Feeler:GROUP BUY -944 N/A CARBON FIBER SPLITTER (foha replica)
02-11-2011, 02:56 PM
#16
Race Car
This is a great idea and I am interested in more pics. Given the choice I think I would go for the carbon fiber....if I lived somewhere with decent roads it would be an easy choice.
I have considered trying this stuff on Ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...K%3AMEWAX%3AIT
It sounds as though it is made from closed cell foam (like the rear spoiler is). My concern is being in Mississippi that sooner or later I will hit something with it (bumpy roads, road kill, deer hunter etc) and foam would be much more forgiving than fiberglass or carbon fiber.
michael
I have considered trying this stuff on Ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...K%3AMEWAX%3AIT
It sounds as though it is made from closed cell foam (like the rear spoiler is). My concern is being in Mississippi that sooner or later I will hit something with it (bumpy roads, road kill, deer hunter etc) and foam would be much more forgiving than fiberglass or carbon fiber.
michael
If you guys get a splitter and your afraid it's to weak then get some kevlar cloth and glass it on the back side... Kevlar is stronger than CF and a lot of race splitters are made from it.
02-11-2011, 03:02 PM
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Wow glad I didn't order it or anything. Maybe I will stop by home depot on the way home.
02-11-2011, 07:28 PM
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You guys ever consider searching the archives for My detailed write-up on how to make a FIberglass or Carbon Fiber part using Foam for a shaping.....
The real secret is that You cannot use a typical resin with the foam becuase it eats it.
Best Wishes
DAmian
http://www.flickr.com/photos/leadfoot944/page3/
The real secret is that You cannot use a typical resin with the foam becuase it eats it.
Best Wishes
DAmian
http://www.flickr.com/photos/leadfoot944/page3/
02-12-2011, 05:21 PM
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It was my own unprofessional opinion ,you definitely have a better understanding of both materials. What do you think would be the better candidate for a splitter and which one is worth buying considering the price?
They were made of a material similar to that of which the factory rear spoiler is made of.
They were made of a material similar to that of which the factory rear spoiler is made of.
02-12-2011, 05:45 PM
#22
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Techno Duck, how did you come to acquire these items?
I do not believe I could fabricate these fasteners, looking for a source.
What's your secret, please share.
I do not believe I could fabricate these fasteners, looking for a source.
What's your secret, please share.
02-12-2011, 07:17 PM
#23
Nordschleife Master
I bought a new old stock one on eBay a few years ago for about $100. Came in the original packaging with all the hardware and the paperwork.
I found another last year at the Hershey PA swap meet that i also picked up for about $100, it was unused but came with no hardware or anything.
You do not need to duplicate the mounting hardware exactly, you can just do something that uses the same general idea of sandwiching under the lip of the front valance.
I found another last year at the Hershey PA swap meet that i also picked up for about $100, it was unused but came with no hardware or anything.
You do not need to duplicate the mounting hardware exactly, you can just do something that uses the same general idea of sandwiching under the lip of the front valance.
02-14-2011, 03:38 PM
#25
Race Car
02-15-2011, 10:38 AM
#26
Burning Brakes
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I have a feeling that this thread is going to end like all the other n/a splitter threads.No matter, i'm still going to get mine...
Just look at it,how can you say no
http://212.67.202.62/~clubauto/images/IMG_0168.JPG
http://212.67.202.62/~clubauto/images/IMG_0169.JPG
http://212.67.202.62/~clubauto/images/IMG_0170.JPG
Just look at it,how can you say no
http://212.67.202.62/~clubauto/images/IMG_0168.JPG
http://212.67.202.62/~clubauto/images/IMG_0169.JPG
http://212.67.202.62/~clubauto/images/IMG_0170.JPG
02-17-2011, 05:13 PM
#28
Race Car
if someone in Virginia Beach,VA had a 944 N/A and wanted to, I would make a few fiberglass splitters to sale... dunno if they would look like advertised but atleast there would be a splitter for an N/A
02-18-2011, 03:28 AM
#30
Three Wheelin'
i still want one. im abroad right now but will follow this thread