My Garage Vary lip splitter

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04-25-2008, 06:53 PM
black roadster

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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04-25-2008, 07:04 PM
Nexus Flux

Cool idea, let the cheap part take the heat.
04-25-2008, 07:26 PM
trickyrix

Nice! I really like those GV lips (drool)...
04-25-2008, 07:45 PM
black roadster

Quote:

Originally Posted by trickyrix

Nice! I really like those GV lips (drool)...

R-Speed had a group buy. $205 shipped.
04-25-2008, 07:57 PM
Rogue

I like the titanium bolts. :sparks:

;)
04-25-2008, 08:48 PM
channelmaniac

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

RJ
04-25-2008, 09:30 PM
trickyrix

Quote:

Originally Posted by black roadster

R-Speed had a group buy. $205 shipped.

It's gonna have to wait... I've spent enough $$$ this month. :rolleyes:
04-26-2008, 07:13 AM
black roadster

Quote:

Originally Posted by channelmaniac

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.
04-26-2008, 09:56 AM
altiain

Quote:

Originally Posted by black roadster

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.
04-26-2008, 11:50 AM
channelmaniac

Quote:

Originally Posted by black roadster

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

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. ;)
04-26-2008, 07:43 PM
icepenguin66

So where the hell's the pics with it on the car?!
04-27-2008, 04:19 PM
black roadster

Quote:

Originally Posted by icepenguin66

So where the hell's the pics with it on the car?!

Patience Daniel-san. I'll get it installed this week.
04-27-2008, 06:30 PM
johnwag

Hurry up, William. ;)
04-27-2008, 06:57 PM
Titus

Quote:

Originally Posted by johnwag

Hurry up, William. ;)

We may need to start calling him TtT.
04-29-2008, 02:33 AM
icepenguin66

Quote:

Originally Posted by black roadster

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! :punchout:

Gonna look sweet when ya get it on!
04-29-2008, 03:45 PM
black roadster

Here is a photo album of a few of the photos I took today and last night.

Photoshoot
04-29-2008, 03:52 PM
JDMClassic

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2398/...25b48a.jpg?v=0

Looks good!
04-29-2008, 04:18 PM
Miatamoto

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. :D
04-29-2008, 04:23 PM
black roadster

Quote:

Originally Posted by Miatamoto

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. :D

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.
05-04-2008, 05:27 PM
SirHustlerEsq

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.
05-04-2008, 11:54 PM
mk2tmr2

Quote:

Originally Posted by black roadster

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.

I'll volunteer. Though - I got hit by a roof shingle a week or two ago so my front bumper is even more chewed up than just the normal 9 years of wear and tear it had before.

Email me if you want me to join. [email protected] - I check that more often than the forums :)

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05-05-2008, 10:58 AM
black roadster

Noice. Where's your location?

Of course... if you had a triple black and black rims with a polished lip, that'd be better. ;)

I think you're in Frisco IIRC. We'll have to figure something out.
05-05-2008, 10:59 AM
black roadster

BTW, I got black nylon hardware from Gary. Now I just need to swap them out.
05-08-2008, 01:32 AM
icepenguin66

Quote:

Originally Posted by mk2tmr2

http://www.steveandlee.com/galleries...rdtop_bad1.jpg

B-E-A-utiful! ::Banana::