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sc0ott

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29th Jun 11 at 06:59

Is it water resistant? Just thinking moisture in wood causes it to warp and shrink when it drys out.

Ben J

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29th Jun 11 at 06:59

Definatley needs a big ironing board on the back now to balance it out.

chris_uk

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29th Jun 11 at 07:24

its all been painted in black smooth hammorite so if should be waterproof.

adiohead

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29th Jun 11 at 08:05

chris_uk

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29th Jun 11 at 08:17

love the side mirrors!!

sc0ott

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29th Jun 11 at 09:59

Porsche d90 replicas

Steve

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29th Jun 11 at 10:05

why dont you cover it in carbon film or something

chris_uk

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29th Jun 11 at 10:10

quote:
Originally posted by Steve
why dont you cover it in carbon film or something

you mean the splitter?

Eddx14xe

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29th Jun 11 at 10:13

Get it carbon wrapped or do it the same colour of the car. Will look alot better

Steve

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29th Jun 11 at 10:22

yeah the splitter, as edd said really

Steve

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29th Jun 11 at 10:22

problem is you can see the wood grain through it as it is just painted

[Edited on 29-06-2011 by Steve]

chris_uk

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29th Jun 11 at 10:34

i dont understand whats wrong with seeing the wood grain tho.. its not uncommon to find ply on converted road cars as its cheap and faily durable.

dont forget this is a purely functional addition, its not staying on when driving on the road.

Eddx14xe

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29th Jun 11 at 10:37

If its purely track use and coming off when on the road leave it how it is. Function over form and all that. Didnt realise you were taking it off when driving on the road

Steve

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29th Jun 11 at 10:39

same

chris_uk

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29th Jun 11 at 10:51

my normal carbon splitter is actually just sat underneath this one.

its litterally 6 bolts and its off.

chris_uk

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29th Jun 11 at 10:53

quote:
Originally posted by FAZ
does it go right under the front end or just the bumper?

it goes right under the front, and joing the centre subframe section. As the car is all flat bodied this was only thing i could do .

Ben G

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29th Jun 11 at 11:16

not keen myself, just looks weird, but if you're taking it off for normal road use then it's ok i guess.

just don't understand why you went to all the effort to cut the headrests out to save about 3kg's only to add considerable weight to the front end by bolting wood to it.

chris_uk

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29th Jun 11 at 11:20

the weight of the head rests are at the top of the car where the weight of the splitter is at the bottom, and since there is nothing in the front end other than a heater, water bottle and 2 radiators its not all that heavy either at least this extra weight will be over the front end.

i dont know how much it weighs to be honsest but i cant imagine more than a couple kg.

[Edited on 29-06-2011 by chris_uk]

Ben G

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29th Jun 11 at 11:22

oh ok thats not too bad then. i think its just the end bits that look a bit dodgy as they come out further than the weidth of the bumper but thats how the frp one sits on normal puma bumpers, maybe just needs wrapping.

chris_uk

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29th Jun 11 at 11:28

ideally you want them to come out as it stops the air being channeled directly under the wheels and round the sides, ideally you should have a piece on the back of the splitter to force that excess over the wheels rather than let it go round.

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29th Jun 11 at 11:28

i like the priciple, i just think apart from morgans cars and wood shouldnt mix

chris_uk

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29th Jun 11 at 11:33

quote:
Originally posted by chris_uk
ideally you want them to come out as it stops the air being channeled directly under the wheels and round the sides, ideally you should have a piece on the back of the splitter to force that excess over the wheels rather than let it go round.

a bit like this