So im thinking about painting my other front bumper this weekend, and I dont know if I want to do the OEM lip as well this weekend OR if I should wait and do my molding into my bumper I have on the car now and paint that later on too.

That was confusing.

But heres the lip.

 

don't mold anything to the bumper.. that's just asking for trouble..

is that the USDM lip? i can't tell. my brother has the JDM type S lip.. i really like that one.

 

Hows it asking for problems?

Pinholes, plastic welding and a smidge of plastic filler.

And its USDM

 

Quite the run-on sentence.

 

Haha yeah I know, and that's why I go to school for body work not english.

 

i don't know.. i could think of several potentials..

- what if you need to remove the lip one day for whatever reason?
- what if you damage the lip and need to replace it?
- what if you happen to bottom out and smack the lip? how will the filler hold up?
- how will the filler hold up to vibrations?

etc. etc.

i don't know.. i think the OEM lips look great without being molded in anyway...

 

I too would never mold the lip to the bumper, but that's just me.

 

Well those are some things we thought about and the lip itself is only $160, and I have a spare front bumper. SO we were thinking about painting the extra bumper I have now, minus the lip, and experimenting with the other bumper.

 

Don't waste a perfectly good back-up bumper

 

Its was cheap and how is it wasting it? Im making something look the way I WANT IT.