Good: Makes the CL-S stand out. Definitely gets more attention...and I think it really looks good...

And now for the bad:
Scraping pavement...I HATE THIS.
The "chin" has issues going down declines and now I have some nice gouges in my kit and my car isn't even lowered! So, my question is for those with the Versus kit or anyone else who used to own a lowered car with a bodykit, what do you do (or would do) to protect the bottom of the front lip??? Thanks!

 

How do you think the kit would look if you took off the front "chin"...

 

first off you post some pics, then you can start taking care if the kit. I am not getting the front lip from versus cuz I have a comptech drop and occasionally scrape. You should consider a custum front lip or alter the existing versus one. imagine having a vette and how much they must scrape stock?

 

Do a search, mc222...I think Ahmad310 posted some pics of his ride without the front spoiler...

 

Here it is! http://www.acura-cl.com/forums/showt...5&pagenumber=2

 

i would modify it and make it shorter. shouldn't be too hard imo.

 

or, learn how to drive a lowered car. It doesn't appear you have springs so you should have NO problem driving it. Even if it was lowered you should still not rub if you know how to manuevar a very low car.

 

learning how to drive a lowered car includes the following

1)going slowly over bumps
2)coming at an angle to clear a bump one at a time
3)if you think you can go over it straight on, DON'T! better safe than sorry. Go around it or go at an angle.
4)get bags and raise that shit when you're "off roading" at the local grocery store speedbump.

otherwise you might try to spray the bottom with a truck's trunk spray. That will prevent the scraping from damaging the paint and cracking it all the way up. It's been done before. Ask your local truck spray place to do it. I don't know exactly what its called but it's the rough kinda black stuff that goes into the back of a truck.

 

Thanks for the advice! Well, maybe I suck at it but I do take declines/inclines at an angle...but, I guess it's not enough? I have scratched the center of the kit, left, and right...VERY annoyed...fortunately, you can't see the damage unless you look underneath the kit...but, still...

 

you want to go over any bumps one wheel at a time. as in almost a 55 degree angle away from the normal direction. That'll reduce any damage at the center. oh yeah and if you have a polyurethane kit (I think the versus is) then you shoudln't worry too much about cracking or anything. however depending on the body shop that did your kit you may want to get that truck lining and protect the paint from all start to weather off and chip like crazy. body kits generally only look good for a year if you drive a lot and the body shop didn't do a good job of painting. I've seen it on a lot of friends rides who thought they'd save themselves some money.

do it right the first time.

 

Rhino liner...

Or, buy something similar at Pepboys...just paint the very bottom portion, like 1/2 inch up, that's it.

 

Most stock cars with low front ends(Corvette) have a black plastic lip under the front that takes the scraps instead of the front end. Maybe add something like that.

 

Rhino/box-liner...! I called some bodyshops and they said it just may hold against pavement and protect my finish...I think you guys have found the solution to my problem!