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Old 02-02-04 | 06:42 PM
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Anyone knows if TTE makes a rear lip for the GS? Is this it?
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They do make one and that looks like it. Tom's also makes one (I have it on my GS).

Search, you should find some pics of Flash Gordon's GS - I think he has the TTE on his car.
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Carson had them for sale awhile ago & I think there's some kind of finish panels that go with the lip as well.
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Anyone knows if TTE makes a rear lip for the GS? Is this it?
That looks like it. The exhaust tip opening is a bit wider to accommodate the TTE quad exhaust. I heard you have to cut into the bumper to widen the opening.
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anyone have pics of it on a car... looks interesting...
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Originally posted by bluelex
anyone have pics of it on a car... looks interesting...
Pic from TTE site.
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Sweet!
man if that's the picture tte use to advertise their exhaust, i guarantee they lose more sales than they can gain. look at them, both sides are so off to each other and the right side is even crooked
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man....i wonder how much that rear lip cost, cause the only difference I see in regards to stock is that it has two vertical looking tabs going up in the middle....Im sure people can spot the difference on a light color car but put that on a dark color and only a lex enthusiast would be able to tell...
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Originally posted by PandaGS430
man....i wonder how much that rear lip cost, cause the only difference I see in regards to stock is that it has two vertical looking tabs going up in the middle....Im sure people can spot the difference on a light color car but put that on a dark color and only a lex enthusiast would be able to tell...
Tru dat. You can barely see my Tom's insert.
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Tru dat. You can barely see my Tom's insert.
is it more of a cosmetic mod?
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Originally posted by rominl
is it more of a cosmetic mod?
Yeah, just like any bodykit part. It doesn't make my GS go any faster or handle better except in my head

Here's the TTE on Flash Gordon's (also contrasting color - I personally prefer matching).



Before Dex sold his blue GS, we held my Tom's VA insert up against it to see how it would look on another color. Note it wasn't attached so not as close a fit as after you attach it.




Here's the Tom's VA300 piece on its own.


You can see it on my car in this pic OK... it just doesn't stand out much on a black car. You see it most apparently when you're standing near the car looking down - it 'swoops out' much more than OEM.

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it looks nice but it would have been nice if it would've wraped it around the sides also to make the sides of the rear bumper lower I like the insert but if only it had sides then you would be a ble to see it like the TTE lip hay maybe carson can make it one of there carson tuned items!! what do you guys think can some try a photoshop of the rear insert but with sides i know I would purchase it

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Originally posted by rominl
man if that's the picture tte use to advertise their exhaust, i guarantee they lose more sales than they can gain. look at them, both sides are so off to each other and the right side is even crooked
u hit it right on the nose... just very bad....


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