5G JDM / USDM front lip

CARRisma · Post by **CARRisma** » Mon Nov 12, 2012 5:43 pm

Last Wednesday my car had an unfortunate incident with someone else's crappy hub cap on the M23. I ran over it and didn't think much of it. On Saturday I noticed that the paint on my rear skirt is damaged. It seems that my rear near-side wheel flipped up the stray hub cap which clouted my rear lip, cracking the paint. And guess what? Yes, silver paint is visible, even though I've specially asked TWO body shops to completely strip the lip down to the bare plastic before painting it.

Anyway, the JDM / USDM front lip is now stripped and I'll be taking it to a body shop on Wednesday afternoon.

Post by **RattyMcClelland** » Mon Nov 12, 2012 6:32 pm

Don't worry about the silver paint. If the paint was good before and keyed properly then it makes no difference. It's when the silver under it was iffy what makes the difference.

CARRisma · Post by **CARRisma** » Wed Nov 14, 2012 9:28 pm

Took the lip to a local body shop this afternoon and was told it will cost about £300 to fix and paint!

Think I'll try some other places.

Post by **RattyMcClelland** » Wed Nov 14, 2012 9:41 pm

For a lip only. Id say 120-180+vat.

CARRisma · Post by **CARRisma** » Wed Nov 14, 2012 9:55 pm

I'm hoping to get it done under £150, fingers crossed.

Post by **Merlin** » Fri Nov 16, 2012 1:29 pm

A bit on the late side but I think 12Tune only just got these back in. From the small pic I think this is a replica of the JDM OEM lip:

http://shop.12tune.com/browse-by-parts/ ... -2001.html

Post by **RattyMcClelland** » Fri Nov 16, 2012 2:34 pm

newkid wrote:You sure its silver paint and not silver primer your seeing? Some reds need silver primer to come out properly.

Good point.
I use a lot of spectral grey after primer to help the colour develop.
For example on milano red I use spectral grey 1 which is a very pale grey so nothing peeks though the red as red is low hide colour.

CARRisma · Post by **CARRisma** » Fri Nov 16, 2012 5:11 pm

Yeah, I'm certain it's the original Iceberg Silver Metallic paintwork underneath which I see (was on my previous 1997 Lude).

Had a couple more quotes:
£250 + VAT

£180 cash

OGsmakdadE · Post by **OGsmakdadE** » Thu Nov 22, 2012 5:00 pm

I want that motegi front lip