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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 08:04 PM
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gmsron's Lip Kit help/measurements/pics DIY FAQ

Full Wings West Lip kit

97-99 CL Type R Front Lip


Accord 4DR 94-97 Side skirts

-890149L ACCORD 4DR/WAGON W-TYP LEFT SIDE SKIRT
-890149R ACCORD 4DR/WAGON W-TYP RIGHT SIDE SKIRT

Accord 94-95 Rear Lip
ACCORD 2DR/4DR W-TYPE REAR SKIRT #890265



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Driver side door showing what was cut - Leave about 1 inch so that the cut will not show where the side skirt meets the rear quarter panel


Driver side rear quarter panel


Center of the rear lip - goes right up to the license plate


Showing how low the side skirts sit


Showing the rusty calipers off


Front driver side quarter panel


Front driver side measurement of the side skirt - about 4.5 inches


Rear driver side measurement of the side skirt - about 4.5 inches


Free handing the cut :\


The only modification needed for the rear lip - Cut out the exhaust hole thingy
My exhaust cut out was not made for the stock CL but an after market exhaust. Temporarily just going without exhaust tips or else it'll rub.


Driver side rear bumper measurement of the rear lip


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Side skirts modification
NO EXTENDING OR SHORTENING etc etc. The 4 door side skirt will have two tab thingys originally. You must cut off the rear one on each side so that they'll fit. We only need one tab, and can only use one tab. Because it was meant for a 4 door., they have 2 tabs. So we chop it off. Leave about 1 inch so that the cut won't show. I wasn't to worried about my nasty cutting skills, since it's only seen with the door open. I did it with a jigsaw. Very simple.

To install it. It's very straight forward. Couple screws etc and you're done. I didn't even tape it on. If you notice the red backing for the tape is still there. I did everything myself. So you should be able to too.

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Rear Lip modification
I didn't do the rear lip modding myself since I bought it off hybridnrg. But all it takes is cutting out the exhaust hole thingy and that's absolutely it. Some people just curve the lip around the exhaust (bend it up). NO CUTTING IN HALF etc etc. The trick is fitment and how high you mount it, angle etc. Don't angle the lip at 45 degrees....

Installing it takes time and patience. Make sure the center of the rear lip is almost touching the license plate and work around from that. Getting the center is most important and then the sides, if they're too long...you angle them down or up to make up for the space/gap etc.

Some people say the side skirts are too low. But they really make the car looook much lower and finish the car off. It looks empty without the side skirts. But side skirts without a rear lip is silly.


With no side skirts/rear lip ...white car is Chuson from the tsx side of acurazine


No side skirts. But with rear lip. 97 CL - unpainted side skirts.

Thanks to klepto, and dragon084 for answering all my questions about their lip kits.

Post if you've got questions.
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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 08:07 PM
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damn boy your car is hella dirty. anyway the skirts look good man, solid rims too.
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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 08:29 PM
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cant see last pic but this doesnt seem too difficult makes me wanna try this sooner than planned. how are your sides and back held on. screws and 3m tape?? where did you put the screws, only on the sides by the wheel wells??
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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 08:35 PM
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Side skirts need only 4 screws each side skirt. 2 in each wheel well. No point for more really unless you really want to secure it. I think the side skirts will rub a lot. So I want it to be able to move a bit. No tape needed really. The door keeps the side skirts in place when closed. The tape only secures it a little to make it look flush with the door open. A 1-2 cm difference.

edit - there's a spot to place more screws in on the bottom of the side skirt. But I didn't use them. You can't really jack up your car with anything other than the oem jack. I haven't tried a low profile jack, or driving over some wood to raise it etc.

