For the past few months I've notice more and more seperation from my stock MSP front and rear lips. My rear has gotten so bad that it has fallen so far down that the bottom is touching the exhaust tip and where it says Mazdaspeed for us 03.5 people you can't even read that anymore. So yesterday I decided to remove them both and see what I could do to fix it. Now I do live in Washington D.C. where the humidity is horrible during the summer time so I thought thats what it might be. So I removed all of the black foam tape and cleaned it off with rapid remover (which you can get from any sign shop) it's better then any goof off or any of that crap and reinstall with 3M VHB Double sided tape. This stuff is industrial strength and I know that it can hold just about anything in place for a long long time. Just wanted to see how many of us out there have had the same problem.
Anyone have problems with MSP Lips
- Thread starter Shane-O
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I've had seperation troubles with my front lip... only on the passenger side though, the tape doesn't let the lip go, but it doesn't really keep the lip tight against the body either. I plan to get rid of the lip though eventually, so it doesn't bother me very much. I know people have had trouble with the rear lip coming loose because of the heat from the exhaust, but I would think in your case it's probably the moisture like you had said.
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YellowSpeed1229
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- 2003.5 Mazda Speed Blazing Yellow
well.. rear lip has fallen off 5 times now.. they made a bracket for it now.. but i dont know if just my dealer made it. but it may be a issued mazda part... i will take pics when i get a chance.
MazdaDryvr
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No problem with that at all, and you want to talk humid? I had to learn to breath water to live here. 
i had my dealer fix the front and the back.......
they did such a piss-ass job that i had to redoit myself.
2 rolls of 3M tape and 4 hours later i had perfectly mounted front/rear lips.
this was in march.
no seperation yet.
this is the method i used for the front lip, cause it's impossible to line it up perfectly otherwise:
they did such a piss-ass job that i had to redoit myself.
2 rolls of 3M tape and 4 hours later i had perfectly mounted front/rear lips.
this was in march.
no seperation yet.
this is the method i used for the front lip, cause it's impossible to line it up perfectly otherwise:
YellowSpeed1229
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- 2003.5 Mazda Speed Blazing Yellow
wow. nic vic. wanna do my front one. lol.
dealers use cheap-ass foam double-sided tape.
dust and moisture will eventually eat away at tape like that.
u have to use 3M waterproof heavy duty tape.
what u can do is go buy 2 rolls, and just give them to the person who is gonna do your lip.
tell him to use your tape instead of dealer's.
i think it's like $5.00 per roll.
dust and moisture will eventually eat away at tape like that.
u have to use 3M waterproof heavy duty tape.
what u can do is go buy 2 rolls, and just give them to the person who is gonna do your lip.
tell him to use your tape instead of dealer's.
i think it's like $5.00 per roll.
