Build yourself a custom Front Lip! For next to nothing!
Aug 27, 2013 13:31:49 GMT 10
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Post by Samage on Aug 27, 2013 13:31:49 GMT 10
Hey guys. I recently bought, painted and fitted a new front bar to my car. After finally installing it i realised that the bar sat on an angle to the ground. Its built that way. But as seen below, the angle was too much for my liking (80mm front to back).
Because there really aren't many parts (or cars with that front bar even) i had to build my own lip.
This is my build.
First of all i had to find myself a material. Couldn't find anything at clark rubber, bunnings, supercheap or autobarn that was remotely plausible to make a front lip out of. Originally i had planned on finding some Plastic angle and shaping that but its not easy (or cheap) to come by.
I found a plastic engineering place in Brendale that machine plastics and aluminium for different applications. I went there for their ABS plastic sheets in which i asked for 2 lengths of 60x4x1500mm. They cut and sold me that for $15. They also gave me an off-cut length which was awesome
I went home and because i have shit all tools atm, i marked and cut out the lip with an angle grinder to suit my front bar. (I don't recommend cutting plastic with an angle grinder....)
I then went to Bunnings and bought some little L brackets for like $0.46 ea and some nuts and bolts (10pk) for $5.00 ea (i suggest going to a fasteners to buy the nuts and bolts. Could have got stainless bolts for half the price from there but they were closed the day i built the lip and im an impatient mofo)
I also painted the L brackets black.
Because there really aren't many parts (or cars with that front bar even) i had to build my own lip.
This is my build.
First of all i had to find myself a material. Couldn't find anything at clark rubber, bunnings, supercheap or autobarn that was remotely plausible to make a front lip out of. Originally i had planned on finding some Plastic angle and shaping that but its not easy (or cheap) to come by.
I found a plastic engineering place in Brendale that machine plastics and aluminium for different applications. I went there for their ABS plastic sheets in which i asked for 2 lengths of 60x4x1500mm. They cut and sold me that for $15. They also gave me an off-cut length which was awesome
I went home and because i have shit all tools atm, i marked and cut out the lip with an angle grinder to suit my front bar. (I don't recommend cutting plastic with an angle grinder....)
I then went to Bunnings and bought some little L brackets for like $0.46 ea and some nuts and bolts (10pk) for $5.00 ea (i suggest going to a fasteners to buy the nuts and bolts. Could have got stainless bolts for half the price from there but they were closed the day i built the lip and im an impatient mofo)
I also painted the L brackets black.
love the write up Samage, you made it look too easy 
thats the only way to solve the idling/flying around under the bonnet issues