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Ok on project mustang it was "create a splitter time" while in the real world this would aid high speed handling in my world this is to protect the body work from cones..not that I have ever hit one of course, it was after all their fault for being in the racing line, but none the less.......
First off, generally measured the front of the car and cut some 3/8 plywood to that dimension, then dummied it up, under the car....
Made dot-marks 3.5 inches from the front air dam...
and connected the dots...
I also did the same under the car, in retrospect, I should have made several small access holes instead of one big one..but maybe next time..
acquired some fasteners from the local hardware store, the "Captured nuts" are the most important since access is not easy in some places
Painted the splitter with truck bed liner since this was the most bulletproof and weather proof stuff I could think of at the time..
Installed it under the car using existing holes in the radiator support and then carefully... drilling the air dam lip to accommodate the "captured nuts"
total investment in the low tech splitter, about 70 bucks, plywood, bed liner and hardware.
First off, generally measured the front of the car and cut some 3/8 plywood to that dimension, then dummied it up, under the car....
Made dot-marks 3.5 inches from the front air dam...
and connected the dots...
I also did the same under the car, in retrospect, I should have made several small access holes instead of one big one..but maybe next time..
acquired some fasteners from the local hardware store, the "Captured nuts" are the most important since access is not easy in some places
Painted the splitter with truck bed liner since this was the most bulletproof and weather proof stuff I could think of at the time..
Installed it under the car using existing holes in the radiator support and then carefully... drilling the air dam lip to accommodate the "captured nuts"
total investment in the low tech splitter, about 70 bucks, plywood, bed liner and hardware.
