Project - Front lip

**Dookie** · 03-06-2010, 08:39 PM

Started this project a few months ago of redoing a newer style for a front lip. When I first started out, I was just using foam to get the basic look and idea. Then it would be covered with fiberglass and painted to match the car.

I've put the project to the side for awhile and now I thinking about completing it. Here are some pics of the original foam cut out. Let me know what you guys think.

kagenmateer · 03-06-2010, 09:25 PM

I like!

TSi+WRX · 03-07-2010, 07:25 AM

Neat! It looks NASCAR-esque!

NALegacy · 04-05-2010, 08:43 PM

I guess it's more of an apron-type lip.

I would like to start a project I've had brewing in my head for a few years now. I want to make an all-metal undertray for the front of the car to go along with my front lip. It would have to sit in between the bumper and the lip, and continue back to create better airflow underneath the car. I've got the whole design planned out in my head, I just need to figure out how to make it out of sheet metal and figure out attachment points.

TSi+WRX · 04-06-2010, 04:18 AM

^ See if anyone around you has the Rallitek skid-plate.

I don't think that you'll be able to use it for your needs, as it won't be as complete as your idea - but you could brainstorm your mounting points (as well as gain insight into potential clearance issues and how to solve them), at least a couple of them, from a look-see.

kagenmateer · 04-11-2010, 07:41 PM

^^^ Great advice. That would save you a lot of time. That skid plate is on my list of wants.

NALegacy · 04-13-2010, 08:04 PM

So I'll be borrowing a spare set of jackstands this weekend and cutting out a cardboard template for the undertray hopefully. You think cardboard would be strong enough to just use as the undertray?

Even though I wouldn't be able to drive the car in the rain...

**Dookie** · 04-13-2010, 08:34 PM

You can if you wrap in cloth then fiberglass it.

03-07-2010, 07:25 AM	#3
TSi+WRX Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Cleveland/Shaker Hts., OH - USA Ride: Me-"Winky,"APB '05 LGT Ltd.sedan \| Wifey-SSM '09 Forester XT Favorite Mod: Finding lost Pop-Its! Posts: 1,749	Neat! It looks NASCAR-esque! __________________ <-- I love Winky, my "periwinkle" (ABP) LGT! - Allen / Usual Suspect "DumboRAT" / One of the Three Stooges

04-06-2010, 04:18 AM	#5
TSi+WRX Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Cleveland/Shaker Hts., OH - USA Ride: Me-"Winky,"APB '05 LGT Ltd.sedan \| Wifey-SSM '09 Forester XT Favorite Mod: Finding lost Pop-Its! Posts: 1,749	^ See if anyone around you has the Rallitek skid-plate. I don't think that you'll be able to use it for your needs, as it won't be as complete as your idea - but you could brainstorm your mounting points (as well as gain insight into potential clearance issues and how to solve them), at least a couple of them, from a look-see. __________________ <-- I love Winky, my "periwinkle" (ABP) LGT! - Allen / Usual Suspect "DumboRAT" / One of the Three Stooges

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03-06-2010, 09:25 PM	#2
kagenmateer Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Boise, ID Ride: '06 LGT 5MT Favorite Mod: AP Stage II flash Posts: 727	I like!

04-05-2010, 08:43 PM	#4
NALegacy Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Houston, TX Ride: 05 Subaru Legacy 2.5i Favorite Mod: RaceComp Tarmac 1s by KW Posts: 264	I guess it's more of an apron-type lip. I would like to start a project I've had brewing in my head for a few years now. I want to make an all-metal undertray for the front of the car to go along with my front lip. It would have to sit in between the bumper and the lip, and continue back to create better airflow underneath the car. I've got the whole design planned out in my head, I just need to figure out how to make it out of sheet metal and figure out attachment points.

04-11-2010, 07:41 PM	#6
kagenmateer Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Boise, ID Ride: '06 LGT 5MT Favorite Mod: AP Stage II flash Posts: 727	^^^ Great advice. That would save you a lot of time. That skid plate is on my list of wants.

04-13-2010, 08:04 PM	#7
NALegacy Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Houston, TX Ride: 05 Subaru Legacy 2.5i Favorite Mod: RaceComp Tarmac 1s by KW Posts: 264	So I'll be borrowing a spare set of jackstands this weekend and cutting out a cardboard template for the undertray hopefully. You think cardboard would be strong enough to just use as the undertray? Even though I wouldn't be able to drive the car in the rain...

04-13-2010, 08:34 PM	#8
Dookie The Modster Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Deep in the heart (clap.clap.clap) of California? Ride: '97 Huffy bike with 14 gears!! Favorite Mod: Quick shift handle bars Posts: 3,642	You can if you wrap in cloth then fiberglass it.

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