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Old 08-12-2009, 03:16 PM
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So after 8 years of ownership and a few modifications I'm considering getting a front lip.

My questions:

Who's got what?

Do any of them help with the aero twitch at high speeds and wind?

Which lip would you buy if price was no object?

Which lip did you settle on?

btw - the search on "front lip" yielded 366 pages.
Old 08-12-2009, 03:27 PM
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OEM and I believe the aero benefits to be minimal at best. It came with my car.

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Old 08-12-2009, 04:21 PM
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I doubt that any front lip will have any aero benefits.
If any do, it'll be the mugen, as it's more of a splitter/underbody diffuser.
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I've had experience with the OEM and an Amuse replica. Also drove a bit lipless. I've not experienced any real benefits one way or another. But that's with just a few minutes here and there in triple digits.
If money was no object I'd buy the front spoiler of a GT40 and then what was attached to it.
Serously, my $$$ pick would be the Cwest front end (no lip).
Second choice is the (poly) Amuse lip.
I'm using the OEM right now - the Amuse needs a paint job.
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I've also had an amuse rep front lip. it looks damn good!
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Id probably do a AP2 swap if money was no object. Agreed with the above that gains will be marginal at best for aero. Sticking with an AP1 front though....id do just a OEM lip. Clean and simple.
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I can do an AP2 w/lip swap for 500 bucks... Should I do it or not...

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Thanks for the replies guys although I was hoping there was an affordable option to help with the aero at speed.

wth - I'd probably just hang a lip on roadkill or a speed hump anyway.

Maybe I'll just save up for some KW V3s.
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