hey guys, well I just thought I would let you guys know that I am taking a big dive in that Fiberglass kit I posted about a while back the Race Appeal lip kit for the 02-03 TL I just purchased it and should be here this week I will be re-fabricating the pieces to make them more reinforced and the rear is kind of wavy so I also be working on that also but I will keep you guys posted on how its going and I know there were lots of different opinions on it especially the front lip but its an alternative to OEM and WW ill post pics up once received...

 

cool, good luck

 

wwats it look like? never heard about it. whered u get it.

 

check ebay

 

Here is a link to the forum that has pics of it.
https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...ght=raceappeal

 

Good luck with that

 

Finally got the lip kit in today will post pics up tomorrow they actually are in pretty damn good shape for being fiberglass he wrapped the crap out of them with bubble wrap there is just minor chips that I need to patch up but thats about it. Again pics will be up tomorrow thread is useless without them

 

good luck!

 

Kit wasn't too bad to install had to do some minor modding to the kit to make it flush with the body of the car.









And just for fun my other toy

 

when will you paint it?

 

it will be painted either tomorrow or this weekend depending on how fast I finish the prep work but the kit is in good shape for fiberglass

 

Kind of wondering what it will look like painted. Post some pics when complete.
Dont forget it is fiberglass. It's not anything like the oem kit.

 

Nice man, can't wait to see it painted! take lots of pics (preferabally bigger ones than those)!

 

Wow. Although the pics are small, the pieces look like they fit perfectly!

You get a thumbs up for being brave and getting that kit. Can't wait for pics!

 

looks good so far- cant wait to see it painted! what did the kit run you?

 

The kit ran me $375 and I will be painting and refabricating the kit my self to make it more reinforced so total will be about $500 for everything. If all goes well the kit will get painted this weekend but its like 8 degrees here in utah so it will take long for paint to cure since I will be spraying in my garage.

 

ya know i always doubted it but i think that front lip looks really good, kinda like the rj kit for the cl even...i like..too bad its fiberglass..wanna see some paint on it

 

Ahem. I know threads a week old. But I'm waiting for pics already! Come on post them damn it!

 

i want to see what it looks like painted. that's a good price.

 

sorry for not updating you guys I have been workin on fabricating the kit this whole week and I will be spraying the kit this weekend I would have a while ago but funds were low but now its ready I will be spraying Saturday morning and I will be putting the kit on Sunday and will post lots of pics for you guys and they kit is very flush all around the car perfect fit! hope the paint goes perfect

 

good luck!

 

cant wait to see pics lol

 

still waiting for some painted pics

 

sorry to bring this up....but is there any pics yet?

 

sorry guys I forgot all about this thread I got the kit painted haven't been able to take any pics will try to find some time tomorrow though doesn't look to bad the paint is a little darker since its new paint but oh well I will paint match it later just had to get an idea of what it looks like painted

 

Well fellas sorry for delaying the photos but its painted but not perfect im getting it redone I put too much coates on so its a bit darker but looks better than black
The moment you have all been waiting for!!!!

 

Click on the images to make them larger

 

how come there are so many coats of paint on it? are you going to paint SSM too? Congrats on being the first (i think)

 

i went crazy with the paint haha but yeah its all gonna be SSM im going to redo the whole kit just posted these pics to get a better idea of what the kit looks painted

 

Sick, can you take some pics from further away if you get the time?

I love the rear, are those your stock exhaust tips?

 

yeah i will try and take more pics and yes they are stock exhausts im gonna put my other exhausts back on which perfectly fill the back lip i will try and post pics up today!!

 

what exactly do you mean you reinforced the kit? i know that fiberglass is pretty easy to crack so, how did you go about doing that?

 

its not darker due to coats, its darker due to poor color match....it doesnt matter how many base coats you put on, coverage is coverage....its all about the color match and clear coat...just my

 

by adding more layers of fiberglass so its not so weak and also added a thin layer of rhinolining on the inside. So if it does happen to crack it will stay together and I can fix the cracks instead of trying to piece things together but im eventually gonna get the oem kit just wanted to try something new

 

actually the paint did match after I placed 3 coats of the paint on then I let it sit overnight and let it dry then how dumb I was I added another 3 coats thinking it wouldn't matter but it did which caused it to darken its all good though I'm sanding down the whole kit down again and then primer and paint process all over again

 

I didn't quite go the route of having exact color match just used the original color code from factory but like I said it did match perfectly before I went insane with the paint I just about started spraying everything around me haha I think it was the fumes....

 

haha... sounds like your ADD is as bad as mine... so how is the factory paint code going to be different from an exact match?

 

well when you do the color match of course it would match alot better than factory paint code. By buying factory color code paint it will be the color of paint when it first came out of the factory compared to the paint that is already on the car which has been on there under the sun and under all the weather that makes paint fade and become lighter then before in my compared to brand new paint from the factory. Hope you understand what I said haha if there is a paint pro please correct me if I am wrong

 

kickass. i was gonna get this kit.. its actually only 20mintues away from my place.. but its fiberglass so stayed away from it... since we have lots of snow here and who knows wat i bump into.... good stuff.. looking good

p.s.. love ur toy

 

ok... I was thinking it might be something other than that that I didn't know about painting (I'm about to get my bumper painted, so I was getting worried for a sec)