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Hey guys, I'm lookin to complete my car's exterior look for the year before I settle down and start REALLY savin for that house/condo/cardboard box...I wanna grab a rear lip for my EL (exact same applications as sedan), and I have a couple ideas. Keepin in mind my modified C-West RSX front lip and OEM sides, I wanna know if anyone else has opinions or suggestions on the following:
Civic Type A:
Civic Type B:
Xenon:
Kaminari (I'd prolly try to find some kinda replica):
Any others? Due to cost I'd rather not get a full replacement bumper. Also, I gotta ask an opinion: I went out of my way to find a polyurethane front lip (no scrapes yet, knock on woody) and OEM (ABS?) sides to avoid cracking should any undue contact occur with curb/bump/small animal/person in my way...now should I really be that concerned about my rear lip or do you think a fglass rear lip will be OK? Has anyone here REALLY scraped/smashed a rear lip? Thanks guys, I know this is a n00bified post....
[edit:man I can NOT spell today!!!]
Civic Type A:
Civic Type B:
Xenon:
Kaminari (I'd prolly try to find some kinda replica):
Any others? Due to cost I'd rather not get a full replacement bumper. Also, I gotta ask an opinion: I went out of my way to find a polyurethane front lip (no scrapes yet, knock on woody) and OEM (ABS?) sides to avoid cracking should any undue contact occur with curb/bump/small animal/person in my way...now should I really be that concerned about my rear lip or do you think a fglass rear lip will be OK? Has anyone here REALLY scraped/smashed a rear lip? Thanks guys, I know this is a n00bified post....
[edit:man I can NOT spell today!!!]
Last edited by TeLLy; Aug 6, 2003 at 07:39 AM.
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Rep Power: 0 i like the kaminari, but i think the type a would be a better match with what you have now, the others might hang a bit too low and make your sides look funny .....
for some strange reason, i always thought the type a was flipped the other way around.... ie upside down from how the piac above has it........
for some strange reason, i always thought the type a was flipped the other way around.... ie upside down from how the piac above has it........
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Rep Power: 0 I say the TypeB. It's just a bit more aggressive, like your front lip, but subtle enough to mesh in with your OEM sides. The kaminari is too aggresive and wouldn't flow. Make sure to mesh up those 3 slots of the TypeB though 
The TypeA is just so... plain... and I dunno about you guys, but it really looks fugly... I'm not too impressed with the way it angles upwards (well, for obvious reasons, so that you don't scrape it)
The TypeA is just so... plain... and I dunno about you guys, but it really looks fugly... I'm not too impressed with the way it angles upwards (well, for obvious reasons, so that you don't scrape it)
Last edited by FurBall; Aug 6, 2003 at 11:08 AM.
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Rep Power: 0 One more thing.... Just make sure that if you do get something like the TypeB (it looks kinda "tall"), that you end of with the same level as your front lip and sides... You don't want a saggy looking butt!
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