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Mantis88LX
11-10-2002, 09:43 AM
here are a few recent pics, i got the accord lip on but i dont have the sides yet,
let me know what you think.
thanx

http://images.cardomain.com/installs/215000-215999/215895_31_full.jpg

http://images.cardomain.com/installs/215000-215999/215895_21_full.jpg

http://images.cardomain.com/installs/215000-215999/215895_33_full.jpg

http://images.cardomain.com/installs/215000-215999/215895_34_full.jpg

Mantis88LX
11-10-2002, 09:53 AM
note: the engine pic was before i removed the A.C and cruise control, and before i put in the K&N filter, the other pics were takin today

87AccordsterLx
11-10-2002, 10:07 AM
I think the lip makes a HUGE difference in apperence of the car... I really like it a lot... I just dont think it would look that good on my 87 becasue the underneath of the bumper is set back much more then the 88-89 is... but the car looks great man... so you live in AL and you took the A/C out??? Damn you're crazy man... haha.. I hope you can survive the heat once summer rolls around...

Mantis88LX
11-10-2002, 10:12 AM
lol yea, the A.C didnt work anyways. i felt a nice gain from removing it.

87AccordsterLx
11-10-2002, 10:15 AM
was it more of a gain due to weight or something else?? My cousin who lives in Louisiana doest have A/C in his truck... damn ... when ever I drive down to visit in the summer his ass always drives w/ me... lol... but thats good that you got rid of the dead weight though....

Mantis88LX
11-10-2002, 10:20 AM
yea removing the weight help. i heard somewere that all the a.c crap together weighs like 30lbs? or near

A20A1
11-10-2002, 12:02 PM
I like the lip as well... I really need a center part to complete mine.

Mike's89AccordLX
11-10-2002, 12:39 PM
a20a1, I have to say that I think I like the lip without the center part. It looks pretty sweet to me. What do you guys think?

KaMiKaZeE
11-10-2002, 12:49 PM
I'd like to know how you got your flipped lid to stay on, since when I tried it the bolts dont stick through to put the nuts on when the lid is flipped.

Neuspeed007
11-10-2002, 01:01 PM
thats a 84-87 CRX lip right??? was it easy to install?

Mantis88LX
11-10-2002, 03:30 PM
mine is a orgianal Accord lip, its hard to find i heard

SQ is the SQUAD
11-10-2002, 03:53 PM
this kid at my school has the original accord lip but his is m,issng a part but it looks good though. removing the ac helps performance 1, because like said before you loose about 30 lbs, and 2 te less belts youe engine has to move the faster and more freely it can move, therefore causing more power

87AccordsterLx
11-10-2002, 03:57 PM
KaMiKaZeE... you need to take the grommets off of the lid... then you need to take the part of the bolt that makes the bolt a wing nut off... there is a bolt inside of the wing nut... just use the bolts... the grommets are the rubber pieces that almost look like rubber washers on the lid it self... I also took the clips that hold the lid down off compleatly.... use a thin washer to seal off the hole on the lid to where the bolt rests....

http://www.ghalili.com/Nathan/Nate's%20Page/3gs/3gengine.jpg

Mantis88LX
11-10-2002, 05:09 PM
im still trin to decide on if i should paint it body color or leave it black, what do u guys think?

A20A1
11-10-2002, 07:19 PM
Black :D and paint the body below the trim black, so you'll have a stripe along the bottom.

Coroncho80
11-10-2002, 09:55 PM
Tight................... BTW, I WANT A LIP!!!!!!!!!

Mantis88LX
11-11-2002, 02:37 PM
yea front lips really change the way the front of the car looks, i think it gives it more of a aggressive look.
I didnt expect to find this lip, i was looking around at a junkyard and noticed it on the front of a junked 3rd gen, i was like holy shit. so i got it and was like, "i found this on that 87 accord," he was like $25 i said well its missing a side and its scratche up, ill give ya $14" he was like ok
i sanded it down and painted it back black and it look new again.
Kool becaus eim like the only person around my area with one, everyone askeds is that a front kit? im like wtf no its a orignal accord lip. :wave:

smufguy
11-12-2002, 02:42 PM
in my opinion, the crx lip works and looks better than a body kit front bumper. I like the way u took out all the plastic grille from ur bumper. Plannin to put a mesh on it or just gonna leave it like that? Does ur bumper sag because u got no grille ?

Mantis88LX
11-12-2002, 04:03 PM
yea it makes the front look so much better without that plastic grill in there, bumper doesnt sag either, i got a mesh inthere but its hard to see, its cheap chicken wire. im gonna get some bigger kind later