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RS1 Carbon Fiber Front Lip & Retractable License Plate Installed Today! ilovemytc
5/19/2008 8:07:02 PM  Quote   Reply   Edit 
Today I installed the CF RS1 front lip and retractable license plate frame. Took me about 2 hours cuz I had to dremmel the eBay fogs to fit. Dayum! makes such a difference!







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RS1 Carbon Fiber Front Lip & Retractable License Plate Installed Today! take4roll10
6/3/2008 1:22:48 PM  Quote   Reply   Edit 
looks great! was it hard to install? do u plan on doing anything else carbon fiber?
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RS1 Carbon Fiber Front Lip & Retractable License Plate Installed Today! ilovemytc
6/12/2008 9:14:23 AM  Quote   Reply   Edit 
^thanx!

I just bought a Seibon carbon fiber hood and waiting for shipping, I also have the debadged hatch garnish in CF, I am going to put real CF center caps on my wheels, and might get the b-pillar appliques but don't want the "tC" logo on them. Also, if there's enough CF left over, I might fabricate some door handle overlays...I would get the mirror covers, but some people say there are major fitment problems, so leaning towards NO on that.

Install was moderate about 1 hour, only because I did it by myself. I'm sure with two people it would be a lot smoother. Also, I decided to do it the hard way by taking the bumper completely off and washing the whole thing. Then you just put 3M tape on the lip where it will meet the bumper, mount it on, and screw it to the wheel wells. I did run across a problem with the eBay fogs not fitting, so I had to dremmel the bottoms to get them to fit which took another hour.

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RS1 Carbon Fiber Front Lip & Retractable License Plate Installed Today! killer08tc
7/7/2008 8:30:58 PM  Quote   Reply   Edit 
nice looks good wish i would have bought that one
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RS1 Carbon Fiber Front Lip & Retractable License Plate Installed Today! epidemic
7/9/2008 9:23:23 PM  Quote   Reply   Edit 
thats kinda sick bro, does the plate scrape or anything. im confused how this works
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RS1 Carbon Fiber Front Lip & Retractable License Plate Installed Today! j05tc
7/28/2008 6:18:38 PM  Quote   Reply   Edit 
where can i purchase something like this?
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RS1 Carbon Fiber Front Lip & Retractable License Plate Installed Today! MaxPower55
7/29/2008 3:26:11 PM  Quote   Reply   Edit 
When you're driving, the plate should be visible. There's no reason it should scrape when you're driving because it's not meant to be in the down position. It's for when you're parked/showing the car, and want the cleaner look. I think it looks awesome, btw.
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RS1 Carbon Fiber Front Lip & Retractable License Plate Installed Today! ilovemytc
8/6/2008 10:50:51 AM  Quote   Reply   Edit 
thank u all for the compliments!

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RS1 Carbon Fiber Front Lip & Retractable License Plate Installed Today! ilovemytc
8/6/2008 10:55:03 AM  Quote   Reply   Edit 
Quote: Originally Posted by epidemic

thats kinda sick bro, does the plate scrape or anything. im confused how this works


Doesn't scrape while driving, if I don't take a driveway correctly the metal bracket underneath will scrape but it's better than scraping the lip.

Here are pics of how it works. You flip down the plate, and push it under the car. The metal bracket is long and has a long cut-out on both sides for the frame to slide underneath.







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RS1 Carbon Fiber Front Lip & Retractable License Plate Installed Today! TMz_tC
8/10/2008 10:07:04 AM  Quote   Reply   Edit 
How much did u have to dremel off the fog light cause i got the same ones and i want the same lip kit. the plate bracket is hott.. car looking good
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