GT/CS Front Splitter
12/21/08, 01:43 PM
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I've been toying with the idea of making one out of aluminum. I saw in another post how a buy made a piece of aluminum to go under his existing aftermarket splitter to protect it from scrapes. I'm wondering if I could buy the Ford one, then use it as a template to cut out an all alluminum splitter minus the ends that go up into the wheel well. Once I made a template, I could cut several out of a sheet of aluminum and then just paint them black. Just brainstorming....
12/26/08, 08:47 PM
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12/27/08, 12:50 PM
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Will do. Probably be next weekend before I do the install. I am going to pick up some new plugs to hold it on. I have already taken my front end down a couple of times and noticed that the existing plugs aren't holding as tight anymore. I assume you mean measurement from the bottom of the splitter to the ground for the ground clearance.
12/30/08, 07:11 AM
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Will do. Probably be next weekend before I do the install. I am going to pick up some new plugs to hold it on. I have already taken my front end down a couple of times and noticed that the existing plugs aren't holding as tight anymore. I assume you mean measurement from the bottom of the splitter to the ground for the ground clearance.
1/3/09, 02:52 PM
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Okay bad news. Went out today to install the splitter and ended up not doing it. I disasembled the existing pieces and placed the chin spoiler on the car. A couple of things, almost none of the mouting points matched up. It is almost as if they intentionally moved many of the mounting points off just a bit so they could not be used. I know that I could drill out new mounting holes on the spoiler and if that was the only problem I might have done it. The bumper on the GT500 is flat all the way across and the bumper on the CS is indented in the middle. While looking down like the picture at the beginning of this thread, it does not look too bad, but from a more straight on view, it does not look very good, at least I didn't think so. Not a crack on anybody else's car, just didn't work for me. So while with a bit of fabrication and work it could probably be made to work, it just was not the look I was wanting or hoping for, so I decided not to do the mod, I want a more polished look than I felt this gave.
As far as ground clearance, it looks like you would loose about 1/2 to 5/8 of an inch with the splitter installed.
Sorry everybody, but it just was not working for me.
As far as ground clearance, it looks like you would loose about 1/2 to 5/8 of an inch with the splitter installed.
Sorry everybody, but it just was not working for me.
1/4/09, 06:22 AM
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The Saleen one is definitely similar to our GT/CS's; at least the bottom portion. There's definitely a gap in the center section but they have separators under there and it looks pretty good.
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1/4/09, 02:03 PM
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Okay bad news. Went out today to install the splitter and ended up not doing it. I disasembled the existing pieces and placed the chin spoiler on the car. A couple of things, almost none of the mouting points matched up. It is almost as if they intentionally moved many of the mounting points off just a bit so they could not be used. I know that I could drill out new mounting holes on the spoiler and if that was the only problem I might have done it. The bumper on the GT500 is flat all the way across and the bumper on the CS is indented in the middle. While looking down like the picture at the beginning of this thread, it does not look too bad, but from a more straight on view, it does not look very good, at least I didn't think so. Not a crack on anybody else's car, just didn't work for me. So while with a bit of fabrication and work it could probably be made to work, it just was not the look I was wanting or hoping for, so I decided not to do the mod, I want a more polished look than I felt this gave.
As far as ground clearance, it looks like you would loose about 1/2 to 5/8 of an inch with the splitter installed.
Sorry everybody, but it just was not working for me.
As far as ground clearance, it looks like you would loose about 1/2 to 5/8 of an inch with the splitter installed.
Sorry everybody, but it just was not working for me.
1/4/09, 02:50 PM
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Here's a pic of a Saleen fascia that has a bottom edge similar to the CS's. The Saleen also has a front splitter and you could see the gap in the middle between the splitter and the bottom of the fascia. The Saleen one has vertical separators in the gap though. I think it looks good nonetheless. I'll probably still get the GT500 splitter and install it on my CS. I don't mind that gap.
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1/4/09, 04:30 PM
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He's talking about the gap in the middle section between our fascia and the GT500 spoiler.
Here's a pic of a Saleen fascia that has a bottom edge similar to the CS's. The Saleen also has a front splitter and you could see the gap in the middle between the splitter and the bottom of the fascia. The Saleen one has vertical separators in the gap though. I think it looks good nonetheless. I'll probably still get the GT500 splitter and install it on my CS. I don't mind that gap.
Here's a pic of a Saleen fascia that has a bottom edge similar to the CS's. The Saleen also has a front splitter and you could see the gap in the middle between the splitter and the bottom of the fascia. The Saleen one has vertical separators in the gap though. I think it looks good nonetheless. I'll probably still get the GT500 splitter and install it on my CS. I don't mind that gap.
I prefer the GT500 splitter because of it's overall profile. The fact that it is narrower in the middle ties in nicely with the center of the bumper, plus the way it extends around to the front of the wheel opening, which the Saleen version does not.
1/4/09, 04:41 PM
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I'm going to do a little more research on the mounting, but after seeing the GT install threads on other sites, I think this might be worth the effort, it's a good look.
1/6/09, 05:12 PM
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Sorry for not getting back sooner. Yes I was talking about the gap where the lower bumper is inset on the CS, and I think the Saleen splitter looks better there. It was must more work than I was looking to do, but if somebody is pretty good with fabrication then they could probably make this look good. Sorry I did not take any pictures, but I never actually installed the splitter, just held it in place, took measurements and checked out the alignment and mounting points. I look forward to hear what other peoples experience is if they decide to do the install.