Buy a splitter, mount it, if it scrapes and breaks replace it. They don't cost thousands, do they?

 

They don't cost thousands, do they?

Let me introduce you to two very good friends of mine, Carbon and Fiber.

(sorry, couldn’t help it. with that, I take my hat and show myself out... 🙂)

 

I have a Maxton splitter on mine as well. I've given it a few knocks and scrapes and its stood up to it well.
I think Ultimate PD on here sells them in the US.

 

I can't really understand installing expensive CF on the extremities of the car - the areas that are most exposed to scuffs and chips. I'm staying with cheap plastic.

 

I hear ya.

$2k carbon fiber splitter may be a waste but the Maxon could be something to consider as it’s inexpensive and still looks nice (is it carbon fiber vinyl print wrapped plastic...?).

and if it breaks at $350- so what. Dump it and lesson learned - or just buy another

 

CF GT style front splitter, it scrapes often as the roads are terrible, driveways steep plus thousands of speed bumps! all damage underneath so can´t be seen so still looks good after 4 years.

 

My car is about as low as you can get, I have the Maxton splitter (cheap) and I have yet to scrape it. If I do, no biggie...if it breaks, it's inexpensive to replace.

 

I was debating too...but I think I’m gonna go ahead with it

 

Bgetty1, where in Florida are you located? St Augustine here.

 

Im in Delray Beach.

 

IMO the Maxton is aesthetically the best, suits the car really well and gives it a lower look at the front that the car really needs. However, its not that easy to fix securely (I always worry if its going to come away at three figure speeds) and I don't think its as aerodynamic as a front splitter needs to be - more of a windbreak.

 

It's really down to your use case and tolerance for replacing things. I'm on my 3rd Maxton splitter. I drive the car hard, rally, etc. on mountain roads and am lowered on coilovers.

I've taken chunks out of the first two, third one is intact, but slightly warped (pretty sure nobody really notices except me). If you drive the car on nice roads, I can't imagine you'll have any issues. I know exactly what damaged each of the three I've had, and none of them were "typical" (first was small rocks thrown on a four day rally - replaced my full front end clear bra after for context, second was a rock big enough to clip the bottom of the lip on a mountain road that I saw too late, third dragged on an unexpected asymmetric bump at near/greater than triple digits).

I can personally attest that a professionally installed one will handle well into triple digit speeds without issue, and will take more abuse than should reasonably be expected for a ~$500 piece of plastic. I think of it as aesthetically pleasing bumper protection personally. The way the maxton lip is designed, scrapes won't be visible, so unless you're a jackass like me, it should last a long time.

I'm tempted to replace my skirts and lip with carbon ones from Eurobotique for purely cosmetic preference reasons (lip is nearly identical, but carbon, skirts are GT style), but those are more than twice the money, and that starts to be less pleasant to replace.

 

@Diablosangelis This is an old thread, but can you share how your lip is fastened to the bumper?

 

my car came with the gt carbon fiber front splitter (gloss clear coat), u have to be careful still but it's been 5 years i havent scrapped at all. When I first got the car i didnt know how to properly drive or have skid plates and yes i scrapped a few times and learned my lesson. Switched out to a new one clear bra'ed it and never scrap again (skid plates definitely help in the edges and corners of the bumper, and lifts the car higher when it scrapes so the front splitter is safe)

 

I'm using Maxton.
Taped it on first install where you see here in red and used the supplied self tappers.

Tore it off at speed, which made a noise I thought I blew the car up.

Thankfully, it was still somewhat salvageable. So used Dremel to clean it up and reinstall with a dozen extra fasteners.

Use extremely good 2 sided tape.
Prep the crap out of surfaces and double or triple the hardware number provided, and you will be fine.

If it kerplodes now, I'll have much larger problems.

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Thanks! I have a Maxton ready to install. Do you recall what fasteners you used?

I'm using Maxton.
Taped it on first install where you see here in red and used the supplied self tappers.

Tore it off at speed, which made a noise I thought I blew the car up.

Thankfully, it was still somewhat salvageable. So used Dremel to clean it up and reinstall with a dozen extra fasteners.

Use extremely good 2 sided tape.
Prep the crap out of surfaces and double or triple the hardware number provided, and you will be fine.

If it kerplodes now, I'll have much larger problems. View attachment 285609 View attachment 285610

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The self tapping screws that came with it, I just went to hardware store and bought a pack of 100.

In stainless.

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I’m trying to come to grips with perforating the underside of my bumper!

 

Do it the right way & bolt it down. Self tapper WILL loosen over time whenever you scrape.
Learned my lesson when I used self tapper on my 997 lip. My Maxton lip comes with nut & bolts.
It's not that difficult to remove the bumper. Just take your time.