SpoonFedTuning Carbon Fiber Seat Cupra R Lip
I recently was in touch with the guys at SpoonFedTuning to try out a new carbon fiber lip they’re producing based of the Seat Cupra R lip – and wow am I excited with the outcome. I had previously ran the OEM version of the lip, but I had two issues with it – it never fit right since it was so hard to mount (too narrow), and the finish was kind of blah (textured plastic). The SpoonFedTuning version takes care of both of those complaints – it’s 100% carbon fiber, and they’ve widened the lip and improved the mounting points for a much better fit on the B7 Audi A4/S4…
The installation is simple – they provide the necessary hardware, along with rubber bushings to ensure a close fit without stressing the carbon fiber. They also provide the following diagram to illustrate suggested mounting points (circled in red), which I followed and was very happy with:
The lip is otherwise super easy to install. What I did was jack my front end up (due to coilovers, there isn’t much room to work under the car unless I do) and put the front axle on jack stands. I then test mounted the lip using 3M double sided mounting tape, until I felt I had the lip perfectly aligned. You want to make sure it’s centered, as well as sticking out far enough from the front bumper.
I found that my ideal placement was so that the lip ended on each side of the car with about a 1 finger gab to the end of the bumper. Once you have the alignment where you want with the mounting tape, pre-drill the holes through the lip & bumper (use a size down on the drill bit from the screw) and then manually tighten the screws into the bumper, starting in the middle and then working your way out.
Between test fitting, drilling & tightening the screws, I spent no longer than 1 hour installing everything – and that was working in the dark, by myself, and taking my time, so you can figure that’s a pretty reasonable time estimate.
I’m very pleased with the outcome – I’ll obviously need to be very careful not to hit any curbs or take any bumps too fast, but I think that is something I can manage at this point. The mounting hardware is very easy to install or remove, so you could potentially remove the lip for daily driving and only install for car shows & such – once everything is drilled it should only take a few minutes to screw it back on or take it off…
Here are a few more pictures I’ve taken – let me know if I missed any angles you were interested in seeing and I can provide more pictures upon request!
Thank you to James @ SpoonFedTuning for answering all of my questions along the way. You can also check them out on Facebook here.
hey mate i just brought a 2010 plate audi a4 2.0 and was wondering where u got ur grill from or did u do it ur self if u did can u tell me how ? will help alot 🙂
I did it myself – check out this guide: https://www.nickscarblog.com/diy/diy-black-audi-a4s4-grille/
What size/type/brand are your rims and wheels?
They’re 19×8.5 BBS CH Black Editions with 235/35/19 tires.
Bro where did you drill holes on the lip? Please and thank you…
This picture shows exactly where I drilled: http://i2.wp.com/nickscarblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/cupra-install-1.jpg
Have a Twitter or something to where I can direct message you upon questions I know for sure Cupra r lip fits my b6 Audi A4 seen it done multiple times. Just looking under bumper there’s this piece covers under just wonder do I drill holes threw that or remove that and the screws are found?
Yeah just email me at cars@nickroshon.com – I’m not as familiar with the mounting points under a B6 though…
thoughts on this fitting a B6 S4? or was it specifically made for the B7?
It should fit a B6 just fine, the Cupra lip was not designed for either the B6 nor B7, it just happens to be the right width and general shape to work in many applications. I’ve seen plenty of B6s rock them and it looks great.
Hey Nick, what did you do to get your fog light removed and replaced with those lights ?
Is it possible to do something like that with sequential indicators ?
Here is the tutorial on how to remove the fog light grilles. Based on your comment it sounds like we have different bumpers or setups though, so I’m not sure if this will help or not: https://www.nickscarblog.com/cars/hid-fog-lights-on-a-b7-audi-a4-and-s4 – if not, give me a little more info on your model and year and I can see if I can dig up anything…