03-18-2007, 01:00 PM
everybody knows all about the porsche motorsport splitter - they also know about the fiberglass replicas - we all know the ups and downs of both - personally, i had gotten tired of having to repaint the danged thing every time i drove the car - the edge at the front of the splitter would grab things and curl under, thereby cracking the paint, requiring a repaint - this would happen nearly every time i drove the car, because it is so danged low - i modified it to include delrin skid plates at the corners, which worked great on burms and such, but the center area was too flexible to allow bonding agents to hold
i also did not like the "stuck on" look the motorsport unit has - it gets sandwiched between the bumper cover and the front apron, and to me just looks like an afterthought (well, it really is) - i didn't like the black underneath, and painting the apron blue, or the splitter black was not an option either
it ss, however, very functional, so i was determined to have something up there
i had seen this different one on a yellow car in a pic, and had no idea where it came from, but loved the look - i then saw another one in portland at parade - this time i got a chance to get under the car and really check it out - it turned out that it deleted the front apron, replacing it with an integral unit - a one piece wrap around splitter? no chance of curling under? wow! - it is fiberglass, but the design is a dramatic improvement in the area of snagging and curling - front impacts would suck, but that is really not the problem i was having
that was it - i just had to have it - then a couple of months later, it turned out that the one off of the yellow car that i had first seen was up for sale - i ran right down to get it
upon bringing it home, i noticed some flaws in it - but, i also noticed the phone number of who made it - i tracked them down to their new number and called and ordered a new one - eric said he'd take the yellow one - i thought "cool - this will work out for both of us"
well, what i got was not exactly the same - it turns out that the unit was really for a 944 turbo - it was nearly 2 inches wider, with different profiles - it was going to tke a LOT of work to midify the new one to fit like the old one - not being terribly patient or adept at fiberglass work, i opted to instead fix up the yellow one - eric had already started on it, but gave it back to me anyway - he then said he'd take the new one and modify it to match
this turned out to be a huge job (even more for eric), but it worked out in the end and looks great - this is not an off the shelf unit, but i think it looks a lot better than the motorsport unit - i'm adding some delrin skids underneath to prevent scraping, but it looks like it is going to work out great
here are some pics
and here is a shot of mine and eric's
i also did not like the "stuck on" look the motorsport unit has - it gets sandwiched between the bumper cover and the front apron, and to me just looks like an afterthought (well, it really is) - i didn't like the black underneath, and painting the apron blue, or the splitter black was not an option either
it ss, however, very functional, so i was determined to have something up there
i had seen this different one on a yellow car in a pic, and had no idea where it came from, but loved the look - i then saw another one in portland at parade - this time i got a chance to get under the car and really check it out - it turned out that it deleted the front apron, replacing it with an integral unit - a one piece wrap around splitter? no chance of curling under? wow! - it is fiberglass, but the design is a dramatic improvement in the area of snagging and curling - front impacts would suck, but that is really not the problem i was having
that was it - i just had to have it - then a couple of months later, it turned out that the one off of the yellow car that i had first seen was up for sale - i ran right down to get it
upon bringing it home, i noticed some flaws in it - but, i also noticed the phone number of who made it - i tracked them down to their new number and called and ordered a new one - eric said he'd take the yellow one - i thought "cool - this will work out for both of us"
well, what i got was not exactly the same - it turns out that the unit was really for a 944 turbo - it was nearly 2 inches wider, with different profiles - it was going to tke a LOT of work to midify the new one to fit like the old one - not being terribly patient or adept at fiberglass work, i opted to instead fix up the yellow one - eric had already started on it, but gave it back to me anyway - he then said he'd take the new one and modify it to match
this turned out to be a huge job (even more for eric), but it worked out in the end and looks great - this is not an off the shelf unit, but i think it looks a lot better than the motorsport unit - i'm adding some delrin skids underneath to prevent scraping, but it looks like it is going to work out great
here are some pics
and here is a shot of mine and eric's
94 Midnight Metallic Blue Cab Porsche 968 w/deviating cashmere/black interior and WAY too many mods to list - thanks to eric for creating www.968forums.com
"It isn't nearly as expensive to do it right as it is to do it wrong."
(This post was last modified: 01-24-2012, 09:29 PM by flash.)
