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  1. 04-25-2008, 06:53 PM #1
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    Default My Garage Vary lip splitter

    I wanted to protect my GV Lip from unnecessary scrapes from my steep driveway and speed bumps. Since I haven't (yet) been able to talk Gary into making a splitter for the GV Lip, I made my own.

    I used the same material as the Home Depot lip. I cut off the angle with my Dremel tool and just used the toothed section.

    The purpose of this is not to create more down force but to just provide a barrier from scrapes.

    Total cost is $11.42 to protect a $200 lip.









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  2. 04-25-2008, 07:04 PM #2
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    Cool idea, let the cheap part take the heat.
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    Nice! I really like those GV lips (drool)...
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    Quote Originally Posted by trickyrix View Post
    Nice! I really like those GV lips (drool)...
    R-Speed had a group buy. $205 shipped.
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    I like the titanium bolts. :sparks:

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    Looks nice, but you should use nylon bolts so they break instead of the lip where you have the hole for the bolts.

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    Quote Originally Posted by black roadster View Post
    R-Speed had a group buy. $205 shipped.
    It's gonna have to wait... I've spent enough $$$ this month.
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    Quote Originally Posted by channelmaniac View Post
    Looks nice, but you should use nylon bolts so they break instead of the lip where you have the hole for the bolts.

    RJ
    I'd normally agree with you as the Track Dog splitters use nylon hardware but my lip is so small it seems it would be difficult to snag it on anything.
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    Quote Originally Posted by black roadster View Post
    I'd normally agree with you as the Track Dog splitters use nylon hardware but my lip is so small it seems it would be difficult to snag it on anything.
    You'd be surprised.
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    Quote Originally Posted by black roadster View Post
    I'd normally agree with you as the Track Dog splitters use nylon hardware but my lip is so small it seems it would be difficult to snag it on anything.
    Quote Originally Posted by altiain View Post
    You'd be surprised.
    Yup.

    Just tryin' to save you the cost of a new one for the cheap cost of a few bux in nylon hardware.
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    So where the hell's the pics with it on the car?!
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    Quote Originally Posted by icepenguin66 View Post
    So where the hell's the pics with it on the car?!
    Patience Daniel-san. I'll get it installed this week.
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    Hurry up, William.
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    Quote Originally Posted by johnwag View Post
    Hurry up, William.
    We may need to start calling him TtT.
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    Quote Originally Posted by black roadster View Post
    Patience Daniel-san. I'll get it installed this week.
    lol, guess I can't say much; it only took me say 8 months or so of collecting dust before I finally installed my new transmission!

    Gonna look sweet when ya get it on!
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    Here is a photo album of a few of the photos I took today and last night.

    Photoshoot
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    Looks good!
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    As always, the car looks great! I think the only thing I would suggest is trying to find some black hardware for the splitter. The silver bolt heads and washers kind of disrupt the look.

    I need to wax the NC and meet up with you for a photoshoot sometime. The twins need some pictures together.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Miatamoto View Post
    As always, the car looks great! I think the only thing I would suggest is trying to find some black hardware for the splitter. The silver bolt heads and washers kind of disrupt the look.

    I need to wax the NC and meet up with you for a photoshoot sometime. The twins need some pictures together.

    Yeah... I'll switch out to nylon. The photoshoot sounds cool. Is there a black NB that would be worthy for a tri-fecta?

    I'd also like to meet up with Wags and your old car.
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    the more damage my r-pack lip takes, the cooler it looks. Right now I have some red, blue, and white marks on it, which is pretty damn cool if you ask me.
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