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Originally Posted by edub370 almost the exact same response i got. he said, "it appears as if the lip isn't properly installed" so let me get this straight... adding extra

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Old 10-04-2012, 12:23 PM   #11 (permalink)
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almost the exact same response i got. he said, "it appears as if the lip isn't properly installed"

so let me get this straight... adding extra hardware would cause "more tension" during driving. BUT, if i install it with the hardware thats provided in the kit it's improperly installed?!?!

dafuq????


how are people supposed to mount this then stillen????

also, how does adding more hardware cause more tension. thats saying that "if this lip is securly fastened then it will create unwanted stress on your bumper." i love that stillen supports the z's, but i wish they would SLIGHTLY listen to the customers who buy their products. i was less irritated with my sagging lip before i even talked to stillen,.

how many more times must they get linked to this thread before they do something? i know i sent them this link in my correspondence with them
The thing that bothers me the most is, let's say for a brief moment, it was incorrectly installed. How is that possible? When I was test fitting it (and I did the test fit about 4 times to make sure it was right) there doesn't seem like there are many ways to screw it up.

Seriously, the way those 2 tabs slide into the wheel well gives you almost 0 slack to line it up any differently than how they intended. When I first did it the first test fit, I noticed the fang portion didn't line up 100%. There was absolutely no way it was going to line up either (measured the distance about 3 times, mathematically it wouldn't work). You would either have 1 side off by about 5-10mm or both sides slightly off. But really, once those tabs were behind the wheel well section it didn't matter. The lip was going to line up however the hell they wanted it. There was virtually no way to fix it.

Of course, it was something so minor no one else would notice so I still installed it.

The sagging lip however....not so minor.

We will see what they say about the pictures. Although, I am definitely expecting the response to go like this:

"After reviewing these pictures, we are not able to fully see where the lip is "sagging". We think it is due to you not using the 6 screws and tape to hold the lip on as we directed. Sorry."

But, I don't see how PROPERLY securing the lip to the bumper would cause a flaw. I mean, as everyone else has noticed, the tape doesn't line up 100% and there are some gaps where it doesn't make contact. I even resorted to trying a thicker industrial tape to see if it would line up, and it didn't.

Never heard of any other lips having this problem and never experienced this installing many of the other front lips I have on many other cars.
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