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Old 10-28-09, 11:50 AM
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Wall base? Like wood?
Sounds like its not gonna hold up. But it does look good!
Old 10-28-09, 11:56 AM
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Interested in its durability...but looks pretty damn good, especially after the respray I'm sure. Just hope it doesn't crack on you. Kudos
Old 10-28-09, 12:45 PM
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Originally Posted by saurah
Wall base? Like wood?
Sounds like its not gonna hold up. But it does look good!
THANKS!!! haha nope wall base as in VINYL/RUBBER piece you see in restaurants with tile floors not the wooden ones you see in your room haha. I wanted to check the durability before I posted....so it stayed on and had kept its form after couple of months of driving from inner streets and highway driving (80-100mph). I do scrape it.....but it doesn't ache my heart since it cost me a total of 5 dollars to make it and I know I can just respray it.


Durability was the key...I didn't want it to warp or form waves after drives so I glued 14 gauge metal duct hanger strap or you can use metal garden dividers with heavy duty black silicone (same stuff I used when I cleared my 95-96 tails). This makes it rigid yet flexible enough to manipulate around the bumper, then I screwed it to underneath the bumper with regular screws with washers....I'll let you know if it holds up after the snow storm though...it's getting crazy out here......these are not the stuff I used but just to get a fill on the materails I used.
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Old 10-28-09, 01:39 PM
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what did you use to mount it?
Old 10-28-09, 02:29 PM
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Dude, that is Bad@ss! Where the hell did you get the how-to?!
Old 10-28-09, 06:47 PM
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Originally Posted by KA8
Great job! looking to do this for my SC soon. Much better than spending $150 for a beat up oem one.
I spent like 8$ on mine, after cash for clunkers, there's some prime pickings at the junk yards.
Old 10-28-09, 09:04 PM
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Hmm... sounds interesting. Time for a DIY? I don't think anyone can argue with a $5 price tag.
Old 10-28-09, 10:16 PM
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looks great. I have a 92 SC400 front bumper that is missing the oem "lip", can i still make a wall base lip fit right???
Old 10-28-09, 10:22 PM
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Need a close up from far it looks GREAT !
Old 10-28-09, 11:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Black Fire
Dude, that is Bad@ss! Where the hell did you get the how-to?!
Thanks! I just sorta did it myself...it was a pain to wrap it around the bumper by myself though haha
Originally Posted by attzor
I spent like 8$ on mine, after cash for clunkers, there's some prime pickings at the junk yards.
Man that is an awesome deal!!! If I was able to find one for that price I would ****** it....but not many SCs in junk yards located in Colorado so I've yet to find one....

Originally Posted by saurah
Hmm... sounds interesting. Time for a DIY? I don't think anyone can argue with a $5 price tag.
I would if weather and time permits....maybe next time when OneJay is back in colorado...but that's up to him haha. $5 was for paint as I have the other materials in the garage...not sure how much it would be total....probably $10-$30.

Originally Posted by boosted4.6
looks great. I have a 92 SC400 front bumper that is missing the oem "lip", can i still make a wall base lip fit right???
I don't see why not because it's flexible enough for you to bend around the bumper. It's true that 92 and 95+ bumpers are different but if 92 OEM lip can be added to 95+ ones then it should be interchangeble. Then again, this is just a mimic of the OEM lip, if you find an OEM for decent price take it
Originally Posted by imarshall
Need a close up from far it looks GREAT !
Thanks! I'll try to get some...when weather permits, but I'll tell you right now that OEM looks better hahaha. All kidding aside...I'll try to rethink some steps and improve it before I attempt to do a DIY or anything of that nature.

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Old 10-28-09, 11:12 PM
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Originally Posted by turbodremz
what did you use to mount it?
At first I wanted to use heavy duty 3m double sided tape like many have used for lip kits...but it was a pain to do by myself so I just screwed it to the bottom of the front bumper with regular outdoor screws with washers so that it doesn't tear the vinyl/rubber....
Old 10-29-09, 01:08 AM
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Factory lip is black, ...... this one NEEDS to be as well given the option on painting to match.
Old 11-20-09, 09:21 PM
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any update pics?
Old 11-20-09, 09:24 PM
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I'm a fan, nice work.
Old 11-22-09, 08:57 AM
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I like it! can i get one in black, please?


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