Mugen Lip Cracking Bumper

[civictype_r04]

nevermind then

[Windchaser]

It's mounted incorrectly or you are hitting to many obstacles, which is probably putting pressure on the bumper.

[Windchaser]

wow, the lip usually cracks before the bumper. Is the lip seated to high? other than that , i got nothing

Charles, out of the 3 lips I installed (among the 5 or 6 I have owned), the bumper starting showing signs of wear while the the lip remained immaculate with only a few scrapes underneath. It wasn't until the car hit a curb at the McDonald's drive thru that caused the lip to crack and the bumper to tear from the fender LOL. The crack was caused by the chassis mounting bar; if the chassis mounting bar wasn't there, the lip would have survived with only a paint chip and only the bumper would have been damaged.

[charles]

Charles, out of the 3 lips I installed (among the 5 or 6 I have owned), the bumper starting showing signs of wear while the the lip remained immaculate with only a few scrapes underneath. It wasn't until the car hit a curb at the McDonald's drive thru that caused the lip to crack and the bumper to tear from the fender LOL. The crack was caused by the chassis mounting bar; if the chassis mounting bar wasn't there, the lip would have survived with only a paint chip and only the bumper would have been damaged.

damn 5 or 6!!! good to know since I recently picked up a replica lip for the jdm bumper. Off topic question, but is the mounting bar completely necessary or can get away with out using it?

[superd16girl]

It's mounted incorrectly or you are hitting to many obstacles, which is probably putting pressure on the bumper.

I don't hit anything with that lip. Maybe the previous owner did, but I have not.

[Windchaser]

damn 5 or 6!!! good to know since I recently picked up a replica lip for the jdm bumper. Off topic question, but is the mounting bar completely necessary or can get away with out using it?

It's not necessary, but without it the lip flexes over time. Remember, FRP matrix is effected by temperature so overtime the mid-section tends to warp, especially when it rains and collects a puddle of water in the middle LOL. The chassis mounting bar helps keep the lip firmly mounted. You really only need it if you are doing high speed runs; during high speed runs, it flaps up and down hitting the chassis LOL.

[Windchaser]

I don't hit anything with that lip. Maybe the previous owner did, but I have not.

you probably have to go back and re-cut the holes into the right size. It's probably mounted too high or the hole is to small, which cause the bumper to push down on the lip creating those paint cracks and plastic flexing over time.

[superd16girl]

Ok. I don't know if I am going to waste the time on this bumper. Since it has 3 cracks already, one is cracked all the way through, I may just wait til someday I replace the bumper on this car.

Thanks for the information :)

[stealth]

Or sell me the lip, I'll even pay you a lot for it :)

[superd16girl]

Or sell me the lip, I'll even pay you a lot for it :)

Haha um no. Sorry! I think that the car looks rediculous without the lip right now. It doesn't help with the holes in the bumper for the brake ducts, but I don't think I can part with the lip.

[RedSiBaron]

Haha um no. Sorry! I think that the car looks rediculous without the lip right now. It doesn't help with the holes in the bumper for the brake ducts, but I don't think I can part with the lip.

pssshh shed sell it to me first...right!?

besides she owes me i was going to buy that whole front end off the previous owner before she bought the whole car as is haha

[superd16girl]

pssshh shed sell it to me first...right!?

besides she owes me i was going to buy that whole front end off the previous owner before she bought the whole car as is haha

Haha i knew you would pipe in soon enough. Yes, I would sell it to you first.
Why didn't he end up selling you the front end?

[RedSiBaron]

Haha i knew you would pipe in soon enough. Yes, I would sell it to you first.
Why didn't he end up selling you the front end?

haha hey im bored and hitting "new post" give me a break...

and to answer your question, YOU bought the car...haha...thats why













(plus i didnt have the money at the time...)

[superd16girl]

Oh damn! Well I wanted to car back to stock, since thats how he posted it, but then when I text him he would only sell the car as is. So you could have had it if he didn't change his mind.

[stealth]

pssshh shed sell it to me first...right!?

besides she owes me i was going to buy that whole front end off the previous owner before she bought the whole car as is haha

But she should sell it to me because then she'd never have to see it on an ep :)