve kept my hatch

[FrodoGT]

Actually I havent put the rear on, it was getting dark. And yes thats how I put it on, but I used scotch brand indoor/outdoor heavy duty double sided tape instead of screws. So far in one day of heat it has held up ok.

[FrodoGT]

Heres me putting the rear on, it came out MUCH better than th front once we figured out what it took to get it to stick out right on the corners (the front tucks under because of the tension)







I seem to be missing the pic of the whole rear end after we got the other piece on but I think it looks damn sexy.

Oh and here is my friends mazda that we just had to put one on afterwards, his cost less than 10 bucks. And it contoured to the raised portions very well.

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/b...1/100_1947.jpg

[Christ]

Now do the sides, make some skirt lips... that was the first thing I did w/ my first nissan... 'cept I used some cut-up metal shelving welded and grinded... it looked pretty nice.

Speaking of HomeDepot customs, anyone know if stove paint (black) will adhere to a header/turbo under extreme operating conditions?

Actually, I was thinking about doing the whole exhaust w/ it, b/c it's insulating paint too, and will help keep the heat in. And we all know more heat == higher velocity exhaust flow == more scavenging and HP.

I'm a little worried about fuel mileage at this point, what with gas prices being what they are, but as long as I stay in the 30 ballpark, I'm happy.

[Hybrid1990crx]

WOW.

I must say I was totally ready to flame the shit out of you. But they do look VERY good for home depot.

Good job. I think I may do this to my beater hatch. How hard is the material? It almost looks like foam.

[Tony]

Its weatherstripping, and from the looks of it from his cuts, it is Foam....which in a way isn't bad since it will give some if it hits something, but could also tear. But with how cheap it is, its easy to fix

Right now I'm looking into my options for lips, know where I can get my hands on some CF Side skirts, but it would look funny with just CF side skirts and plastic front and rear lips.

[Hybrid1990crx]

just how flexible is it? it could look very silly when cruising down the road and its blowing back under the bumper.

[FrodoGT]

Its like a stiff foam rubber, very flexible off the car but once its on it doesnt move much at all. And I havent seen any flapping on my friends mazda going down the road. I appreciate your restraint lol.

By the way, They also sell a hard rubber version which im told is stiffer but apparently both home depot stores here didnt have any. Has exactly the same shape. Ill dig up the thread off srt forums where I found it.

[FrodoGT]

So after driving behind my own car I can say that there is really no flex in the lips at speed.

[Christ]

well, that's def a good mod then... add it to the books :P

[turtlecrxsi]

Originally Posted by Dr0pZ0n3

Speaking of HomeDepot customs, anyone know if stove paint (black) will adhere to a header/turbo under extreme operating conditions?

Actually, I was thinking about doing the whole exhaust w/ it, b/c it's insulating paint too, and will help keep the heat in. And we all know more heat == higher velocity exhaust flow == more scavenging and HP.

Ever notice the painted black mufflers on a 96-99 camry? Yeah, it peels right off. Saw the neighbors peel off over time. My Jeep's tail pipe was painted too and looked great and then I drove a few hundred miles, the paint just sorta disappeared and looks dirty/rusty now.

Frodo, nice job. I was going to do that for my CRX but stupid me was going to Lowes and they never had the right stuff (just that flimsy stuff Hybrid was refering to)...