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Old Dec 21, 2009 | 03:18 PM
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Default Purchased front type r lip replica~!

So i got it today, went to meet up at qualcomm stadium
(chargers baby what you know haha)
anyways got the lip, looks clean minor scratch on bottom since the guy had his dropped wayy low but 45$ good quality.

it came with:
2 brackets shaped like this..
4 washers
8 screws
2 nuts with the bolts

Now i need some help installing. i noticed there's 2 indentations on the side of the front bumper
(they look like small holes where screws/or something would go but just dented in)
how do i properly install this btich. i dun wanna screw this up,haha.
 

Last edited by JayVee; Dec 21, 2009 at 06:07 PM. Reason: REPLACED MY GHETTO BRACKETS DRAWING WITH ACTUAL ONES.
Old Dec 21, 2009 | 04:24 PM
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not gonna paint it?
 
Old Dec 21, 2009 | 04:29 PM
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hmm in the meantime, no. once i get my rear type r lip, yes.
i need some help though, i'm really clueless becuase the guy didn't even use the hardware that came with the lip, he used "self-taped screws" (whatever he ment) and there still on the lip. (actually there, hard to get off. how can i remove these? there bent as well -__- )
 
Old Dec 21, 2009 | 04:55 PM
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...Just unscrew them lol and put new ones if they are bent then idk but they are just screws.
 
Old Dec 21, 2009 | 05:05 PM
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they look like screws, but have a hole going through all the way to the bottom. about a quarter inch long.
 
Old Dec 21, 2009 | 06:27 PM
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alright so i got em out, kind of cracked the part where the screw goes in though =/
damn rivets.

alright, well would it be simple to:
put 2 screws on the left and 2 on the right
use the "Z" shaped brackets in the center and put them onto the bumper to hold the lip kit?
 
Old Dec 22, 2009 | 06:51 AM
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... I used 3M double sided tape on the middle and but 2 self tapping screws on the sides.... but I dont live in a town big on thieves, someone can just go up and unscrew/ripoff the lip if they wanted, but its just a replica so it wont happen haha.
 
Old Dec 22, 2009 | 07:41 AM
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My 3m tape disintegrated so my lip is held on only by the two screws on each side. Good enough for mine. Those L shaped brackets were a waste of time for me.
 
Old Dec 22, 2009 | 07:45 AM
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My tape was beast...... lol that thing wouldnt budge
 
Old Dec 22, 2009 | 10:55 AM
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My Type R Lip is being held on with two sets of self-tapped screws on each side and two in the middle to be held up. My parts guy told me it was a screw that doesn't need a hole to be drilled in, it just goes right in. I gueeesss...
 



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