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Type R "style" Front Lip Install
Take your bumper completly off in order to do this. I used clamps and some towls to temp. hold the middle of the lip to the bumper while I drilled pilot holes through ends of the lip and the bumper in the wheel well.
To keep the middle part of the lip from sticking up, I used a 4" long by 3/4" thick by 1" deep piece of scrap wood that was just laying on the floor next to my workbench, (you might have to be creative if you can't find this).
Wedge the scrap piece of wood in-between the bottom of the bumper and the gap of the lip (underside/backside)(you can't see it from the front of the car so looks aren't important). I used a glue gun to secure the piece of wood into the slot...you could also use epoxy or superglue (not elmers or wood glue).
Voila
The piece of wood acts as a wedge...pressing the bottom of the lip down therefore keeping it tight against the top rim of the bumper opening.
Take your bumper completly off in order to do this. I used clamps and some towls to temp. hold the middle of the lip to the bumper while I drilled pilot holes through ends of the lip and the bumper in the wheel well.
To keep the middle part of the lip from sticking up, I used a 4" long by 3/4" thick by 1" deep piece of scrap wood that was just laying on the floor next to my workbench, (you might have to be creative if you can't find this).
Wedge the scrap piece of wood in-between the bottom of the bumper and the gap of the lip (underside/backside)(you can't see it from the front of the car so looks aren't important). I used a glue gun to secure the piece of wood into the slot...you could also use epoxy or superglue (not elmers or wood glue).
Voila
The piece of wood acts as a wedge...pressing the bottom of the lip down therefore keeping it tight against the top rim of the bumper opening.
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