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Old 05-06-2011, 05:58 PM
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Default Where is best place to buy lower front lip?

Mine is a bit worn and cracked in the center.

Who might be the best place to buy from?

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Old 05-06-2011, 06:28 PM
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Tim, they are UBER expensive.....$325! Two other options are the C4S lip at $165 or a nice replica lip off eBay for $99. I bought one of the eBay ones and it is fantastic quality. It's urethane not fiberglass.

Give me a sec and I'll find the vendor I used and post a link.

Here ya go: LINK
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I saw those on EBay but was not sure of the quality. Thanks for the linky

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For $99 I was skeptical as well but many people talked so highly about them. And when the OEM unit is almost $400 shipped, you can't go wrong.

The only difference is that it does not have the small metal tab reinforcements under the air channel openings.
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Reinforcements Bahhhhhh
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Good tip. Mine's a little scuffed up, not cracked though. I was going to get an OEM one until I saw the price. Then I figured I would live with scuffed, since in houston that is going to happen anyway.

For $99, I can get a new one every 6 months or so.
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That is what I thought!!
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the c4s lip is better, try hendricks porsche or suncoast porsche
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Got mine from Bayson R Motorsports for $129 over a year ago. Fit is great and it is holding up flawlessly. No metal reinforcement, but it doesn't seem to matter so far.
Here is the link.
http://www.baysonr.com/Porsche_996_T...pu-996-c4s.htm
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I hate to break it to you, but that is the exact same one that they sell for $99 on e-bay!
(check the e-bay link)
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is there any place we can get cheap black side skirts ?
mine are broken too

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Originally Posted by jbossolo
I hate to break it to you, but that is the exact same one that they sell for $99 on e-bay!
(check the e-bay link)
Good catch. Indeed it is, I did not look at the link given. So it should fit the same as the one I bought.

When I bought it in Dec 2009, availability from them on Ebay was sporadic.
Shipping was free by ordering directly from them at the time, so I paid the same $129.
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On eBay it is $99 plus $30 shipping. On their website it is $129 shipped. Go figure
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I also got the Bayson R unit and it is very good quality and a 5 minute swap out. What else can you buy for these cars for $99.00 that makes such a difference?



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