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Old 02-09-16, 06:34 PM
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Has anyone purchased this front lip for their F-Sport?




If so, how is the fitment and install process? Seller said that you have to drill holes to secure via screws. I'm a little hesitant to drill into my front if it doesn't fit well, or any other problems that may happen. Would love feedback if possible.

I did a search on the thread for the front lips, but didn't see any.

Mahalo in advance,
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lol that's my car when I went in for them to take pics. I have both that AimGain poly rep as well as the real AimGain FRP one. From experience, they fit pretty much the same.
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Originally Posted by aquguam
lol that's my car when I went in for them to take pics. I have both that AimGain poly rep as well as the real AimGain FRP one. From experience, they fit pretty much the same.
Thanks and on the AimGain. I thought the ebay ones look real similar, which is why I was interested for the price.

Does the AG also require the drilling of new holes? Any possibility of securing solidly with 3M?
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Originally Posted by gqwolf
Thanks and on the AimGain. I thought the ebay ones look real similar, which is why I was interested for the price.

Does the AG also require the drilling of new holes? Any possibility of securing solidly with 3M?
yeah all lip kits require drilling... I don't think any actual lip (excluding allfit and lips like that) can be secure with 3M, or at least I wouldn't recommend it lol. Drilling holes sounds scary but it's really no problem... No one can see it lol and it has 0 effect on your car.
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Originally Posted by aquguam
lol that's my car when I went in for them to take pics. I have both that AimGain poly rep as well as the real AimGain FRP one. From experience, they fit pretty much the same.
How's the quality of the replica? Is it a you-get-what-you-pay-for kind of thing?
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Originally Posted by chyeea03
How's the quality of the replica? Is it a you-get-what-you-pay-for kind of thing?
nope it's actually pretty close to the real thing except it's polyeurathane instead of carbon fiber or FRP.
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Judging by replica photos and actual Aimgain I have seen, The replica is missing some mounting tabs no?
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was wondering, being that the rep and aimgain front splitter are similar what made you still purchase the aimgain after having the rep?
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Originally Posted by specONE
Judging by replica photos and actual Aimgain I have seen, The replica is missing some mounting tabs no?
Yea it's missing mounting tabs... albeit my AimGain one was missing it too because I bought it used and the shipper lost them -.-
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Originally Posted by AeyBeCei
was wondering, being that the rep and aimgain front splitter are similar what made you still purchase the aimgain after having the rep?
I got a good deal on a used FRP one from a friend for a relatively cheap-ish price lol. I had a lot of rep parts on my car initially as I never planned on building my car seriously but I didn't want to quit halfway haha so I started switching all my parts to real/legit parts.

If any of you are in NorCal, I'm selling the rep AimGain one posted in this thread. (painted gloss black)

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Originally Posted by aquguam
I got a good deal on a used FRP one from a friend for a relatively cheap-ish price lol. I had a lot of rep parts on my car initially as I never planned on building my car seriously but I didn't want to quit halfway haha so I started switching all my parts to real/legit parts.

If any of you are in NorCal, I'm selling the rep AimGain one posted in this thread. (painted gloss black)
How much?.
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Originally Posted by shadykev
How much?.
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