C32 AMG, C55 AMG (W203) 2001 - 2007

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Old Oct 3, 2010 | 10:14 PM
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a car.
It's looks much better than I though it would, glad you went for it buddy.
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Old Oct 3, 2010 | 11:10 PM
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Not bad at all man, but I'll stick with my $200 carbon fiber lip that sticks out 2". Very good job for the money though!
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Old Oct 3, 2010 | 11:46 PM
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looks good for $16
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Old Oct 4, 2010 | 01:16 AM
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Did the same thing mine when I had it.

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Old Oct 4, 2010 | 02:30 AM
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Need to get the other POS out of my driveway, and park like that...
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Old Oct 5, 2010 | 03:45 PM
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looks better than my CF front lip WTF ?!


good **** man better pics tho
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Old Oct 5, 2010 | 03:50 PM
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btw that silver on black is my inspiration, aho ur car is my computer background no joke !

jumpin off now....

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Old Oct 5, 2010 | 04:48 PM
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Originally Posted by 97W202
btw that silver on black is my inspiration, aho ur car is my computer background no joke !

jumpin off now....
yah, Aho's car was bada$$. great looking when silver, and even sicker when he painted it LSB!!!!

i believe Steve Irwin said it best: "Oy, she's (was) a beaut!"
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Old Oct 5, 2010 | 05:06 PM
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Old Oct 5, 2010 | 06:48 PM
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Originally Posted by c32kompressor
thanks!
i was really surprised with the outcome, its funny because at the gas station the other day, this guy came over to me and asks me where i got my lip! he was confused that it was 16$ garge weather stripping lmao
It actually looks decent, BUT whats the purpose of it??? Aerodynamic??? Any science to it??
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Old Oct 5, 2010 | 06:50 PM
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Did the same thing mine when I had it.

Time slip???


Only kidding AHo, we miss you man
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Old Oct 5, 2010 | 07:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Newzchspy
It actually looks decent, BUT whats the purpose of it??? Aerodynamic??? Any science to it??
Just for looks my friend
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Old Oct 5, 2010 | 09:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Newzchspy
It actually looks decent, BUT whats the purpose of it??? Aerodynamic??? Any science to it??
do the expensive one's even do anyhting?
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Old Oct 5, 2010 | 09:38 PM
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Originally Posted by michael kuzni
do the expensive one's even do anyhting?
...they're just for looks. at the speeds our cars are typically driven, these will have negligible effects on anything
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Old Oct 5, 2010 | 11:05 PM
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...they're just for looks. at the speeds our cars are typically driven, these will have negligible effects on anything
The purpose of rear or front diffuser is to create or aid in down force at high speeds. Same goes for a trunk spoiler. I always laugh when I see these Honda's driving around with huge spoilers. The additional weight, and drag are only going to slow them down. I do wonder how the CF front lip behaves at high speeds. It clearly must add down force to the front. Looks as if it would force higher amounts of air into the center opening as well cooling the heat exchanger more.
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Old Oct 5, 2010 | 11:08 PM
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Originally Posted by gt4awd
The purpose of rear or front diffuser is to create or aid in down force at high speeds. Same goes for a trunk spoiler. I always laugh when I see these Honda's driving around with huge spoilers. The additional weight, and drag are only going to slow them down. I do wonder how the CF front lip behaves at high speeds. It clearly must add down force to the front. Looks as if it would force higher amounts of air into the center opening as well cooling the heat exchanger more.
well right....but not at the speeds at which we typically drive. and our cars have other factors that affect our drag coefficient more than the diffusers/lips would offset/improve at this point. if the car was already designed like an F1/Indy car, then yes it would make a difference. Not at this point. Maybe if you're going 150 in the car....maybe.
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Old Oct 5, 2010 | 11:10 PM
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Only way to know for sure would be wind tunnel testing, and I don't think anyone is willing or capable of doing so.

Also, here's a decent photograph of the carbon fiber front lip spoiler so people can compare between the custom weather strip one.




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Old Jun 27, 2015 | 11:23 PM
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Do you have any closer pictures?

I wanted to attempt to do this low-cost lip but when I align the sealer to the bottom of the bumper it doesn't seem to look anything like the pictures posted.
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Old Jun 28, 2015 | 12:35 AM
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No unfortunatly. This car is long gone
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Old Oct 19, 2015 | 04:41 PM
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Originally Posted by aho
Did the same thing mine when I had it.

How were you able to maneuver the lip with the curves of the bumper? When I try to get the fitting down before placement it seems the rubber doesn't want to align well.
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Old Oct 19, 2015 | 05:14 PM
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How were you able to maneuver the lip with the curves of the bumper? When I try to get the fitting down before placement it seems the rubber doesn't want to align well.
Cut a little triangle on the back part of it so it will bend a bit,
so u can go around curves

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Old Oct 24, 2015 | 07:13 PM
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Cut a little triangle on the back part of it so it will bend a bit,
so u can go around curves
Whats the best way to mount it to the bumper?
Screws and 3m tape?
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