[ilxluv]

Purchased the front lip off an STI.
Used a couple stock mounting points and made 4 more of my own to make sure it wasn't coming off.

Before

After

Another shot of the lip as well as the plastidip grill I did. I honestly couldn't tell if I liked the metal look better.
At close the plastidip looked bad in my opinion. Must have put too much on. From a far it looked as it does in the picture which was cool.

I may do the grill again in anthracite or just do the smoke again without going too dark. It looked really rough and textured at first which I didnt like so I kept laying down coats until it got an orange peel look which is what I think looks bad upclose but better than the sandy textured look it gave before. I think I got the hang of it towards the end so if my wheels turn out good Ill definitely try the grill again in a more metallic gun metal color called Anthracite.

 

[Saildog4534]

Beak and splitter look good! You gonna mask off the polished part of the spoke when you
Plasti-dip the wheels?

 

[Guinzu]

that lip actually looks really good in my opinion

 

[ilxluv]

The "beak" is back to the original brushed metal look. I like it better that way.
And no, I wont be masking off the polished part. You cant really do that with plastidip because the plastidip is meant to peel off so it sticks to the masking tape.

 

[cfrp]

I like it
Nice plate frame haha

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[Trentimus]

REALLY nice touch with the lip.. I really like it.

 

[Ahmed]

The lip looks really good. I feel like that texture is kind of the nature of the beast with plasti dip, I have however had some luck with masking stuff off with it, just a little tricky... The car really looks great with the yellow fogs though!

 

[ilx_stylez]

Purchased the front lip off an STI.
Used a couple stock mounting points and made 4 more of my own to make sure it wasn't coming off.

Before

After

Another shot of the lip as well as the plastidip grill I did. I honestly couldn't tell if I liked the metal look better.
At close the plastidip looked bad in my opinion. Must have put too much on. From a far it looked as it does in the picture which was cool.

I may do the grill again in anthracite or just do the smoke again without going too dark. It looked really rough and textured at first which I didnt like so I kept laying down coats until it got an orange peel look which is what I think looks bad upclose but better than the sandy textured look it gave before. I think I got the hang of it towards the end so if my wheels turn out good Ill definitely try the grill again in a more metallic gun metal color called Anthracite.

Looks awesome the width is nearly identical from the looks in the picture. Props for being so creative I can;t wait to see what else you have in store for your ILX. What's next?

 

[ILX24]

Really love the look of that lip. What year STI is that from? OEM or aftermarket? What brand?

 

[ilxluv]

Thanks for the kind words.

It's aftermarket. 2006 sti
I believe its the "v style"

There are two main styles. Its the one without the side winglets.

 

[Car nut]

Front end looks great with the new lip. I like it better with the original metal grill. Your car is looking great.

 

[Atwater]

this Front Lip Retrofit is my love and i really like it with mattelic color.It's gonna rocks on the road.

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[JDMKid]

that lip actually suits the ILX if someone can photoshop it to look like it's CF or even body colored that would be awesome.

 

[ilxluv]

JDMkid, only problem with that is the lip is polyurethane. It has MAD flex. Paint would crack for sure. Maybe a vinyl wrap? Not sure how those hold up.

Atwater. Thanks!! I love how my car looks now walking up to it parked. And when Im pulling out of really steep driveways I can hear the lip scrape WAAY before the actual bumper gets close so its kind of like an added layer of protection.

Carnut, thank you and I completely agree. I took the plastidip off my grill right after that picture.

 

[cfrp]

vinyl wrap is probably easier. Just re wrap it when it wrinkles or something.

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[acura-dude77]

Just get a roll of vinyl wrap in that case and when it does wrinkle up just re do it since you have so much just like cfrp said.

 

[ilxluv]

Im not sure about the process of vinyl wrapping. But repeatedly removal of the lip isnt a great idea.

 

[ILX-Fan]

JDMkid, only problem with that is the lip is polyurethane. It has MAD flex. Paint would crack for sure. Maybe a vinyl wrap? Not sure how those hold up.

Atwater. Thanks!! I love how my car looks now walking up to it parked. And when Im pulling out of really steep driveways I can hear the lip scrape WAAY before the actual bumper gets close so its kind of like an added layer of protection.

Carnut, thank you and I completely agree. I took the plastidip off my grill right after that picture.

Good point on paint, but I seen it mentioned on another forum that you can request that your bodyshop apply some sort of thing to the paint (i can't remember what) that will make it flex with the lip and not crack.

 

[ilxluv]

Niice. Ive not heard of such thing. I prefer it black because its more a spliter style front lip. But to each their own. Id love to see it color matched.

 

[Popeye]

Congrats on an interesting new look