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ULTREX Front Lip

PostPosted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 4:24 pm
by drndrn
As title says, also repainted my grille, although you might not be able to see that easily, I painted the surround body coloured then sprayed a very light layer of paint over the badge, it made the chrome look like the colour of the stock Spec B wheels (Shadow chrome). Also got a set of ULTREX RS rims a while back. That's all! :)

And yes those scratches on my front bumper are very unique, stripes.. They're going to be the new thing..

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Thanks to Rob for supplying the bits!

Re: ULTREX Front Lip

PostPosted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 5:15 pm
by chriskan
Looks great Darren :) came up really well. The wheels really suit too.

Re: ULTREX Front Lip

PostPosted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 7:02 pm
by teK--
Lookin good Daz! :mrgreen:

Re: ULTREX Front Lip

PostPosted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 8:21 pm
by ez30rb
Great Job .. Looks nice!

Re: ULTREX Front Lip

PostPosted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 8:48 pm
by Arith
Looks good sir! The chrome surround on the grill never quite looked right, so it's good that you blacked it out. Great job!

Re: ULTREX Front Lip

PostPosted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 11:15 pm
by Digital
lookin good darren!

are those 18s?

hows the front lip liking the gutters at the carparks so far? any issues?

Re: ULTREX Front Lip

PostPosted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 7:04 pm
by andy85
lookin good mate!!
love the simple, clean and not over done looks :D

Re: ULTREX Front Lip

PostPosted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 7:32 pm
by Ginger Ninja
I really like those wheels. Very nice.

Re: ULTREX Front Lip

PostPosted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 8:27 pm
by cruisn
Lip and grille look the goods mate.

Rims look cheap without centre caps IMO and a tad darker would suit the car alot better.

Re: ULTREX Front Lip

PostPosted: Fri Feb 05, 2010 4:05 pm
by Laps
I think the lip would look better painted

Re: ULTREX Front Lip

PostPosted: Fri Feb 05, 2010 4:33 pm
by drndrn
I definitely agree with you mate. Will be getting it painted when I get my front bumper resprayed.

Re: ULTREX Front Lip

PostPosted: Fri Feb 05, 2010 5:02 pm
by GTSPECB STI
Well that looks great as is and Do Not Paint The Lip....you will know why a week after you paint it..use a nice Autoglym product on the lip and it will come up a treat trust me.

Re: ULTREX Front Lip

PostPosted: Fri Feb 05, 2010 5:18 pm
by teK--
GTSPECB STI wrote:Well that looks great as is and Do Not Paint The Lip....you will know why a week after you paint it..use a nice Autoglym product on the lip and it will come up a treat trust me.


Does it flex and crack the paint, or cop stone chips?

I have one of these on the way and was looking at treating it with Meguiars Forever Black or similar to give it a deep black colour closer the the real sti lips, rather than the hazy sort of charcoal colour these are.

Re: ULTREX Front Lip

PostPosted: Fri Feb 05, 2010 5:29 pm
by GTSPECB STI
put it this way..its plastic and its the closest contact point to everything on the road..it will look awesome painted...for about 10 minutes of driving. Do not lower your car if you want to paint this item.

Re: ULTREX Front Lip

PostPosted: Fri Feb 05, 2010 9:18 pm
by drndrn
Yeah thanks for that. I was really only wanting to paint it like a darker black, than what it is now. But I'll give your suggestion a go before anyhting..

My car is already lowered :oops: Your comment makes me feel the need to lower it a bit more!