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Old Jul 6, 2004 | 02:16 PM
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Ghetto Air Dam

Made from $10 worth of plastic garden edge stuff. Shhh...

The stock bolt locations made it pretty easy.

When it wears out, I can make another one with the other half of the material.

And for later, I plan on making some metal brackets to angle the front egde upward to the radiator.

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Old Jul 6, 2004 | 02:24 PM
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HAHAHAA!!!
That's sooooo ghetto, yet soooo awesome. You're gonna start a USDM trend liek all them strange JDM ones. hahahaha, man, i want da CF raingutters!!!!`
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Old Jul 6, 2004 | 02:27 PM
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Someone else has done this before but theirs looked like complete ***. Yours definately looks a lot better, good work for 10 bucks.
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Old Jul 6, 2004 | 02:33 PM
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That looks pretty damn good. Good Job!
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Old Jul 6, 2004 | 02:37 PM
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Ghetto is right
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Old Jul 6, 2004 | 02:43 PM
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looks nice for $10.00
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Old Jul 6, 2004 | 03:17 PM
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show us what you used... i wanna se a pic of the tag or something. lol i wanna make a ghetto lip. I was looking into trying to make a 240 lip fit. I heard they do...
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Old Jul 6, 2004 | 03:23 PM
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ha....cool tho
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Old Jul 6, 2004 | 03:26 PM
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hold up guys ill be makin a lip real soon.
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Old Jul 6, 2004 | 03:29 PM
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It doesn't need to angle out. It’s fine like it is.
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Old Jul 6, 2004 | 03:39 PM
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haha, man that looks awesome!
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Old Jul 6, 2004 | 03:51 PM
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Old Jul 6, 2004 | 04:30 PM
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awesome
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Old Jul 6, 2004 | 04:37 PM
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what is it held on by? looks pretty good for $10.
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Old Jul 6, 2004 | 04:39 PM
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Nice. For something that was made with 10$ thats probably one of the best ghetto ones out there...Keep up the good work.
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Old Jul 6, 2004 | 04:55 PM
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Originally posted by Dltreezan
hold up guys ill be makin a lip real soon.

What kinda style is it going to be? Are you modeling it after a brand already out there or your own design?
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Old Jul 6, 2004 | 05:48 PM
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if the lip is for an s5 then you might as well stop now. There are so many S5 lips that its ridiculous. S4's on the other hand have only one, and it is no longer being made...
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Old Jul 6, 2004 | 05:53 PM
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thats awesome for 10$ sorta like it though it has a bit of a stock car look coming strait down like that. does it move much in the wind when ur driving? (i know u cant see it but was wonderin if any of ur freinds noticed it while they were drivin next too u or somtin)
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Old Jul 6, 2004 | 05:55 PM
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Originally posted by Dltreezan
hold up guys ill be makin a lip real soon.
for $10!?!? j/k... but seriously... cheap is good.
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Old Jul 6, 2004 | 05:57 PM
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what is it held on by? looks pretty good for $10.
There's a row of ~16 screws that holds the tiny stock lip on.

I cut the edges off the material, and scored + folded over about an inch of it. To make fitment faster/easier, I removed the original lip completely, and held the plastic up to the car while punching holes and bolting it up as I went. To make curves, I cut wedges out of the folded over area. Once it was all on, I took it off and put both lips on.
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Old Jul 6, 2004 | 06:02 PM
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scored+ folded? Whats that mean? You have to heat it to get it to hold that shape?
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Old Jul 6, 2004 | 06:04 PM
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hmm thats kindah growing on me hmm think that would look good on a flat black FC? hmm its not flat black yet its actually the same blue as yours but hmm i kindah like that
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Old Jul 6, 2004 | 06:08 PM
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After looking back at it a couple of times, it looks actually pretty good. It is subtle, yet stands out at the same time, in a good way of course.
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Old Jul 6, 2004 | 06:33 PM
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very nice ghetto fabrication!
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Old Jul 6, 2004 | 06:43 PM
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Originally posted by Jaared
show us what you used... i wanna se a pic of the tag or something. lol i wanna make a ghetto lip. I was looking into trying to make a 240 lip fit. I heard they do...
i've seen 240sx front bumpers that fit on FC's as well
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