THE Lip Kit & Body Kit Review Thread

JMillerUA6

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Please keep all posting that is not a review out of this thread.

OEM, Wings West, Kaminari, Mugen knock offs. If you have a body kit or lip kit, please tell us about it!!

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Brand & model:
Price paid and from where:
Pros:
Cons:
Final verdict:



Please keep all posting that is not a review out of this thread.
 

nexTOme

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Brand & model: WW full kit for sedan
Price paid and from where: heck of deal from member here
Pros:
1. great fitment
2. considered best lip kits for sedan among almost everyone
3. polyurathane, takes some beating to crack them....i even ran over my front lip, and still survived
4. also known as "cheater lip", makes your car look lower than it actually is

Cons:
1. also known as "cheater lip"
2. somewhat rare
3. rear lip needs to be mounted just tab a bit lower than where its supposed to be, in order to achieve "clean flow" from side skirt
4. if you own 01-02 front bumper, forget it...or think about 98-00 front bumper conversion.

Final verdict: if you own sedan, this is the lip kit you should get if you want some OEM-ish look on sedan + clean + some aggressive, but nothing too crazy...


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bdeitemeyer

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Brand & model: Kaminari lip kit for 98-00 coupe
Price paid and from where: $1100 shipped directly from Kaminari
Pros: perfect fitment, tastefully designed
Cons: ??
Final verdict: excellent product, great customer service (purchased 2 kits from them at different times), clean looks

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JMillerUA6

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Brand & model: Mugen Replica
Price paid and from where: About $300 Total for the full kit from HMotorsports.com/Bayson R
Pros: Clean Look
Cons: ABS Plastic is not the most durable material. Be prepared to lose the front lip!!
Final verdict: I love it! Very affordable and transforms the look of the car. Only on my second front lip in two years!!!

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Xenon Lip Kit
Paid $300
Purchased->from sone off Honduh
Very Durable/polyeurothane FTMFW
Verdict-Best in my opinion. Accents the look of the car without the added weight of a full body kit

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talontsiawd

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Front lip only

Brand & model: Generic Ebay-Mugen
Price paid and from where: $60-Ebay
Pros: Only lip readily available
Cons: Horrible quality, fitment, prone to breaking
Final verdict: I fixed this lip 4x in 1.5 years. When it finally broke, i was glad to never have it on again. Even with DIY materials, it ended up costing me around $200 and many hours.

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inspired1

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Brand & model: Mugen Replica Full Kit
Price paid and from where: Check Market Price
Pros: Affordable for starving college students
Cons: ABS Plastic can't take a hit from a tire on the freeway.
Final verdict: It's an okay lip kit, just remember to keep an eye on it.

Brand & model: Weathertech In-Channel Visors
Price paid and from where: $97 @ TASauto.com
Pros: Completely covers the full length of window openings
Cons: Only slides in, sometimes may rattle loose when opening windows.
Final verdict: It's a nice kit, just maybe not $97 nice. Probably $80 at most.


Brand & model: Mugen Replica Roof Spoiler
Price paid and from where: $70 RennsportAuto
Pros: Provides shade for rear passengers
Cons: Uses tape for mounting. I had one fly off my car.
Final verdict: Add more tape, or adhesion promoter to prevent it from flying off at speeds over 80mph.
 

iHazSnail

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Brand: Xenon
Price: not sure anymore
Pros: what blacknight said
Cons: the only con would prolly be the second exhaust cutout for the 4 bangers. Xenon does NOT make any more rear lips with a single exhaust cutout so if you have a single exhaust system, you will either have to leave it, deal with it (like i am going to), or get it filled in which imo does not look good.
Verdict: What blacknight said.

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pyaarawala

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Brand & model: Xenon Front & Sides (modified to fit coupe, originally for sedan), and Wings West Rear

Price paid and from where: $175 for Xenon front & sides (already modified, unpainted), and $260 for the Wings West Rear (new)

Pros:

-The xenon front and sides are for a sedan so in my case having the xenon front and sides is very unique on my coupe. And imo it is the best looking lip kit out there for the coupe.
-Polyurethane - virtually unbreakable


Cons:
-Since the front and sides are modified, I have issues with the epoxy on the sides and the front has a small gap in the front, but still looks great.
-The WW rear has some issues with fitment, but that I believe is because I have an aftermarket OEM rear bumper. So if you have an aftermarket OEM bumper, be careful.

Final verdict: I was very lucky to get this xenon kit, and in my opinion it flows very well with the WW rear. I couldn't get the xenon rear to work so I ditched that idea. Overall, urethane is always ftw.

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