Budget Diy Lip Kit with Garden Edging

(Moog) In this episode of MightyCarMods, we're gonna teach you guys how to make a cheap-*** lip kit for your car, for less than $8. (Intro) Welcome to another episode of MightyCarMods, proudly supported by Just Car Insurance. Now, who doesn't want a lower, madder car, so that they can live JDM lyf? -(Marty) You want ground effects. -That's right, Martin. -Is that what it's called? 'Ground effects?' -I don't know Martin. But, Ground effects are that thing F1 cars do, but I there's this whole thing of, like: you want 'ground effects.' -I think. -I dunno. I think what you can do, Martin, is you can trick the balls and trick the brain: -Trick the eye-balls. -Yes. by: if you can't get your car lower, you can make the body appear lower, by putting a lip kit around it. Which is why, today, we're gonna be doing a budget, front lip install. Using: garden edging. Now, this stuff is about $4 a metre. Uh, and we're gonna start off doing the front lip of the car. It's gonna need around about 2 metres of this, which means we're gonna be doing our after-market lip extension kit, Um, for $8. Which is awesome. Now, -It's a bargain. -not everybody wants to extend their lips downstairs, But, for those that do, this is the cheapest way of doing it. "Today, we're going to be working on my Saab 900 Turbo. Also known as WaSAABi." "It already has a small factory lip, but it's about to get a whole lot bigger, thanks to our garden edging." Alright, so: this stuff here you can get from your local hardware store. It's used for a variety of different things. Uh, concrete form work, garden edging. This one's Australian made and it's BLAAAACK. Uh, this one here is 100mm. You can get 150mm as well, depending on how hectic you want to go. Um, or there's a 7.5cm one. Now, our basic plan is gonna be to unwind this, -(clatters) -and (Leatherman snaps shut) see how much we need to loop right around the front of the car: like this. And I reckon it's gonna be around about two metres. And then, we punch some holes in it, attach it and our car should actually be looking mad. There's a couple of different ways that you'll be able to attach your garden edging. It's actually, like, a hard plastic, even though it looks like rubber. But, that's a good thing: cos it's really solid. You can use tech-screws, which is the easiest way. Which is just grabbing a screw and drilling it through: like a self-tapping one. They do have a habit of falling out. Um and they can rust as well, which is a little bit annoying. And just doesn't look as classy. Now, on a lot of body kits, you also see, um, people using rivets: which, for this case, is actually going work really well. So, the idea with a rivet is: -you drill what you need through the plastic, -(battery-powered drill) (tool thuds) and then, you grab a pop-rivet, and, whatever you want to attach it to, you put the rivet through it, you put it through your little bracket, in this case. You grab your rivet gun. Now, look: there's all sorts of different ones you can get. There's manual ones, there's air-powered ones. You throw it in there. you pull it tight. (rivet gun clicks) -And it snaps off automatically. Like that. -(clattering) And that is, a really, really solid way of attaching this plastic garden edging to like a little metal bracket, or whatever. -That looks awesome, man. -Yeah. People may remember that's the way we put the body kit on our bodgy 180. -On our drift project. Remember? -Yeah. Yeah. It just: it looks really neat. Like, that actually looks cool. You can do rivets and it's even part of the design. You can sort of do rivets as much as you want to make it look -Yeah -all mad looking. And they're really cheap. And, it's just: the rivet-gun's like: $30. And then, the rivets are like $5 each. And the options we were talking about were -A box. -tech-screws or cable ties or these. But, the problem with tech-screws is: yeah, they can fall out. Like, you see it all the time. Um, cable ties: you've kinda gotta get around to the other side. -Yeah. -Which, in some cases, is not as easy. But that's just clean and classy. -Yeah. -Just like: a Saab. -(music) -"The first step is to clamp it on temporarily," "and measure out how much you're going to need." Is it going to look mad? -Yeah, I think so. -Dude: it is. It's going to look really good! It's gonna look good the whole way around. It actually tidies up the front of it quite a lot, doesn't it? -Looks really good. -Have you got a Texta there, Marty? Yeah. Are you gonna chop it? Oh, I'm just gonna mark it with a little bit of extra over-hang. So, that: then we can just get rid of the rest of this. Ah: I'm sure it'll be good! Oh: do you want me to hold it up? Uh, yeah. Could you just hold it up, kind of where it needs to go? I'm: I'm a little bit shocked, actually. As long as this rivets on alright, this is gonna be the business, my friend. "After-market front lips can cost hundreds of dollars. So, if this works, it's going to be freaking awesome," "plus, it'll be super durable." This is the stuff that goes in-between your lawn and your garden, so you can run your mower along it. -Oh, OK. -You know: so it's not only meant to be in the sun: which it's why: this stuff is, like, UV protected, it's also meant to be getting smashed with power tools. On your rivet, you get the diameter. Which, in this case, is 3.2mm. These ones are a bit bigger: 4mm. But, the number you're looking for is grip. So, grip is like the: the length beneath that little that little ledge there. So, you've got 9.6mm. And the others ones only have: what? 6.4mm. So, we get an extra 3mm of grip. -Which is exactly what we're gonna need to hold that in. -Yeah. "Drill through the edging and your existing lip. Then, get a rivet and smash it in there to hold it all together." (rivet gun clicks) "Rivets are a really popular choice for adding parts to boats, planes and cars." "And you may have seen us using them in the past, when putting together our budget 180SX drift project." "Yes, rivets are mad. And Marty is a massive fan." -Do you know who else uses rivets? -Uh, obviously, not. Um, dudes who work on aeroplanes