DIY - Mugen Lip and Mugen Zero Side Install
Basically I was looking for a DIY on insalling a Mugen Front Lip and Mugen Zero Sides, since I dont plan on spending thousands of bucks on my car and I enjoy doing small things that I can do myself I needed a tutorial. I searched asked and nothing, so when it came time to doing mine since im impatient and like to get things done, I gatheres a few tips from here and there.
I did mine and wanted to help others with theirs or perhaps give some tips that I learned along the way. My car is a 95 Honda Civic Si Coupe. Basically I did it MY way Im not a pro and its up to you if you want to do it my way but atleast it will help somewhat in the installation. if you have any questions please feel free to pm me. and remember i aint no pro I just was brave enough to do it myself. This project took me 12 hours, or from 8am-8pm roughly, but I also had to run out to get paints and more supplies in between times. OUTLINE OF PROJECT Purchase Supplies Car wash Sand Mugen Lip and Skirt Remove Stock Parts Rough Fit of Lip Pre Drill Lip Wash and Clean Primer Paint in thin coats Paint with a little but thicker coat Top Coat Install of Lip Remove Stock Skirt Cut and fit Stock Skirt with Mugen on top Install of Mugen Side Skirt Take Pictures Supplies Knife Screwdrivers or multiple Driver heads Mallet or Hammer Set of Screws and Bolts(I will try to get the type or bolt pecs of mine) You can use Pop Rivets but you need to find one that is nive big and long, I couldnt find any and I thought the screws would work better Drill with different size drill bits Clamps 10-15 cans of Spray paint(in my case I used about 13 or so small cans so probably 6 or so cans, get exact match paint) 1 Can of Primer Spray Paint Can 1 Can of Top Coat, Gloss Spray Paint Can Paint Thinner of some sort for those accidents Blue Shop Towels Gas Mask or breathing protection Water - to wash away and clean sanded plastic Hand Saw or Jigsaw Sandpaper 400 and 300 grit is what i used Im not sure what you want to use but if you are using rough paper dont sand to hard if you have streaks of lines on your lip or skirt urdoing it too hard or just use finer sandpaper. Cardboard or floor covering http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...0Skirt/Can.jpg http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...Skirt/Cans.jpg http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...%20Skirt/0.jpg http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...%20Skirt/1.jpg http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...%20Skirt/2.jpg http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...%20Skirt/3.jpg http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...%20Skirt/4.jpg http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...%20Skirt/5.jpg |
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DONE FINALLY
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Great DIY! You have great painting skill Jeff.
Very detailed instructions with pictures, nice! I am going to paint my lip following your instructions and let you know how it turns out! Thanks Jeff! |
Awesome DIY! I was going to pay someone else to put it on for me as it seemed too complicated, but now I am definetely willing to go at it myself, especially with this tutorial :) .
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Great writeup.
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awesome job now if i could only get my lip to fit on my bumper its too damn short and wont go around both sides no matter how hard i try.
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that was a great diy
nice to see lots of pics, u made it really easy to understand |
Im doing this as soon as it gets warm.
Where did you get your paint from??? What type of clear coat did you use?? |
drop that **** like it's hot!
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Stock front lip......why in the world would you have to put the nuts and bolts back in?
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Originally posted by kwasley Im doing this as soon as it gets warm. Where did you get your paint from??? What type of clear coat did you use?? used car spray can flexible clear primer, and milano red paint then clear coat gloss |
Originally posted by Gallagher Stock front lip......why in the world would you have to put the nuts and bolts back in? |
Originally posted by crazydragonclk the bolts not only hold the stock skirt, there is an underlapping plastic protector underneath the engine bay of the front area under the car. so if you dont screw them back, you will have a plastic sheet hanging off your car I guess my 94 hatch is totally different from your car then.....never ever heard of that |
how much did all of this cost?
are there any signs of wear? |
cost for supplies in my case bc i jus got small half cans of exact color match which are about 8 bucks, so i used like 10 or so cans so i would say
$100 for paint 20 for sandpaper, masks, misc supplies. 300 for mugen front and sides. there are no signs of wear, the only time the paint was removed is because of hard scratches like lip scraping asphalt or driveway, and even when some of the lip cracked against a driveway mishap there was no flaking or cracking of the paint not even on the cracked edges, and ive tried scratching it with my nail and its still really durable. |
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