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Old Jan 25, 2006 | 09:05 PM
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front lip durability?

to anyone that has a front lip...how is it holding up? i really like the gruppe-s one, but it is fiberglass, my car is lowered and i am afraid of it ultimately breaking...i know i will scrape it now and then. i am sure the carbon ones will hold up pretty well, but which ones are actually full carbon and not just an overlay? does anyone make urethane anymore? any info is appreciated.
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Old Jan 25, 2006 | 09:08 PM
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i know if the roads there are like PA it won't last long. and i've had carbon lips before and they love to crack when bottomed out.
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Old Jan 25, 2006 | 09:28 PM
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I beat the hell out of my streetconcepts one and it has held up great.
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Old Jan 25, 2006 | 09:28 PM
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I beat the hell out of my streetconcepts one and it has held up great.
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Old Jan 25, 2006 | 10:21 PM
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Old Jan 27, 2006 | 06:24 PM
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what is the street concepts lip made of? any more opinions? i just want to see what will hold up well.
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Old Jan 27, 2006 | 06:47 PM
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A friend of mine was running a carbon fibre one the last time we went to the ring I don't think it lasted the week
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Old Jan 28, 2006 | 02:16 PM
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Originally Posted by aberabee
what is the street concepts lip made of? any more opinions? i just want to see what will hold up well.
Fiberglass wrapped in Carbon Fiber. I have hit some really bad things with it and thought for sure it was toast, but turned out to be just some deep scrapes on the underside.
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Old Jan 28, 2006 | 02:21 PM
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I had mine from streetconcept for a week and there's a crack in it already. You won't notice until you look at it closely. So far so good, I still have it on. I have the same question, how long will it last until I get a new one? That's why I didn't lower my car, just for that reason. I'm the type to go as fast as I can over the speed bumps
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Old Jan 28, 2006 | 02:55 PM
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Ironically enough I just hit a metal bar on the high way today at about 100 MPH and messed mine up pretty bad. It like shattered all the glaze where it hit.

It's ruined.

They need an insurance/replacement plan. Haha.
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Old Jan 28, 2006 | 08:44 PM
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oops. sorry about the jinx man. time to get a new lip, huh?
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Old Jan 29, 2006 | 01:27 AM
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I hit a big tire tread form a tractor trailer with my streetsconcepts lip and it help up fine. I though for sure it was gonna be broke or about to fall off, but it wasn't. It is beat to hell though. It looks like crap right now so I'm just gonna sand it down a bit and paint it gloss black.
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Old Jan 29, 2006 | 03:32 AM
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yea i had the gruppe-s fiberglass one....held up very well for about 6 months then decided to sell it never cracked on me..and i was runing on s-techs the drop was about 4-5inches off the ground in front....but then again i live in san jose ca and roads arent super bad here
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