*&^%$@!?$!
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*&^%$@!?$!
I've had my carbon fiber splitter on the car for ONE $#@!*%#! WEEK.
I've been very careful.
Last night I got in a position where I had to traverse a slightly up hill driveway. Creeping at .0001 mph, I heard the splitter touch the drive, so I backed up, and entered from a different entrance.
I'm saying that the "scrape" was barely (and I'm not exaggerating) audible,
Parked the car and inspected the splitter. No scrape marks, but the GD splitter is cracked.
I am PIZZED OFF.
I've been very careful.
Last night I got in a position where I had to traverse a slightly up hill driveway. Creeping at .0001 mph, I heard the splitter touch the drive, so I backed up, and entered from a different entrance.
I'm saying that the "scrape" was barely (and I'm not exaggerating) audible,
Parked the car and inspected the splitter. No scrape marks, but the GD splitter is cracked.
I am PIZZED OFF.
Go Canes!
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From: Boca Raton FL
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Yep. You have tone careful. I could not have my splitter as I do if it was not so flat in Florida. I scrap my side skirts on speed bumps and inclines all the time.
Burning Brakes
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I've had my carbon fiber splitter on the car for ONE $#@!*%#! WEEK.
I've been very careful.
Last night I got in a position where I had to traverse a slightly up hill driveway. Creeping at .0001 mph, I heard the splitter touch the drive, so I backed up, and entered from a different entrance.
I'm saying that the "scrape" was barely (and I'm not exaggerating) audible,
Parked the car and inspected the splitter. No scrape marks, but the GD splitter is cracked.
I am PIZZED OFF.
I've been very careful.
Last night I got in a position where I had to traverse a slightly up hill driveway. Creeping at .0001 mph, I heard the splitter touch the drive, so I backed up, and entered from a different entrance.
I'm saying that the "scrape" was barely (and I'm not exaggerating) audible,
Parked the car and inspected the splitter. No scrape marks, but the GD splitter is cracked.
I am PIZZED OFF.
So you learned your lesson. Please dont repeat the lesson again with a new splitter.
Drifting
Joined: Apr 2006
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From: Bluffton,SC
I am not trying to be a smartass either,but what did you expect?
I don't understand why someone would want to make their car undrivable on public roads by adding things like this or lowering them to the point you can't even drive it without destroying something.
Do people with lowered cars have to map out where they go in advance to make sure the roads are smooth and flat with no bumps?
Are looks really that important over driveability?
Melting Slicks
Joined: Sep 2009
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From: Mooresville North Carolina
St. Jude Donor '10-'11-'12-'13-'14-'15-'16-'17-'18
Ok...I for one feel bad for you....but gheesh what do you expect?
Those splitters are millimeters off the ground...and what performance improvement did you see?....
You may be pizzed off but.....
Those splitters are millimeters off the ground...and what performance improvement did you see?....
You may be pizzed off but.....
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Im not sure on gods green earth why anyone would ever purchase with actual money one of these CF splitters you are talking about. Seriously man, did you think that out of the how many corvettes sold, that yours would be one that would never scrape on something??? Sorry, but you will get no mercy from anyone here. We all go through splitters and airdams like we change our oil.
So you learned your lesson. Please dont repeat the lesson again with a new splitter.
So you learned your lesson. Please dont repeat the lesson again with a new splitter.
And it will be an expensive one, as I will have to repair the holes in the front fascia, and repaint. The car sits at stock height, and the rubber spoiler under the chin scrapes all the time, too. Those are fairly inexpensive to replace, but this $#@!(*^ thin, pos part should have a federal warning with it.
Melting Slicks
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From: Lee's Summit MO
I have a very steep driveway. I also have a splitter and a 1.25" drop on stock bolts. The only way to avoid cracked splitter syndrome is to use this method. I actually get both passenger side tires on the grass before starting my turn. Backing out is the same way... 2 tires in the grass. Same for any speedbumps, inclines of any kind. Take them SIDEWAYS. (And try to avoid road kill. 
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I have a very steep driveway. I also have a splitter and a 1.5" drop on stock bolts. The only way to avoid cracked splitter syndrome is to use this method. I actually get both passenger side tires on the grass before starting my turn. Backing out is the same way... 2 tires in the grass. Same for any speedbumps, inclines of any kind. Take them SIDEWAYS.
The impact that resulted in the crack did not even leave a scrape mark on the splitter. It just popped it, I guess?
Melting Slicks
Joined: Jul 2007
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From: Lee's Summit MO
Too bad none of the vendors make a splitter out of the same material that the air dam is made of (polyurethane/plastic?). It may not look quite as good, but the durability would be great.
Melting Slicks
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From: Naples FL
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Sorry to hear your splitter is damaged but I can tell you from experience that you will never have a problem with it if you relocate to sunny warm no snow no ice paradise FL. Where's the bad in that?
Drifting
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From: Lehigh Valley Pennsylvania
Been contemplating putting a splitter on and side skirts for years now, but haven't for this exact reason. $600-700 lessons are not the type I like to learn. Good luck with the repair, and I for one can sympathize with you. I worry about enough stuff everytime I take it out, don't need another.
Safety Car
Joined: Nov 2001
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From: So. California
I am not trying to be a smartass either,but what did you expect?
I don't understand why someone would want to make their car undrivable on public roads by adding things like this or lowering them to the point you can't even drive it without destroying something.
Do people with lowered cars have to map out where they go in advance to make sure the roads are smooth and flat with no bumps?
Are looks really that important over driveability?
Le Mans Master
Joined: May 2001
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From: Hamilton Square NJ, Ocean City N. J. Key Biscayne Fla.
CF splitter/side skirts? What do you expect. Also, LOL at those lowering the Car. My GS is stock height/body wise. And, I am constantly watching where I drive. 
Team Owner
Joined: Feb 2003
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From: Lake Norman NC
I am not trying to be a smartass either,but what did you expect?
I don't understand why someone would want to make their car undrivable on public roads by adding things like this or lowering them to the point you can't even drive it without destroying something.
Do people with lowered cars have to map out where they go in advance to make sure the roads are smooth and flat with no bumps?
Both are important to me, and as low as I am, there is no compromise in driveablity. You just have to know how to drive a lowered vehicle. I really don't scrape the splitter, and have had no issues other than minor rubbing at the wheel well liners during hard driving in mountains, track, etc.
The most dramatic and aggressive improvement you can make on a C6 is to lower it.