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Old Sep 8, 2013 | 09:00 PM
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Custom front lip guard

Received my jdp front lip. Quality is amazing.
I have seen many of these lips before and i know its the front left and right sides that will scratch the most. Having paid over $400 and then knowing that its gonna get destroyed probably as quick as 2 days or 2 years depending on your luck, it just upsets me.

Last time i let anyone else or mother nature decide my fate always end up ****ed up.
So a long time ago i tolded myself. Hell f*ck no.
I decide how i live. And i decide how my front lip will stay on my car.

Behold. Homemade front lip guard.

Got a sheet of HARD steel sheet. Not aluminum because aluminim is just not string enough as thin as this is. Hard steel sheet is very hard to work with and very hard to cut and drill. This process took me 5 hours from beginning to end to make.
I had no templates, had never done this before, but i had a vision.

Fyi, your trusty dremel will not work on this. You need a powerful hammer drill with a cutter front end connection to hook up some cutting wheels.

Picure time. From cut sheets to paint to rivets.













Time to enjoy the lip. And feel sorry for them road debris.
Cause they about to be cut up by my black galvanized metal sheets protecting my carbon ralliart lip. Suckas.
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Old Sep 9, 2013 | 06:28 AM
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Oh ****. Nice work bro. It's hardly noticeable and it will save that fine piece of CF.
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Old Sep 9, 2013 | 06:38 AM
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Old Sep 9, 2013 | 08:09 PM
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I just purchased www.frontlipguard.com from godaddy. Haha
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Old Sep 9, 2013 | 08:36 PM
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I like that! very well hidden and looks great!

Kyle
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Old Sep 9, 2013 | 08:46 PM
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THIS IS AWESOME, VERY CLEAN, VERY PROFESSIONAL. WELL DONE ! Hat tip to you !
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Old Sep 9, 2013 | 09:33 PM
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Now the question is, will it blend?

Lol nice work!
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Old Sep 9, 2013 | 09:43 PM
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Last edited by johnnnyjeans; Sep 9, 2013 at 11:37 PM.
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Old Sep 9, 2013 | 10:58 PM
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Old Sep 10, 2013 | 04:04 PM
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I would do the center too. I ALWAYS mess up the middle section too.
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Old Sep 11, 2013 | 01:45 AM
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Good Job! .. wow
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Old Sep 11, 2013 | 09:24 AM
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Originally Posted by popdakebin
I would do the center too. I ALWAYS mess up the middle section too.
that is definitely do-able.
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