EXT: Mugen lip Install (all 5th gen. lips)

[accordtunerx]

DIY: 5th gen. Mugen style lip Install

written by: me.

Tools: hacksaw, power drill, wrenches/ratchet, measuring tape, the bag of bolts and washers that came with the lip (if bought off of ebay), sandpaper, dremel tool (optional)

This job requires 2 people for install (or, at least, it's MUCH easier that way).

*you DO NOT need to remove the front bumper in order to install this lip. just jack the car up on each side, and place jackstands underneath.

*sorry, i don't have any pics of the actual installation.

The How-To:

1. remove the stock lip (if you have one). remove all of the bolts by using a wrench.

2. measure the length of the lip and find it's center. mark the center point with a pencil or marker. measure the length of the bottom of the front bumper, and find it's center.

3. temporarily place the mugen style lip up against the bottom of the front bumper. match the 2 center points up (the lip center with the bumper center). on the inside tab of the lip, mark where the holes on the bumper meet up with the inner tab (you're gonna want to mount the lip using the existing bumper holes).

4. lay the lip on the ground, and use a dremel tool or hacksaw to cut the protruding tabs (the ones that came on the lip, with holes drilled in them) off. you will not be able to use these tabs.

5. with the lip still laying on the ground, drill the new holes (at where you made the marks).

6. place the lip back up against the bottom of the bumper (with the new holes drilled in it). insert each bolt (that came in the packaging that came with the lip... or ones that you bought).

*NOTE*: you WILL have to do some bending near the edges of the lip to get it to countour better to the bumper.

7. using a hacksaw, cut about an inch or so off of the protruding edges of the lip (you know, where the lip exceeds the length of your bumper on each side). sand down the edges after you have made the cuts.

8. make sure that all of your bolts are tight.

9. step back and gawk at your enhanced front end

[accordtunerx]

let me bump this thread up onto the first page. it seems as though no one ever notices there are 2 pages of DIYs in this forum.

so many people ask me about this lip install; and it's been on here since August 9th.

[uncle_el]

please note that it may not be necessary to cut all of the tabs off. i did this the 1st time i had the greddy lip installed.

however, the 2nd time i had the lip installed, no tabs were cut off.

in order to fit all of the tabs, the existing slots on the front bumper were left intact.

the lip was then laid onto the bumper and bolted/screwed down in the center.

just as in the above diy, the lip is bent at the sides.

then, new slots were made for the tabs that are cut off in the above diy.

this allows for more bolting/screwing points for the bumper and the lip on the sides.

summary: if you have the skill and/or appropriate tools and time, you can make slots in the bumper for all of the tabs on the 5gen lip. this is not necessary to fit the 5gen lip, but may help with peace of mind for some.

[d21x]

http://board.hondasociety.com/showthread.php?t=79014

i've got my own diy with pics for every step if u want more details.

[jdmkid]

bump so i can find it later

[J-specCb4]

very helpful i will put this to use very shortly

[lil_dcb7]

bumpe because i plan on buying a 40 dollar mu style ebay lip

[bboygreddy]

woooooooh bringin the thread back alive..

anyways..



yeah i got me a 50$ lip off ebay, not very please with it, looks used almost, but anyways my lip doesnt have tabs or any "indentation" besides the center tab, which is kinda big and long, im wondering how am i suppose to hook the sides up? double side tape? duct tape? lol

by the way i got me a 96-98 civic lip


any help would be good =) i see alotta mugen style lips out there on accords =)

[TheKrackaNutz]

Nice...Very Nice!

[steelbluesleepR]

woooooooh bringin the thread back alive..

... my lip doesnt have tabs or any "indentation" besides the center tab, which is kinda big and long, im wondering how am i suppose to hook the sides up? double side tape? duct tape? lol

by the way i got me a 96-98 civic lip

well, there's your problem, this diy is for lips made for the 5th gen accord, not for any lip. someone had a diy somewhere for the civic lips, but this isnt it.

[pig pen]

nice write up. im putting mine on after x-mas, looks clean and mean.

[MugenCb7LX]

anybody got a writeup with pics?

[MugenCb7LX]

is this same for the spoon lip installation?

[N9netwoAccord]

if its for the 5th gen lip then yes. all 5th gen lips pretty much require the same process to go on

[ikayto]

if its for the 5th gen lip then yes. all 5th gen lips pretty much require the same process to go on

only for abs plastic, and possibly urethane lips. Fiberglass will not want to bend as much so it'll probably crack.