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Old Jul 17, 2012 | 02:35 AM
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retro fitting lips to ss bumper?

I was thinking of installing a lip on my bumper bit everyone has the ss lip so I was thinking of retrofitting a mugen lip off a honda or the type r lip. Anyone know the length of the civic bumpers? Maybe i can install it on my bumper
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Old Jul 17, 2012 | 02:44 AM
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Just get the ss lip. Everyone does it because it looks good lol
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Old Jul 17, 2012 | 02:55 AM
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I plan to haha but just wondering if it fit to be different :/
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Old Jul 17, 2012 | 02:57 AM
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If the Honda lip will fit? Or the ss lip?
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Old Jul 17, 2012 | 03:00 AM
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The lip from a Honda Is probably a completely different shape.
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Old Jul 17, 2012 | 03:08 AM
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It could fit with some modifications to it.
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Old Jul 17, 2012 | 03:37 AM
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I willget the ss lip later on but just wondering it I could make the honda lip fit lol I was thinking of doing something custom like molding a lip of another car on to our ss bumpers
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Old Jul 17, 2012 | 08:39 AM
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With time and money, anything's possible. Just a question of if you want to spend that time and the money, or just go with a route that you know looks good and is possibly cheaper in the long run.
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Old Jul 17, 2012 | 08:45 AM
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Id love the ITR lip. Thatd be cool.
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Old Jul 17, 2012 | 09:01 AM
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doo eat
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Old Jul 17, 2012 | 09:40 AM
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one member on here molded a focus lip to his SS bumper. it doesnt look THATTT bad
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Old Jul 17, 2012 | 01:20 PM
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It can be done if you're good with fiberglass. It's for sure not gonna be a trim and fit process.
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Old Jul 17, 2012 | 01:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Cobalt08LS
one member on here molded a focus lip to his SS bumper. it doesnt look THATTT bad
yea who is that guy again... i actually think his looks really good
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Old Jul 17, 2012 | 01:33 PM
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Whip out the dremel and a heat gun and go to town
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Old Jul 17, 2012 | 01:54 PM
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Originally Posted by 2009CobaltLT
Whip out the dremel and a heat gun and go to town
this ^^^^^

take some measurements and look for a car with a similar width ( or wider) an start cuting/ molding
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Old Jul 17, 2012 | 03:51 PM
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Whip out the dremel and a heat gun and go to town
This is what I was thinking but doesn't urathane go back **** original shape?
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Old Jul 17, 2012 | 05:02 PM
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back ****
Back ****...

Anyway, it can be done. Its just a matter of how confident are you in custom fitting fiberglass parts?
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Old Jul 17, 2012 | 08:43 PM
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Hahaha I'm on my phone and the space doesn't work sometimes :/
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Old Jul 19, 2012 | 08:31 AM
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https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/appe...nt-lip-273044/

focus lip
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Old Jul 19, 2012 | 01:27 PM
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I saw it.. commented on the thread lol
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Old Jul 19, 2012 | 01:39 PM
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Damn tht doesn't look bad at all. Not my style but props
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Old Jul 20, 2012 | 12:27 AM
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Yea doesn't look bad but I liked it better when he cut it shorter. It looked good
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Old Jul 20, 2012 | 12:51 AM
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Could just rock the Garage door seal for now lol
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Old Jul 20, 2012 | 01:22 AM
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Haha hey it doesn't look too bad :P

If only there was more aftermarket cobalt ss lips :/
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Old Jul 20, 2012 | 01:26 AM
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sadly theres nothing tasteful out there. I do have 3 lips from different cars I believe one is from a old saturn, another from a volvo and another from a vw. all 3 are too short and cant reach across the whole bumper.
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