92-95 SSEi lip added to 00+ bumper

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92-95 SSEi lip added to 00+ bumper

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I have successfully added the 92-95 SSE/SSEi front Lower Lip to a 00+ SLE/SSEi front bumper. If we take a look back at how this came about, sometime in around 2001-2002 i remember seeing a 92-99 SSEi with the front lip busted off and it just happened to be parked near a 00+ SLE or SSEi. when looking at the front of the cars it was painfully obvious that GM gave up on the design of the car below the fog lights. I always had it in the back of my head I would make this happen......

I started with a Junkyard 00+ bumper and a 92-95 lower lip.

I had to do a ton of fitment and marking of the bumpers. The 92-95 lip was actually cut into 3 separate pieces and shortened width wise to make fitment work

SEM Problem Plastic was used to bond the 2 plastics together

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The Center section was cut and shortened to fit between the fog lights
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To make the transition between the two smooth, a combo of SEM and Lord Fusor 114 for plastic was used.

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I used SEM bumper bite that is made specifically for smoothing of bumper repairs

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I also wanted to make some room for airflow if i ever wanted to remove the front license plate filler for the Intercooler

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Pretty close in this picture, ready for some primer

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figured i would test fit before paint just to make sure

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after all the filling in and smoothing, and filling and smoothing, and filli.....well you get the point

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and of course the final product

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I think it looks great!
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That looks pretty good. Just when we think you’ve done it all, something else cool gets added.
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Re: 92-95 SSEi lip added to 00+ bumper

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Coming out of the woodwork just to say that it should have come from the factory like this. The 00+SSEi's always looked like they were missing a lip, and the one you added blends in perfectly. Great job. =D>

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That looks great Pat.

I actually have 2 lip kit attempts for my 95 in my basement from like 6 years ago. One from a 92-95 and the other form a 96-99 SLE.
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it looks beautiful. if i find one like that i might buy it and sell my old one since i have some problems with it.
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nice!!
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