Early lip modded to fit late valance.

[AwakenNoMore]

Picked up a cracked lip from an 88' vert in the junkyard for $10. Saw the early lip on ak-'s car (Abbi) and figured I'd give it a go.


Test fit #1.

It has a face.

Bad crack.

Filling with plastic epoxy.





Test fit #2



Underside trimmed and ready for paint.

Goo.

Bondo and rust.

Mounted, so nice, might make a cover plate for the middle though.

[LateFan]

Did you have any trouble with these bolts / clips at the fenderwell each side? These are the OEM fasteners for that valance lip.





It's a plastic nut, unthreaded. I assume it's supposed to act like a nylon locknut. But it takes so much torque to thread it that the rounded square head is spinning in the plastic clip.

We may go get stainless hex bolts with a shallow head and lock nuts.

[AwakenNoMore]

I used strong zip ties because that's all there is really room for. You only have 1/4'' of drilling room. That hardware, would not work correctly.

[dereliiict]

Was thinking about doing this...

[ak-]

Hey good going!

[AwakenNoMore]

Hey good going!

Thanks man!

So . . . the first time I rolled out of my driveway I found out the epoxy didn't get enough penetration (ha) on the side that wasn't completely broken. Also my shocks need replacing quite soon. I may have to try parking backwards up the drive.


I'll fix it later . . .

[gearheadE30]

I ran one of these for awhile until I smacked an errant rabbit. The plastic shatters quite easily.

[AwakenNoMore]

Good thing plastic epoxy is cheap. I'll keep fixing this until the repairs approach half the price of an OEM IS lip, then I'll just buy one.