Front Splitter Opinions
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Front Splitter Opinions
Just ordered a front splitter.... finally!
I have always wanted one but been put off by too many stories of them being torn off for one reason or another & some people saying they are on their 3rd one!
Anyway what are people's thoughts on leaving the splitter as it is, spraying it black with a matt, satin or gloss finish or spraying it the same colour as the car
I have always wanted one but been put off by too many stories of them being torn off for one reason or another & some people saying they are on their 3rd one!
Anyway what are people's thoughts on leaving the splitter as it is, spraying it black with a matt, satin or gloss finish or spraying it the same colour as the car
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I have a carbon fibre APR one on my hawk and some car parks are just a no go. Don't seem to have much other problems so far. I will cry if it gets broken because they dont appear to be cheap. It was on the car when I bought it.
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I'm still on my original one, I don't know what type of plastic Subaru used but I can't break it, everyday it gets battered by going up flat kerbs, speed bumps and car parks, I've had to re attach it a few time as it's pulled the bolts out but no cracks or splits!
A relatively high speed impact with a rabbit didn't even really do much damage, just pulled a bracket off, I am abit to scared to fit my carbon one though as I feel that won't be as strong!
A relatively high speed impact with a rabbit didn't even really do much damage, just pulled a bracket off, I am abit to scared to fit my carbon one though as I feel that won't be as strong!
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Im on my fourth...two due to unruly garages, one due to a caravan sized speed bump in cornwall, and one due to my own incompetence as a driver
My first one was sprayed the same colour as the car, personally I think it looked the best. That one was fibre glass and took way more impacts than the HT Autos ones did before it broke, which is suprising as id imagine fibreglass to crack first
My first one was sprayed the same colour as the car, personally I think it looked the best. That one was fibre glass and took way more impacts than the HT Autos ones did before it broke, which is suprising as id imagine fibreglass to crack first
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I'm still on my original one, I don't know what type of plastic Subaru used but I can't break it, everyday it gets battered by going up flat kerbs, speed bumps and car parks, I've had to re attach it a few time as it's pulled the bolts out but no cracks or splits!
A relatively high speed impact with a rabbit didn't even really do much damage, just pulled a bracket off, I am abit to scared to fit my carbon one though as I feel that won't be as strong!
A relatively high speed impact with a rabbit didn't even really do much damage, just pulled a bracket off, I am abit to scared to fit my carbon one though as I feel that won't be as strong!
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I bought the Blobeye STI in the Pic on the left and in the two years I had it went through two splitters.
I now have a hawkeye STI which I have had a year.
There was a splitter on it when I bought it which I killed.
I replaced it and killed that.
I am on my third.
The chap I had the car off went through 2 or 3 aswell.
So that's 5 spliiters I have been through personally. They are just too brittle. They need to be made out of some sort of rubber.
I now have a hawkeye STI which I have had a year.
There was a splitter on it when I bought it which I killed.
I replaced it and killed that.
I am on my third.
The chap I had the car off went through 2 or 3 aswell.
So that's 5 spliiters I have been through personally. They are just too brittle. They need to be made out of some sort of rubber.
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So convinced that I would kill the latest splitter in a matter of weeks i was seriously tempted to buy 2 and cut down the shipping costs.
In the end I only ordered 1 but I was tempted.
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Depending on whether or not work give us a bonus this month, I was thinking of getting one from HT Autos. They transform the front end and hopefully it will be ok on my wrx which is running standard suspension.
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I have a splitter on my sti 05 currently just black plastic but would like it colour coded in black to match the car
Mine has prodrive springs and no problems whatsoever with clearance
Mine has prodrive springs and no problems whatsoever with clearance
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its no longer colour coded unfortunately, I split that one into three pieces that one was a very expensive fibre glass one from Japan as well, felt awful taking it off and putting a standardised HT autos one on! Still it took way more knocks than an HT one before it gave up
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There is always the gloss black option, which is a lot cheaper than HT autos
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/subaru-imp...item2ecb350bf0
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2fast2cool sell splitters for £999.94!!!! must be made from cocaine.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SUBARU-IMP...item33760d7fd5
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/subaru-imp...item2ecb350bf0
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2fast2cool sell splitters for £999.94!!!! must be made from cocaine.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SUBARU-IMP...item33760d7fd5
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Pretty pricey at 120, but I know the time that goes in to things, and making the moulds are were the initial cost outlay etc but seeing these other ones coming out cheaper, maybe there will soon to be more options
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I wouldnt say they there that bad, the fit ok and look ok
i just wasnt impressed not getting enough bolts, nor lock bolts at £120 and the finish on my last one was mottled in places and smooth in others, wasnt fantastic must admit, but ive never seen a genuine one to compare it to
i just wasnt impressed not getting enough bolts, nor lock bolts at £120 and the finish on my last one was mottled in places and smooth in others, wasnt fantastic must admit, but ive never seen a genuine one to compare it to
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Click here and do it yourself. I did my rear GB270 skirt with an aerosol from these guys, they are pretty good, well compared to the likes of Halfords.
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Click here and do it yourself. I did my rear GB270 skirt with an aerosol from these guys, they are pretty good, well compared to the likes of Halfords.
Anyone know where to get a good V5 STI splitter?
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I would of gone for the cheaper pre-primered one on ebay
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Subaru-Imp...item3cd2df3926
though if your colour coding, would of saved you needing to detexture and plasticise the HT Autos one, far less work and lots of money saved! Its what im doing next time.
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