You dont have to take the bumper off.... just find the screws under the grille with the bumper still on and take them off.. then at the top take off all the screws or whatever they are called and just undo the bumper inbetween the headlights and the grille and slide the grille up. What i did for mesh was take the plastic of and use a dremel tool to cut the plastic grille piece out of the plastic frame, dont cut the frame. After you do that sand the frame down smooth where you cut the grille from. then slide your cut mesh piece inbetween the grille and the plastic piece and screw them together again.

 

Sorry DarkInfluence, but the only pics I have of the process are the ones I posted on the last thread. The pics came out ****ty, but thats all I have. If I have time tomorrow I'll take some more closeups. There is no link on how to do it that I know off, I just figured it out myself. I went through 2 years of school for paint and body, but if you have patience you could probably do it. I can give you detailed instructions if you want let me know. Sorry to whore your thread Jazezy

 

I recommend getting a CTR lip, much less of a hassle.

 

Yes please by all means do what you have to do for more instructions cause I just love that lip.

The Type R lip that ou had previously for your car was just too damn big. Maybee if it was a little smaller then you wouldn't have to have used the 99-00 lip.

The other type lips for the 96-98 like the one with the holes looks like added **** and the really small lip that bolts onto just the bottom which doesn't overlap at all looks like add ****.

The one you have looks perfect it's not too big and not too small very clean.

 

Supplies:
Structural plastic repair(paint supply store)
plastic spreader
fiberglass cloth and resin



here is the gap of the Si lip on my 98






The first thing you need to do is make molds of the sides w/ fiberglass.

Make the mold here:



You will use these to hold the pieces together when your putting the plastic filler on. I don't have the molds here with me at school otherwise I'd take pics of them. Make the molds about 8-10 inches long on the side of each lip where you will be cutting. Use about three layers of fiberglass so they will be stiff. Next decide where you want to cut. I cut about 3 inches from the edge.

Cut around here:



The measured gap was 7/8 of an inch. The cut was made with a jig saw. Then put the lip and the portion of the lip that you cut off inside the fiberglass mold you make. Use something to hold the pieces to the mold. I don't know what the things are called that I used. They're black and are sold a grocery stores. Like clothes pins but much smaller and stronger. After the peices are inside the mold measure the gap to make sure its 7/8 of an inch. Cut some fiberglass cloth 7/8 of inch wide by whatever the height of the lip is. mix the plastic repair and spread it onto several pieces of the cloth. Begin filling the gap with serveral layers of cloth on the backside of the lip. The fiberglass mold is used as a backing when filling the gap. Once you get enough layers to fill the gap, finish the back off with a couple large pieces over the gap.

This pic sucks but you can kinda see where the gap is filled:



Heres what the backside looks like:


Allow that to dry, remove the mold and sand down the front side of the lip. Apply a layer of plastic repair to the front side and sand smooth with 80 grit on a block. Continue applying layers and sanding until you get the right contour. Spray primer filler and sand until all the imperfections are gone.

This is really hard to explain so if it doesn't make since just ask questions.

 

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Would you agree with me that the 99-00 lip is the best for our year?

Im affraid to do that. I wish you had more pics cause im the type that needs things drawn out for me or i get lost. LOL

Thanks soo much ill try to put together your old and new instructions and see if i can make a better toturial or somthing. Ill post and see what you like. First off I cant do anything till i myself understand it all LOLOLOL. Its soo confusing i think i need to take the classes you went to to understand all of what you said.

Thanks soo much for the effort

 

Yea i agree that the 99-00 Si lip looks the best on our cars. Plus, its more original. I haven't seen any other 96-98 civics with one, although I'm sure they're out there.

Do you have the lip yet? I regret not taking more pictures. I'll remember that next time I do bodywork.

 

Im sure if you ever see it out there then its custom. There is no place to buy a 99-00 lip for a 98 that fits correctly. Anyway I want to take this time to cry because I will never be able to get that beautiful lip to fit on my car. Here I go

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Ok well thsts that.

I should go back in time and force you to take pics well actually i should have recorded the process live. DAMN YOU

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Eventually I will make a mold of my lip out of fiberglass. Then i can copy it and sell them. But with 18 hours of school and work on the weekends I just don't have time. I graduate in 2 months, I'll probably do it then.

Try and find a lip thats beat up for real cheap, that way if you mess it up it won't hurt your wallet to bad. Thats the great thing about bodywork. If you mess up you can always start over.

 

Do you have AIM or chat on irc cause im on dalnet #ComicScans as OblivionLord and my AIM nick is SurturDeath. I would rather talk directly with you and jot down steps. thanks