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Addicted2Kouki · 11-18-2007, 01:17 AM

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.

HKSdrift3r · 11-18-2007, 01:20 AM

looks good, especially for the price!!

Good job

soreballz · 11-18-2007, 01:57 AM

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

*downshift_sideways* · 11-18-2007, 02:03 AM

looks cool , post pics when its on..

and I love your avatar.

hurts my eyes.

DreamN · 11-18-2007, 02:19 AM

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

Addicted2Kouki · 11-18-2007, 03:51 AM

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Originally Posted by soreballz

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

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.

Quote:

Originally Posted by downshift_sideways

looks cool , post pics when its on..

and I love your avatar.

hurts my eyes.

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

Quote:

Originally Posted by DreamN

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

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.

.:SD240SX:. · 11-18-2007, 04:18 AM

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

kawika219 · 11-18-2007, 04:34 AM

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*** · 11-18-2007, 05:33 AM

What is Diamond Loc?

jackjack · 11-18-2007, 10:56 AM

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

Addicted2Kouki · 11-18-2007, 11:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by S14DB

What is Diamond Loc?

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.

diomedes · 11-18-2007, 12:58 PM

Wow, nice job! Looks good too.

bardabe · 11-18-2007, 01:10 PM

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

DrtyRat · 11-18-2007, 01:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by S14DB

What is Diamond Loc?

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.

abstrakt · 11-18-2007, 02:07 PM

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

lflkajfj12123 · 11-18-2007, 02:24 PM

looks much better than the average home depot lip good job

kawika219 · 11-18-2007, 03:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 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.

thats exactly what it is

Quote:

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

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

89singlecamnoob · 11-18-2007, 03:19 PM

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

DrtyRat · 11-18-2007, 04:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 89singlecamnoob

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

Quote:

Originally Posted by Addicted2Kouki

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

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

JRas · 11-18-2007, 04:28 PM

I demand a picture of it on your car

Addicted2Kouki · 11-18-2007, 05:11 PM

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.

Quote:

Originally Posted by DrtyRat

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

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.

slideways2004 · 11-18-2007, 05:58 PM

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.

[URL=http://imageshack.us]

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 · 11-18-2007, 06:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 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.

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.

Addicted2Kouki · 11-18-2007, 06:38 PM

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.

Temple240 · 11-18-2007, 06:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 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.

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 · 11-18-2007, 07:12 PM

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

DrtyRat · 11-18-2007, 07:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Temple240

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

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.

cloudstrife930 · 11-18-2007, 08:37 PM

8 bbux, not to shabby at all for 8 bux

hustlervibes · 11-18-2007, 09:24 PM

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 · 11-18-2007, 09:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 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.

Understandable. I guess I misunderstood your comment.

11-18-2007, 02:03 AM	#4
downshift_sideways No Limit Soldier. Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Hayward CA, San Gabriel CA Age: 37 Posts: 5,550 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: downshift_sideways Feedback Score: 0 reviews	looks cool , post pics when its on.. and I love your avatar. hurts my eyes. __________________ allntrlundrgrnd: "you never really appreciate your parents fridge until you look into your own and its full of condiments only"

11-18-2007, 02:19 AM	#5
DreamN Post Whore! Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: SoCal - 818 Age: 39 Posts: 10,692 Trader Rating: (54) Rides Gallery: DreamN Feedback Score: 54 reviews	not bad, is this an s14 only lip or can it be modified to fit the s13 (both pop-up and silvia fronts)? __________________ - Jimmy Wanted: TBD For Sale: TBD

11-18-2007, 05:33 AM	#9
*S14DB* AFC #1 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: 昨晩あなたのお母さんの家 Posts: 20,181 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	What is Diamond Loc? __________________ Comments should be taken as Opinions not as Statements of Fact

11-18-2007, 01:10 PM	#13
bardabe Post Whore! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: SoCal Age: 34 Posts: 4,719 Trader Rating: (10) Rides Gallery: bardabe Feedback Score: 10 reviews	RnD at its finest right now lol Ver 2 is definetly allot better. nice job __________________ Review Thread

11-18-2007, 03:19 PM	#18
89singlecamnoob Zilvia Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Minot AFB, ND Age: 35 Posts: 248 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	looks good, i may have to make a trip to the depot myself. __________________ "Alfa Romeo builds cars to be as good as a car can be...briefly." -Clarkson

11-18-2007, 01:20 AM	#2
HKSdrift3r Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Central Jersey Posts: 347 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	looks good, especially for the price!! Good job

11-18-2007, 04:18 AM	#7
.:SD240SX:. BANNED Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Your mom's house. Age: 41 Posts: 31 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	thats smart and hella clean looking, wayyy better than the other homedepot lip.

11-18-2007, 04:34 AM	#8
kawika219 Zilvia Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Hawaii Posts: 283 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	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

11-18-2007, 10:56 AM	#10
jackjack Post Whore! Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Chi Posts: 2,899 Trader Rating: (2) Feedback Score: 2 reviews	not bad. not bad at all. get some better pics when you get a chance.

11-18-2007, 12:58 PM	#12
diomedes Zilvia Addict Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Norcal Posts: 720 Trader Rating: (8) Feedback Score: 8 reviews	Wow, nice job! Looks good too.

11-18-2007, 02:07 PM	#15
abstrakt Leaky Injector Join Date: May 2003 Location: Saint Petersburg, FL Age: 37 Posts: 50 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	What is the "diamond loc" made of? Urethane or is it plastic? Basically..How easily could it crack and break?

11-18-2007, 02:24 PM	#16
lflkajfj12123 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: 　　　　　　　　 Posts: 8,483 Trader Rating: (20) Feedback Score: 20 reviews	looks much better than the average home depot lip good job

11-18-2007, 04:28 PM	#20
JRas Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Arizona Age: 35 Posts: 1,503 Trader Rating: (2) Feedback Score: 2 reviews	I demand a picture of it on your car __________________

11-18-2007, 05:58 PM	#22
slideways2004 Nissanaholic! Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Houston Age: 37 Posts: 1,706 Trader Rating: (6) Feedback Score: 6 reviews	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. [URL=http://imageshack.us] 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

11-18-2007, 07:12 PM	#26
JRas Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Arizona Age: 35 Posts: 1,503 Trader Rating: (2) Feedback Score: 2 reviews	I like it for $8 like ThatGuy said it's "CHEAP" replace it at your will. __________________

11-18-2007, 08:37 PM	#28
cloudstrife930 Leaky Injector Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: long island NY Age: 43 Posts: 64 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	8 bbux, not to shabby at all for 8 bux

11-18-2007, 09:24 PM	#29
hustlervibes Banned from the Marketplace Join Date: May 2006 Location: Southern California Rep Power: ∞ Age: 35 Posts: 2,453 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	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.