Front Splitter

[gbbird]

Muy front splitter is half hanging off on one side, and the threads on the screw hole have gone.

Rather than leave it in this half on/half off state and risk it all falling off at speed, i was wondering whether to take it off completely. Would this have a serious effect on car handling?

And if i left it as it is, would this have an effect also?

Thanks

Greg

[southendpier]

Splitter is for airflow through engine, not handling IIRC. Will help keep engine cool + will stop bonnet lifting at BIG speeds. Best get it fixed rather than take it off. Probably some resin will keep it on until you can do a proper job.

[touching cloth]

Don't have one on mine since a meeting with a ferry loading ramp thing last year - can't say I have noticed any increase in running temps and bonnet (on mine) has been fine at speeds upto about 160 in Germany - above those speeds I don't know and of course each car is a bit different so you could have lifting bonnet syndrome at lower speeds than mine. Better in the short term to run it without than risk it falling off and catching a tyre or flicking up at a car behind etc - then if it can be re-attached at next service then so much the better and if you find it no different anyway then maybe decide not to bother.

[jonbarrett]

Waht is the front splitter?

[jayzee]

TBH, it doesn't make much difference on UK roads if it's on or off.

A good way of fixing it back on is to use some rivet-nuts and machine screws. You will probably find the holes are damaged (oversized) so using an M5 rivet nut would be perfect.

[C3BER]

Take it off as you will only lose it again and again and again. If somebody comes up with a clip on version for track days etc, then I would be interested.

[ancol]

minea been off for twelve months now after fu@@in speed bumps ripped it off, havnt noticed any difference only that its a little quicker now since i reduced the weight by a couple of pounds

[Ireland]

I never had one to lose.

It was gone before I got the car.

There was a thread on here about this issue some months back.

I posted something in it so if you go back through my posts in my profile you should be able to locate that thread.

[HarryW]

Very surprised to see my 96 car still has one of these and it looks like its still the original fitting to me, albeit a bit flat in places .

Edited by HarryW on Monday 30th July 22:03

[gbbird]

Thanks all,

think i will just take it off for now to avoid losing while out driving, and get it put back on at the next service

regards

greg