Building a new front splitter - a work in progress...

I have actually given some consideration to building a splitter a bit like this one ^^^ but extending it further rearwards so it functions as a stone guard/bash plate as well, and incorporate some heat extraction vents ala the underside pic of the ST165 on the last page, but one thing at a time :lol2

IMO canards look silly on a road car and would be completely unnecessary 99.9% of the time anyway

 

First coat of primer goes on. Much sanding to do.

 

lol, I 'd have said "slow", but I'll take "steady" :thumbsup:

Spidey, don't worry, I know if I start something else I'll never finish this :lol2:

 

OK, update time, just for you Spidey (and in response to your previous post, women only selectively multitask - why can't they have a headache AND sex? Think about it..)

Light colours, like, lets say primer blue, do an outstanding job of showing up how much more filling and sanding you need to do on a job like this. No matter how carefully I applied filler to the low spots, I would end up with a bump that needed to be sanded down and blended in, which, because there is very soft plastic underneath, would usually result in another low spot around the edge of the bit I was trying to sand flat. I tried using resin as a filler instead but it's too thin and doesn't completely fll the voids (and just runs if you apply too much). What I needed was something in between the consistency of body filler and resin, so I just mixed the two 50/50 with a bit of filler hardener and a bit of resin catalyst to set it. Mixed well (it goes lumpy initially, you've really got to give it a good stir until it's smooth), applied with a brush then used my wooden shaper to smooth it, and now waiting for it to set. Looking OK so far, will need a light sand and another coat, but hopefully it works this time. This thing has consumed a truly unholy amount of filler, epoxy, and time, and I'm still nowhere near the bit where I actually have a new splitter ready to bolt onto the car :lol2

 

Haha yeah, I thought I'd knock this over in a weekend when I started it ... :lachtot

 

OK, so here it is covered in the filer/resin mix (Vegemite :lachtot)



Sand fill sand fill paint sand fill paint and now it looks like this





So getting there, only a liitle more sand fill paint and it'll be ready for the next step - polishing

 

Oh it'll fit. That's why I went the way I did and fused the standard three-piece spoiler into one piece while it was bolted to the car, so that when I moulded a fibreglass replacement off it I'd already know it would fit :thumbsup: