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why did i even install the lip ???

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Old Mar 9, 2007 | 11:36 PM
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i installed my ctr abs lip on my ek hatch . and guess what happen ..... my lip melted after a 2 1/2 hour drive !!!!!im so pissed off . the muffler tip was right behing the lip about 2 inches away but i guess because the hot air coming out for that amound of time, it ended up melting the lip !!!!!

will a oem ctr lip melt as easy or will it be better !!!

is their anything i can do to fix the lip ?

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Old Mar 9, 2007 | 11:40 PM
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abs plastic is ****, I learned that the hard way too. I'm pretty sure that if you go with any kind of urethane lip you should be fine.
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Old Mar 9, 2007 | 11:42 PM
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Default Re: why did i even install the lip ??? (twisted_jdm_b16)

any lip will melt if HOT exhaust gas beating on it... try get the exhaust fixed so that the tip of the muffler sticks out passed the lip...
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Old Mar 9, 2007 | 11:42 PM
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Default Re: why did i even install the lip ??? (twisted_jdm_b16)

that's kind of odd since my rear lip is right above my exhaust. and yours is 2 inches from the exhaust???

i have the abs plastic lip as well but i modified a small cut out for the exhaust. it's about an 8th of an inch above the exhaust, and have no melting problem at all. my exhaust gets hot also, but i guess yours just gets really hot or something.
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Old Mar 9, 2007 | 11:51 PM
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Default Re: why did i even install the lip ??? (EK_Stunna)

well the muffler that my ride came with was touching the bumper it self even before the lip was installed . i was sooo antsy to install the lip that i ended up cutting the tip of the muffler so the lip wouldnt touch the mufler ( matter of fact without me cutting it i wouldnt of had fit) .

the muffler was about 2 inches behind the lip .

it sux though . i cant believe it happened . it was a $70 lost for my dumbazz idea.
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Old Mar 10, 2007 | 12:57 AM
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same thing happen to me!....cheap *** abs plastic!......
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