Protecting autoexe lip

[mspeedpro]

Close to purchasing a fiberglass dgm lip off a friend. I know glass can be trouble when you scrape so I am wondering methods of people protecting their autoexe replica lip? Do the downforcers from dgm and else where help at all? Is there any way to reinstall the windsplitter under the dgm lip?? Let me know.

Stephen

 

[traitorhound]

i dunno. . i think anything that would attach to the bottom of the lip would make you worse off and more prone to scrape. . ..i would just drive a little more careful (as i have learned from having a buddyclub2 kit) when going over dips and whatnot and go slower over speedbumps and driveways. . .there really isn't any other way that i know of

 

[mspeedpro]

well i scrape now occasionally with stock front bumper b/c my springs put a rediculous drop on the front. with the stock windsplitter, tho, i have never done any damage whatsoever to the bumper, i think i will try to save for dgms downforcers

 

[Natey]

Just angle it in.

Here's a pic of Sean(wheelguru)'s MP3 with a splitter/AutoExe combo.

 

[mspeedpro]

havent seen that splitter before, not really what i was looking for tho

 

[whitemp5seattle]

that splitter might protect the lip, but then your splitter would get all scraped up, wouldn't it?

 

[mspeedpro]

yea-- but the idea being the splitter (CF??) would be much stronger than fiberglass, and it wouldnt have paint on it that could be scraped off

 

[whitemp5seattle]

ah ok. I guess that makes sense. how much do those run?

 

[mspeedpro]

i dont even know where to find splitters or how much they cost... CF isnt cheap. Downforcers from DGM are like 160 i think, and they would only cover corners, i guess that would help as long as i angle it.

 

[whitemp5seattle]

oh, they aren't what's in the picture above? as in that middle section?

 

[mspeedpro]

nah thats one long piece, im not sure what that one is... maybe a modified stock one, i dont know

 

[mspeedpro]

ok im an idiot-- it looks like that splitter in the picture above is a picture of the stock msp windsplitter reinstalled under the lip, I dont like the gap it creates in the middle, perhaps ill modify my stock windsplitter into 2 pieces.

 

[t3ase]

nazimove on.

 

[Mr. Win]

i forgot but here you go these are what i was looking at... http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=2450144401&category=36475&sspagename=WD1V

im sure you could find another sale.

 

[whitemp5seattle]

those are kinda cool I guess...somebody buy em and try em out. now.

 

[Mr. Win]

supman has them and they look hott... check the thread t3ase made that dedicated to him.

 

[whitemp5seattle]

found the thread..
http://www.msprotege.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1327131#post1327131

they look hot me want 'em

 

[MSPRO]

i have the CF DG lip and I scrape sometimes...one advantage of it is that you dont scrape paint off so its not noticible..i was thinking about putting a thin metal plate on the bottom of the lip to take the scraping instead of the cf ...that might work for paint too..just make it small enough that it takes the scrape but not big enough to be seen.