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Anyone have a stock or aftermarket front lip for a NA they want to part with for something less than an arm and a leg? Anyone know where to get one? from Rosenthal they are up to $199... should have bought it in October when it was $140 with free shipping. DOH!
Lowe's = all your lip needs. jk
I had been debating it; the foam look is ok.... but i really want the real deal. $140 was do-able... $200 makes me cringe.
anybody? Even a cheap source?
Very popular item, rare because there are so many Miatas that came w/o one, and it fits all of them. Right up there with the instrument cluster cover. Supply<demand=$$
I bought mine a while back from Town North, and they price-matched the cheapest online price I could find - which, at the time, was $160 from Rosenthal Mazda. No extra shipping charges, and they didn't even ask for the source of my price. Sooooo, you could probably talk them down a little off that $199. It's worth a shot, no?
BTW, Brian is the guy I usually talk to there.
Also, FWIW, I read on M.net sometime last year that Mazda was having problems getting those lips from their vendor. It's my understanding that they were unavailable for a while, so that surely knocked the pricing out of whack.
thats correct. i was about to buy one.... and then they were unavailable.... when they came back they were $160 and had free shipping.....
I'm kicking myself now.
I want one too!!
I'm tellin' ya... try Town North and low-ball them on the price. See if they'll match it. ::Banana::
FYI - there is a group buy on R-package OEM-style front lips on miata.net @ $150:
http://www.rspeed.net/product_p/na00790974.htm
^ yea just get you and 57 of your friends to order one and then in about 2 years YOU CAN HAVE A LIP!
hmmm... thats the price i want to spend; but 2 years?
Juan, you are the consummate pessimist! :) I'll bet there are 10 people just on here that would get in on this. There's bound to be 60 of us out there! That group buy does include F+R lips towards the total of 60, os a few who buy both will drop the number quickly.
im jumping on the front as soon as i can figure out the free shipping. i got to the checkout and couldn't get it to ship free. I think i just want the front.......
Considering how often you have to replace the !@#$%^%$# thing, there is always going to be a demand.
Your right I am definitely a pessimist, It probably won't be 2 years because the GB expires this month ::Banana::.
If I have money when I get back form Laguna then I'll get one, but I still really doubt that it will reach the 57 it now needs (they sold 1 today.... 1:rolleyes:)
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Originally Posted by creek
Eh???
Well, I ordered the front lip, so we shall see :)
Do i need the rear lip too?........
True... mine's already cracked and the paint's scraped all to hell. :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by creek
Pot holes, driveways, parking bumpers, curbs, road debris, truck recaps, animals (bobcats), road dips, speed bumps, etc..etc...ad infinitumQuote:
Originally Posted by sxk122
sxk112 he didn't mean you specifically he meant you generally. That depends, do you want the rear lip? It's not required at all and I'm sure plenty of people have just the front I actually prefer how BR has his OEM mudflaps with the Home Depot rear lip to the OEM rear lip.
Yeah I just have the front lip. As I understand it, the rear lips were/are very hard to come by - not something you could pick up from the dealer, unlike the front lip. IMHO, an NA looks somehow incomplete without the front lip (I thought mine was missing a piece when I first got it). Not only that, I'll swear that the front end feels more planted above 80mph with the lip. The rear lip looks cool, but I could take it or leave it.
Yep, the front lips do have an effect on down force, how much or whether or not it is noticeable is up to your opinion but they were designed to add down force to the front wheels.
I'm in the take it or leave it boat on the rear.... leaning towards leave it.
I know they are sold seperatly, but If i get talked into it, I'll buy it now rather than later. $149 is a steal.
As for damaging the lip, I'm used to driving a lowered car with a bodykit; I'm pretty good about not scraping or bumping..... Pic of BR's tail?
(that sounds dirty....)
Couldn't find any, but it's basically just your standard home depot lip but it is trimmed to flow with the mudflaps very well.
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...a/IMG_0161.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b1...a/IMG_0162.jpg
The biggest problem with how this one is done is the way it just stops abruptly at the ends, trimming them to flow into the mudflaps eliminates that problem. Also I think they look best on a black car, which is why it would be my choice for a rear lip.
hmm..... i think i like the tail naked.
Naked rear for the win....
http://img68.imageshack.us/img68/5232/suc51523qf4.jpg
http://www.rspeed.net/v/vspfiles/pho...0790975-2T.jpg
http://www.rspeed.net/v/vspfiles/pho...0790975-3T.jpg
The R speed rear lip leaves something lacking..... doesn't flow on the back as well as on the front.
http://www.rspeed.net/v/vspfiles/pho...0790974-2T.jpg
I sure am glad there are pix in this thread, because with all the talk of lips and naked rears one might start to wonder about you two... ::Banana::
They're cheaper at Mazda Motorsports and you don't have to depend on a group buy.Quote:
Originally Posted by OZMDD
Hey there's no way to get around calling them lips, I didn't say naked, that's just silly :D.
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Originally Posted by modernbeat
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I already signed up for the group buy on this one, $149 w/ free shipping but for curiosity, what is the Mazda Motorsport cost... and I haven't run an event in the miata yet, isn't that a prerequisite?
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Originally Posted by sxk122
Hey sailor.... ::Naughty:
Here's a link to my Home Depot Lip.
on your car it looks good. on my white car it would look like poo.
which tailights are those.... i've been debating alteza's and using a red lens paint on them....
http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showt...hp?t=123708967
My tail lights are a bit tired... they are flaking a bit.
Did you ever notice that Trickyrix manages to turn every discussion into a gay inuendo? I'm just saying...,..I don't mean that in a bad way.Quote:
Originally Posted by trickyrix
I did! He's always the first to take it there. (that one is too easy)Quote:
Originally Posted by creek
Sxk112 if you think BR's would look bad then that kinda makes your decision for you about the rear lip because the OEM one wouldn't look too different so I would say go without the rear.
In other news, the irony Gods have struck me down again... I scraped my Ratsback lip up pretty bad backing out of BR's neighbors driveway and it was one of the most gradual driveways I've ever seen, I dont understand it. It looks like I will be in this for this freaking GB if I have the money after I get back from Laguna.
P.S. Thanks again for the hub Will, I'm forever in your debt. And so is Guinness for the dog food.:D
John, get in the habit of taking ANY incline at an angle. Hit any incline (driveways, dips, speedbumps) at a 45° angle. In the zx2 and NEVER scraped the front or rear in over 2 years, and I promise you it is lower than your miata.
http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/652...mallhl1.th.jpg
Tomorrow is the last day to save $80 if anyone is on the fence.
I just call 'em as I see 'em... ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by creek