docbrown

I was wondering if you could give me your opinion about color coding the lip..

i got a mugen style front lip. It's abs plastic and in black.. i'm thinking of color coding it to red. but sometimes i think i should leave it as black.. i'm in a dilema! lol help me out please on this one!

please vote yes or no, and if you could give me your opinion!

thanks guys!

EDIT: it's a 1997 ek1 with an EJ8 front bumper. it also has a black bonet. the side skirts and moulds are color coded to red. pic below, it currently has the SiR lip. enjoy the photos!

numba1stunna201

black def

NOFX

I see you drive a '96-'00 CXi or GLi hatch, but what exact year is it? I want to know what front end you have.

If '99-'00 in particular, paint it to match.

EDIT: Looks like it's a '97.

I'd say it depends on what the rest of the car looks like then.

docbrown

^ correct it's a 1997 ek1 with an EJ8 front bumper

first post edited..

crxboy909

well its all up to what u like but i say leave it black =]

turbojdmhatch

the only lip i feel left black are the 92-95 ex/Si lips... the other should all be color coded unless they are CF or KCF



you think that would look good with the lip being black...?

shoklid

i think this post is in wrong section. but id go with black

1988_96hb

Paint it unless its cf or kevlar

xXB18EKHatchXx

Normally I would say leave it black, but you mentioned the skirts etc were red so I would paint to match the rest.

nels00n

exactly my vote is paint

NOFX

I think this would be easier if the OP posted a photo of the car with the lip on it.

rick_rabies

^yup. kinda like what wheels look better...needs pics of da car mang

docbrown

first post edited with the pics of the car

EJ8freek

No. For the SiR lips, never paint them.

docbrown

^ lol i know. but i want to put mugen lip. what do you reckon? shall i paint the mugen lip or not?

EG6 Devil1

Don't do it..... Leave it alone

forcefedferio

x2, it looks perfect the way it is.

93egSLEEPER

yes

NOFX

Keep the SiR lip. Don't buy the fake Mugen lip.

93egSLEEPER

x2. i think it looks sick black. im not a fan of painted sideskirts, i like the oem look. if it was a type r or si i would say match it

ALLxMOTOR EG

Honestly the lip looks good in black, so yeah keep it the way it is.

NOFX

Painted sideskirts was an option for coupes from the factory and hatches use the same sideskirts (in the US). So it would have been easy to get them for a hatch too.

This car is in Australia and I'm pretty sure it'd be an option or easy to get for another body from the factory there too.

98civdx

dont paint it,
lips get torn up and destroyed all the time, painting them would be a waste.

NOFX

That can depend on how low the car is, where you drive, how you drive and what kind of lip you have.

I have a painted lip and a three and a half inch drop and I don't scrape my lip up. I'm careful about where I drive it.

kozanatos

get black side skirts if you dont match paint???


voted yes