R33 Gtr Front Lip

[TommO]

Hi SAU,

The previous owner of my 97 S3 GTR painted the front lip white, due to marks on the front lip. I'd like to put a black one back on (I've uploaded a pic of the car with the white lip to show why haha)

Are there any differences between S1/S2/S3 lips?

Any idea where I can get a cheaper replacement front lip? I found one on powerplay imports but it was $1.4k!

Thanks

Tommo.

Ps. See the new marks on the right photo? Blame my driveway before I completed my autosalon degree...

Edited October 10, 2007 by TommO

[ferni]

That looks like a series1 or 2 front lip... think they are very similar.

Series 3 is a bit deeper/bigger....

Brand new from Nissan S1 lip is about 900, S3 lip is about 1300....

Yes just for the lip. If you want the original black look then you may have to fork out that kind of money. You would be better off just painting yours black.

Honestly i think yours looks fine, maybe just buff the black marks off yours, or repaint it white.

Original Lips are plastic and flexible and very expensive. Copies are usually fiberglass and the first time you hit them they will shatter

Series 3 front lip on my car:

http://ferni.net/photos/Cars/0605_RacingLi...ay/target7.html

[Ant97GTR]

Ferni...that is a series 3 lip mate

Yep S3 lip are waaaay more expensive than they should be but thats the going rate for them. If yours is an original lip then you can take it to a paint shop to get it stripped back to its plastic colour which is kinda dark grey. Once you have done that you can get a can or two of K&H bumper and trim paint in satin black and give it a spray.

[ferni]

You're right. It was to early in the morning for me

[TommO]

Thanks guys... respray in matt black looks like the best option

[N1GTR]

I know its not an S3 R33 but when i got mine it was painted white, took it off and went to advanced sandblasting at brookvale, $70 later it was back to new, on the way home i stopped at bunnings and got a can of black spraypaint - check the results below

The guys at andvanced sandblasting werent too happy to be doing a car part so i was just REALLY polite and didnt push them for time - then they were happy to do it

[TommO]

Hey mate,

Long time no speak (you came down to see the mines gtr @ Wakefield, if you remember). That conversion looks great... cheers

After they blasted it back, wasn't it back to black plastic anyway, or did it still have some resedue?

Edited October 11, 2007 by TommO

[Beer Baron]

you cannot blast it back to factory finish. once it's painted it can't go back to the factory grey, because when you blast it it removes and marks the top layer of rubber and it will look terrible if not painted. just paint it grey black, black stonguard type paint it good.

I did my 32. it had been painted white, and some of the white paint flaked off. Got it done in a grey textured paint that looks very very close to factory finish.

i've also done my grey GTR lip back to factory style finish as it was painted body colour too and looked pretty average.

the silver GTR i had already had the lip in factory style finish. looked awesome. S3 lip too.

[TommO]

That 33 GTR lip looks great, exactly how I dream of mine being. Are you saying I shouldn't sand blast it Richard, rather just get it sprayed by a panel beater?

So the plan of attack will be:

1. Remove lip from bar

2. Find somewhere who can blast it (anyone got any places to recommend that do car stuff?)

3. Paint grey-black colour

4. Re-fit

and it'll be back looking to stock. Sounds easy

I'll post photos once it's done

Edited October 11, 2007 by TommO

[Beer Baron]

yeah, you can't just have the paint blasted off unfortunately and leave it that way. it will look like ass.

It's just as easy to take the whole car there.

they can remove, strip, paint, refit and bob's your uncle. I did both my 32s at sydney central smash repair and I was happy with both jobs. both my 33s still had their lip in factory condition thank god colour coded lips are lame.

[TommO]

Yeah, i'm not a huge fan of it being colour coded.. damn previous owner doing things I can't change easily haha

I think i'll take it to a panel beater. This mod will either make or break the cars visual appeal hahahah..

Any idea what paint you used? It looks spot on factory

Thanks for all your help so far.

Edited October 11, 2007 by TommO

[ferni]

colour coded lips are lame.

Except on purple cars... ..|..

[GT-R32]

I still don't know whether to do colour or black... Hmmmm.

I was gonna get a fibreglass one because hey are so cheap, but if they shatter... I am confused now. Be careful perhaps? I would love to get a smaller one than the standard S3 lip, it's very low hanging. Anyone have any ideas?

[ferni]

Don't go fibreglass....

Original S3 lip is the way. Looks much better than the s1/2. But i'm sure there are plenty of people on here who would trade thier S1/2 lip for your S3 lip

The only choice you have is leave it colour coded or paint it black.

[GT-R32]

Don't go fibreglass....

Original S3 lip is the way. Looks much better than the s1/2. But i'm sure there are plenty of people on here who would trade thier S1/2 lip for your S3 lip

The only choice you have is leave it colour coded or paint it black.

I've got the original S3 lip, but it's just damaged from the previous owner, may possible be able to be prepared. I was worried about it being damaged again is all, since the previous owner seemed to damage it so thoroughly. Is it easy to bump?

If I bought a genuine S3 lip, I'd leave it black unless I was definite I wanted to paint it silver. If the genuine lips were half what they actually cost, I'd buy one no sweat, but $1k+ is not cheap.

[ferni]

Ahh sorry dude, i got you mixed up with the OP.

If you can repair the original S3 lip you have, go that, colour coded.

If not, keep an eye out on here and on yahoo auctions for an original Lip. In the end it's up to you. You're car

[N1GTR]

Hey mate,

Long time no speak (you came down to see the mines gtr @ Wakefield, if you remember). That conversion looks great... cheers

After they blasted it back, wasn't it back to black plastic anyway, or did it still have some resedue?

Yeah afterwards it had zero residue on it (they did a great job), i had a few scratches on it from gutters etc that i had to sand back but then it was all good to go with the black paint

I wouldve left it grey but i like the contrast against the white, and the IC area is black anyway so that matches IMO, pls te grey makes it look a bit too old

Congrats on the buy

I used advanced sandblasting at brookvale, they did a great job