Hey guys. I recently got a rear lip for my 97 honda civic DX and didn't have the money to get it professionally painted. So I headed down to walmart and got a 3 dollar can of duplicolor silver paint and a 1 dollar bottle of the cheapest primer they had. I then came home painted the lip. I sprayed it one coat of primer and one coat of the silver paint (since it was a small bottle I couldn't do 2 coats). It took me about 30 minutes to paint. Here is the result, it is ALOT better than I expected. When I showed my friends the new lip, they didn't even notice they DIY paintjob and just thought I got it done by a body shop. Here is a picture of it done and installed...

 

installed!? looks more like dangling off

 

nice job, the rear lip adds a lot to the appearance of the coupe

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by RedHondaSi &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">installed!? looks more like dangling off</TD></TR></TABLE>

It's only put on with this tape like material that came with the lip. I am weary about using any bolts because I like to have all my mods to be easily removed incase I want to sell it someday.

 

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It's only put on with this tape like material that came with the lip. I am weary about using any bolts because I like to have all my mods to be easily removed incase I want to sell it someday.</TD></TR></TABLE>

i really doubt a rear lip will take away from the value of your car.

that or find some better tape cause that looks like ****

 

I like it, Good job man. For 5 bux you cant beat that

 

looks real nice man, so cheap too. Open a paint shop.... er no wait don't. It's real tough to tell its DIY

 

not bad not bad

i did my old lip flat black to match the skirts and front lip, was cake

 

Use a bolt washer and nut on each side where the lip curves up towards the center of the bumper. All you'll have is two little holes that you won't ever see unless you crawl under the car. Take the double stick tape off too.....all you need are the two bolts and two self tapping screws in each fenderwell. It will be nice and tight, straight and solid. Trust me, I had the exact same lip on my 97 coupe.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by undertheradar &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Use a bolt washer and nut on each side where the lip curves up towards the center of the bumper. All you'll have is two little holes that you won't ever see unless you crawl under the car. Take the double stick tape off too.....all you need are the two bolts and two self tapping screws in each fenderwell. It will be nice and tight, straight and solid. Trust me, I had the exact same lip on my 97 coupe.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Sweet, thanks for the advice. I'll do that, cause I'd feel more secure knowing it's not going to fly off while I'm driving down the freeway

 

nice! looks like it matches pretty good.

 

you should get another coat on that.. and clear it.. then clean it up by doing a bit of wetsanding with some 1000+ grit paper. then it'll look 10x better dude.

 

nice, clean job

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by redlinetuning &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">you should get another coat on that.. and clear it.. then clean it up by doing a bit of wetsanding with some 1000+ grit paper. then it'll look 10x better dude.</TD></TR></TABLE>

 

 

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it is not even close to the same color.

$5 or not i would have done it right, but as long as you like it that is what matters.

 

more clearcoat cuz it's lacking the shinny luster.

 

matches well enough for me.

 

good job, but i'd recommend buying a can of $4 clear coat and going over it twice with some clear....that will give it a pretty damn good finish since it's such a small painted surface

 

I'd have to agree with everyone else. It looks dull and you can tell you painted it yourself when compare to the rest of the car. Theres some good DYI on painting using a wetsanding technique on this board somewhere. It'll give it that extra shine along with some clearcoat.

 

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i think rear lips for 96-98 civic mount differntly than from 99-00 civics. cuz i have a 98 and thats about the same way my lip is mounted...tried getting it higher but cant seem to get it up there. if i am wrong please correct me but this is from what i have experienced.

 

Looks good... now if we can get all the ricers to paint their kits..

 

youre lucky you have VSM... I had a 97 VSM Civic and i also used the silver duplicolor... matched perfectly

 

yup clear coat it..