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Anyone made one before? I'm looking for a cheap alternative and am sick of the scrape.

Where can I get material? I'm really just tempted to cut a bin up and have a 2 piece splitter.

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Yeah, cut up the bin and stick it on your car if you can. That will be the most awesome modz evaz. Make sure you put up a DIY so all of us can do it too.











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splitter? fill me in anyone? please

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Do you mean front lip?

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WhiteRX;167684 wrote:

Yeah, cut up the bin and stick it on your car if you can. That will be the most awesome modz evaz. Make sure you put up a DIY so all of us can do it too.











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I don't think you see where i'm getting at. I don't want one for 'aerodynamics', I just need one so the lip will stop scraping. I don't want to pay the massive price they offer on ebay either. Just looking for a cheaper alternative...

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Get a 2" lift kit?

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aurelius;167709 wrote:

I don't think you see where i'm getting at. I don't want one for 'aerodynamics', I just need one so the lip will stop scraping. I don't want to pay the massive price they offer on ebay either. Just looking for a cheaper alternative...
It will never look integrated or any good imo. Your not after a splitter then, you just want a guard under the spolier.

Is you car lowered much? Just drive carefully and dont waste your time.

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you could try and undo the screws holding the plastic moulded under your front bar and re setting it to sit on the external edge of your front bar. However if you do this you will scrape the moulded part away.

Stay away from McDonalds car parks they always suck (built to keep 'hoons' out)

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Sam;167738 wrote:

you could try and undo the screws holding the plastic moulded under your front bar and re setting it to sit on the external edge of your front bar. However if you do this you will scrape the moulded part away.

RX front bar is a one piece item, not an add on lower spoiler.

Plus sitting it on the outside edge of the bar (if possible) would look absolutely ****ed!

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Please, fellow Ozlibertarians..

Don't be so quick to put down aurelius.










DO NOT OBSTRUCT DARWINISM AND ITS EFFECT. PLEASE LET IT TAKE ITS COURSE.

Go on, aurelius. got cut up a bin. use the biggest circular saw you can find.

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CRUISN;167722 wrote:

It will never look integrated or any good imo. Your not after a splitter then, you just want a guard under the spolier.

Is you car lowered much? Just drive carefully and dont waste your time.
A guard will do. I drive as slow as possible in and out of drive ways and it still scrapes. The car isn't lowered and I drive very carefully.

Ideally I need a large piece of plastic that can be cut yet withstand the driving environment.

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just do like me and take anything at an angle, im fairly low and that gets me out of any trouble i find

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A mate of mine had the same problem and he got a local firm to cut him a 2mill thick and an inch wide strip of metal and he riveted to the underside of his front spoiler.  It still scrapes the ground when going in and out of his driveway but the metal strip stops te paint from being scratched.  And looking from the front of the car you would not know it was there.

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Go to bunnings and get some plastic garden edging or clark rubber n get some polypropelene... Wont cost u more than $60... Look on my old corolla...

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Did you use that for the underside as well or just the rubber around the bumper? I don't think that would look very good on a GII RX.

I still haven't been to SC Auto but will report back with the details.

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ericmcg;167834 wrote:

A mate of mine had the same problem and he got a local firm to cut him a 2mill thick and an inch wide strip of metal and he riveted to the underside of his front spoiler. It still scrapes the ground when going in and out of his driveway but the metal strip stops te paint from being scratched. And looking from the front of the car you would not know it was there.
This is probably the best option for you then...

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if the car isnt lowered and you say u drive very slow and carefully and it still scrapes i dont think you are grasping the idea of trying to avoid scrapes by driving up steep driveways and such at an angle.

unless you have a massively steep driveway, your car shouldnt scrape if driven appropriately

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The metel strip is handy too because the road authority in Dublin seems to have a major fetish at the moment for bigger and bigger speed humps, some of the newest ones they have put up you almost need a monster truck to get over.  My car is not lowered and there are roads around where i live that i have to avoid because i just cant get over the speed bumps without scraping something on them...

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ericmcg;169025 wrote:

My car is not lowered and there are roads around where i live that i have to avoid because i just cant get over the speed bumps without scraping something on them...
You are not the only area in the world to suffer from this. The was once a speed hump so steep that you would almost get air travelling over it at the recommended speed of 20km/h.

True that the comment of grapsing how to drive up or down a driveway at an angle.

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