How to: Front Type-S Aspec on Base '07-'08 bumper
10-12-2011, 11:46 PM
#1
How to: Front Type-S Aspec on Base '07-'08 bumper
I bought my 07 with an Aspec lip kit already installed. Like most, I envied the aggressiveness of the Type-S Aspec.
After searching for days on here and trying to figure out whether not I could fit a Type-S front lip on my base 07, I finally just ordered one to find out myself. I read alot of "the bumpers wont work, the foglights are angled differently" yet, one guy posted about how his fits with slight modifications. Unfortunately, he never replied back to say what was modified or how he did it. I compared my bumper and foglight location with a Type-S and they didnt look much different, other than the obvious angled housing.
First things first, remove the front bumper. I used the video from the garage and it took me about 10mins to do in the parking in front of my apartment. Here how it looked fresh off the car.
The new minty fresh Type-S aspec front lip ($260shipped from AckTL05)
Front lip removed
I installed a new Type-S grill as well
Quick test fit on the aspec lip (sorry its a bit blurry)
I started off my attaching the two screws in the middle first
The edges line up fine, but the mount points for the Type-S are higher up. The base aspec mounts are intact in this picture but you can see where the Type-S holes are up higher. Simply move the mount up and redrill!
Bottom mounts line up just perfect
Heres where I spent quite a bit of time. I tried mounting the Type-S lip with the lower grills in place, but it was hitting the lip and not letting it lay flush. After a bit of researching, I guess this was common? I removed the lower grills and it fit like a glove.
With the grills removed, I noticed that I could see the white color through the lip grill. I decided to just cover up most of the white area with some harmless black tape.
Here was the hardest part. On the Type-S lip, there are 4 straps that need to be secured to the bumper. On the base lip, there were 2. The Type-S has 2 extra straps towards the center of the bumper. Since this is a base bumper, there were no pre-marked holes. I spent alot of time measuring/guessing where to drill my holes. It paid off as I didnt have to drill any holes twice
I didnt take any pictures of this process but its pretty straight forward.
Here it is with the straps tightened down, double-side tape peeled, and some painters tape to keep it in place for extra peace of mind.
I installed it back on the car but it was too dark to take any really good pics. I was really happy with the results. I will take some close ups of the foglights as well as I am sure that is the biggest concern. The only negative that I am noticing is that the top portion of my foghlight beam is covered by the lip. I looked closely and Im pretty positive my lip isnt hanging lower than it should. I'm not sure if I accidentally aimed my foglights down, but they arent projecting like they should. I really dont think the fogs are lower on the Type-S bumper but I could be wrong. I will investigate this furthur this weekend. I have 3000k fogs, ZKW-R lenses, and clear USR diffusers on the way
I hope this clears up alot of the confusion. My 07 WDP lip is for sale btw :P
After searching for days on here and trying to figure out whether not I could fit a Type-S front lip on my base 07, I finally just ordered one to find out myself. I read alot of "the bumpers wont work, the foglights are angled differently" yet, one guy posted about how his fits with slight modifications. Unfortunately, he never replied back to say what was modified or how he did it. I compared my bumper and foglight location with a Type-S and they didnt look much different, other than the obvious angled housing.
First things first, remove the front bumper. I used the video from the garage and it took me about 10mins to do in the parking in front of my apartment. Here how it looked fresh off the car.
The new minty fresh Type-S aspec front lip ($260shipped from AckTL05)
Front lip removed
I installed a new Type-S grill as well
Quick test fit on the aspec lip (sorry its a bit blurry)
I started off my attaching the two screws in the middle first
The edges line up fine, but the mount points for the Type-S are higher up. The base aspec mounts are intact in this picture but you can see where the Type-S holes are up higher. Simply move the mount up and redrill!
Bottom mounts line up just perfect
Heres where I spent quite a bit of time. I tried mounting the Type-S lip with the lower grills in place, but it was hitting the lip and not letting it lay flush. After a bit of researching, I guess this was common? I removed the lower grills and it fit like a glove.
With the grills removed, I noticed that I could see the white color through the lip grill. I decided to just cover up most of the white area with some harmless black tape.
Here was the hardest part. On the Type-S lip, there are 4 straps that need to be secured to the bumper. On the base lip, there were 2. The Type-S has 2 extra straps towards the center of the bumper. Since this is a base bumper, there were no pre-marked holes. I spent alot of time measuring/guessing where to drill my holes. It paid off as I didnt have to drill any holes twice
I didnt take any pictures of this process but its pretty straight forward.Here it is with the straps tightened down, double-side tape peeled, and some painters tape to keep it in place for extra peace of mind.
I installed it back on the car but it was too dark to take any really good pics. I was really happy with the results. I will take some close ups of the foglights as well as I am sure that is the biggest concern. The only negative that I am noticing is that the top portion of my foghlight beam is covered by the lip. I looked closely and Im pretty positive my lip isnt hanging lower than it should. I'm not sure if I accidentally aimed my foglights down, but they arent projecting like they should. I really dont think the fogs are lower on the Type-S bumper but I could be wrong. I will investigate this furthur this weekend. I have 3000k fogs, ZKW-R lenses, and clear USR diffusers on the way
I hope this clears up alot of the confusion. My 07 WDP lip is for sale btw :P
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Awesome writeup!
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The Type-S lip has the bezels built in. You have to remove the stock bezel from the 07-08 base bumper in order for the lip to sit properly against the bumper. If you try and leave the stock bezels in, the lip will not align correctly.
05-31-2013, 05:18 PM
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Awesome write up!!!
