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Old 09-10-2007, 01:12 PM
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Default Splitter on one piece USP front. Pics:

Everything is just sitting in place; nothing bolted in. Headlight washer covers just sitting in the holes; the washer assemblies are not in. Ready for paint prep.

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<img src="http://www.audizine.com/gallery/data/500/10607Splitter11.jpg">
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Default looks great...

will the splitter be painted the same color as the rest of the car and how did you attach it to the bumper. I apologize if you already answered these questions in your previous posts.
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Default Spitter will be same color as grilles and headlight inner housings.

It is attached with 9 bolts and lock nuts. Comes off in minutes.
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H.O.T.ness! you should get rid of the headlight washers and smooth the caps over.
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Very promising, it's going to look awesome.
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great work, can't wait to see the finished product!
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It's coming along nicely.
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Default I was thinking that. I was also thinking of turning the washer nozzles to point forward.

...then I could just blast any car in front of me... lol.

I'm also still trimming. The front contour doesn't quite match the bumper yet on the outermost edges, so I'm kind of doing this to match it more and make it appear more "tucked in":
<img src="http://www.audizine.com/gallery/data/500/10607Splitter3_copy.jpg">
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It looks good. But i wonder if the splitter protrudes forward too far?
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Default Not that any splitter that's not an inch off the groud can be called a "true splitter", but....

Any real splitter that acts as a real splitter sticks out way further than mine.
If you notice, the front center isn't out very far. The outside corners are where it sticks out too far because it follows the contour of the B5 Reiger bumper it was designed for. The pics were from initial test fit after shortening length; I knew there would be some shaping to happen later. As shown in my post just above this one, I'm shaving off an inch or two from just after the downward curve in the front all the way around the side, so it will match the shape of the USP lower. That will then make it appear to not protrude so much.
I personally don't like the Kersher because it doesn't stick out much at all. To me, that isn't a splitter.
So I wanted a little bit of protrusion, but not as much as shown in the original post. It's still being trimmed until I like the line of it.
also, I like how it sticks out on the sides a little, because my front wheels stick out of the bumper at the bottom, and this kind of fills in that "gap" where the lower curves in at the wheel well.
It will make more sense to others once everything is final-trimmed and painted, I hope.


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