Winglets for a Chimaera

[andyg1]

I've seen this stunning example of a Chimaera here:
http://www.damagedtvrs.co.uk/stock_pages/chimaera....

with nice looking winglets. Has anyone had any fitted? Any photos? Are they easy to get hold of or are they bespoke?

Thanks guys!

[SILICONEKID350HP]

I like them but would they get damaged on speed bumps .

[andyg1]

Yeah, they probably would. It's one of those things you live with.

I've already got the speed 6 headlight conversion and for the car just doesn't look agressive enough from the front so I was wondering how easy it was to get hold of these and how expensive they are...

[s p a c e m a n]

I have seen them advertised somewhere in carbonfibre along with somewhere that does a rear diffuser for a griff iirc. I'll have a google later if noone else finds them

[Ron McC]

andyg1 said:

Yeah, they probably would. It's one of those things you live with.

I've already got the speed 6 headlight conversion and for the car just doesn't look agressive enough from the front so I was wondering how easy it was to get hold of these and how expensive they are...

Hi mate,

I priced up the winglets and got an e-mail back from Fibreon/Damaged TVR's as I enquired about the winglets. I contacted them and received an e-mail back. I'll copy and paste the reply, bear in mind this was on the 23/3/2010. No doubt the price has went up but it will give you a rough idea.

________________________________________________________________________________

Thanks for your enquiry and here are the answers…


1) Pair of Splitters £150.00 + Vat

2) They are bolt on

3) They are supplied in a clear Gel coat finish, sanded and ready for primer and spraying

________________________________________________________________________________


I have to admit, other things needing done to the car have taken priority, plus I run a 3000M as well.

If you do decide to order them can you let us all know what your opinion is. I do fancy getting some myself. I think they give the Chimaera a better look at the front end.

Cheers Bud,

Ron McC BOF246T & L627YAY

[QBee]

I did look at them a while back - there was a thread on it.
Three issues - the cost, including painting, the difficulty of fitting them, and the fact that you will wipe them off on the first speed hump or country road you go over.
I went instead for re-instating the standard chin spoiler (splitter, gurney, call it what you like) underneath the car - £35, and far enough back to survive the first Nottingham pedestrian crossing hump that i didn't see in time. Power sells them IIRC. The pictured ones would have been trashed by my incompetence. It also had the desired technical effect - my bonnet no longer comes open at 135mph, nor does the passenger side rear corner flap at errr motorway speeds!!

[andyg1]

QBee said:

I went instead for re-instating the standard chin spoiler (splitter, gurney, call it what you like) underneath the car - £35

Is the pictured item in this thread what you are referring to?
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

These winglets are purely athestic for me. I'm not going to be going anywhere at 100mph, and rarely do I go on journeys where I might touch 80mph.

We wouldn't be the only people watching out for speed bumps - how does a Sagaris owner manage?

[Chilliman]

[QBee]

andyg1 said:

QBee said:

I went instead for re-instating the standard chin spoiler (splitter, gurney, call it what you like) underneath the car - £35

Is the pictured item in this thread what you are referring to?
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

These winglets are purely athestic for me. I'm not going to be going anywhere at 100mph, and rarely do I go on journeys where I might touch 80mph.

We wouldn't be the only people watching out for speed bumps - how does a Sagaris owner manage?

Yup, that's the gizmo in the pic halfway down the thread. I didn't realise you could get them from Powers, so had one made by an engineering company for £30. Stainless steel, 900 mm long, 75mm wide, 30-45 degree angle crease running the length of the piece.
Cannot remember the gauge of steel I got, but it was strong enough to survive crashing down onto it as I came off a raised pedestrian crossing - I saw the crossing, just not the fact that it was quite steeply raised!

[SILICONEKID350HP]

Jammy Dodgers car ! I think

They look good in black.

[andyg1]

SILICONEKID350HP said:

Jammy Dodgers car ! I think

They look good in black.

Is that a full splitter or just winglets? Difficult to see from the photo. Are there more pics of this car - I'm interested to see them in black...

[andyg1]

To answer my own queston: I think they are just winglets. This is the original thread and here are the pictures originally posted by Jammy Dodger:





I dug out another thread seemingly from the website where the red Chimaera is shown. The user Fibre-ron who was apparently making these hasn't been around on the forums for a while...

If you look at these two pictures from that thread I think the winglets look alright if the number plate is slung low down otherwise there might be an awkward gap:

[s p a c e m a n]

Nope I cant find any I like enough to want one, I was thinking of sc-powers griff stuff earlier.

[andyg1]

s p a c e m a n said:

Nope I cant find any I like enough to want one, I was thinking of sc-powers griff stuff earlier.

Now this I like! Just gives that more aggressive look. Personal taste I guess.

I think this is the SC Power stuff you mean:
http://www.sc-power.co.uk/pages/sc-power-aerodynam...

[s p a c e m a n]

Send him a message and ask him where he got it from then

schimg's Profile

[andyg1]

I emailed the guy from Fibreon and he sent me these pictures and said that they are £177+VAT a pair and are sanded ready to be prepped and sprayed.





Tempting....

[Dave 500]

andyg1 said:

I emailed the guy from Fibreon and he sent me these pictures and said that they are £177+VAT a pair and are sanded ready to be prepped and sprayed.





Tempting....

Your car and all that, but