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Author:  GeeBeeMan [ Fri Sep 26, 2014 10:22 am ]
Post subject:  996 Turbo (front splitter)
Hi - just wondered if any of my knowledgeable friends could offer any pearls of wisdom on this topic please......

996 Turbo front splitter......colour-coded (in my case).......and lower than a snake's belly of course. Only needs a centipede to be crossing the road - and it seems it gets damaged :( 2 years of ownership now, I reckon I've had it painted 3 times!!!!!!

Most recent 'pain' involved finding nowhere to park in Chester city centre.....and going into a multi-storey car park against my better judgement. First ramp I went down......scccccccrape........

Currently contemplating a new one (circa £250 from OPC - maybe a bit less after I haggle) but a new one I'm guessing to be fibre-glass.........a copy product which I've found on both fleabay and Pistonheads (urethane).......but I'm just wondering now if my suspension is tired (hopefully not!!!) and/or whether I should be looking at some kind of suspension upgrade which might give me variable ride height?????

Hmmmm......
Author:  sam [ Fri Sep 26, 2014 10:34 am ]
Post subject:  Re: 996 Turbo (front splitter)
GeeBeeMan wrote:
Hi - just wondered if any of my knowledgeable friends could offer any pearls of wisdom on this topic please......

996 Turbo front splitter......colour-coded (in my case).......and lower than a snake's belly of course. Only needs a centipede to be crossing the road - and it seems it gets damaged :( 2 years of ownership now, I reckon I've had it painted 3 times!!!!!!

Most recent 'pain' involved finding nowhere to park in Chester city centre.....and going into a multi-storey car park against my better judgement. First ramp I went down......scccccccrape........

Currently contemplating a new one (circa £250 from OPC - maybe a bit less after I haggle) but a new one I'm guessing to be fibre-glass.........a copy product which I've found on both fleabay and Pistonheads (urethane).......but I'm just wondering now if my suspension is tired (hopefully not!!!) and/or whether I should be looking at some kind of suspension upgrade which might give me variable ride height?????

Hmmmm......


Have a chat with Chris at Center Gravity, he has just done my suspension, very good operation :D
Author:  RichardKS [ Fri Sep 26, 2014 10:32 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: 996 Turbo (front splitter)
Lift kit as fitted to many gt3's?
Author:  Lee 944 [ Sat Sep 27, 2014 7:29 am ]
Post subject:  Re: 996 Turbo (front splitter)
I have had to resign myself to the fact that the front splitter is sacrificial. It's only held on with 4 screws so I'm thinking of buying another and getting it sprayed, then swapping it over and preparing the other one ready to go back on and swap between them. Small price to pay for having a car that looks so good.
Author:  garyw [ Wed Oct 01, 2014 5:06 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: 996 Turbo (front splitter)
I had three new lips fitted during my 996T ownership over 4 years, as mentioned I saw them a sacrificial :oops:
That and falling off the black stuff on trackdays didn't help..
Author:  v8rumbler [ Fri Oct 03, 2014 5:13 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: 996 Turbo (front splitter)
are there any implications of simply removing it? Mine rubs every time i leave my drive
Author:  GeeBeeMan [ Thu Oct 09, 2014 10:52 am ]
Post subject:  Re: 996 Turbo (front splitter)
'implication' is that the car doesn't look right......oh yeah and at about 150 mph your airflow isn't as it should be I would say :shock:
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