Is there any reason I shouldn't remove the bottom lip on my 2006

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(qbee42 @ Oct 31 2006, 08:03 AM) [snapback]341194[/snapback]</div>

Are you refering to the guy who dropped a tube of BB's into his Miata intake

 

OK I added the nose mask this afternoon and a couple of thoughts.
1. The nose mask is definately still listed in parts for a 2006 but it is for 2005 and older. The black lip is still the issue.
2. I removed the black lip and it's a little more complicated than it looks. It's like a three part assembly of the bottom of the bumper, the lip and the aero splash panel that goes under the car. I am sure they had very good engineering reasons but the net effect is that you probably cannot leave the black lip off. You might be able to make the aero panels attach to the bumper but I didn't look long enough to try it. Therefore the lip is required. If I recall correctly (and I may be worng since my intent was to get the mask on not redesign the bumper) the lip attached to the bumper with seven screws and the aero to the lip with five. Also five of the lip screws are hidden under the aero panels. You either remove the panels competely or flex the aero and hope they don't break...
3. The nose mask covers everything but the very bottom of the side panels. Not sure why they didn't add two more inches and some velcro to cover this part.
4. My real beef with Toyota is the license tag bracket. Whomever decided to use self tapping screws should really try again. I had to remove the bracket and the ugliness of the two holes is huge. Looks like someone took a hammer and punched two holes in the bumper about 1/8 inch diameter. A much better solution would have been to have a reinforcing nut behind the bumper and a small bolt to go through. I doubt if the "bumper plug" after market kits would really help here since self tapping is very rough. If I ever want to remove the front tag it's several hundred bucks to redo the bumper.

The mask looks nice on the grey. I will say that it is a very tight fit... I warmed both pieces up in the dryer and still had to pull a great deal.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(stanlwyjohn @ Nov 2 2006, 04:12 AM) [snapback]342428[/snapback]</div>

It took about two hours total.. I forgot to mention that the fit is very tight. I had to heat the mask up in the dryer to get it to stretch. The elastic straps are very tight.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(FL Buckeye @ Nov 2 2006, 06:00 PM) [snapback]342899[/snapback]</div>

The desciption is part of the confusion. 47050 is what I have and while Toyota parts lists it as 2006 it is not really. I think what they changed from the 47040 is how it slides around the headlights. A friend has a 2005 Prius and had to get a new mask after an accident and that is what he described to me. Either fit his 2005. 47050 has two pieces of reinforcement that slide into the gap between the headlight and frame and help hold the mask tight. No idea why they decided to call it a 2006 since nothing was changed on 47050 to allow for the lip what was not present before 2006. The only other thing my friend noticed is that 47050 is a very tight fit compared to his. No idea if this just something peculair to mine or if there is a subtle difference to the front of a 2006 in addition to the lip. I really had to pull on a couple of the hooked straps to get them to the proper anchor point. Hopefully they will stretch out a little bit...