a NEW kind of home depot front lip

[GTOJohnny67]

I searched and haven't seen one done yet so I'm doing a little write up on it. I went to H D to get the stuff to do the garage door molding front lip. When I saw that the molding was made from a soft foam rubber I decided it wasn't going to last long. At this point I drove back to my shop to do some other work on my car. While at my shop trying to get a piece of pipe off the shelf I knocked down some paver edging and that when I hit me. Literally and figuratively. So here it is my $10 front lip.
Parts:
A ten foot section of Paver/Brick Patio edging
1" sheet metal screws and large washers
black silicon caulk

The edging comes in a straight stiff piece when you buy it.
Cut out the x's to make it moldable
I started from the center screwing into the bottom off the bumper working my way out to the sides. Do not screw threw the holes provided in the edging for spiking it into the ground. Screw threw the plastic in the edging for a tight fit.
I cut the ends at 45 degree angles for a clean look.
If your bumper is old like mine and not perfectly straight this is where the black caulk comes into play. make a bead between the bumper and your new lip to fill in any gaps.

This edging is a hard durable plastic, it doesn't fade and should last a long time.

Here are the pics. Install pics where with cell phone sorry they are crappy.

 

[jjrock5]

Looks pretty decent.

 

[Bricktop]

Not Bad.

 

[NycDSM11]

looks good. i never thought that some thing from home depot would good on a car. nice job

 

[dsm93turbo]

Not bad at all for the price

 

[jay-red]

the miata guys have been doing that forever, i did it on my FC and it looked pretty good,everyone thought it was oem. Also, i was talking to my girlfriends dad, and he told me that back in 86 he bought a brand new Fiero, and he made a home depot lip and skirts for it!

 

[907gs-t]

Looks good for spending only $10.00 in part's no doubt imo.

 

[Killa_dsm]

That looks pretty good! Nice work.

 

[caboose]

that looks great considering what it is.

 

[stevestevesteve]

I like it. I will also try it, my current Home Depot Lip needs to be redone anyways.

 

[wazzelby]

Looks good, now get rid of that wheel gap!

 

[GTOJohnny67]

Looks good, now get rid of that wheel gap!

Ya wheel gap is in there with that never ending list of tires, fresh paint, motor rebuild, cams, Tonneau cover, etc...etc....etc....etc

 

[caboose]

dont worry about the wheel gap eclipses look awesome 100% stock imo. I almost wish my eclipse sat about 1.2 inches higher, there are too many bumps and cracks/holes in the pavement, low cars get ownd here.

 

[2GEEZEY]

looks sick. how long did it take you to do?

can you post some pics of how you screwed it in? I want to do this tomarrow

 

[lude000]

It looks really good man.

 

[GTOJohnny67]

I don't have any picks of where the screws are in it right now. But the red dots are where I shot 1" screws with washer on them for support. It snow 8" here today and it was being used as a plow on my road because no one cleared it. She held up like a champ. After I originally put it on I had to back out a couple screws to re-adjust it so it ran a smooth line with the bumper. Make sure you caulk it in and it will look factory. The whole thing took maybe an 45 min. I used tree pruners to cut out the X's. But that's just what I had laying around. Tin snips or dikes would work too. You can cut of the area I circle also to clean it up a little. I didn't on mine but I did on my friends. Doesn't make any difference you can't see it anyway.

 

[2GEEZEY]

Did you just screw it in directly to the bumper?

 

[GTOJohnny67]

Did you just screw it in directly to the bumper?

Yes, directly to the bumper.

 

[BkzProblem]

it looks pretty good compred to the older hd racing lips ...

 

[808DSM]

That will also look good on 1Ga.

 

[GTOJohnny67]

I just realized you can kinda see my HD perforated drain pipe ram air also.

 

[jayman089]

Looks great man, I might have to copy

Where's your shop?

 

[GTOJohnny67]

Its in Bishopville MD, just out side of Ocean City. Its really just my warehouse I keep all landscaping equipment in. But I usually have a couple car projects going on in there too.

 

[black_clipse]

looks really good, especially for $10

 

[2GEEZEY]

I think this is going to be my sunday project just a little confused on how to mount it but ill get it.