After many avoids my sti lip is finally scrapped - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

Jfheisenberg · 04-13-2015, 09:47 AM

Yesterday i went to buy some grocery, while entering a parking spot there was a broken parking bump which i did not see. I heard my front end scraping and i freaked out and step out of the car and my sti front lip scrapped on the right side. That was the only thing that scraped the bumper was fine....

A friend that does body shop says it can be fix with touch up paint to make less noticeable for $50. He said to make it 100% clean the entire lip needs to be repainted. I dont think it will be worth spending money repainting the entire lip since i know it will continue to scrape.

Anybody familiar on touch up the sti lip, it is black color non glossy in plastic...

Foobar · 04-13-2015, 10:03 AM

Agree with your body shop friend - just touch it up as it'll just get scraped up again eventually.

If it happens enough, just swap it out for an STI replica. They're cheap enough that you can replace the whole damned thing cheaper than it would cost to paint the STI.

evomike · 04-13-2015, 02:02 PM

invest in spray paint that's close to that in color, youll probably have to re-spray it pretty often.

sprintertrueno86 · 04-13-2015, 02:05 PM

plastidip lip

Turbo95eg6 · 04-13-2015, 02:28 PM

There's really no touch up for that, just keep your money. They are easily replaceable. Every scrape you get will keep you more aware for future bumps.

I think I scraped mine on the first day lol. It sucks, but these things take a beating and it'll do its job by protecting your bumper.

Jfheisenberg · 04-13-2015, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Turbo95eg6

There's really no touch up for that, just keep your money. They are easily replaceable. Every scrape you get will keep you more aware for future bumps.

I think I scraped mine on the first day lol. It sucks, but these things take a beating and it'll do its job by protecting your bumper.

You mean that there wont be a touch up paint for this black plastic lip? or if i do touch up i wont look good?

I just want it to be less noticeable. The body shop guy says that they can use a non glossy touch up paint to 'make it look better',

And yes i know i just have to be more careful

Jfheisenberg · 04-13-2015, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by sprintertrueno86

plastidip lip

yes i have considered that as my last option.

Jolaessss · 04-13-2015, 04:12 PM

Did you surround your lip with caulk? if so, very well done!

Jfheisenberg · 04-13-2015, 04:26 PM

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Did you surround your lip with caulk? if so, very well done!

No, that was actually a layer of plasti dip that i tried to use when it happened. I actually removed the plasti dip, but need to make sure to remove it 100% before touch up paint.

Jolaessss · 04-13-2015, 05:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Jfheisenberg

No, that was actually a layer of plasti dip that i tried to use when it happened. I actually removed the plasti dip, but need to make sure to remove it 100% before touch up paint.

no, I meant that gap between your bumper and the lip. It looks like caulk

Jfheisenberg · 04-13-2015, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Jolaessss

no, I meant that gap between your bumper and the lip. It looks like caulk

Oh it came that way...

Turbo95eg6 · 04-13-2015, 08:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Jolaessss

Did you surround your lip with caulk? if so, very well done!

It's called OEM quality, son… Nothing compared to that cheap, knockoff shit.

DAEMANO · 04-13-2015, 09:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Jfheisenberg

yes i have considered that as my last option.

Plasti-dip will fix this best. Sand a little bit in the scuffed area and then 4-5 coats of matte black dip. It'll look almost exactly the same as it was. People malign the stuff, but it has its' uses.

Jfheisenberg · 04-13-2015, 10:00 PM

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Originally Posted by DAEMANO

Plasti-dip will fix this best. Sand a little bit in the scuffed area and then 4-5 coats of matte black dip. It'll look almost exactly the same as it was. People malign the stuff, but it has its' uses.

Should i just plasti dip the affected area? or do i need to plasti dip the entire lip? I don't want to go through the hassle of taking the lip out.

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Jfheisenberg Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2015 Drives: 2015 BRZ Series Blue WRB Location: North Jersey Posts: 830 Thanks: 371 Thanked 204 Times in 156 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	After many avoids my sti lip is finally scrapped Yesterday i went to buy some grocery, while entering a parking spot there was a broken parking bump which i did not see. I heard my front end scraping and i freaked out and step out of the car and my sti front lip scrapped on the right side. That was the only thing that scraped the bumper was fine.... A friend that does body shop says it can be fix with touch up paint to make less noticeable for $50. He said to make it 100% clean the entire lip needs to be repainted. I dont think it will be worth spending money repainting the entire lip since i know it will continue to scrape. Anybody familiar on touch up the sti lip, it is black color non glossy in plastic...

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Turbo95eg6 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2013 Drives: 2014 BRZ SWP LTD Location: The 503 Posts: 2,174 Thanks: 331 Thanked 2,266 Times in 858 Posts Mentioned: 18 Post(s) Tagged: 3 Thread(s)	There's really no touch up for that, just keep your money. They are easily replaceable. Every scrape you get will keep you more aware for future bumps. I think I scraped mine on the first day lol. It sucks, but these things take a beating and it'll do its job by protecting your bumper. __________________ Instagram: stimson

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