Hi Guys,

I am planning to get this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ACURA...2em118Q2el1247

I use the drive up portable ramp to do oil changes and other work and it is very convenient as I dont have to jack the car as I feel it to be very cumbersome and also the limitation of space in my garage better suites the usage of a ramp and it is very quick as well.

Now my question is If I install this will this interfere with getting the car up on the ramp?? I know I will loose ground clearance at the front end but will this pose difficulty in driving the car up the ramp??

Thankx for the insight and inputs.

JFK

 

no, it shouldn't be that big of a difference. now if you we're lowered 3" and had this lip on it might be a problem.

 

thankx AznX TL.....no I am not lowered.....will this look good even if I am not lowered???

 

it'll look fine.

 

Looks nice! Very low profile. Shouldn't give you any problems unless ur slammed. I still kinda prefer the ww lip. Still nice tho.

 

i dunno a lip without being lowered might look dumb.

 

i dont think davezilla was lowered in the ebay pic. it looks fine to me.

 

But it won't interfere with the ramps, it doesn't hang that much lower than the bumper an inch at most. Now if you were lowered with the lip no way would you be able to use the ramps

 

it hangs down really low....

https://acurazine.com/forums/showthread.php?t=182331

and then the day it flew off my car

https://acurazine.com/forums/showthread.php?t=182609

 

i think i run over it still on the 605

 

thankx....hybridnrg...........but too late i already got it shipped ..............it was a big ass box..
..but will definately learn from your experience and will have that shift screwed like crazy...even if i hit some thing that shit will break in small chunks will make sure of that.....

After reading your post I will make sure that the sucker is screwed all along.....thankx a ton for the input though......will try my best to make it work.......will definately post some pics.....

no drop here....did you have a drop on your car when that was installed????

 

make sure you rivot or screw the heck out of that lip or it'll take off like a hang-glider

 

thankx blackack....will make sure of that......

 

double sided tape helps too!!

 

hi .........Shoshinsha_KiDs......if you read the links of hydridnrg...thast what he had done and it flew away........feel sorry for that guy....but what I plan to do is punch holes in both the lip and the bumper and then use rivet gun to rivet the crap out of it just as BlackAck said.....that should hold it in place......if you are running a double sided tape get them rivited....if you are a little bit handy...buy a hand punch tool and a rivet gun...which i juts did they are like $20 pops...and you should be good......

 

nah man, i meant double sided tape plus screws!!! that was my set up and no prob.. and i was dumped.. i used self tapping screws to on each wheel well and 1 on each side near the bumper lights. good luck! i had my car like a year before i was on these forums.. but i sold it. let me know if have any questions, maybe i can help!

 

^^ Thankx..man ...appreciate the gesture...will definately ask if I come across some installation issues......


later........

 

to me... unless u really like THAT lip... it would be a waste to do all that work and have it break off into little pieces gradually... it'll look like crap! If you put all that work into a WW lip... which you don't need to, it'll never come off.. and I believe if your car is stock, meaning... stock rims... stock appearance, the WW lip will make it look better stock. The ABS lip looks like you'll be trying to hard. Thats like putting rims on without a drop! it's a big NO NO in my book. Since you bought it... I guess you can try it... but really, an investment in a WW lip is a good investment. That thing will NOT break... and last you the cars lifetime. Good Luck

 

ABS is sturdy it just doesn't stay on the bumper well, as long as you mount it good, shouldn't go anywhere

 

I wouldn't say abs is sturdy... if u hit a curb.. or go off at a bad angle.. it'll def crack. When I think sturdy... I think of something that will not crack. polyurethane (WW lip) is sturdy... you can bend that thing and hit anything you want with that... it won't break or crack.

 

jfkhan

I like the lip and so did a lot of people that saw it in person. but if you got the money, i would see if you can mold it on. that way it will be apart of the bumber, and paint it...it became a lot more sturdier when painted.

 

i had no problems with mine, stayed on the car and didn't budge up to 190km/h. if you do a search for my threads (there's not many) you can see how i secured it. i scraped the shit out of the bottom going in and out of driveways delivering pizza too, no cracks yet.

The car is lowered in the ebay pic, i bought the car lowered on eibachs pro-kit(?), the smaller drop they offer.

And to those who say the urethane is more durable, i broke a chunk out of a greddy front lip i had on my 94 accord back in tha day. in fact when i ordered another one to retrofit to my CB7, the first two that Greddy USA shipped me broke in transit.

 

are you sure it was urethane? bc that really doesn't sound right. I drove over a island, which half my lip tore off, then I rolled over it... while half of it was attached on the other side... and it came out fine... but with some scratches though.... But there are always going to be some that break i suppose. I'm not arguing with you... just telling experiences like you are.

but back to the real story... getting a lip and not lowering it is like getting rims and not lowering it... you should really lower it in the future at least. Look how bad those cars with body kits keep their cars at stock height...

 

I'm not sure if I like the look of that lip...

I'm sure it'd be a lot better than stock though.

 

Yo Shoshinsha
When did you sell your car? I spotted you like 7 months ago in NAtional City