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Old Jul 23, 2009 | 11:54 AM
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Hi guys,

I was driving along today when a bag of crap wasn't tied down properly in a pickup and I couldn't get out of the way fast enough. Anyway, now my front lip is slightly out of place but it still holds firmly to the bumper. This is the one that the car comes with straight out of the factory - no x package kit or anything.

It's also limited to just one side of the car (passenger). My question is can I just push it back into place or do I have to pull it down, realign, then push it up? I'm at work right now but I'll post pics when I get back home.

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Old Jul 23, 2009 | 03:10 PM
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mmm if it's just out of place you can probably just snap it back in...unless the bottom part where the nuts are is loose
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Old Jul 23, 2009 | 04:54 PM
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Pictures are meh but it gets the gist of it across. The bottom should be sitting flush...

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Old Jul 23, 2009 | 06:11 PM
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Update 2

The gap isn't more than 1 cm I'm just zoomed in too much

Looks like something I ran over caught underneath it and yanked on it. How exactly that would happen @ 50 mph doesn't really make sense considering I went over the rest of the car and there was no damage...

Am I f#*&ed?

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Old Jul 23, 2009 | 08:25 PM
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kinda judging from it you need a new lip.. you broke the underside of it
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Old Jul 23, 2009 | 08:31 PM
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I figured as much. Although I can see where the clips need to connect to the front fascia. Getting it there is another story. I honestly don't like the way any of the front lips look and something tells me getting another OEM one will cost a pretty penny.
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Old Jul 23, 2009 | 08:31 PM
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try taking off the whole thing and put it back on.. from what I remember there is a clip. Unless the clip is broken

Just get the GFX kit.. it's nice and cheap
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Old Jul 24, 2009 | 11:56 AM
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the front lip isn't too hard to take off and put back on actually. on my 07 it clips into the wedges and at the end of the lips on either side by the wheel well there are two fasteners that pop out quite easily with a little arm muscle. pull the lip forward and it should unclip itself from the wedges and try straightening out the lip again and putting it back on, if its not to your liking get a new lip

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Old Jul 24, 2009 | 12:08 PM
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This happened to mine after a parking adventure, Lexus fixed it for me. I dont know how they did it but they did. Just try to reinstall it.
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Old Jul 24, 2009 | 12:19 PM
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where do you live in CA? if its not too far from me we can meet up and i can try and see what i can do for you
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