Today is a sad day...

today is a sad day. I lost my V limited lip off my sti. It was good it wasnt the real one though, but damn that totally sucked.

 

huh...how was that possible? not installed correctly?

 

I took mine off for winter to prevent ripping it off or cracking it in packed snow.

 

im guessing a snowbank ripped it off. my front plate almost torn off.

 

That Sucks, did you go back and look for it.

 

That sucks dude! There's been more then a few threads on iwsti from owners getting the lips either cracked or ripped off so you aren't the only one.

 

its a front lip. you lose them. I have a collection of broken off ones before i made the final decision to just avoid buying them again.

 

damn that does suck

 

I would have busted one last night, if I had one. Snap oversteered right (coming out of a 90 left) and put the nose into a huge snow drift. Not too fast, it was definitely below 15mph when it dove in. I was in over the hood, heh.

Didn't do anything but bend the front plate backwards... whew. Gotta love the snow barriers.:hsugh:

 

dam...are they that loose??? I thought they would be tight enough...

 

Well technically it didnt break off. Its urethane one so it just ripped off the skidplate on the passenger side and went under and got caught up in the driver side wheel well. broke all the mounting bolts and a peice of it so its a goner. luckily its not the 500 dollar version hahaha.

 

What replica lips are you guys running and where did you get them?

 

I bought mine from a member but I think it was an e-auto v limited replica from ebay. fits great I paid $175.

 

i have the legit one and it when you install it there are at least 25-30 bolts and screws. the only way mine is coming off is with the bumper.

 

mine was the urethane seibon version. Held up pretty well until the heavy snow fall we had. I dont think any lip would survive hitting a snow bank or the loose stuff on the streets now with all that crap frozen. There like bricks.