Depo Front Lip

[chubbi822]

Wal Mart garden liner
Scotch double sided tape






Side Lip coming up

[TTownEP3]

Those wrinkles look like
Sorry.

[2wickedtoyz]

the wrinkles don't look good but overallnice job

i wouldn't do the sides with that.

try to heat the front to have it tigten up

[HATEnFATE]

I had a 91 SE-R sentra that I used kitchen style base trim on. It turned out real nice, but I used screws to hold it in place. Made it look more race-like. I"ll have to dig up a picture...

[TTownEP3]

I suppose I should be more constructive than just giving you some barf smilies...

Some people on my Civic forum have been digging up mid-90s Volvo front lips and screwing them in to the bumper. They look pretty good, and are apparently really cheap.

Let's see, I'll dig it up here, it should apply to any car you want to put it on:

This if for the guys that like that garage door lip but want it a little bigger. It's also super cheap only cost me $12 . All you need to do is go to your local junk yard or steal one (i don't recommend the second part). It's got to be off of a 1990 ish Volvo so look for them.

The things you need is:
Heat gun
Razor knife
self tapping screws
screw gun, Screwdriver is ok to but it's just going to take longer.

What you want to do is cut some V shaped pieces in the corners where the lip does the 90 degree turns. This will allow the lip to fold more and contour the Ep bumper easier. This is where the heat gun comes to play. Use the heat gun to make the lip bend easier and slowly bend it to fit the bumper.

Ok after this you want to center the lip on the bumper and put two screws in to hold it in place. After you do that work your way to the end of the lip by fitting and screwing the rest of the lip on. So just slowly screw off from side to side and making sure the lip is going on evenly (when i mean side to side i mean from the center outwards).

The corners are a little tricky but if you have someone to help you it will be much easier.

Ok now comes the last part. The Volvo lip is slightly longer than the Ep bumper so you will need to trim it. I used a razor knife with a nice new sharp blade and it worked out perfect, but you can use whatever you feel will work best for you. Anyways i just followed the bumper line straight down and cut them to look as OEM as possible.

*tip* lift the car up in the air on jack stands. This will allow you to get under there and screw it off more easily. Also less bending and on your back work.

There's also a thread on there about using some trim from Home Depot for garage doors, but I don't think it looks as good as the Volvo one.

Here is that DIY:

Got this done tonight. It took about 2hrs from start to finish, which includes removing and re-installing the bumper.

Pics of the product as requested. (Comes in a plastic bag for $14.99 or so CDN)



http://www.homedepot.ca/webapp/wcs/s..._0_level1_TAGO

First, remove the bumper. There are DIY's around on how to do that. 5 minute job.

Once you have the bumper off, find a good location to work on it. Get some tape and use it to mask off the place you want to install the trim. This will give you a line to work along when you are installing the double sided tape.



Once the double sided tape is installed, begin installing the trim. Align the crease of the trim with the edge of the double sided tape. You can achieve a pretty nice line if you are careful.



I did something a bit different than most other installs I have seen. Instead of using screws to give the lip extra hold, I used black zip ties. I drilled holes along the bottom of the trim through the bumper and ran the zip ties through. They snug up great and seem to cover more area than screws.



Here's a pic of the finished product.



Here's a pic on the car. I'll get some more when it's not dark out.



Lip in action!

[2wickedtoyz]

^ now that's a good constructive post. and the volvo lip is a nice touch

[Fuji*]

Really nice. I never thought you could do that with a 1997 avalon. lol.

[greeksoccerboy]

or do what i did and get a taurus front lip..


me and my friend are going to the junkyard soon and are going to try to rip every lip off cars to see the nicest fitting one haha. We are also going to see if we can bondo or somehow build the lip to fit it further..

[2wickedtoyz]

nice job on the lip. it looks OEM.

[CharmCityES]

Originally Posted by greeksoccerboy

or do what i did and get a taurus front lip..


me and my friend are going to the junkyard soon and are going to try to rip every lip off cars to see the nicest fitting one haha. We are also going to see if we can bondo or somehow build the lip to fit it further..

this looks great....ive seen gen 3 camry guys use the taurus lips for a while, but ive never seen one on an avalon...looks good!