TimGSXR Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 Need to replace the little plastic/rubber lip under the front bumper and wondering if anyone has tried any standard items from other manufacturers/cars. I know lots of VW people put leon cupra lips on all sorts of cars. Just the nissan replacement is bloomin rediculous price. Was fancyin a 996 turbo one as there are a couple on ebay but think it could be a total mare to make it fit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 I cut up and fitted a leon (I think) front lip for the back of my Saxo. Looked cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimGSXR Posted June 25, 2009 Author Share Posted June 25, 2009 Is this too chatty? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marzman Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 Yeh my mate fitted an elise splitter to his clio about 5 years ago! I've got no idea how you'd know if you could fit a specific splitter from a car without having it infront of you to measure it up. You've got to consider the width, height, where it curves, if its flexible enough to be curved elsewhere, could it be screwed or will it have to be glued etc etc... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 you'll only find out once its infront of you, and then you'll find out how much cutting will be required. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimGSXR Posted June 26, 2009 Author Share Posted June 26, 2009 Well i've been to seat and bought a Cupra R splitter for a whole £23 Just had a quick look to see how it might fit, looks like I might get away with it, definetly the middle bit. Either way its going on this weekend at some point so we shall soon find out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M350ZB Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 Well i've been to seat and bought a Cupra R splitter for a whole £23 Just had a quick look to see how it might fit, looks like I might get away with it, definetly the middle bit. Either way its going on this weekend at some point so we shall soon find out. look forward to seeing some progress pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MITZ@CougarStore Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 Well i've been to seat and bought a Cupra R splitter for a whole £23 Just had a quick look to see how it might fit, looks like I might get away with it, definetly the middle bit. Either way its going on this weekend at some point so we shall soon find out. look forward to seeing some progress pics Agreed, looking forward to seeing this… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Walker Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 Well i've been to seat and bought a Cupra R splitter for a whole £23 Just had a quick look to see how it might fit, looks like I might get away with it, definetly the middle bit. Either way its going on this weekend at some point so we shall soon find out. look forward to seeing some progress pics Definitely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimGSXR Posted June 27, 2009 Author Share Posted June 27, 2009 Right, i had a go last night, offered it up, cut a few bits, and it was going quite well. Front end of a Z must be very wide compared to a leon . The 90 degree bends on the splitter turn in about 8 inches short of the end of the bumper. Offering it up, its exactly what I want, it looks very oem and subtle but no idea how i going to cut and mount it right. If it stops raining I'll have another look at it today. Noticed while doing this that the plastic guard under the engine has lost loads of its little plastic mountings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimGSXR Posted June 27, 2009 Author Share Posted June 27, 2009 Right, i had a go last night, offered it up, cut a few bits, and it was going quite well. Front end of a Z must be very wide compared to a leon . The 90 degree bends on the splitter turn in about 8 inches short of the end of the bumper. Offering it up, its exactly what I want, it looks very oem and subtle but no idea how i going to cut and mount it right. If it stops raining I'll have another look at it today. Noticed while doing this that the plastic guard under the engine has lost loads of its little plastic mountings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M350ZB Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 any up-date bud ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimGSXR Posted July 2, 2009 Author Share Posted July 2, 2009 Not really, I've been rained off, I'm off tomorrow so praying for decent weather so I can have another go. I'll get some pics of the in progress asap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jord Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 Plastic splitters are usuallypretty easy to adapt from one car to another. They're usually quite flimsy and all you have to do is cut in the middle and re-join to make them the right width. [unless you need them wider in which case its more work]. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerry3167 Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 How much do the stealers charge for the OEM Lip part?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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