The rear has 3/4inch 3m double sided tape and lots of screws. 2 in each wheel well and 4 or 5 underneath.
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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 08:38 PM
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I dont like how the sideskirts hang down lower than the front and rear lip, and the exhaust cut out is bad lol. Looks way better than just the front lip though, i'd prefer this setup over just the front lip for your car. I like your rims too.
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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 08:46 PM
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when it was on hybridnrg's car

I just took a bad angled shot. I just gotta bend the muffler a bit to the left and it'll be good. Eventually get around to that. Been to lazy.
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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 09:09 PM
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Love the front and rear lips, those skirts don't line up at all
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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 09:19 PM
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i agree but it still looks nice
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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 10:43 PM
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sides need removed. car needs cleaned. I hate seeing pics of dirty ass cars. i mean shit, i know canada is like winter 8 of 12 months, but it should atleast be nice enough out to clean it. please? rear doesnt look too bad, except that exhaust hole, looks ghetto. Has potential, post when its clean and finished!
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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 10:55 PM
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The sides make a huge difference I think. It looks too stock without them. Even with a rear lip, without the sides it looks like any other CL really. It makes the whole car look lower and sleeker I think.

I came home from work and noticed people keep asking about how to do such and such. So I did a quick help thread...not a photoshoot :p

It's been raining like 3/7 days every week. No time for it really.
Exhaust hole has been explained alreaaaady...
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Old Aug 14, 2008 | 12:50 PM
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ya it's been raining non stop lately, fuckin annoying..

looks good, needs to be cleaned up a bit.

when do you have free time cuz i gotta set up a meet before august is over and i head off to school
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Old Aug 14, 2008 | 05:57 PM
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Those sides are a little butchered but the kit looks good none the less.
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Old Aug 16, 2008 | 12:15 AM
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now that i look at it, i see why i thought the rear lip looked all messed up. i was looking at the piece on the right and thought you cut it, but it was just a piece that hung. clean it and post pics
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Old Aug 16, 2008 | 08:35 AM
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That is one sexy dirty car. Looks good man! I plan on doing the front/rear lip without the sides. They just hang too low for me Thanks for posting this thread, some good reference pics, etc. I may PM you with questions eventually.
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Old Aug 20, 2008 | 03:48 PM
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were in toronto u from???
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Old Aug 21, 2008 | 06:34 PM
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Originally Posted by SilverCL97
ya it's been raining non stop lately, fuckin annoying..

looks good, needs to be cleaned up a bit.

when do you have free time cuz i gotta set up a meet before august is over and i head off to school
Let me know what's convenient for you guys...I'm flexible.


nacirema....I live in downtown Toronto.
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Old Dec 25, 2008 | 01:23 AM
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this is a good DIY, i'll have my car dude look at it when he installs them lol.
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Old Jul 12, 2010 | 01:20 PM
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do you take off the stock side skirt?
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Old Jul 13, 2010 | 05:15 PM
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Nope the stock side skirts stay on. You drill a starter hole and then use self taping screws to secure it. They'll screw into the stock side skirt.

It's possible that some people took the stock skirts off. But I didn't.
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Old Jul 13, 2010 | 05:39 PM
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why wouldn't you Take off the skirt...
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Old Jul 13, 2010 | 09:48 PM
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I consulted dragon084 and klepto before trying. dragon084 specifically said he didn't take off the stock skirt. klepto just said he used double sided tape+screws.
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Old Jul 14, 2010 | 11:51 PM
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lol si...I felt like an idiot when I started ripping off my stock driver sideskirt...then realized the wings west skirts had nothing to 'hold onto.' The stock sideskirts HAVE to be on to install the ww sides....they simply slide over the stock skirts and are held in by a tab in the door as well as optional screws on each end near the fenderwells. Probably one of the easiest things to install in terms of body mods
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Old Feb 28, 2011 | 12:48 AM
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THANK YOU SOOO MUCH FOR THIS!!!

have been lookin for CLEAN side skirts and havent been able to find anything but now i kno what alternative kits i can use..
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Old Feb 28, 2011 | 08:32 AM
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Pittsburgh huh?
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Old Feb 28, 2011 | 12:06 PM
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Pittsburgh huh?
FUCK YEA!!! Where are yout here?

