Originally Posted by Apex1.0

I have re painted my oem lip several times. Matching silver stone is not easy. I see it as a wearable component. Even beat up it looks better than no lip in my opinion. It's easy to pull it off and re spray it. So in a way it is functional, it protects the bumper cover from wear an tear.

I suppose it could be aero functional if you attached a splitter to the bottom and lowered the car a lot. Within an inch of stock ride height I can't see how it would help.

Bottom line, do it, it looks better and that is worth it.