Section8

iTrader: (6)

He got it from Jason super fast. He gave me his busted R1 lip, I'll use that until I get the 99 (the wife is getting it for me for an anniversery gift I think)


Anyway, I think it looks delicious on his car. So much nicer than the stock lip.







And his old lip on my car. I cleaned it up and painted it with some krylon fusion paint..the stuff that bonds to plastic. (and my car is dirty from a 315mile drive back from WV)

novadan67

It has always been my opinion that the R1 lip looks best on 93 - 95 FDs, and the 99 spec looks best on the 99 FDs. The body lines just flow so much better when the correct year lip is used. When they are swapped it just doesn't look right to me. Just my $0.02.

Scrub

iTrader: (25)

I would have to disagree with novadan67. I think the 99 spec lip looks great on both the 93-95 front and the 96-2000 whatever front. Also I belive that the 99 spec lip has some aerodynamic advantages over the R1 lip.

Car looks looks good by the way.

Scrapiron7

I like the looks of the 99 lip and would do it if I wasn't planning to replace my front bumper this winter.

novadan67

Yeah, I know this is sort of a split issue. It is just my opinion that the rounded lines of the R1 lip look better with the more rounded lines of the 93-95 bumper. I do understand that there is also a small aero advantage to the 99 spec lip, but looks wise I prefer the R1 (with the 93-95 bumper). I wasn't trying to bash either car, just stating my opinion - both cars look good BTW.

Section8

iTrader: (6)

How dare you have an opinion!


I like both myself - the 99 just a bit more -but right now I'm just happy to have one, I had the stock "no-lip" thing before.

fd3s_rx7

iTrader: (13)

looks nice, I like the 99 lip better on 93-95.

jimlab

Very small.

BTW, I agree with you. The '99 front spoiler looks better on a '99 nose, and the R1 front spoiler looks better on '93-'95. The '99 wraps around too far on the sides and makes the front wheel wells look awkward, and it's more "severe" styling doesn't look right with the very rounded '93-'95 nose. The R1 front spoiler is more rounded and flows with the lines of the nose better.

neit_jnf

iTrader: (17)

You have great taste!!


here's mine: (how do you post them so they show on the page instead of tiny thumbnails??)

generalchaos

I like the R1 lip better myself, the 99 makes it look to much like a shovel to me to like it over the R1, but as always just a worthless opinion.

oorx7

iTrader: (2)

looks good. I lke the 99 spec better, my self.

obviousboy

I like the 99 lip on my car...gives the front end a more evil look

Rx-7Addict

iTrader: (2)

Love the 99-spec lip Jason gave me the hookup too

BlueRex

I agree with these guys. But it still looks good.

Just think of it as an excuse to get the whole 99 front end.

Tom93R1

iTrader: (2)

Not to mention the 99 lip not quite fitting perfect on the 93-95 nose, the shape just doesnt completely line up right. I just wish you could buy replacement R1 lips for the prices you can find the 99 lips for.

DamonB

I think the '99 looks out of place on the '93 as well. I made a splitter to aid radiator cooling and bolt it in place of my base model lip when I go to the track. It works well.

ROTORhead93

Seriously, the price for a new R1 lip is crazy. Regarding which lip i like, i'm gonna have to say i like both the R1 and the 99 lip on the 93-95 front end.

Section8, you and your friends cars look great, however i've never been a fan of painted R1 lips. I dont know why, but i seem to like that black plastic textured look better. Either way, its your car, and it looks great and good job painting.

Section8

iTrader: (6)

I'm not really a fan either, but the lip was showing it's age, and was quite faded in spots, so I decided to try this to spruce it up.

DamonB, do you have any other pictures of your splitter? It's hard to make out in that shot.

I also did much better in my autox this weekend, I was within 4 seconds of FTD thanks to some much appreciated ride alongs I got with lots of tips. Can't wait to see what the car will do when I get some track tires

DamonB

No, but it's pretty simple. It's just a flat piece of material that mimics the shape of the nose except it extends out further.

More info on the splitter

Section8

iTrader: (6)

Wow, good stuff, and I can see the picture better on my monitor at work for some reason. I'll have to keep that in mind for when I start doing track stuff, especially since my car is pretty much stock too.

7racer

check out FDeez mazdaspeed CF lip in this thread. The mazdaspeed lip looks one piece and seems to sit lower??!?! Very nice regardless..

https://www.rx7club.com/forum/showthread.php?t=346182

Section8

iTrader: (6)

All this splitter talk reminded me of the Mazdaspeed front undersweep that JT-Imports has:




7Racer, is that what FDeez put on his car? It looks to achieve more of what DamonB's thread talks about with flattening out the whole undertray, however it's not cheap - I emailed him about it since I'd like to replace my falling apart stock undertray, and he quoted me $1500. Too rich for my blood.

weaklink

i just don't think a yellow car can carry off "evil".

it looks like a big smiley face can you feel the love? ok so the lip does give the smiley a goatee. like an abe lincoln.

jimlab

Good one.

xstacy7

The look of that car is Amazing. It one of those ones you think about alot and imagine it would look good...well it does.