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Talking to the guy working on my car.
What he wants to do it this... create a carbon fiber part that attaches to each "wing." If I had time/photoshop skills, I would show this... but try to visualize.
The part goes under the wing and wraps around the front, with perhaps 1" vertical being visible from the front. The front would taper down towards the side of the car ...sort of like a very elongated teardrop. The bottom would go back 6" or so to protect the wing. It would be adhered with 3M Very High Bond adhesive foam to provide some compression ability. He thinks th wrapping around the front will provide a very good clamping ability so that it won't get easily knocked off. And the use of tape also will mean you don't permanently do anything to your car. He strongly feels that this will work very well. If you did hit hard, you will probably just sacrifice the skidplate and have to replace it.
Possible negative is that you can see it, and it may not look that great. Hard to say. I don't mind I think, since I care more about the function than the aesthetics. You could also paint them.
Another idea is a one piece design that uses the 3 bolts located primarily under the license plate area and some foam. If you did this, you could make what is commonly seen on racing street cars. A splitter, not just a skid plate. A splitter that can extend out from the clam. This would be carbon fiber also.
Wing skid guards would cost about $200 in carbon fiber. If people wanted them painted, it maybe could be done in some other material for less. As the guy says... carbon fiber is not cheap and has to be done with care and skill to make it work right.
I think the one piece idea would be more since it uses more material.
Thoughts?
What he wants to do it this... create a carbon fiber part that attaches to each "wing." If I had time/photoshop skills, I would show this... but try to visualize.
The part goes under the wing and wraps around the front, with perhaps 1" vertical being visible from the front. The front would taper down towards the side of the car ...sort of like a very elongated teardrop. The bottom would go back 6" or so to protect the wing. It would be adhered with 3M Very High Bond adhesive foam to provide some compression ability. He thinks th wrapping around the front will provide a very good clamping ability so that it won't get easily knocked off. And the use of tape also will mean you don't permanently do anything to your car. He strongly feels that this will work very well. If you did hit hard, you will probably just sacrifice the skidplate and have to replace it.
Possible negative is that you can see it, and it may not look that great. Hard to say. I don't mind I think, since I care more about the function than the aesthetics. You could also paint them.
Another idea is a one piece design that uses the 3 bolts located primarily under the license plate area and some foam. If you did this, you could make what is commonly seen on racing street cars. A splitter, not just a skid plate. A splitter that can extend out from the clam. This would be carbon fiber also.
Wing skid guards would cost about $200 in carbon fiber. If people wanted them painted, it maybe could be done in some other material for less. As the guy says... carbon fiber is not cheap and has to be done with care and skill to make it work right.
I think the one piece idea would be more since it uses more material.
Thoughts?
