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Svirdulys
08-18-2005, 08:32 AM
i have it glued on front and 2 bolts by the wheels. its fine for a while, but then i believe heat makes the double sided tape loose or smthg and i have gaps right under the fog light.
any1 ideas how to secure that lip for ever? i have done it myself and then got a shop do it, and again after a year it starts falling off.

coo880
08-18-2005, 08:44 AM
the front lip has screws to it screwed onto ur front bumper.

Svirdulys
08-18-2005, 01:34 PM
i havent seen any screw hole or anything to screw it.

coo880
08-18-2005, 02:27 PM
you drill it i guess because for my ww front lip i have screws

Pinchy
08-18-2005, 02:59 PM
Those 3M tapes will do just fine.... you are not going to bake your car long enough for them to melt like butter and just slides off your bumper...

Zero
08-18-2005, 03:55 PM
i had the same problem with my Vizage lip. it kept sagging because the 2x tape would lose its strength.

well, i took off the entire front bumper and installed the brackets that came with the lip, drilled and mounted them on the stock lip. everything holds fine.

GTSFool
08-18-2005, 06:27 PM
the original double sided tape that came with my WW kit is holding on better than i ever expected. you just got to make sure that the area where you apply the tape is perfectly clean. Use rubbing alcohol and a cloth. there was a small gap where the lip molds around into the grill, but because my car is white i was able to just go out and buy some white 50 year silicon caulk and fill the small gap. it works great and matches my white paint pretty darn good, so good you can't really tell. further more it's somewhat flexible so it can withstand the movement of the lip when you're doing like 80mph. the only downside is that the caulk tends to show road dust a little bit more than the rest of the car, but even still it's not that noticable at all. take a look at the picture and see for yourself. if you look closely at the passenger side front bumper, you can see how the road dust sticks to the silicon caulk. it doesn't look bad at all and it can be cleaned off easily. a litle further around the front bumper and you can see where i just redid the caulk. the picture does little justice, it looks so much better in person believe me.
http://www.newcelica.org/photopost/data/500/13541GTSFool03.JPG

Svirdulys
08-19-2005, 08:45 AM
well i never had the damn original tape. and 2 different kinds i used later both gave some slack after like a year or so. im just wanna get it done for once. im not sure if WW made any molding for it, cause i both it used and didnt have any. so i just taped it. otherwise the screws would just be sticking out

GTSFool
08-19-2005, 02:02 PM
i have two screws in mine that screw into the fenderwall liner, one in each wheel well. it may help hold it up or add a little support.

Svirdulys
08-19-2005, 05:44 PM
i have two screws in mine that screw into the fenderwall liner, one in each wheel well. it may help hold it up or add a little support.
yeah i got those 2 also. but they dont hold it tight enough or smthg cause i still have little caps right where the fog light meets grill space.
i think im justgonna take off my bumper tomorow and see if can somehow bolt it down somewhere, cause this stuff had really really pissed me off

hi ho silver
08-21-2005, 12:50 PM
do your guys' ww lips sag in the front right in the middle after a while? mine does.. and it kinda annoys me.

Svirdulys
08-21-2005, 07:10 PM
it did a bit before, now its stays firm strainght after i screwed it with bunch of bolts.

GTSFool
08-21-2005, 07:19 PM
i haven't had any problems with sagging.