Project Facelift

[Jand3rson]

Used in his case.

maybe it's greg's wonder-lip lol

Yeah right, after all the horror stories I heard about those things?

It's not used... it's brand new. I bought it from Eurostyle. Trent, email Filip at filip@eurostyledesigninc.com, he'll give you all the details. Total came to $185 shipped USD.

And it's a Suzuki Sidekick Sport JLX.

[turbo_negro69]

OMFG! i wish i had heard of this wonder lip from eurostyle before i ordered and paid for the crappy fiberglass one thats sold on shme-bay!:( i sent him an email, thanks for posting pictures of it being twisted like a freaking...... i dunno what, but that is indeed VERY awesome!:D

[Jand3rson]

OMFG! i wish i had heard of this wonder lip from eurostyle before i ordered and paid for the crappy fiberglass one thats sold on shme-bay!:( i sent him an email, thanks for posting pictures of it being twisted like a freaking...... i dunno what, but that is indeed VERY awesome!:D

So buy one of these and unload the one you just bought back on ebay. Trust me, you won't regret it.

how does it mount? does it use the stock clips, or do you have to drill your own holes into it for mounting? I need to get one soon.

There's no provisions for clips or anything like that, so it's pretty much a "mount it however you see fit" deal, but I'm going to be drilling holes through it and just bolting it up to the valence directly. Though maybe I'll do Doriftu-style and used zip-ties. :D

[turbo_negro69]

So buy one of these and unload the one you just bought back on ebay. Trust me, you won't regret it.


There's no provisions for clips or anything like that, so it's pretty much a "mount it however you see fit" deal, but I'm going to be drilling holes through it and just bolting it up to the valence directly. Though maybe I'll do Doriftu-style and used zip-ties. :D

e-mail to fillip at eurostop sent! e-bay garbage being dumped in trash!

[Jand3rson]

Good man.

[PiercedE30]

zip ties break before bolts and wont rip the lip if/when it decides it wants to come off.

[Jand3rson]

zip ties break before bolts and wont rip the lip if/when it decides it wants to come off.

That's what I'm talking about. I VERY rarely scraped with my iS airdam, but I think this lip is going to end up being lower than my airdam was, so I'm not sure. I'm also going to have a splitter on it, mainly to protect the lip itself.

[Fanzotti]

He got it locally at an automotive paint supply store. THey mixed it for him from the factory paint code.

It matches pretty well, but then again, we haven't mounted it yet and the only time we've seen it is in a garage that wasn't very well lit. It is black however, so it should match pretty well.

086 schwarz black doesn't need to be mixed to a factory paint code FYI. It's a standard gloss black and can be bought off the shelf. If your auto body supply is charging you for mixing 086 to a factory code there ripping you off.

[nando]

zip ties break before bolts and wont rip the lip if/when it decides it wants to come off.

bah! zip ties work great.. if you bolt it on and hit something, you're still going to break it off, only now you're going to really tear it up and possibly bend your valance. I had zip ties holding mine on for 2 years, I bottomed the lip out many times and nailed lots of cones and it never came off.

also, a splitter isn't going to do shit to protect your lip. it will actually make it more likely that you hit it when you go into driveways/ramps because it will stick out further than without one.

also, greg's lip really wasn't that bad. I know dan destroyed his after 2 days, but I had mine for 2 years without trouble, until I got a little carried away pulling into a field and ended up running it over.. and while it cracked, it never completely broke.

[Fanzotti]

Don't sweat it!

Eurospeed

Don't sweat the burns. To tell you the truth I dont think the problem is in your wet sanding and it may not be that you didn't shoot enough on. Like you said it's a learning expierience, I had about a thousand learning expieriences before I was able to get my car painted properly. I can't tell you how many times I had to re-do shit before I learned along the way from a handful of pro's how to do it the right way. Once I got one step right I messed up the next one. More than likely the problem came about due to the way that you sanded your fillers or primer and even the primer you used. even though the primer seemed smooth and flat there were probably pitts and low/high spots in it. It's important to guide coat the (high build) primer and get the imperfections out at this stage. Other factors such as how the paint was thinned and air pressure can cause excessive sandy orange peel which if too out of control can't be fixed. You'd have to put a ton of base coats (like 15?) on to save you from sanding through the color with a pitted primer. No matter how well you can wet/color sand you wont be able to overcome this. what you need to do to avoid this is properly sand/contour your filler then block sand your High build primer with a guide coat, only when this is perfected are you ready to use sealer primer then base coat then if you desire clear. Also when sanding avoid the edges or tape them, sharp edges will buff out when you polish. I'm working on a how I painted my car write up that will hopefully help fellow R3V'ers attain beautiful paint. Good luck and keep trying! I'll PM you the link when I post it

[YAN-3]

any recent updates... cant wait to see the final finished project. man i need to do something along those lines to my cars. maybe the M

[Jand3rson]

any recent updates... cant wait to see the final finished project. man i need to do something along those lines to my cars. maybe the M

Andrew and I are probably going to get the rear apron ready to be welded up today. We have to get it to where we want it on the car, so I can sand away the paint and rubberized shit on the rear end where the welds will be.

[Jean]

What's a going price for a front valance ?

[Jand3rson]

What's a going price for a front valance ?

$100-120 is about the most you should pay for a straight rust-free piece. If it's your car's color, maybe a bit more. They can also be had new from the dealer for around $200.

[Mike325]

Josh, any updates on the rear valance? How did it go if you got it welded in?