diy/poor mans rear aero?

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ok, ive done some searching and i cant seem to find anything about a diy solution to add a better look to the rear bumper. we have the home depot lip, the explorer side molding, but has anyone came across something you can do to the rear bumper?


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there is nothingleave it as is.

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had a feeling that would be one of the first thing posted, it was a toss up between leave it alone or just buy valances lol

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Make your own air ducting out of CF plates or aluminum sheeting is my only advice. You'd cut the bumper so it's higher in the license plate , frame rail to frame rail area to help cut down on the vacuum that's created at higher speeds in the rear of the car.

The SE spoiler does an awesome job at this, but it rusts out the hatch so f*** that!

If you look there's a gap between the gas tank and the bottom of the rear bumper air can foil around in. I'd work on removing that and making it look like

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My friend made a rear defuser on his S14. Looks great.

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Hippieperson wrote: we have the home depot lip, the explorer side molding, but has anyone came across something you can do to the rear bumper?
Explorer side molding? Im guessing this is either some gay way to do over fenders, or this is some sort of side skirt... lol

id love to see this

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here ya go

zer...-here

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Hippieperson wrote:here ya go

zer...-here
I love that. Wow... I may have to add something to the junkyard wish list

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wow i havent thought off making my own defuser, deffinatly going to look into that more

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wtf is this.......

why dont you guys use roof gutters and make sideskirts.....

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ZX88 wrote:wtf is this.......

why dont you guys use roof gutters and make sideskirts.....
Hate on purist. Just keep spendin 'your' money.Why would you want a metal side skirt... Or a flexible unmountable chair molding... I tear up speed bumps..

This is about rear diffuser

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whats so bad about someone spending a little amount of money on things that make there car look good to them?

and come to think of it ive got some gutters out back... ill see what i can fab up tomorrow

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Hippieperson wrote:whats so bad about someone spending a little amount of money on things that make there car look good to them?

and come to think of it ive got some gutters out back... ill see what i can fab up tomorrow
Hey more power to you man. That is what grass roots motorsports is all about. It's about taking whatever you have and making it into something awesome. If you can make a part look good and be functional why not do it? People seem to forget that tuning in the past was about taking something you got from the factory and putting your own twist on it. If all we ever do is put on the same factory made parts as everyone else then we're not really tuning are we? We're turning our 240's into stock looking, lowered 180sx and 200sx Japanese cars. Tuning is about personality, not about using only the biggest brand name stuff.

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Wow. That diffuser in the link looks damn impressive.

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Hot dang.


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