Addicted2Kouki

Well... for some odd reason my SE didnt come with a lip.

I was thinking of buying one then i got the retarded idea of doing one of those low budget lips.

this was just for fun to hold me off til i got some real aero for my car.

I didnt like the original home depot lip because well:
-it was floppy.
-hard to mount straight without a lip already on the car.
-only comes in rolls of 30ft at the home depot by my house.

I wanted something cheap, durable, clean, and simple.
I actually got the idea from my friend who did it to his miata.
He got the idea from some miata forum.

All in all the materials was under $10.
+Diamond Loc... the big one. $8 -- Home Depot
+Self Tapping screws. $1 for like 12 -- ACE Hardware

Tools needed:
+Power Drill... or a screwdriver if you ate some wheaties this morning.
+small garden shears

Here's some pics:




under.


Sorry for the low res pics. Ill post better pictures as soon as I get another camera and paint my front bumper.

The rest of my car looks like this:




painted it myself. still gotta colorsand and buff.

Hope you like it.


EDIT:

Finally some pics.

Too bad the lighting was the best. but it was all i could do with this cheap digital camera.

Installed after paint w/ turn signals, sidemarkers.


On car.


And another one.


Closeups.




Yeah, it is a lil short. I may extend it by adding something to the bottom.
But still clean, simple, and subtle.

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HKSdrift3r

looks good, especially for the price!!

Good job

soreballz

I gotta see this in person. Hit me up. lol

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downshift_sideways

looks cool , post pics when its on..

and I love your avatar.

hurts my eyes.

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DreamN

not bad, is this an s14 only lip or can it be modified to fit the s13 (both pop-up and silvia fronts)?

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Addicted2Kouki

since youre in long beach.
yeah sure PM me your number and ill meet you up sometime to check it out after i paint it or whatever.

will do.
avatar reminds me not to fuck up when i drive hahaha

hrm actually this might work for s13s also. im just wondering if itll go around the curve of the bumper as good. well.. you can always try.
im just wondering how you would get it on the fenders.

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thats smart and hella clean looking, wayyy better than the other homedepot lip.

kawika219

holy hell haha. i work in the garden dept at home depot in hawaii and i just sold 5 to a guy lol. imma buy on tomorrow and see how it goes

S14DB

What is Diamond Loc?

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jackjack

not bad. not bad at all. get some better pics when you get a chance.

Addicted2Kouki

It's a gangster that wears a lotta diamonds. hahaha okay sorry. bad joke.

Hrmm... I'll stop by Home Depot sometime this week and take a picture. Kinda hard to describe. It's in the garden dept. usually around the cove lining shit.



and Thanks everyone.

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diomedes

Wow, nice job! Looks good too.

bardabe

RnD at its finest right now lol Ver 2 is definetly allot better. nice job

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DrtyRat

IIRC diamond lock is a hard plastic border that is used to keep paving stones in place. I worked @ home depot for 11yrs and i vaguely remeber this stuff.

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abstrakt

What is the "diamond loc" made of? Urethane or is it plastic? Basically..How easily could it crack and break?

s0apgun

looks much better than the average home depot lip good job

kawika219

thats exactly what it is

i dont know the exact material, but it is a pretty heavy duty yet flexible plastic

89singlecamnoob

looks good, i may have to make a trip to the depot myself.

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DrtyRat

Honestly, this ^^^^ is the only reason that somewhat justifies this. If you make it permanent you (or anyone else) fails!

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JRas

I demand a picture of it on your car

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Addicted2Kouki

Thanks for answering the questions for me guys.


yeah this is just temporary maybe for a couple months while i save up for other more important parts other than aero.
You still cant beat how cheap this all comes out to.

and i already said it earlier....
I'll post pics as soon as i paint my front bumper.
I still have to buy more paint so... i guess some time this week.

Honestly... there's no need to hate on this.

How can you justify spending $100 on a thrashed SE lip that is the same size, mostly the same shape [just not rounded and without the two aero holes], and may not include the hardware...

When you can get a low budget lip for 1/10 the price, and is not hard to find at all.

This is a mod for the LOW BUDGET 240 OWNERS...



enough said.

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slideways2004

how did you find one that is the length of the bumper. i used the same thing but i had to make it from 2 pieces.


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i used that diamond loc stuff and added the little round thing at the bottom. this was a few years ago and don't mind the dent. it was fixed the next day

DrtyRat

Spare me. If anything I was defending YOUR reason for putting it on there. As far as defending your position by mentioning a "thrashed SE lip", I wouldn't waste my money on that either. I would wait until I found one to my liking and get it that one. You can quote me when I say, "I will never buy anything from the outside garden dept @ home depot to make my car look better."
If you want to waste your time an money on this, then by all means, go ahead, but please don't insult me by saying I'm hating on your garden accessory mod....and FWIW if your idea of having a budget includes an $8 garden mod then thats not a budget, thats CHEAP....enough said.

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Addicted2Kouki

UGHHHH... fuck it. im tired of seeing internet fights.
gosh you make it sound so... bad. lol


but yeah thanks for stating the facts.

from here on...
only opinions and positive statements please.





also. i said buy the big one. not the regular size diamond loc.

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Temple240

So don't do it. It's really not that difficult to skip over a thread you don't like.



On topic: I can't wait to see how it looks on the car. I want to see someone try it on an s13 too.

JRas

I like it for $8 like ThatGuy said it's "CHEAP" replace it at your will.

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DrtyRat

just as its not that difficult to skip over a post you don't like, no?
To the OP, no internet fighting here, I just felt I needed to defend my post as it was being taken out of context.

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8 bbux, not to shabby at all for 8 bux

hustlervibes

I bought it today and put it on. Looks decent, not as nice because I have a kouki, but it was really bugging me how I had sideskirts and my front bumper was angled up. I just got the one they had lying around, and it wasn't big enough either... where is the "big" one?

Anyway, I'll post up pics later. And YES this is just temporary until I get my yashio factory front bumper. Also, I can't justify spending 150+ on a USED kouki lip... so $10 and I'm satisfied. I just wish it was a little longer and went down further.

Addicted2Kouki

Understandable. I guess I misunderstood your comment.

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