DIY: Home Depot Front Lip

[bicho]

A friend of mine did this on his wrx and since it came out pretty clean I decided to do it myself. All you need is a garage door bottom seal from your local home depot which goes for about $8.67 for 9ft, and of course some screws. Double sided tape is optional.

The Garage Door Bottom Seal I purchased looked like this:



This is a before shot with the main ingredient laying on the ground:




Align and stretch the seal along the bottom of your bumper to see where to cut the excess. Unfortunately, being that I suffer from chronic laziness I did not measure it for you, I apologize. You'll soon learn that you must cut around some plastic which is on your bumper to have the seal sit correctly. The following pic shows the simple cut I made to get around the plastic:






Now simply start carefully screwing the seal to your bumper where you see fit. If you choose to use double sided tape this is where you'd need it to help the seal stick b4 you start poking holes through your bumper.



Thats it. After shots:

[Sle.simon]

didn't look too promising fro the first pics but he final result is pretty impressive! looks stock. need better pics and how screws did you use?

[06Civic2nv]

can you take more pics please? doesnt look to bad.. but gotta see more

[Matauz]

That turned out pretty good :O Props for trying something new

[Mafia_Kustoms]

looks pretty cool! i'd like to see some more pics too. just a question...does it flap around or bend down while driving on the highway from wind hitting it...i know u screwed it on but its still made of rubber and the front is just sticking out so i figured it mite bend under pressure

[CarlinoSalazar]

thats not bad for $8.67. If i didn't already have a lip i would try this out.

[camaroto07si]

at first i was like WTF?!?!? but it turned out pretty cool...nice job

[2007SilverCivicSI]

lol. that's pretty cool. I wanna see how this would look on a asm. fun $10 project.

[Angelsi06]

Wow... that actually looks good in the few pics you gave us. Clean up your car n give us some day shots!!

[jethroooo]

looks good. want to try it out.

but I'm lost.where did you use the screws to screw it on?

[bicho]

I had 1-1/2 inch wood screws laying around and that's what I ended up using. If there is a better recommendation someone else please feel free.

Originally Posted by Mafia_Kustoms

looks pretty cool! i'd like to see some more pics too. just a question...does it flap around or bend down while driving on the highway from wind hitting it...i know u screwed it on but its still made of rubber and the front is just sticking out so i figured it mite bend under pressure

well I put it on last night and drove to and from school today (highway round trip 18 miles) and I didnt hear nor feel n e flapping. As far as bending, after parking it looks the same as when i put it on so I'd have to get a buddy of mine in front of me while driving to physically see it bending if it bends at all.

Originally Posted by jethroooo

looks good. want to try it out.

but I'm lost.where did you use the screws to screw it on?

the screws go right underneath and through the rubber seal up into the bumper. Once you start seeing where you want the rubber seal to go you get an idea of placing screws. I probably put one every 4-6 inches.


Here's a few more pics (no wash tho =/):

[jethroooo]

hmm, I can tell where you put the screws at from the bumps/creases I see.

[FG-JOE]

looks good, ima do this after work today

[Mafia_Kustoms]

Those pics are better! I like it. Let me kno if u find out about the flapping. i just wouldn't want to look like a tool going down the road with something looking like its falling off or flapping around aimlessly lol

[xrs54]

Hmm, idk about this.

Props though for doing something new.

[KSOAZN]

ANYONE know how it would look on 08 sedan?

[jdm free]

Originally Posted by xrs54

Hmm, idk about this.

Props though for doing something new.

new not really. home depot lips are lame

[xrs54]

^Oh, well it's the first one I've seen.

[Mcgruber]

for something so ghetto.... it looks pretty good... nice and form fitting =)

[Sle]

haha this is old school we use to use the garen rail
thing and put them on our eg,ek,bb4 etc.