So I had my new SI lip for one day... and the first time on the highway... It RIPS off my front bumper... I look in horror as I see my new lip get run over by car after car... in shock, i didnt know weither I should go back and get it or not.. I got off the next exit and flipped one, parked my car on the side of the road and ran on the highway to get it.. to my surprise it wasnt that bad of shape.. but there are some deap gouges and scrapes EVERY wherere...

my lip when I got home


didnt have a bottom screw... it ripped through the first one


Some of the scratches along the body





Along the top, this what im worried about


What I was wondering was... how do I fix this, I know I need to wet sand... but should I start from low to high? like 300 600 800 etc, and also, I was wondering if I should use bondo, does it work on like plastic? help me out guys!


So I started Sanding down the lip, to smooth out the gouges and scrapes. I started with the 220 grit wet sand paper, and moved up to 800 Grit. Here are some shots of it now

Here is the whole lip, it looks ALOT better because a lot of the smaller scratches and stuff are gone.


Before I started sanding the scratchs and gouges were 3x's as BAD




Modified by Shikaruto at 1:11 PM 5/12/2005

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Shikaruto &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I look in horror as I see my new lip get run over by car after car... in shock, i didnt know weither I should go back and get it or not.. I got off the next exit and flipped one, parked my car on the side of the road and ran on the highway to get it..</TD></TR></TABLE>

lmao..i know it isn't funny...but for some reason that made me laugh. sucks about what happend though

 

wow..thats fucked man..good luck with restoring it, or getting a new one..

 

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I called my mom and told her about... she thought i was funny too....

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Ive searched for weeks for an SI lip, i guess its hard to find one in the bay area... i dont know I had like three guys flake on me, and two tried to sell my type r replicas... so im not really in any mood to search again

Any tips on fixing her up?

 

Make a thread in classifieds saying "WTB: new SI lip and 99-00 tails"

 

get a new one

 

how did it rip off? are u hella slammed? did u only install screws on the sides?

 

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I had the screws on the side, and one bolt in the middle... kinda stupid on my part... but yeah..

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I like my tails.. its gonna look good from the side when i get my stanley sidemarks... its gonna flow better

 

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that sucks. happened to me 5 years ago.

 

sucks

 

did it fall off cause its a 00 si lip on a 96-98 front end?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Type X &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">did it fall off cause its a 00 si lip on a 96-98 front end?</TD></TR></TABLE>

no.. i actually have 99-00 front end conversion

 

dam that sucks..

 

since the lip is made of plastic, does that mean bondo wont stay stuck to the lip? im sanding it down right now, and tere are still some deep gouges in around the lip.

 

Ouch, sorry to hear about that.

 

bondo will stick to it. restore that ish and save some money

 

RIP poor si lip, you can consider that lip done buddy.

 

damn bro. that sucks

 

lol.... time for a new lip

 

you need to sand down like youre doing.

you can start with like a 220 wet because those gouges will take a while to get smooth.

you need to go to your local "high end" bodyshop parts store and buy plastic surgery, plastic filler.
it comes in different rigidness, i would go with the softest one as the lip is gonna bend, scrape, flex again anyway.
just follow the directions on the box and apply it like bondo. let it dry and sand smooth.

ill go take some pics for you right now of the box.

 

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reminds me of the movie Bowfinger

sorry bout the lost now go pick up a knock off mugen

 

all the people that say the lip is toast prolly pay people to install their mods


since not everyone is made of money, this is what you need. when you go to buy the plastic repair, buy some 3M doublestick tape so it wont happen again.

 

That will buff right out

 

Listen to sleepinEP3. I did the same with my SiR lip and it came out fine.