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Old 06-18-2018, 10:24 AM
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I was bored one day and had some sheet metal lying around so i decided to start fabricating a lip for the z. what you guys think?




Its not fully painted yet. Its in 3 pieces cuz the sheet metal i had wasn't big enough, but I think ive hidden that area well. Its fitted on with 14 bolts under the bumper. The only major problem it has is one side slightly bends upwards (idk if you can see it in the pics). yall got any idea on how to fix that bend?
Old 06-18-2018, 12:45 PM
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I would of spend the time wet sanding and buffing your front bumper instead, but the lip itself should compliment the bumper's lines and it does not in this case.
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O sweet.. I was going to do the same thing, if I had extra I was going to make a custom widebody and get huge spacers.


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Honestly I don’t think it’s too bad. If it was painted it
would be alil better.
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I was staring at it and the lines are all off. Im going to try and get it to fit the look of the bumper, but it honestly might be too far gone

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It honestly looks horrible and you can tell its home made with about 20 minutes of effort... But its your car so as long as you like...

My opinion it makes the front bumper look like trash.
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Old 06-18-2018, 04:36 PM
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You're going to be slicing up some ankles. I just use lips off other cars and make them fit mine. I made a STi lip fit the oem Nismo bumper.
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Originally Posted by liven Z life
Honestly I don’t think it’s too bad. If it was painted it
would be alil better.
well you’re in luck cuz I’m selling it for the low low price of 499.99, shipping not included
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Thanks for the offer but I have my own set of tin snips lol
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Old 06-20-2018, 09:58 PM
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It might help a bit if you trimmed it off with some rubber trim, but like the others have said it looks to homemade!! Back to the drawing board!
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Since you asked for opinions, mine is that it looks horrible. It's probably going to be a good spark generator, so I hope you don't have any fuel leaks. Maybe some curb feelers might add to the appearance.

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That car probably auto drove itself into a wall already.
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