verified at 85mph, no change. Assuming you have enough screws in it. I even had experience scraping the front of my MINI the other day on a steep pull-out. I heard the sound and immediately said "there went my DIY lip." I got out, and it was fine...the air dam scrapes before the lip will. And i have factory suspension so you know it was a pretty steep incline.

 

i iwll try it out...

 

Does anyone know if this mod is possible or if it looks good on the R56???

 

I think it should look the same or at least close..

If you do it please post pictures...

I want to see.

 

ive had mine for a few months now and it still looks perfect well worth the time and cash

 

...to be honest, I won't have my car until next week - brand new - but I'm looking at very inexpensive things that will add those subtle "racier" looking touches.

Do you know if there's any difference with putting SCREWS through the R56 bumper vs the R53?

 

If it had a cool sticker that came with it to go on the windows, it would another 5 HP. Just kidding, looks good. I like looking at all the DIY projects. Put the new paint job comes next........

Just kidding. I would always be waxing the hood for some reason. I already live in the garage according to my wife.....

 

Now if you want to talk about downforce on the front of a car: you have too look at the newest body kits. They are a real DIY project


Sorry, I saw this and was on the floor.

 

Thanks for all the inspiration! I'm not done yet, but it's mostly there.

 

did u used double side tape or screws? very nice tooo

 

double sided tape for now, when I'm totally satisfied with the lip, I'll add the screws later.

 

hhhm...anyone done the rear bumper on the MCS? i try to do it but cant seem to find the right angle to round it off towards the end of bumper...

 

forgot to add pics... should i go all the way where there a sligh curve or stop at the break in bumper?

 

Follow the curve (as others have done up front) -- I would ignore the break in the bumper

 

how far up should i go?

 

Nice work guys and thanks for sharing the details. It's good to see some people use some thought and easily obtained materials to create something cool for our cars.

 

P.S. Anyone do this WITHOUT jacks or a ramp?

 

i did not used any of those.. just have to make yrself low to the ground.. i have not screw them yet and only used 3m heavy duty outdoor tape..

 

I'm replying so that I can save this in my "subscribed threads" I like it and I'm going to do it soon...

 

So, I just tried to do the mod. DIDN'T WORK (yet...). Just got the car two days ago and the plastic bumper cover still has quite a bit of wax or oil or something. So I 409ed it to take off some grease but the adhesive tape still didn't work. (I used the exact same stuff from Home Depot). However, I'm optimistic that tomorrow after I get the drill, bit, and screws, it'll look great on the '08. I'll post pictures soon...

 

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Well I got all the material I need to do it
I noticed that with the R56 non-S, the bumper has a little section that poses a bit of difficulty, but once I figured it out by hand, I think the curve it will produce will look amazing.

Instead of screws, I opted to try those screw wedges. I forget what they are called already, but they are the same basic thing used to hold the top portion of the R56 grill on. The are plastic anchors basically that you screw in the screw sticking out to pop the anchor out.

Hopefully I can get this done tomorrow night

 

my pics are in my gallery

 

I'll get some photos up once I wash the car. We had some bad weather leaving raing spots. However, I did confirm the Home Depot lip made it fine through a carwash.

I'll perfect the lip next time I do it...meaning when I get time to redo it. Any tips from the originators on how to make the lip look smooth all the way across the front. Mine has very small "waves" if you look closely where the screws are...

 

Got it done today

It wasn't looking to promising at first because the curve on the non-S is a little tricky, but I got it to work. What I used where plastic rivets. They are very similar to what is used to hold a ton of things already on the car. I only bought 6 so I ran out for the very middle. I had to use 2 per curve and then 1 on each end. Went on the highway and it holds up fine, but I will still get a few more rivets for the center because I'm sure the double stick tape will loose its umpfff soon