I had a White 99 2.3CL a few years back and LOVED it but then got a few Nissan 240sx and i just recently picked up a totaled 97 2.2CL to make an R title and drive daily..
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Old Mar 1, 2011 | 07:24 PM
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Wonder what those skirts would look like with the WW front lip... I like the rear skirt, but the chop job on the exhaust hole, no bueno. Not bad tho, looks good. As long as it makes you happy, all that matters.
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Old Mar 2, 2011 | 01:14 AM
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I think I just took poorly angled pictures. Like the first picture... the side shot is terrible. makes my car look 4x4 and doesn't represent the side skirts very well.

The exhaust cut actually looks much better than picture shows. That's probably because I didn't cut it haha. It's winter now so I've got the side skirts+rims off. I'll take pictures just to show you what it's like and how the exhaust cut looks from further back.

Here's whatever old pictures I have of the car.







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Old Mar 2, 2011 | 03:07 AM
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is that a factory nose lip? because if thats a WW lip man that looks way out of wack on the car. Looks like part of the front fell off because its so much higher than the side skirts. The rear seems to look a little closer but still the sides are way lower then the front and looks weird to me. Is there an option that lines up with a WW lip and side skirts and rear? or is that just something you have to get made for another car and modify all pieces to make them line up correctly?

Last edited by P0401; Mar 2, 2011 at 03:10 AM.
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Old Mar 2, 2011 | 08:23 AM
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that's the ww lip
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Old Mar 2, 2011 | 04:33 PM
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Front lip looks like it lines up fairly good to the rear, but the sides hang LOW. That's also why I've seen some people throw garage liner or whatever on the fronts to line em up.

Not sure how good that liner would look on anything other than black though.
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Old Mar 3, 2011 | 02:27 PM
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Originally Posted by 97BlackAckCL
that's the ww lip
Thought he had the CL type R front lip?
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Old Mar 4, 2011 | 02:12 AM
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the Wings West lip is the Type R lip
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Old Mar 4, 2011 | 02:15 PM
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Originally Posted by P0401
the Wings West lip is the Type R lip
Word... it doesnt look the same as most of the WW lipz to me, Im not sure what is throwing me off...
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Old Mar 7, 2011 | 09:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Kyanite
Front lip looks like it lines up fairly good to the rear, but the sides hang LOW. That's also why I've seen some people throw garage liner or whatever on the fronts to line em up.

Not sure how good that liner would look on anything other than black though.
I angled my front lip down some so it goes lower on the sides...
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Old Mar 10, 2011 | 06:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Shally2186
I angled my front lip down some so it goes lower on the sides...
One of the OG's with a black CL... Baka T I believe did the same thing. He angled the part,where it touches the wheel well, pointing downwards instead of lined up with the bumper. I didn't do that because I had no idea if I was gonna continue modding my car when I originally got my front lip.

Here's some recent pictures without a side skirt. Lines up nice eh. I think it's more the angle I took the picture at too. I took it standing instead of crouching like the other pictures. I'll update it in a few months when springs around and I put the sides back on.




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Old Mar 10, 2011 | 06:52 PM
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Originally Posted by gmsron
One of the OG's with a black CL... Baka T I believe did the same thing. He angled the part,where it touches the wheel well, pointing downwards instead of lined up with the bumper. I didn't do that because I had no idea if I was gonna continue modding my car when I originally got my front lip.

Here's some recent pictures without a side skirt. Lines up nice eh. I think it's more the angle I took the picture at too. I took it standing instead of crouching like the other pictures. I'll update it in a few months when springs around and I put the sides back on.
i am looking for a rear lip exactly like yours..where can i get one for a decent price?!?!!!?!?!!

LOVE THE SETUP on that car
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Old Mar 10, 2011 | 10:05 PM
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yeah I like that allot better. I love the way side skirts look on some cars but only when the front and back line up with them. Those other sides were hanging allot lower than the front and back before and it was throwing off the whole look of the car to me
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