man. -And dudes who work with sheet metal. -They're LAME. -Hey? -They're LAME. Yeah, they are. Or AME. Licensed Aircraft Maintenance Engineers. -That's right. -LAMEys. That's right. Um. But, yeah. They: like, to do repairs on aeroplanes: you'll probably notice when you get on: next time you get an aeroplane, like: have a look around. -There's just rivets everywhere. -Yeah. -Cause, it's all aluminum and super lightweight. And the: -Just because it's: the frogs have taken over man. What do you mean? (rivets clatter) There's just 'rivet, rivet:' everywhere you go. (silent laughing) Holy ***! -It's like the LAMEst joke you've ever said. -Thanks man. "You can measure these out if you want to be really neat. But we are just smashing them in by eye-ball." The next thing that we have to do is just trim this off so it's the right length and also try and make it so it follows that curve, that is already there. For that super factory, after-market look. Um, but: that may or may not be easier to do, before this is actually attached to the car. I was going to do it first and then just thought, 'You know: I think it's gonna be easier like this.' So, I'm basically, gonna follow this line down. And then mark that. And have that go straight around there like that. And then just trim that down. And that: is gonna be a mad, budget, lip-kit extender. "Trim off the end at whatever angle suits your wheel arch, and then, get into it with some sandpaper" "to clean it all up." So, for a lot of people, there's actually kind of an aesthetic look about making sure all of your rivets are fully exposed like that. For me, I want to black them out. There's a few different ways you can do it. Um, you could paint 'em: I'm just gonna use a Sharpie and literally just go around and colour those in like that. I don't know how long that's going to last. But, it's gonna help them kind of, uh, drift away, into their new home, without being too visible. And that looks freaking awesome. $8 plus some rivets. Less than $10. And your car now looks $1 million. That is a good return on investment, my friends. I am left-handed, Marty is left-handed. "Cut and clean up the other side and your lip is done." Man: that, has surpassed my wildest dreams. -It looks so good. -It just looks -This stuff is awesome. -It's cheap, -it's easy, -Yeah. -it's quick. -Yeah. And, like, minimal tools: rivets, drill-bit, -drill, some cutters. -It's nothing. -I reckon we should keep going. -Oh, dude, we: we're: of course -we're gonna keep going. -We're gonna keep going, like: We're gonna do the whole car. Ultimately, what I would like to see, is this stuff: -kind of -(rattles) instead of sitting like that, we actually kind of go wide-body and kind of -extend it out like that. -Yeah, OK. -Catch a light with it as well. -It'll be so awesome. -(music) -"We've decided to do the rest of the car" "to give it some more mad aero street presence." "Again, we're measuring it up and then we're riveting on small brackets," "which we'll use to attach the garden edging to the underside of the Saab." (should've done that first, boys) "Once all the brackets are in place, we can attach it to the car." "But, there's a small problem, due to the design of the Saab." (cackles) "We've just realised, we're gonna have to cut the edging, so the door can still be used to take" "your passenger to that swinger's party." "Which means, it doesn't look as classy as it could." "And it's going to be hard to keep the pieces lined up. And, while this would work on most cars," "it ain't gonna fly on this dentist's jet." (closes door) If the door was inside a frame and you could have one piece without the cuts, that would just be: the best. "But, let's get real for a second: the front lip is killa. It's cheap, it's easy and a fun DIY project" "for the front of any car." So, that is a mad project that you can do on the weekend. Or, maybe even after school. Or, before work, or depending on what you do. The mad thing about that is: you can get on e-balls and you can flick yourself away, until you find something that's going to, um, excite you. But, really, you're just getting the same stuff, aren't you? Like: that stuff's probably getting pumped out of the same factory. Although: that said, that's Australian made: the stuff we used -Yeah. -But, a lot of the stuff that you buy is all coming from the same place, isn't it? A lot of the time, it literally is that same thing. Particularlly universal, one-size-fits-all. Like, if you're gonna go and buy a specifically made body kit for your car, they can cost thousands of dollars. And that's fine if that's the road you want to go down. If you are just gonna go and buy like a one-size-fits-all lip kit, it probably is just the same thing. And by making it yourself, you know it's going to fit properly. Because nothing looks worse than when you buy a 'universal, one-size-fits all' and it's all hanging off and: you know? -There's something in that. -And: and: and we know that this, like 'one-size-fits all' thing, it's like: it, it. -'Bolt on.' -Yeah, it doesn't usually work. So, there it is. It's a mad project. It looks awesome. I'm very happy with the result. Um, my Saab looks lower than it did before: which is exactly what it's meant to do. -Ground effects. -Plus, I'm sure it's going to giving me some mad, aerodynamic: um, it's not doing anything. Let's be honest: it's not doing anything, but it makes me feel good! -And that's what cars are all about. -And it's: it's fun to do. Like, this kind of stuff is so much fun to do. -Exactly. -Yeah. And that's why we can't take our cars too seriously people. If everyone's, like, living the expensive life with their crazy cars: who's bolting garden edging onto their Ferrari? Who's doing it? Other than those Bozo dudes in Japan? Like, not many people. But, now you are! So, congratulations! Well done. Follow our balls. On FaceBalls. FaceBalls.com/MightyCarMods. And, yes: we do ship anywhere in the world. Anywhere in the planet! Uh, takes a little bit longer for things to get to Antarctica, but, yes, they do get there eventually. Um, see you later everyone! I'm gonna eat myself some mad parsnip. (Outro)