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Old 07-29-2009, 10:46 PM
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To paint or not to paint? -- WW Type R lip...
I was so lucky to pick up a used WW Type R Front Air Dam from a local seller recently!

the lip was pretty crappy looking, and all the paint on it was flaking off and/or chipped!

took some serious manual work with various sandpaper grits to remove the paint, and its now naked!


Unpainted!

Look at the new 3M double-sided tape that I applied

Waiting to install...

I am thinking of leaving the lip a matted finish, what does everyone else think?

Got a quote to have it painted for $120
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Old 07-29-2009, 10:59 PM
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paint it.
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Old 07-29-2009, 11:11 PM
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definetly paint it.. unless you have a 97 and are going for a flat black trim theme (which you dont)
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Why the hell wouldn't you paint it? I hate ghetto rides with unpainted lips/bodykits around the south side.. I mean, it wouldn't look BAD unpainted, but it would look much better painted.
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Old 07-29-2009, 11:18 PM
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BMW released an entire line of cars with flat black side skirts and lips.. guess your forgetting acura did too in 97.. lol
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Old 07-29-2009, 11:20 PM
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paint it...flat wouldnt really flow with much on your car
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i had mine flat black for a few days:

then i decided to paint it instead, which i thought looked 1000x better.
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BMW released an entire line of cars with flat black side skirts and lips.. guess your forgetting acura did too in 97.. lol
Yes, I have had both grey OEM side skirts and lips on both the e36 and my CL but that is wayyy different than the ww lip and most aftermarket lips since it covers part of the bumper.
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Paint it, $120 is a steal
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paint it. now.
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yeah, paint it. leaving it unpainted would make it look half ass IMO.
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paint it. now.
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seems overwhelming response is to paint it?

i guess thats the route to go then, thanks to all for chiming in with your opinions!
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