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Very creative and it looks pretty cool. I see that tape falling off on a hot summer day at 70mph. If I'd do this to my car, I'd want to use a hardened material and hard affix it to the nose of the car. Functionality over Form in my book.
My car's been over 140mph with this lip with no signs of falling off. it's also daily driven in rain, snow, sun, whether its 20* or 100*.
Did you ever see if it performs under speed? Have someone drive next to you on the highway would be a good test. If it is still visible, it is working, if it is folded under the car, it might be cause more issues of front-end stability than helping. My guess is it is working (depending on how dense the rubber is). It might straiten out so it is almost vertical, but that is not a bad thing. Folding under and flapping in the wind would be a bad thing. By the way, if anyone has any worry on bonding with tape. Switch to VHB tape. That is the stuff they mount windows in ski scrappers with (depending on good surface prepping) it will never come off. We use it here at work for mourning touch screens into housings. I mean it, it will never come off!
Did you ever see if it performs under speed? Have someone drive next to you on the highway would be a good test. If it is still visible, it is working, if it is folded under the car, it might be cause more issues of front-end stability than helping. My guess is it is working (depending on how dense the rubber is). It might straiten out so it is almost vertical, but that is not a bad thing. Folding under and flapping in the wind would be a bad thing. By the way, if anyone has any worry on bonding with tape. Switch to VHB tape. That is the stuff they mount windows in ski scrappers with (depending on good surface prepping) it will never come off. We use it here at work for mourning touch screens into housings. I mean it, it will never come off!
Unfortunately, this is one idea that looks cool, but is not functional. The rubber is soft and easily deflects under speed.
I'm gonna give this a try at the end of the month with 1 strip of fiberglass on the under side, basically using it as a permanent template, I'll post what happens
I ended up putting this on my chin spoiler and decided i liked it so much i molded it into the spoiler itself. I still have some sanding and filling to do but im pretty happy how it turned out. I will post some pics of it on my car once i re-mount it. I put a unmodified one next to it so you can see the difference.
Dannyboy that's pretty sweet, I'd like to see it on the car when its all finished. I like the angle difference on the sides, does it still have that in the front? Or is it the picture not showing it to well. Either way it looks really good man.
Dannyboy that's pretty sweet, I'd like to see it on the car when its all finished. I like the angle difference on the sides, does it still have that in the front? Or is it the picture not showing it to well. Either way it looks really good man.
Thanks for the kind words Sidwyz. The front is molded smooth with the rest of the stock surface. My goal was to make it as stock looking as possible. I was debating if i was going to mold the sides flat as well. I tried to keep the same stock body lines that the side scoop provides which is how it sits now. I will post pics hopefully this week if i can finish a few touch ups on it and im only off 2 days this week so hopefully i can get it done on those 2 days.
I like that alot. Did you form it to make the lip actually level along the bottom side? That's one thing that has always really bugged me about the factory front lip. The fact that its not level and has an upwards rake to it.
I like that alot. Did you form it to make the lip actually level along the bottom side? That's one thing that has always really bugged me about the factory front lip. The fact that its not level and has an upwards rake to it.
Thanks Dbltke im glad you like it! Especially since it was your idea that started it all. The bottom is flat but it wasnt my intention to mount a flat splitter to it since it low enough but when i get a chance to work on it this week i will put it on a flat surface so you can get an idea of what it looks like.
Dannyboy that looks nice! sell me the other left over lip lol i need one
ohh man i couldnt sell that. Its an OEM piece and really hard to come by now. The one thats on right now that i used to modify was some cheap ebay knock off which is the reason i used it. If the experiment failed i would have just trashed the entire thing. I have never done any body work at all before my entire life. It was all a learning experience. Here is an updated pic. I softened the body lines on it to match the body lines of our cars. I think it turned out really well.
Car is on jack stands since i sold the wheels to buy some CCWs and i am still selling all my SBC stuff to join the LSX ranks. Things are just moving really slow due to winter and not having a garage. I was thinking of making molds of this thing to be disposable since any kind of road course or daily driving would probably destroy this thing in no time.
Dont mind the black paint. I was working with primer black and by accident grabbed black plasti-dip in the middle of painting so i just decided to leave it since i will have to sand it again anyway.
do you understand that's one of the primary functions of this product?
it has to last and stand up to weather otherwise they couldn't advertise it as such or sell it and it wouldn't serve any purpose.
not sure were you got the idea it would function the exact opposite way it was specifically designed,but i beg to differ?
Hate to re-bump an old thread, but has anyone else done this, or is the OP still around? I cannot get the double sided tape to adhere to the rubber of the “lip” at all. I’ve tried several brands (including 3m molding tape) and cleaned everything with alcohol. It sticks to the bumper just fine but not to the lip at all. I’m about to chuck this thing in the garbage.
02-08-2013, 11:37 PM
