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S13 Chuki Lip, Side Skirts, & Rear Valances
Compliments of jaysgottaredtop @ http://zilvia.net
90-91 ACCORD FRONT LIP
Go to your local junkyard, find a 4th gen pre-facelift Accord ('90 and '91), and get the front lip. mine was $10. it's too wide and doesn't extend back far enough to directly fit the chuki bumper, BUT its overall "length" (or "perimeter" if you will) is dead perfect.
DIY:
Simply notch the accord lip's mounting surface to allow it to curve closer to the middle and straighten out towards the wheel well. with your chuki bumper off and upside down, carefully mock up the lip and drill a few holes thru the bumper/lip for zip ties. you'll be able to zip tie it corner to corner. it lines up so well, no one will realize it isn't stock.
98-03 LEGACY, 00-04 OUTBACK SIDE SKIRTS
Go to a local junkyard and hope/pray they have such new cars. if they somehow do, get those skirts. mine were $30 for the pair. they f'kin rule for so many reasons.
1) They look cool. they have bulges similar in style to the s14 kouki sides, except they mainly bulge out, not down.
2) The front end-cap fits the rear s13 wheel well dead on.
3) That end-cap lines the skirt up PURRRRR-FECTLY with the s13's lower body line (same line the OEM skirts follow).
4) The underside "tray" part of the skirt gets just close enough to the pinch weld to use as a mounting point, but doesn't hit/interfere.
5) The front side can be trimmed to line up with everything there too.
6) Because they follow the body line so perfectly, there is no interference with the door opening/closing.
7) $30 and an afternoon of careful cutting and drilling. seriously. you can't beat that.
DIY:
Test fit the Legacy skirts "backwards" so to speak; right side mounts on the left, left side on the right. the [now] rear end-cap butts up perfectly on the rear wheel well, and has a hole in place for mounting. mark that spot on your s13 wheel well lip and drill it for a zip tie. for the front, mark where the skirt reaches the wheel well and cut off that extra 8 or 10 inches of overhang with a dremel. drill a couple holes in the bottom side of the skirt (it'll be obvious where exactly) and mount it (w/ zip ties, duh, but seriously they work best) to the lower mud flap mounting hole and the two fender-to-pinch-weld holes. Done.
REAR VALANCES
I made some rear "valences" the other day... aka carefully trimmed some factory mudflaps and painted them to match the body color. they really help fill in that naked rear wheel well area.
DIY:
Trimmed the flap with an air-powered cutoff wheel and smoothed/rounded the edges with a file. masked off the flap edge and sprayed the actual "valence" part. let dry, remove masking, and install. pretty easy stuff.
Before and after trim:
Trimmed, cleaned, masked and sprayed:
Installed:
