Originally Posted by Wades GT
(Post 6548737)
-The red marks is where I drilled my new holes -The shaded grey area is where I made an extension so the new splitter bolted to the splash shield -The blue marks are ovaled holes I made in the new extesion so I would have a little adjustment to work with The holes are not exactly as pictured, this is just a rough map to give you an idea how I did this. Awesome. Thanks. I'll mess around with it tomorrow and see if I can make it more resemble the way it's supposed to. |
Nope. No joy. With the edges screwed into place along the wheel well, there's no give for the splitter to come any more forward than it already is, so even if I could completely remove it, drill new holes and mount it back up in place, the action of moving it forward so the front sticks out past the front bumper, makes the edges that are supposed to secure to the wheel well end up being too far forward and don't even enter the wheel well.
Does that make sense? |
Originally Posted by GT/CS Guy
(Post 6549159)
Nope. No joy. With the edges screwed into place along the wheel well, there's no give for the splitter to come any more forward than it already is, so even if I could completely remove it, drill new holes and mount it back up in place, the action of moving it forward so the front sticks out past the front bumper, makes the edges that are supposed to secure to the wheel well end up being too far forward and don't even enter the wheel well.
Does that make sense? And no surprise really, since the part was engineered and designed for a different vehicle with very different measurements and tolerances. Kind of like someone sticking a Porsche whaletail spoiler on a VW Bug. Well maybe not that much like it. :heh: |
Yeah, I'll just leave it like it is and be happy with it.
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Attachment 202059 Attachment 202060 Attachment 202061 Attachment 202062 I will post a step by step next.... |
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Red marks are where your ovaled holes need to be made. I use a dremel. Attachment 202054 Blue holes are made for adapter and holes in the adapter. Attachment 202055 Adapter is now mounted to the splitter. Attachment 202056 Cut a piece of weather stripping... see pics I poster yesterday for pics of weather strip Attachment 202057 Weather strip goes over the holes made by the factory |
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Here is the weather strip.... http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...40709700_n.jpg Here is the weather strip on the splitter.... http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...13688393_n.jpg Here is a front view of the splitter installed http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...40924478_n.jpg Here is a top view |
Can you shoot a pic of where it attaches to your wheel well? If I move the splitter up to where you have it marked, then the areas that attach to the wheel well don't reach the wheel well.
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Originally Posted by GT/CS Guy
(Post 6549667)
Can you shoot a pic of where it attaches to your wheel well? If I move the splitter up to where you have it marked, then the areas that attach to the wheel well don't reach the wheel well.
Worse case... send me your splitter and I'll fix it for you and send it back to you.. just a thought |
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Originally Posted by Wades GT
(Post 6549675)
I'll get a pic when I get up. The splitter fits the wheel well just fine.
Worse case... send me your splitter and I'll fix it for you and send it back to you.. just a thought Attachment 202051 ...then this will be moved forward as well and won't fit anymore. It will be too short.... Attachment 202052 |
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Attachment 202050 Im going to my club install day and my car will be on the lift, so I will take some pics for you and I'll post them when I get home this afternoon. |
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I completely removed the splitter and the angle of this piece is the same on and off the car. Either I have a different bumper cover than you, or I have the wrong year of splitter. That's all I can do. |
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