^Yeah sounds good. I'll be buying an oem lip new this spring once the weather improves.

 

You might want to do this sooner rather than later. I was told by several parts managers that the OEM lip was going to be (if not already) discontinued very soon and there wont be any new ones to purchase in the near future. Funds permitting, you might want to buy now and install in the spring to avoid any disappointment of not finding one.

Oh and the install was a breeze. I did see the double sided tape already on the lip, but opted not to use it as the original two replies stated it was not 100% necessary. With just the 4 screws and the underside bolts, it seems to hold it nice and firmly. I'm a happy camper

 

Ah damn. Yeah that would suck if they discontinue it already! Don't want to be forced to buy replica ones if/when mine gets messed up.

 

Alot of accessories are being discontinued for the S. Regular replacement parts will be available for a while.

The tape helps, but be forewarned that it will rip the paint off your bumper if you remove the lip. That happened to me when the body shop removed the lip from my old front bumper (NFR AP2 front bumper for sale cheap if anyone wants it, haha).

 

It shouldn't rip off the paint. The body shop must have really just ripped off your lip for that to happen. I've used the double sided tape in the past on previous cars with lips and it's never ripped off the paint...then again, I always took my time removing the front lip from my cars. If done carefully, the tape will eventually give and peel off. Just start from a corner and slowly peel off the tape.

Additionally, even if there is still tape residue on the bumper, you can use GOO GONE and it will remove the residue. This also works for residue from removed badges, decals, etc.

Regardless, I decided to skip the tape as the lip is pretty damn secure with just the screws and bolts.

 

Installation instructions are pretty good:

http://www.handa-accessories.com/S2000/s2kfus04.pdf

 

Just ordered lip and am surprised to see not everyone uses the tape, but if it holds fine without I can see how this would be an extremely fast install. Good to know when I go to put mine on, thanks guys.

 

A brand new OEM lip will pull a premium 7+ years from now.

 

This is awesome, thanks for posting.

 

and so it turns out....