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Racebred Components Splitter.

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I saw my friend edgar had a splitter made for his car and he used some rx-7 brackets and retrofitted them to his Nissan Z32. I weighed some of the options from their site and figured the rx-7 brackets were the way to go. I originally offered to bring my car down for them to scan it or whatever they do to design their brackets and they just sent me instructions on how to get a custom splitter made.  I took a tracing of my bumper and mailed it off to RBC after finally biting the bullet to make this purchase, I also added a set of the tire spats. I just figured it would look cool and they're not too annoying of a modification. Below is the proof they sent me based on the tracing I did, I asked for them to make mine 2 inches, I think they do upwards of 4-5 inches for their splitter blades. Just keep in mind you'll most likely have to go pick your splitter up and they don't drill any pilot holes in custom splitters.  Unfortunately my little vlogging camera was not doing to hot t...

Bash Bar, Street Splitter, and Quick Fasteners!!!

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This is going to be long.  save your riddicule, and read... but first enjoy this sweet ass gif.  Bashbars and Diffusers The fun part about building a car that doesn't just reside on the track, or car shows is all of the cool research you get to do in the process of tackling something yourself. I would like to build a splitter for my car, but I also want to build a new bumper support bar that will host a few items as well. the window banner is an inside joke. I just wanted to design something off the looks of my actual car. (symmetry isn't my fine point in pen sketching)  In the end I would like to powdercoat everything for longetivity, but I want the car to look as streetable as possible. Obviously the images below are some outlandish examples, I am a huge fan of Sam Ipman's diffuser setup. It's simple and can take a beating if needed, the only issue I think is it's rivited to the bumper directly and not braced by his chassis anywhere. I haven'...