Wrecked Arkym lip. What to buy now?

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08-12-13, 04:02 AM

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That's what I was thinking. I have damaged many CF lips, but they were all my fault. Backed over driveway curb, hit something in the road, dipped to low on an entryway in or out, etc.. I cannot imagine damage that low without your foglight or housing being damaged as well, scrapes on your bumper, no paint missing. Just seems weird. Doesn't look like that's what happened.

Looks like you slammed and might not have known it. There are some cracks and some buckling that suggests it was not another car.

I actually just assumed someone backed into it.... Insurance company also labelled it "parking accidence" after inspecting it.

I found the car like this one morning. Believe me, it´s not something I created myself... I did have one small mark in the lip before from accidently damanging it myself when parking. This damage is on the drivers side however (not the curb side) so eiher someone backed into it (although after your comments I agree it seems less likely) or someone just kicked on it or whatever. I really don´t care, all I know is that my car was damaged by someone else who left no notice

Insurance company covers it and now the car is actually black in the front (new paint), I am waiting to get it "re-wrapped" and also waiting for a new Arkym that I ordered

(It was not in stock, but production time was only 2 weeks, I think I had to wait at least a month last time).

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08-12-13, 04:06 AM

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^ LMAO at the last comment!

Hopefully your insurance could cover the damage to the lip? Do you have any full shots of your car with the Arkym kit? Just curious...

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/is-...n-azure-7.html

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08-15-13, 11:05 AM

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I feel your pain on this. Experienced similar damage on Monday to my Icode/LX-mode lip. I knew it was bound to happen. Just one of the chances we take with exterior mods. I try not to get worked up about it. This one was semi- my own fault. The primary entrance to my work parking garage was closed. The alternate entrance has two narrow lanes with a 90 deg curve and high curbs. You have to navigate it just right... I didn't.

I had kinda prepared myself for this inevitably happening by purchasing the add-on CF splitters sold by JZS International on Ebay a while back as potential replacements. It took a long time to get that $1200 Icode lip...

I am hoping that the JZS splitters cover the damage to the clear bra so I don't have to pull that off and have it re-installed.

The damage:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/weswork/9514242350/http://www.flickr.com/photos/weswork/9514242350/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/weswork/, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/weswork/9514240716/http://www.flickr.com/photos/weswork/9514240716/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/weswork/, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/weswork/9514239050/http://www.flickr.com/photos/weswork/9514239050/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/weswork/, on Flickr

The replacement:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/weswork/9518896266/http://www.flickr.com/photos/weswork/9518896266/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/weswork/, on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/weswork/9516108889/http://www.flickr.com/photos/weswork/9516108889/ by http://www.flickr.com/people/weswork/, on Flickr

http://www.jzsinternational.com/serv...10-2011/Detail