I'm pretty sure I figured out a way of how to harden up the vinyl (Not reinforcing it, but rather changing the physical properties to make it stiff, yet a bit brittle) . I'm working on making sideskirts that won't look so ghetto out of this ****.

 

So basically.. not to insult any of you, but you guys want to fabricate your own front lip with building materials that aren't meant for a car and still have expectations that it looks good? Yet you continually nagged on my car for stupid little things ; ie. (wheel size, low drop, taillights, etc..) but then again i did ask for negative comments so, in the end the only thing left i have to say is I do think that the red maxima is probably the only one so far that can pull off the "lip" idea.

 

I was waiting for the thread to die..

I actually said that youre car looked good and not to listen to the maxima guys bc theyd hate just bc its a honda.

 

My stiffening project worked. I used 1/4" soft copper water line to support the cove base. I put one piece on top of the other, taped them together, then used the same Scotch brand tape to stick it to the back bottom of the lip. Its stiffer than a wedding p3cker.

 

i'm not hating.. i just think the one on the red maxima looks better, for the reason that it looks thinner and he might of took more time on his to perfect it? i'm not one to say, but his has a look yours doesn't? just my two cents..

 

so wanna share your method with the rest of us?

 

If you could make the rest of the kit out of that stuff then it'd be cool to try out. That fits my price range for a kit too.

LEMAR

 

you and 007 should make a write-up on how to stiffen it...

 

Yeah his does look better...I agree. Mine was too wide..

 

once i have pictures...

 

right, I think I was partially retarded when I made the post, I'll write it up in the A.M. after I get out of work.

 

If you do a whole body kit with the cove base material, a good match might be to find a cool pattern wallpaper and wallpaper the rest of the car. And we could put an office cubicle partition between the front and back seats with a computer, office phone and a cut out Dilbert cartoon pasted to it. The name of the car would then have to change too. Perhaps, MaxCorpa? or MaxOffica?

Just messin around.... :-)

I can understand the Org peeps talking about the down-side. The front spoiler looks so good.... but if anyone ever asks...ouch. How do you explain wall moulding...

Mr.P

 

Do you by any chance go to Cal Poly Pomona? I've seen this on a 240 and an FC there recently.

 

dude, that red max is fuggin tight.

 

what did ppl use to connect 2 4-foot pieces?????

 

So any more inputs on the lip? Ima do it in a few hours...already 4am here hehe...

 

YES! HAHA those cars are what I got hte idea from! hahaha u drive a Max? i've seen a few around...

 

dude...i see ur username and youre relatively close to cal poly, not to mention you barely joined the org to post here. Was the s14 I posted ur car?

 

I wanna give the smaller lip a try but there's nowhere to buy a solid 8ft piece here, only the 4 ft lengths... Wtf??? Anyone want to help me out? I can paypal someone to ship me a solid 8ft 2.5-3 inch piece. Is $10 enough??

 

if i can get the slimmer one I can do it for you..

 

here's some pics of the lip from the meet today







in the last 2 you can see how i reinforced it with the metal strip

 

some more...

 

looks good is that the slimmer one?

 

yep (still me here chillin at SWA logged on as steve)

 

i think im gonna give this a try. if you tear it off, does the double sided tape leave a residue?

earlier today i thought it looked really good on the red max, but the more that i look at it, the weirder it looks... especially on the beige. dude that looks pretty funky imo... :|

 

Tru dat...the beige looks kinda weird but that is a older 4th gen.....i bet it still looks pimp on the 97-99

 

Oh hell....it looks fu.cking horrible on that pebble beige 95/96. Now after I am drunk/red right now, I am starting to think that this thing is big time ghetto...though the 2.5" one still looks half decent on the red max.

 

if you want a black lip, this is the way tp go....ludalip looks hot. i'll probably add a ludalip to my ride...i'm thinking of ripping off the sheat at my work. screw the $4 i'll steal it!

 

That thin one looks nice, although I'm not too sure about the thicker version. Props for trying something different though...

 

I have an S14 but I've seen the cars in the F lots. I'm third year arc, but my little sis and my girlfriend were both first years and lived in the dorms, so I was there all the time. Must say, you guys have done a much better job with the lip than the two cars he got the idea from, they are both pretty haggard...especially the 7.

 

I had thought about doing this too, but I have an R33 bumper that hangs plenty low already.

 

someone should also put this thing on under a pre exsisting lip. like a snow plow

 

i was in home depot with another member today buying some wiring stuff and we looked for this stuff. found it eventually but they only had 4" and it would have looked bigtime ghetto. they had it in white and some other colors too but i think it might look too cheap but it would be worth a shot for $4. it's just too bad they don't have the thinner stuff, maybe we could cut it with a razor and make a fine line? i just wouldn't want to waste all the time doing it to later hate the results. worth a shot though if you have the time to do it.

 

dude i dorm...or used to. 1st year here too, which s14 was yours? Yeah the fc was horrible...same with the stapled on lip on the 240. cal poly has so many sick cars in the lot...theres this girl with a black 240 on bronze nismo wheels, looks awesome. Theres also an s13 with girl drifter stickers or something?

the 4 inch lip only works on black cars imo nothing else..

 

oh **** is your name alan?

 

Nope, names Greg. My 240 was the purplish/gray color S14 with an R33 front bumper that's painted *almost* to match, but it scratched to hell. I swear...she used to look beautiful. I blame architecture for ruining her, I have no time or money anymore. What dorm did you live in? My sis was in Alamitos and if you lived there, or even in Aliso or Montecito, there's a good chance you know her or at least know of her, she's a rambunctious kid Michelle Bossie ring a bell?

 

Thanks, that cleared it up.. IM going to try this.

 

Where should I send your paypal luda? $10 is cool?

 

Dammit, why does nothing ever look right on pebble beieg/sunlit sand max's. Maybe its just that its a 95-96 bumper, since the bottom end sucks in a bit versus the 97-up. Anyone try this yet on 97-99 PB/SS colored max?


I might try this for the hell of it because i got some scrapes on the bottom of the bumper that this would cover. Wonder if just a sh!tload of double sided tape would hold it (3in lip, versus 4inch), cuz i dont wanna put any holes on the bumper if i dont like it later...


VERY nice originallity luda!!!!!!!!








-eric

 

So the official name of this is now the ludalip? Nice having something named after you.