R34 Diy Front Lip Spray Done

[wilorichie]

Hey guys

Finally picked up the front lip I want (Yes, same as yours Charles) - Car mate has them for 280+shipping so called around. Got one from DMD which fit (Well pre-fitted) really well for $150 brand new.

Primed it yesterday. Sanded it really early this morning. Sprayed my colour coats on about 30 minutes later then sprayed the clear coat on about 5 hours after that - Just finished up and put it in the kitchen under the fan to hopefully speed things up. It's pretty shinny at the moment as the last coat is only about 1 hour old.

Looks like the camera picked up a few specks of dust which I can't actually see with plain sight :| but at least you get the idea...

autobarn did the paint up pretty well. They recommended I use a can rather than my air gun so I did and I am glad I listened to their advice.

Got away with only 400ml of paint (5 good coats). When I did my bumper on my 33 with the airgun, I ripped through quite a bit of paint and quickly.

[sonnyQ]

now everyone will start getting them

do you know if it is originally an aftermarket lip or a factory option?

p.s I like your dining suite

Edited July 1, 2011 by sonnyQ

[wilorichie]

Haha, sorry! Have you got one Clint?

I've been looking around for a couple of weeks now it took me a while to get my hands on it.

It's an aftermarket fiberglass model - It's quite light and flexible. Really happy with it - It's much better quality and better fitting than my old aftermarket trial front for my R33 which was from a random seller.

Will recommend DMD (Slacks Creek - 2 turns from Moss Street). Looks fairly good and didn't need much sanding done at all. I would of spent probably no more than an hour priming + sanding.

[sonnyQ]

yeah i've got one, it's unreal how much more agressive it makes the front look. Looking forward to trying out Charle's lip mod on it

[wilorichie]

Okay, I couldn't help myself. Everytime I walked into the kitchen I saw the lip sitting there... whispering in my ear to be installed and wow'd apon - So I listened and installed

Pretty happy with a can job - And pretty damn happy with DMDs product.

Took a couple of photos of it. The colours are really weird, for example the white 'glow' under the car is really just a shadow... and the car doesn't look as clean as it really is

[Charles89]

Oh wow... Nice work... It looks like it fitted WAY better than my fibreglass one

Might consider getting one from them lol.

Can you please take some pics of joints? Wanna see how light it hugs the bar

@sonnyQ - That lip is originally a factory option lip

[wilorichie]

Just about to head out to my brothers birthday breakky... will try and take some photos while its in the sun.

After that photo I walked past with a small bottle of paint and bloody dropped a bit on the lip right in the middle >< I wiped it off and it looked clean but it was pretty dark... can't believe it (*#$ ANGRY. Hope it really is clean now I'll get to see it in the sun soon.

Anyways, hopefully get some close up pics of the joints in a few hours.

[wilorichie]

Managed to get some close up photos of the joins for you charles

[sonnyQ]

nice job Richie - just need some smoked indicators now

[Charles89]

Man... The DIY paint job looks awesome lol, you have inspired me to paint my sideskirts

[wilorichie]

Haha its def worth it... In total I reckon I would of spent about 2 hours doing it (Not including the waiting around time)... Def worth the saving of $300+

We stopped by my mums house today on the way to see Transformers 3 (Friggen awesome) and on the way out, my misses was at the door already so I thought I'd quickly take a snap shot on my phone before letting her in

This is the first good photo I've been able to take since putting the front lip on.

[Charles89]

Her expression is like... "wtf did my bf just spent all that money on?!" lol

[wilorichie]

Actually thats my wife of almost 2 years now

[Jonno34]

that looks great man

my skylines the same colour as yours and I was wondering how this front lip would turn out!

I was planning to do it but my whole bumper is sagging pretty nasty .. took it to a panelbeaters who said the only way to fix it was to replace the whole bumper. might try to find something to match the impul sides/rear

[Charles89]

I think the front lip will actually match the flow of your skirts

Because at the front of the lip (front of your car), it's higher than the rear of the lip (wheel guards), which is the lowest point of the lip, which I think will match your skirts

Here's a pic of it side on. I've actually got some genuine Nismo sideskirts at home that I'm gonna put on I think the front lip will match the height of the skirts, then my rear DIY pods will match the skirts xD

EDIT:

I just went outside to test fit my Nismo skirts and it seems to line up pretty well with my lip and pods

[wilorichie]

that looks great man

my skylines the same colour as yours and I was wondering how this front lip would turn out!

I was planning to do it but my whole bumper is sagging pretty nasty .. took it to a panelbeaters who said the only way to fix it was to replace the whole bumper. might try to find something to match the impul sides/rear

I love this colour - I was specifically looking for this colour when purchasing the car

My old 33 had sagging front bumper but I fixed it up myself in about an hour. Took off the whole front bar and bent all the places the screws hold onto back up. I then chucked about $5 worth of fiberglass under the steel frame to give it a bit of support, drilled the holes again and put it back on - looked like brand new. Didn't take more than an hour - I almost busted my blinked though when I forgot to remove one of them...

This was a TRIAL front spoiler but I cut the bottom of it off because it was about 5cm off the ground lol.

Charles - That looks awesome. Will look really good when painted yellow. I'm also looking at getting the Aero skirts to match the front.... I would love some pods for my rear bumper but $300 bucks for a set? Seems a tad excessive in price for what you get. What are these DIY rear pods you are talking about?

[Charles89]

Well the rear pods are garage door seals Here's the thread to it http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/topic/367338-diy-universal-lip/

It cost me $25 for a roll, and since I only used 1/3 of the roll, the rear pods cost me less than $10 haha

Also, I have a pair of Nissan Aero sideskirts for sale, very good condition Let me know if you are interested

[wilorichie]

how much are they? how come you ain't using them? I reckon they go nicely with the lip Edited July 3, 2011 by wilorichie

[Charles89]

I ain't using it coz not long after I bought it, I found some genuine Nismo skirts

Also sent you PM with price

Nissan Altia/Aero sideskirts:

Nismo S-tune sideskirts:

[Converge]

Hey Charles,

A bit off topic here, but I was wondering if you had your wind deflectors sprayed or are they after market?

I was planning on pulling them off cause the color has gone off, but didn't want to risk breaking them, so I was going to mask the car off and get some black vinyl dye and dye them black.