How did you fit your splitter?

[zed4]

Hi,

I have the ACT front splitter at home and I should get round to fitting it! I'm thinking I might do it tonight, as I'm taking it to the deepest depths of Cornwall on Friday and could do with some front downforce

So, how did you fit yours? How is it secured? Is it easy/straight forward to do? Anything I need to be aware of or any nuts/bolts/other fixings I need to nick from work before I leave this evening?

Cheers,

Dan

[phillpot]

Self tappers or pop rivets?
Not very posh but that way if you should "catch it" it will pull off quite easily with minimum bodywork damage

[gacksen]

what do you mean with front splitter ?

[zed4]

gacksen said:

what do you mean with front splitter ?

This, it goes under the front of the car, tucked underneath somewhere.

http://www.actproducts.co.uk/shop/sp007-front-spli...

[zed4]

phillpot said:

Self tappers or pop rivets?
Not very posh but that way if you should "catch it" it will pull off quite easily with minimum bodywork damage

Pop rivets isn't a bad idea. I might borrow the rivet gun.

I can't remember if it's pre-drilled. If it is, anyone remember the screw size?

[zed4]

Now armed with the rivet gun and some massive rivets, they should do the job.

[phazed]

I used pan head self tappers and a bed of silicon when fitted.

Pop rivets are fine but might cause a little damage "when" ripped out.

If you loose it, go the old gutter route, practically free!

[TJC46]

Rivets are a good idea, because then, when you bottom out something, and i can guarantee that you will, they pull out pretty easy without doing to much damage.



I had a few made up at work.....im on my 3rd or 4th one cant remember exactly how many i have lost!

[nawarne]

Dan,
They do help - a bit! Certainly affects the cooling, not so sure about aero!!

When I had my Chimaera, I decided to replace the splitter which, at some time in the car's early life, had been 'smeared' off the underside. I got some 35mm plastic angle from B&Q and, using original holes, self tappered(?) my 'new' item onto the underside.

IIRC, it definitely dropped the engine temp whilst under way, don't believe I noticed any huge benefits to road-holding though.
Nick

[phillpot]

Definitely reduced "bonnet flutter" when I had mine.

[WinstonWolf]

Mine's thick rubber, it just squashes out the way if you run anything over then pops back down.

[zed4]

Job done, riveted on. Only issue was trying to get the Jack out with the splitter on!!

[Goaty Bill]

Shortly after I got my car, the splitter had an encounter with a speed bump.
I sheepishly went into the dealer's service manager and asked "how much?"
The told me some absurd number like £150, then asked if I wanted it fixed.
I said "yes", the mechanic was dispatched out to my car, he removed the bolts, threw the mangled remains of the splitter in the bin, and the manager said "It's fixed. No charge."

Can't say I missed it.

[zed4]

hmm, didn't think about speed bumps. I hope it will miss the bumps near my house!

[nawarne]

zed4 said:

hmm, didn't think about speed bumps. I hope it will miss the bumps near my house!

That's the problem!
Humps - - laughingly called traffic calming, (can't think of anything more likely to enrage a driver!) plus the appalling state of our roads cause untold damage to not just splitters, but wheels, road springs etc.

I just go dead slow at humps, and if possible, approach on the angle...just as you would when boarding a ro-ro ferry. My son had 2 broken road springs resulting from poorly maintained roads.

Nick

[phazed]

If the ride height is correct, you'll have no trouble, (as long as you slow down!).

[fatboychim]

phazed said:

If the ride height is correct, you'll have no trouble, (as long as you slow down!).

Tell that to the hump by the bus station in Malmedy, it's accounted for two lengths of race spec guttering on mine!!