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Been slowly fitting a FMIC to my car over the last couple weeks, and realized i'd need to cover up the cooler piping somehow as you could see it below the front bar.

Ended up buying this stuff from clark rubber, it's about $25 a meter, and from memory I used ~2 meters and a handful of self tapping screws to fix it to the bar.

At some point i'll be putting more of the super-cheap mesh in to hide the cooler and joiners, but am fairly happy with the results:

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It's about 4mm thick, right angled and made of rubber. Each edge is about 2 inches wide. It's flexible enough to bend around the corner of the bar without distorting it too much, and will flex if i contacted a gutter etc.

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yeah lots of people of done similar to this with all sorts of different hardware/clark rubber store stuff..

looks cheap/crap to me...

Each to their own, but Clarke Rubber and Autobarn mesh are no-on's !!

Yeah, i'm not a huge fan of the mesh either, but prefer it to the bar reo and metal edges showing up behind it. I would have preferred black, but this is what was available.

The "lip" i'm happy with as it's similar to what alot of cars have from factory, except this is rubber not plastic.

Yeah, i'm not a huge fan of the mesh either, but prefer it to the bar reo and metal edges showing up behind it. I would have preferred black, but this is what was available.

The "lip" i'm happy with as it's similar to what alot of cars have from factory, except this is rubber not plastic.

If you want black mesh, I bought gutter guard from Bunnings for $2 or so, works a treat and looks stock.

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Edited by Hanaldo

If you want black mesh, I bought gutter guard from Bunnings for $2 or so, works a treat and looks stock.

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Ah ok. Does the job? I'm most likely going to paint the current mesh black.

Do you have any trouble with that stuff stretching/tearing when you fit it or after driving? The mesh is good as it's tough enough to take a few rocks/big bugs without being damaged, but can be bent back into shape if a bird or something hits it.

suxs how i jump on ebay and there are front lips for all sort of cars in the 80-150 range but the R34 skyline your looking at 250 up, hence why people resort to clark rubber front lips. The price are just to damn high.

Yeah I didn't want a carbon fiber/plastic/fiberglass item as I was worried it'd smash the first time it contacted anything, and that alot of them stick out towards the front of the car too much. Been down the bodykit path before, wasn't happy living with it....

Get what his saying, My skyline is not low its actually stock height so i dont scrape or have to worry about speedbumps to much....found myself in a tight spot a week ago in traffic i didnt judge the ange to turn from a lane because i thought the traffic would move foward, so i couldnt exactly turn into the furtherst lane, thanks to my truck spec skyline i was able to ride a little up on the curve and nicely get into the lane, felt like so much win not having to worry about farking up my bumper or say a front lip.

Edited by starwarz

Ah ok. Does the job? I'm most likely going to paint the current mesh black.

Do you have any trouble with that stuff stretching/tearing when you fit it or after driving? The mesh is good as it's tough enough to take a few rocks/big bugs without being damaged, but can be bent back into shape if a bird or something hits it.

Does the job perfectly, doesn't stretch or tear and mine has been on for about a year. Has survived a few track days as well.

I used to buy the Supercheap stuff and paint it black, but it doesn't work well. Paint lasts about a month.

If you want black mesh, I bought gutter guard from Bunnings for $2 or so, works a treat and looks stock.

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I wanted to put some good mesh on the intercooler section of my GTR and followed your advice and went to Bunnings to check out all the mesh available - and they all look like bird shit (no disrespect intended of course) but the one you got pictured is either way too thick or plastic soft...where the heck can I get some proper mesh??

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