Last night I was driving up a very small driveway and bottomed out like you wouldn't believe. Then I started hearing something hitting almost everything underneath my car. I was thinking to myself "Oohh crap.. There must be a huge ice chunk or something that I am running over." --> Since it snowed big time lately and it isn't all gone yet. Anyway, I pull up to one of those 'was your own car' washes and got out of my car. I walked over to the front and there it was.. Or wasn't I might say. 1/4 of my Amuse lip is gone. I was like WTF?? I walked over to the curb and there it was. Completely ripped off my car. Oh well, I guess it is time to paint my J's racing lip and get it on there ASAP. That sucks.. I will post pictures of the lip when I get a chance. It is pretty funny.

 

was it an authentic amuse or a copy?

 

that sux man. last summer my ex girl drove my car into the curb and broke my amuse lip. lol, i guess thats why shes my ex

 

I assume it was an authentic one. I got it from EMC2 about a year ago and just now messed it up. I loved that lip though.

Yeah. At least I have a new lip to replace it with (J's.) I need to hurry up though because the bottom of the bumper where the lip was is scratched to $hit. I also removed those mud flap things in the front bumper as well since the Amuse one was low enough to stop the dirt from shooting into my tires/brakes. Must... paint... lip..

 

I don't think i'd quite break up with my gf just for a broken lip....

 

Well, at least you didn't hit a tire going 80 mph. I barely had my C-West front painted two weeks prior to the incident.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by I dont wait...
Well, at least you didn't hit a tire going 80 mph.

 

Dude, that sucks. They ain't cheap.

I don't mean any offense, I really want to know:

I live in a neighborhood that has a lot of big "dips", steep hills, and many other places to easily bottom out even a stock S2000. I won't get a front lip or other bottom of car aero mods because I know I would wreck them sooner or later (probably sooner).

If you live in an area that gets snow, I would imagine that's a pretty big hazard to the underside of an already low car. I remember, growng up in Chicago, having to "plow through" snow mounds not infrequently.

So, I guess my question ifor people with lips and such is this:

Do you just accept the risk of wrecking your new mod, and live with it, or do you really expect to not damage it, even in winter?

Do you have to avoid some parking lots, roads, etc, because you know they have a hazard your lip or pther mod won't survive?

Wait, that's two questions.


Thanks,
-geekd

 

Two words for ya...... FIBERGLASS SUCKS! Get Urethane next time.

I live in NYC, and scrape 15 times a day. Not one problem with the lip (except for missing paint, but you cant see it at all)

Sorry for your loss bro.

 

Yes, that is what i heard. Fiberglass is easily cracked. I just bought an Amuse lip and it is urethane. Hopefully I can keep it intact.