cant_TL_me_nothing

So my original rear bumper was damaged awhile back while at the dealership or repair shop... anyways I found a replacement at the salvage yard a few months ago and I cleaned it up and had it painted in fresh NHBP. Now I have a bumper with a gaping hole on the right side lying around. It still had a lot of good material that was gonna go to waste if i threw it out, so I decided to try to take a few good parts to throw around the idea of a DIY front and rear lipkit. If it doesn't look good or doesn't fit no big deal no loss.

cant_TL_me_nothing

Will post pictures soon!

cant_TL_me_nothing

Seems wasteful to just throw away right?





Damaged Bumper before i removed it from the car.





I cut through the grooved edge at the bottom above the exhaust cutouts for the rear lip and above the blue masking tape for the front lip.





Both pieces cut off and edges sanded with 40 grit paper.

cant_TL_me_nothing

I didn't have enough people to hold it up, but this is the rear lip which im hoping would sit just below the exhauts but still connect around the sides.





This is kinda how im expecting the front lip to sit, I have to trim off some of the side so it can fit under the front bumper. Other than that i shouldn't have any other major modifications for the front. I'll keep this post updated as I make progress on it.

fsttyms1

I took the top half of the rear bumper to make a rear lip on mine to transition into the diffuser i added. I plastic welded mine on so it looks like part of the rear bumper.

cant_TL_me_nothing

Thats really cool, do you have any pictures of how it turned out?

fsttyms1

WOLFLIFE

Loving how the back looks! Looking forward to seeing it painted
Also if you don't mind me asking where did you get the eyelids for the headlights?? Can't seem to find any

cant_TL_me_nothing

Ok so this is how i am expecting the rear lip to sit.





Here it is from another view.





The rear lip is the same length as the bottom of the bumper so it extends past the mud guards. Should I get rid of the guards so i don't have to trim it? or should i trim it and keep the mud guards?

cant_TL_me_nothing

Thanks Me too I'm excited to see how this project turns out. Its my first time making parts so im interested to see if i can make it work. And the eyelids are made of plastidip. Get 3M medium adhesive masking tape and mask off a design and spray 4 or 5 wet heavy coats, just try not to get runs. If its warm out wait about 45 seconds between coats. and after the last coat wait a bit for it to start to dry so it wont run, and then peel the tape.

cant_TL_me_nothing

fsttyms1 looks prety sweet! is that car done?

fsttyms1

Thanks. Just about. Should hopefully be painting it in the up coming week or 3 (if time and family allow)

cant_TL_me_nothing

Cool You will have to post it up when its done!

cant_TL_me_nothing

I bought these 90 degree 3 inch brackets from Home Depot to use as hangers





Beginning Assembly using 1/4 inch bolts nuts and washers





Assembled brackets





Trimming and shaving edges with these utility shears





Rough template for cutouts for rear mud guards





Cut along line using utility shears, Its got a pretty nice fit!

cant_TL_me_nothing

Test mount... didnt really like the way the brackets sat. Also all of the hardware will be painted black before i actually install the diffuser.





Here it is from the side.





Rotating the brackets trying to find a look i liked.





Decided to bolt the sides up too and i hated it. This was my original vision for the project although it looked better in my head. Issues: too much of an upward curve on the sides, and exhaust sitting too close to the cutouts for comfort. I sat thinking about ways to possibly do this right and make it look good and with a little help and outside input i came up with what I'm pretty sure is the final design.





The brackets are more centrally mounted in this one and further underneath the car and should be out of view when its painted black. And then I placed brackets on both sides to provide stability on the edges. The brackets on the sides will be shorter. possibly two inches in order to lift the sides slightly so that its flatter all the way around and then i placed one bracket on the side of the exhaust to improve rigidity of the diffuser. All holes are Pre-existing no drilling required.





This is for the most part the final design with a few tweaks needing to be done here and there. I was short a bracket so that is why there isnt a bracket to the left of the right exhaust tip. Let me know what you think! I would greatly appreciate the feedback.