Front lip for S1 GT bumper.
Posted: Tue May 07, 2019 11:55 am
So a number of weeks ago I put a thread up on the ol Dirty Ol BC facebook group asking for ideas on front lips for the S1's. There's plenty of options for the S2, but I haven't seen many for the S1. Well to my surprise there were plenty of options back in the day out of japan, I was quite impressed. But all these fiberglass/plastic mounded clip on lipes were an impossibility for me to attain, that shits rare as hens teeth now, and I'm on a shoestring budget. But one post cought my eye, a bloke in Straya had modified and mounted a V6 STi front lip to his RS. Iiiiiiinteresting.....
The next day I went down to my old workshop that has been shut, my buddy and old boss was there in the process of cleaning the place out, and there's still a good few wrecked cars in the yard. One facelift BG, one prefacelt. Idea. He and I hacked off the facelift lip (if you didn't know, they aren't bolt on, they are just moulded as part of the bumper plastic), and I took a pre-facelift lip and all it's mounting hardware for good measure.
Took the lips home and had a think, and decided despite having no way to mount the facelift lip, it would look better, and was squarer, meaning easier to form to the brick like front end of an S1. So I tidied up the mating surface, trimmed the excess, re-shaped the thing, putting in a sharper curve nearer the vents, and straightening out the centre section. Had to chop it in half, shaved a good inch out of the middle, and well, yeah, she was looking pretty sick! Re-forming it with a heatgun proved exceptionally easy too.
IMG_5006 by Reuben Horsley, on Flickr
IMG_5007 by Reuben Horsley, on Flickr
IMG_5008 by Reuben Horsley, on Flickr
IMG_5009 by Reuben Horsley, on Flickr
IMG_5010 by Reuben Horsley, on Flickr
Comes up a bit short on the sides, bugger. I shall ignore this for now
IMG_5011 by Reuben Horsley, on Flickr
IMG_5012 by Reuben Horsley, on Flickr
IMG_5013 by Reuben Horsley, on Flickr
IMG_5014 by Reuben Horsley, on Flickr
IMG_5016 by Reuben Horsley, on Flickr
IMG_5018 by Reuben Horsley, on Flickr
IMG_5023 by Reuben Horsley, on Flickr
Result!!!
IMG_5025 by Reuben Horsley, on Flickr
IMG_5026 by Reuben Horsley, on Flickr
The next day I went down to my old workshop that has been shut, my buddy and old boss was there in the process of cleaning the place out, and there's still a good few wrecked cars in the yard. One facelift BG, one prefacelt. Idea. He and I hacked off the facelift lip (if you didn't know, they aren't bolt on, they are just moulded as part of the bumper plastic), and I took a pre-facelift lip and all it's mounting hardware for good measure.
Took the lips home and had a think, and decided despite having no way to mount the facelift lip, it would look better, and was squarer, meaning easier to form to the brick like front end of an S1. So I tidied up the mating surface, trimmed the excess, re-shaped the thing, putting in a sharper curve nearer the vents, and straightening out the centre section. Had to chop it in half, shaved a good inch out of the middle, and well, yeah, she was looking pretty sick! Re-forming it with a heatgun proved exceptionally easy too.
IMG_5006 by Reuben Horsley, on Flickr
IMG_5007 by Reuben Horsley, on Flickr
IMG_5008 by Reuben Horsley, on Flickr
IMG_5009 by Reuben Horsley, on Flickr
IMG_5010 by Reuben Horsley, on Flickr
Comes up a bit short on the sides, bugger. I shall ignore this for now
IMG_5011 by Reuben Horsley, on Flickr
IMG_5012 by Reuben Horsley, on Flickr
IMG_5013 by Reuben Horsley, on Flickr
IMG_5014 by Reuben Horsley, on Flickr
IMG_5016 by Reuben Horsley, on Flickr
IMG_5018 by Reuben Horsley, on Flickr
IMG_5023 by Reuben Horsley, on Flickr
Result!!!
IMG_5025 by Reuben Horsley, on Flickr
IMG_5026 by Reuben Horsley, on Flickr