ndmx52 Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 Since the weather is so nice I spent a couple days painting up my lip and threw it on for a quick peak. Should have it on for good by the weekend. Grey Primer $6 Paintscratch.com BSM spray $34 Duplicolor Clear coat $6 Oh, It's a D2 lip BTW. I was one of the 'lucky' ones that got mine. Had to do some fiberglass patching to fix the cracks from shipping. Update: Finished wet sanding, waxing, and mounted the lip. Took a couple quick pics. The sad thing is my paint on the lip looks much better, up close, than my bumper's beat paint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2oo5Gt Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 GrrrrR at D2.. I'm still waiting on my lip. Looks very nice painted! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanger Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 "The fitment is terrible... it's secure by tapes??" lol jk jk nice job on the DIY painting ○ ○ ○ Instagram: itshangertime :spin: ○ ○ ○ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spartan Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 Looks good, too bad about the quality. How bad were the cracks? Are you afraid of it breaking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ndmx52 Posted March 22, 2010 Author Share Posted March 22, 2010 The cracks could have been worse, but I think my fiberglass bandages may be the strongest part of the lip now. I am pretty afraid it will shatter at some point. That's mainly the reason I painted it myself. I'll keep the lip on until God says otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ndmx52 Posted April 13, 2013 Author Share Posted April 13, 2013 Surprisingly this thing lasted three years. At the end of the winter we got dumped on with snow. I was maybe in a rally spirit and was going too quick in the deep, heavy, wet stuff. Didn't notice that it had ripped off at first. Went to go find it and it looked like it had been run over a few time. Purchased a JNA polyurethane lip to replace it. Just go it back from paint and will be mounting today. If you are wondering why I didn't go DIY with the paint again, its because of the chips. Since I couldn't replicate the flex agent in the paint, I was left with millions of chips. It doesn't help that I live in Michigan and they dump thousands of pounds of salt and dirt on the roads every winter. Anyways, new pics coming soon.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ndmx52 Posted April 13, 2013 Author Share Posted April 13, 2013 Here it is. The paint came out great, but I'm not the biggest fan of the JNA lip. It sags a bit in the middle (hard to tell from this picture) and there are some open gaps in the center portion as well, similar to the guys that mod the WRX lip to fit. Hopefully once it gets warmer and its locked into a position, some of the shape will come back. http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk65/ndmx52/EF18F497-DDDB-4EE8-9E71-25DC8B940518-7321-000002C411DF3CF3_zps8764964b.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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