SE Lip on a NA????

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SE Lip on a NA????

Postby RaYmO » Wed Apr 30, 2008 11:45 pm

Got bored... was thinking about other options for an aftermarket lip for my NA (aside from the OEM & Garage Vary)

One idea that came to mind was whether or not it's possible to mount the SE lip onto the NA nose.

A Q for SE owners... is front lip of the SE models is a separate component that is bolted onto the standard NB nose?

Edit... I got bored this morning so I decided to do a bit of Photochopping with my car:

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Re: SE Lip on a NA????

Postby Alex » Thu May 01, 2008 12:27 am

RaYmO wrote: A Q for SE owners... is front lip of the SE models is a separate component that is bolted onto the standard NB nose?


Yes it is

not sure if it could be retrofitted onto an NA though
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Postby Okibi » Thu May 01, 2008 12:45 am

It is seperate but is designed to fit the NB8B nose and probably wont even fit the NB8A.

You could chop one up in hope you could make it fit but it might end up looking dodgy if you cut too much

Next time someone with a stock NA nose is over i'll do a test fit for you and take some photos.
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Postby StanTheMan » Thu May 01, 2008 8:36 am

Doesn't Andrew have an SE lip on his NB8A?
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Postby StanTheMan » Thu May 01, 2008 8:37 am

Okibi wrote:It is seperate but is designed to fit the NB8B nose and probably wont even fit the NB8A.

You could chop one up in hope you could make it fit but it might end up looking dodgy if you cut too much

Next time someone with a stock NA nose is over i'll do a test fit for you and take some photos.



I have a spare NA Nose here in Sin City. so if anyone wants to have a go....
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Postby Juffa » Thu May 01, 2008 9:59 am

Not sure if this is an SE lip or not?

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More info can be found in this thread on the roadster forum (page 27)

http://clubroadster.net/forum/viewtopic ... sc&start=0

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Postby Okibi » Thu May 01, 2008 10:02 am

nope thats not an SE lip.
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Postby RaYmO » Thu May 01, 2008 10:18 am

Revised first post with Photochop on my idea
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Postby stevesports » Thu May 01, 2008 11:20 am

The one that juffa posted has a NB8B factory lip
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Postby AB7 » Thu May 01, 2008 11:26 am

Yep, the white one is NB8B optional factory Air dam.
I have those on my car.
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Postby stevesports » Thu May 01, 2008 12:26 pm

selling those anytime soon andy? hehehehe
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Postby Steampunk » Thu May 01, 2008 12:41 pm

MX5Plus has a complete fibreglass bumper, for an NA, that incorporates some sort of NB bottom-half.
If I go there this Saturday, I'll take piccies.
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Postby Okibi » Thu May 01, 2008 7:50 pm

I've been looking forward to seeing pics of this, I think they were using the NB8B lower bit so an SE lip would fit it.
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Postby nath » Thu May 01, 2008 11:30 pm

Raymo, if you put anything other than a vary on your car I WILL get angry!
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Postby Boags » Fri May 02, 2008 10:40 am

Okibi wrote:I've been looking forward to seeing pics of this, I think they were using the NB8B lower bit so an SE lip would fit it.


The plan was to use the NB8B lower half, so the SE lip should fit. I always thought that would be a great idea for a replacement front bar...

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