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Old Feb 10, 2002 | 08:59 PM
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Default For those who were looking for a CF front splitter...dunno...could be good or bad.

http://www.groupbuycenter.com/buy.asp?row_id=4508

Anyone know anything about these? It's CF , appears to be adjustable , uses OMP hardware , and isn't a simple front lip replacement . Anyone know more about it?


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Old Feb 10, 2002 | 09:05 PM
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Looking over their web site, I also found these:



What you see in the pic is about all I know about them...
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Old Feb 10, 2002 | 09:10 PM
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The fact that there appears to be a rubber gasket on the leading edge of the splitter says something about quality. Also whether or not it was designed in performance in mind is answered by the picture of the Civic they chose to use to display the piece.

I myself will wait until Andy gets those splitters into production.
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Old Feb 10, 2002 | 09:16 PM
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the pictured design looks like someone sandwiched some CF between two pieces of glass (not the fiber kind) and then whipped out the jigsaw to trim it, then hid the rough edges with the gasket. I don't see any contour changes on that piece.

Hmmm ... off to the hardware store tomorrow to buy some glass plates
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Old Feb 10, 2002 | 09:28 PM
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There's certainly plenty to suggest that the first item pictured is a complete POS, but maybe someone knows of a plact to find something like it that's less shady.

Any thoughts on the second piece?
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Old Feb 10, 2002 | 09:39 PM
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Default Re: For those who were looking for a CF front splitter...dunno...could be good or bad. (ITR#231)

Any thoughts on the second piece?
All the inconvenience of a splitter, without any of the benefits?

I know you're into function, not form so I'd suggest waiting for Andrew Sites' splitter to go into production.
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Old Feb 10, 2002 | 10:05 PM
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Default Re: For those who were looking for a CF front splitter...dunno...could be good or bad. (ITR#231)

Any thoughts on the second piece?
If it's like the, uhhhh, ARC? one, it's made out of Lexan, not CF.
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Old Feb 10, 2002 | 10:05 PM
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I know you're into function, not form so I'd suggest waiting for Andrew Sites' splitter to go into production.
LOL, S**T, it's just frustrating not having anything available that's designed for adjustable track use for the stupid USDM front end I know that andrew will come up with something great, but I'm sure he has other priorities and who knows when that will be available. No...really...who knows?

Anything else out there? I was all excited about that other thread about the new CF lip, but I think it turned out to be just an OEM copy. That does me no good.
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Old Feb 10, 2002 | 10:11 PM
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LOL, S**T, it's just frustrating not having anything available that's designed for adjustable track use for the stupid USDM front
If I knew the design of one, I could fabricate it... any reading materials or reference on the principles of functional front splitter design out there?

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Old Feb 11, 2002 | 08:27 AM
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Default Re: For those who were looking for a CF front splitter...dunno...could be good or bad. (bussetech)

i can get them made but noone wants to give me deposits. . . . . there for they wont get made. i need the mold before i get them started.
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Old Feb 11, 2002 | 08:57 AM
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i can get them made but noone wants to give me deposits. . . . . there for they wont get made. i need the mold before i get them started.
Got a pic of the prototype? Any specs? It's hard to sell a product without a prototype.
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Old Feb 11, 2002 | 10:54 AM
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i can get them made but noone wants to give me deposits. . . . . there for they wont get made. i need the mold before i get them started.
If I remember correctly, these were just going to be OEM lip replacements, designed to look like the OEM lip, only made of CF. Yes? That's different, and likely much more expensive (non-adjustable, not-to-useful, etc.).
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Old Feb 11, 2002 | 12:07 PM
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Default Re: For those who were looking for a CF front splitter...dunno...could be good or bad. (ITR#231)

...what about the arc front lip wings? Anyone got a pic?
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Old Feb 11, 2002 | 12:32 PM
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Default Re: For those who were looking for a CF front splitter...dunno...could be good or bad. (ITR#231)

i believe Roger Foo's civic has one of these front bumper mounted wind deflector lips.
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