MikeBit

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So it finally happened........ THIS IS THE REASON why I normally park backwards into a spot. I miscalculated the distance between the front end of my car, and the stupid curb thing that you'd find in a parking spot. Had the lip for two years and never had this happen to me because I was usually super careful/parked backwards. This time I got bit.

So... what do I do to patch this baby up???



There is one section (to the left) that has a little bit of carbon fiber fabric hanging loose... like its peeling slightly (but hardly at all). It took a pretty good scraping... Do body shops to work on this sort of stuff?

Flo-ridaZ33

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They probably won't touch it... the best they can do is sand as much as they can and reclear it but the fibers will poke through the clear coat, it'll look like doodoo.

taywan

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^^^
What flo said.
All u can really do is reclear it or you'll have to get a new lip. You can DIY if u want. Not that hard and it'll look better than it does now.

Mr. CF

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I'd go ahead and chalk that one up as a loss....I've gone through 2 CF lips, 1 CF hatch and 2 pairs of CF sideskirts. If it's anything I've learned it's that if it cracks through the gel to the fibers it's not repairable.

Sorry man.

JCITY

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There is nothing you can do to really fix this except get another lip.
From the pic,it look as though the most damage is in the front&underneath.
You can do a quick cosmetic fix to make it look a bit better.At least,better than it does now.Get some gloss black universal touch up paint.Apply to the areas that are "white"
scraped into the backing.From distance the damage will be less noticeable.
Is your car lowered?Can't tell from the pic.The under engine shroud looks very close
to the ground.This is the perils of driving with body stuff that is lower than OEM.

tylerxfire

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clean it up the best u can and then get some black touch up is my best advice..that sucks..i got my front lip on a curb not too long ago but luckily its not cf in this case

BoomerZ33

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JDM bandaid?

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=JDM+BAND+AID

AdvanZ33

iTrader: (105)

Sand/paint the entire lip and leave the section that sits on the bumper (middle) carbon fiber.

Chebosto

iTrader: (43)

black electrical tape.

you can't tell at a distance of 10 feet...

can you tell where the scratches are on this?



lol

taywan

iTrader: (53)

Yes. Or paint it same color as vehicle. Won't be bad. Unless u are diehard of cf.

MikeBit

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Thanks for all the replies guys.... I'm going to consider the touch up paint. I have some KH3 paint lying around.... will that work or is it too dark? Damn this sucks.... Every time I hang out with that f*cking girl, bad things happen I swear.

If I can get this thing less noticeable I'll be perfectly fine with that.... don't want to drop another $400 for another seibon cf lip :/


The car IS lowered.

Appreciate all the help!

Flo-ridaZ33

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Better 400.00 than:

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Mines
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They've all died .

MikeBit

iTrader: (4)

what happened to them!?

AZzee

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I would go over it with several layers of super glue. once you get it built up
sand with progressively finer sand papers then polish with a cleaner wax like
meguires. Worth a try.

Flo-ridaZ33

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They've all impacted the ground at some point.