How do they hold up? Do they crack? How well can you paint them? Thanks. :cool:

what lip are u thinking of getting?

Yeah, if you live in a big city, they're as good as torn up. They crack like hell and you'll have wasted $400 in a matter of months. About the paint, why would you spend money on a cf one if you're gonna paint it?

Originally posted by CXHatchback
Yeah, if you live in a big city, they're as good as torn up. They crack like hell and you'll have wasted $400 in a matter of months.

Interesting that a product made of carbon fiber would be ruined so easily. After all, carbon fiber is stronger than steel and is used on the exterior of stealth military jets! Are there different grades of the stuff or something? I was assuming that they would be very strong and resistant to damage, but I guess they are not. So, should I go with a fiberglass or urethane material lip?


Originally posted by CXHatchback
About the paint, why would you spend money on a cf one if you're gonna paint it?

My lip is going to match the rest of my car. Having an all red car and a black lip looks just as dumb as rolling around with an unpainted body kit IMO. To the untrained eye it looks as if part of your front end broke off and you were too cheap to paint it again upon replacement. I am just a clean freak, so the lip will be red. I just want the best material so that the lip lasts a good while. If paying extra for CF means a lip that lasts much longer than the others, sounds like a good idea for me. But this seems not to be the case w/ CF anyways.

Originally posted by silvercivicgrl
what lip are u thinking of getting?

Type-R of course :smoker2:

Well if you want it to last, go with urethane. I know a few guys with cf lips and they pretty much went to hell with the shit roads around here. I don't think anything that doesn't give will hold up. Just plan on repainting every couple of months when it chips up.

The Wings West lip is urethane. I'm going to get the full body kit ( back/front lips and sideskirts) for $430 and it's all urethane.

Originally posted by CXHatchback
Well if you want it to last, go with urethane. I know a few guys with cf lips and they pretty much went to hell with the shit roads around here. I don't think anything that doesn't give will hold up. Just plan on repainting every couple of months when it chips up.

When what chips up, the urethane or CF lip? Does urethane give a lot?


Originally posted by Rein
The Wings West lip is urethane. I'm going to get the full body kit ( back/front lips and sideskirts) for $430 and it's all urethane.

WW makes an ITR lip?

Originally posted by 00GSR


WW makes an ITR lip?

yes ww makes an itr lip (i saw it yesterday b/c i was looking for rear lips for my civ)

and urethane is known for its flexing thats why it is the prefered choice over fiberglass. it has enough "give"

my fiberglass fake mugen lip is ok tho b/c it has a very nice and thick coat of plastic over it :)

Where did you see it at?

Originally posted by 00GSR
Where did you see it at?

www.wingswest.com :hehehe: also try www.importfan.com but i dunno if it will be urethane there

Originally posted by silvercivicgrl


www.wingswest.com :hehehe: also try www.importfan.com but i dunno if it will be urethane there

I did not see an ITR lip at either place

Originally posted by 00GSR
To the untrained eye it looks as if part of your front end broke off and you were too cheap to paint it again upon replacement.

Does it really matter to you what someone with an untrained eye thinks?

Originally posted by 00GSR


I did not see an ITR lip at either place


i'll find it for u.

Originally posted by legacyciv


Does it really matter to you what someone with an untrained eye thinks?

That is just an additional reason. I can not stand non-matching body additions, it looks very stupid IMO. Even the site with the CF ITR lip had it painted white to match the car in the pic. CF hood, well I don't mind those. Maybe because it is such a large, central part of the car. But kits, lips, whatever.....need to match the rest of the car.

my bad it was only for civics on those sites. :( but i found a type r lip on another site for $150

http://www.tornactive.com/aero_lips.htm

Urethane is softer and will flex like silvercivicgrl said, so it's not gonna have pieces chip off of it. The paint however, will.

Fiberglass or carbon fiber will chip off and crack.

Hey all,

I know this is an old thread, but I wanted to put in my two cents. The fact is, carbon fiber, whenproperly manufactured is perfectly suitable for everyday driving without any major cracking unless you're into driving over curbs and parking blocks. If a lip was made with carbon and Kevlar, which would be the proper way to make them, the lip should be able to take a few driveway rubs without catastrophic failure.
Fiberglass covered with carbon fiber, like most of the lips are made are of course going to break. I just get sick of seeing these fly-by-night companies making cheap products and the reputation of this awesome material gets tarnished. 'End of soapbox speech'

Im considering buying a spoon CF front lip spoiler for my 95 civic coupe.
My major consern with the buy is how durable does spoon make their front lips.
Do any of you guys have any knowledge about the quality of CF that spoon puts in their products?
Also, are there extra mesures that can be taken to protect a CF lip from being torn up (besides not curbing it).