finished my splitter/air damn this weekend, It not super low, maybe 1 inch at the minimum and 2.5 at the max, it mainly worked to make the front bumber level instead of the arch it has.

All together this thing took ALOT of work. just alot of little time consuming stuff. But i can now see why RRG charges what they do. Me and my dad figured that at 10 bucks an hour (less than we make at are jobs). This thing just in time cost us 250 bucks, plus the cost of all the other stuff.

But again im alittle nuts and i really liek doing this stuff. so here it is.

the shape isn't perfect but its pretty damn good i think.

the silver metal is some ~1/16 aluminum that is 5 inch tall, i bent one inch of it over and that is what is attached to the white spilter (its called alumalite, thanks Mike!!) I took tin snips and sniped the bent over part every so often as needed, a toatle of 6 i think.

I made the one inch bent by useing a BFH, a 2x4, and a vise. I marked the aluminum all the way down one inch. I then proceded to pound over the one inch section all the way down. If you have access to a bender it would be a hell of alot easier, my old highschool has one but it was only 6 feet long so wouldn't have worked.


I then sealed the aluminum to alumilite with some black silicon, the gap was small but i didn't want any gap.

I used some really beefy Rivets and washers for the rivets on the plastic side, these damn rivets broke 2 heavy duty rivet guns, then picked up one from harbor freight for a 10 bucks and it survived, but i had to take apart the gun to get the old rod out every time.

I attached the alumilte to the aluminum "air damn" with 20 bolt's with some big washers. I started by attaching the bolts were i had made the snips and then just filled in the holes from there. We were going to just do 16 but decided that its better to over do it then have the thing be ripped off while out of the track.

Over all its REALLY strong, i did some pull, kick, rip testes and it held up like a champ. I Finished it all off by sanding and then painting it black but only got the first 2 coats on cause it started to rain.


If any one has any question regarding how to make one, don't hesitate to ask, i had been researching this for a long time, and felt that all of the right up were lacking or didn't like the out come.


the toatle cost of this.

aluminum- 8 bucks in the scrap bin of a metal store
Alumalite- 130 or so from a sign store
rivets, washers, and rivet gun- 75 bucks, brakeing two rivet guns SUCKED
nuts, bolts, and washers-20 bucks

tools, and stuff-
BFH
2x4
vise
rivets, washers, rivet gun
Drill and misc correct drill bits
tin snips
phillips screw driver
open end wrench
and a whole CRAP load of paitents and good thinking

Once i get the motor in the car i will make the nesscacary cuts if needed. i will also be addeding some alumilite to the area were the front jack point is so that i can still use it.

 

Nice writeup man, and Good Work!!

 

Looks nice man, here's one we made for Kenny's car only to find out it's illegal for nhra.

 

it looks good just doesnt look real curvy.

besides alumalite, you can use any other material thats a board, correct?

I might tackle this with a friend on his prelude or my civic sometime.

thanks for posting all the info.

 

wow man, looks good what else could u use other then alumalite?

 

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you can use alot of different stuff, like the one tony pictured aluminum, or some people (with alot of succses) use plywood.

I choose to use the alumalite simply because its really strong for its weight. Kinda like TI or carbon fiber, for what it weights your not going to find anything to beat it.

things like aluminum, and plywood, and fiberglass are also very frigile compared to this stuff. ALuminum will bend, plywood will snap, and so will fiberglass. So i opted for this stuff. This car will spend 95% of its time on road courses and the other 5% will be driving it to the road courses, so durabuility is very important

I have another spliter made that would bolt right to the underside of a 92-95 civic bumber, but wont give you the extra lip out front. it might be for sale if some one offers me the right price