For finding the four holes, I mounted the lip on the bumper using all the clips and then put it back on the car. Dabbed a bit of toothpaste on the straps, press it against the bumper and there's your template. Make sure to measure both "templates" to make sure they're the same.
For finding the four holes, I mounted the lip on the bumper using all the clips and then put it back on the car. Dabbed a bit of toothpaste on the straps, press it against the bumper and there's your template. Make sure to measure both "templates" to make sure they're the same.
10-29-2013, 09:18 AM
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take the stock bezel from 07 base and switch the bezel on the type s lip?
01-17-2021, 09:03 PM
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I need one of these.
I bought my 07 with an Aspec lip kit already installed. Like most, I envied the aggressiveness of the Type-S Aspec.
After searching for days on here and trying to figure out whether not I could fit a Type-S front lip on my base 07, I finally just ordered one to find out myself. I read alot of "the bumpers wont work, the foglights are angled differently" yet, one guy posted about how his fits with slight modifications. Unfortunately, he never replied back to say what was modified or how he did it. I compared my bumper and foglight location with a Type-S and they didnt look much different, other than the obvious angled housing.
First things first, remove the front bumper. I used the video from the garage and it took me about 10mins to do in the parking in front of my apartment. Here how it looked fresh off the car.
The new minty fresh Type-S aspec front lip ($260shipped from AckTL05)
Front lip removed
I installed a new Type-S grill as well
Quick test fit on the aspec lip (sorry its a bit blurry)
I started off my attaching the two screws in the middle first
The edges line up fine, but the mount points for the Type-S are higher up. The base aspec mounts are intact in this picture but you can see where the Type-S holes are up higher. Simply move the mount up and redrill!
Bottom mounts line up just perfect
Heres where I spent quite a bit of time. I tried mounting the Type-S lip with the lower grills in place, but it was hitting the lip and not letting it lay flush. After a bit of researching, I guess this was common? I removed the lower grills and it fit like a glove.
With the grills removed, I noticed that I could see the white color through the lip grill. I decided to just cover up most of the white area with some harmless black tape.
Here was the hardest part. On the Type-S lip, there are 4 straps that need to be secured to the bumper. On the base lip, there were 2. The Type-S has 2 extra straps towards the center of the bumper. Since this is a base bumper, there were no pre-marked holes. I spent alot of time measuring/guessing where to drill my holes. It paid off as I didnt have to drill any holes twice I didnt take any pictures of this process but its pretty straight forward.
Here it is with the straps tightened down, double-side tape peeled, and some painters tape to keep it in place for extra peace of mind.
I installed it back on the car but it was too dark to take any really good pics. I was really happy with the results. I will take some close ups of the foglights as well as I am sure that is the biggest concern. The only negative that I am noticing is that the top portion of my foghlight beam is covered by the lip. I looked closely and Im pretty positive my lip isnt hanging lower than it should. I'm not sure if I accidentally aimed my foglights down, but they arent projecting like they should. I really dont think the fogs are lower on the Type-S bumper but I could be wrong. I will investigate this furthur this weekend. I have 3000k fogs, ZKW-R lenses, and clear USR diffusers on the way I hope this clears up alot of the confusion. My 07 WDP lip is for sale btw :P
After searching for days on here and trying to figure out whether not I could fit a Type-S front lip on my base 07, I finally just ordered one to find out myself. I read alot of "the bumpers wont work, the foglights are angled differently" yet, one guy posted about how his fits with slight modifications. Unfortunately, he never replied back to say what was modified or how he did it. I compared my bumper and foglight location with a Type-S and they didnt look much different, other than the obvious angled housing.
First things first, remove the front bumper. I used the video from the garage and it took me about 10mins to do in the parking in front of my apartment. Here how it looked fresh off the car.
The new minty fresh Type-S aspec front lip ($260shipped from AckTL05)
Front lip removed
I installed a new Type-S grill as well
Quick test fit on the aspec lip (sorry its a bit blurry)
I started off my attaching the two screws in the middle first
The edges line up fine, but the mount points for the Type-S are higher up. The base aspec mounts are intact in this picture but you can see where the Type-S holes are up higher. Simply move the mount up and redrill!
Bottom mounts line up just perfect
Heres where I spent quite a bit of time. I tried mounting the Type-S lip with the lower grills in place, but it was hitting the lip and not letting it lay flush. After a bit of researching, I guess this was common? I removed the lower grills and it fit like a glove.
With the grills removed, I noticed that I could see the white color through the lip grill. I decided to just cover up most of the white area with some harmless black tape.
Here was the hardest part. On the Type-S lip, there are 4 straps that need to be secured to the bumper. On the base lip, there were 2. The Type-S has 2 extra straps towards the center of the bumper. Since this is a base bumper, there were no pre-marked holes. I spent alot of time measuring/guessing where to drill my holes. It paid off as I didnt have to drill any holes twice
I didnt take any pictures of this process but its pretty straight forward.Here it is with the straps tightened down, double-side tape peeled, and some painters tape to keep it in place for extra peace of mind.
I installed it back on the car but it was too dark to take any really good pics. I was really happy with the results. I will take some close ups of the foglights as well as I am sure that is the biggest concern. The only negative that I am noticing is that the top portion of my foghlight beam is covered by the lip. I looked closely and Im pretty positive my lip isnt hanging lower than it should. I'm not sure if I accidentally aimed my foglights down, but they arent projecting like they should. I really dont think the fogs are lower on the Type-S bumper but I could be wrong. I will investigate this furthur this weekend. I have 3000k fogs, ZKW-R lenses, and clear USR diffusers on the way
I hope this clears up alot of the confusion. My 07 WDP lip is for sale btw :P
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