Volvo lip mounting methods

[Asbradley21]

You can come down here, I'll throw one of those wooden ones at you if you like.

[Fidhle007]

I still keep expecting to hear a train whistle when I see one of these lips on a car...

[Danny]

I used self tapping screws.

try that.

[Asbradley21]

yesssss! i picked up a volvo lip in 7/10 condition today!!!!! 20 bucks! just a few scuffs but the shape is still perfect. im gonna try to sand it a little with some 100 grit to get a smooth look out of it.then i will likely BOLT it to the valence, im not a huge believer in zip ties, but it worked for some of you we'll see. pics when im done.

I used zip ties, which work well, but I'm sure bolts will work better.

[Fidhle007]

i wonder how fast i would have to go to get my lip to fly off.

Faster than me, I actually had downforce.

[kamotors]

My lip was thoroughly seated in it's clips but at the speed I was traveling there was enough downforce to overcome the clips and zip ties holding everything on.

i wonder how fast i would have to go to get my lip to fly off.

[nineohfour]

yesssss! i picked up a volvo lip in 7/10 condition today!!!!! 20 bucks! just a few scuffs but the shape is still perfect. im gonna try to sand it a little with some 100 grit to get a smooth look out of it.then i will likely BOLT it to the valence, im not a huge believer in zip ties, but it worked for some of you we'll see. pics when im done.

[Fidhle007]

Yep, you can always beat the valence with a big hammer, the lip however, not so much. I'm guessing when yours got pulled off, it probably didn't break the clips (saying it was a huge pain to get mine out) but pulled it out of them, theoretically, if your lip were better seated in the clips (or the clips deep enough to let it be seated more) that wouldn't have happened.

My lip was thoroughly seated in it's clips but at the speed I was traveling there was enough downforce to overcome the clips and zip ties holding everything on.

[Asbradley21]

Meh, the valence will bend back.

Yep, you can always beat the valence with a big hammer, the lip however, not so much. I'm guessing when yours got pulled off, it probably didn't break the clips (saying it was a huge pain to get mine out) but pulled it out of them, theoretically, if your lip were better seated in the clips (or the clips deep enough to let it be seated more) that wouldn't have happened.

[Fidhle007]

Good for the lip, id worry about my valance though i guess. Granted ive got a 20buck volvo lip and id rather it break off then bend my valance

Meh, the valence will bend back.

[Stephen]

That's why I would never trust the POS clips on a 150$ lip, bolt it to the valence.

Good for the lip, id worry about my valance though i guess. Granted ive got a 20buck volvo lip and id rather it break off then bend my valance

[Asbradley21]

I have to be careful about what I say, the volvo gods got me back for my haterade...

I was showing off for a hot girl and discovered that at 140, there is indeed enough downforce to rip off an IS lip with a decently sized splitter... She looked at me and simply said "Are you going to cry?"

"Probably..."

The new IS lip arrived yesterday and went to the paint shop today. This will be number five...

That's why I would never trust the POS clips on a 150$ lip, bolt it to the valence.

[h82crash]

Damit! I gotta go to the yard now and I'm laid up from knee surgery! I was going to have to fabricate something myself like out of a laundry basket or somthing. Volvo lip is way better. That leaves me time to figure out how to adapt a honda cam gear to my BMW.

[Stephen]

Hahaha, oh well.

at least it shows theres downforce

[Fidhle007]

I have to be careful about what I say, the volvo gods got me back for my haterade...

I was showing off for a hot girl and discovered that at 140, there is indeed enough downforce to rip off an IS lip with a decently sized splitter... She looked at me and simply said "Are you going to cry?"

"Probably..."

The new IS lip arrived yesterday and went to the paint shop today. This will be number five...