Front Lip for 91-92 Classic Bumperskin from a Mazda 626 se 4-door
Took the day off early friday to go to the Pick-A-Part Junkyard in Anaheim and was going through the Import section when i found a Mazda 626 se 4-Door w/ a 2 piece front bottom Lip, almost the same look as a Civic Hatch Type R lip, around 3" in length, we took the Lip off and i looked at the production date of the 626, it was made in 3-89 which most likely was sold as a 1990 model, so i took the risk and purchased the lip w/ screws/bolts for under $10 plus tax (another reason for purchasing, was that w/ the lip taken off the Mazda, the bumper skin is very similar to the 91-92 classic in shape) Myself and Chris Chan once outside in the parking lot placed the lip under my classic and it fits perfectly.
Tools needed are just a big Philips screwdriver and a Drill, utility knife or dremel.
start w/ mounting the lip at the ends, with the bolts that hold the splashguard at the edge of the bumper skin, which are aligned perfectly in the hole of the Mazda lip, take bolts out and remount w/ the Lip, join the lip together in the middle and find the center part of the bumper skin, drill and mount the lip there w/ the oem mazda screw. The lip is polyurethane/plastic? and will flex, so you will need to have someone bend the lip around the corner to match the curve of the bumper skin, to give the lip more flex, you can cut angled wedges at the plastic/urethane backing support on the lip to get it to mold perfectly around the bumperskin (use all the oem Mazda screws as these are stainless, you will also need someone to hold/align the lip while you drill and screw it into place, the only cutting done was done from the inside of the lip which is not visible once installed ). Total labor time is around 1 hour.
The length of the Mazda 626 lip matched the bumper skin perfectly and looks OEM as the color of the Polyurethane is almost the same as the bottom part of the bumper skin, to revive the color of the lip, i cleaned it w/ Meguair's rubber and Vinyl conditioner, I will be posting pics asap, The fitment is excellent, like the Lip was made for our cars.
as promised here is a Pic courtesy of Chris & Bryan Chan, the Classic pictured is Chris's SE-R and the B14 SE-R is Bryan's. Both did an excellent install of the Mazda Lip on Chris's car. It is important to do the install w/ 2 people as one will need to hold/bend the lip in place while the other person drills and installs the screws, also, wedges need to be cut from the support area inside of the lip top and bottom (not visible from the outside) to make it more pliable and easier to form/bend/shape around the stock 91-92 Sentra bumperskin, the install method has been perfected by the Chan brothers as evidenced in the Pics.
No pics yet?
...ill b at pick n pull for sure
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