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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.

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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.

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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.

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 :D

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 :(

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

Might consider getting one from them lol.

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

@sonnyQ - That lip is originally a factory option lip :)

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.

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 :D

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

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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 think the front lip will actually match the flow of your skirts :P

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 :D I think the front lip will match the height of the skirts, then my rear DIY pods will match the skirts xD

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

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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.

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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?

Well the rear pods are garage door seals :P 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 :P Let me know if you are interested :)

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.

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