My Wood/fiberglass wing splitters...ugh..idk

[FolkertSX]

EDIT:ignore the title. makes no senseEDIT AGAIN:i made new front ones, pics

i was really bored the last couple days so i decided to make these. i made them out of plywood, mdf, fiberglass, and bondo. i like the sides but hate the front. the sides are subtle but still add a little somethin while the front are just like...ugly. anybody got any ideas of making one for the front that would look good? i plan on covering them in carbon fiber if i can make a better looking front one thats more plain. these are just mockups btw. i have to make some changes. idk tell me what you think...im thinking about doing something like this.
Modified by FolkertSX at 8:56 PM 1/7/2010

[240sxJoe91]

I think it would look good if you just went with the lines of the front bumper just a few inches longer not as much as you already have...

[FolkertSX]

yea i think im going to do one like the s2000 one. have it tucked under by the side and have it slowly come out to a inch at max. that looked much cleaner

[bersh240]

ummm.. dont do that.please.

[93sivliaUsdm]

I think it would look good if you just went with the lines of the front bumper just a few inches longer not as much as you already have...

[Hoffman5982]

wow those sides look great. simple yet effective. front isn't bad, it just doesn't really match. good work though. its putting thoughts into my head

[FolkertSX]

ummm.. dont do that.please.

haha, some some reason this made me laugh

wow those sides look great. simple yet effective. front isn't bad, it just doesn't really match. good work though. its putting thoughts into my head

thanks man. i agree the sides are great and even better in person. they look bigger in the pics then they are. in cf they would look really nice. the paint on the mockups looks like s*** because all i had was flat black spray paint and its 0 degrees outside. painting in 0 degree weather sucks

[bersh240]

well... if it wasnt made of wood id be all for it.

[Justin35ll]

Don't you remember how much fail the last wood thread was?

The sides look alright, but I still wouldn't.

[breaker77]

well... if it wasnt made of wood id be all for it.

most splitters have a wood base.

[bersh240]

example please?..and even if it is true...wouldnt be alottt better to just form some screen and use some fiberglass instead?

[FolkertSX]

example please?..and even if it is true...wouldnt be alottt better to just form some screen and use some fiberglass instead?

i would like to do this. but the only way i can think of is to make one out of wood. cover it with tape and tinfoil and lay fiberglass over it to make outside mold. then take tape and tinfoil and it put on the inside of that mold and make the actually piece out of fiberglass. but thats a ton of steps and resin wasted to do that when i can just start out with a thin piece of plywood and cover it with a few layers of fiberglass.

[bersh240]

its not that hard.got bored one day last summer and made one for a realllyyy old bmw that had 300k mils on it...just get a razor blade.. run out to ur neighbors house (ya the one that calls the cops cuz ur cars to loud) cut the screen out there windows.run home. mix fiberglass. fold screen over a few times. pour fiberglass over it to make a long fiberglass piece.. sand awayyypaint. idk how well it hold up tho. car was taken to scrap yard the next week.

[FolkertSX]

its not that hard.got bored one day last summer and made one for a realllyyy old bmw that had 300k mils on it...just get a razor blade.. run out to ur neighbors house (ya the one that calls the cops cuz ur cars to loud) cut the screen out there windows.run home. mix fiberglass. fold screen over a few times. pour fiberglass over it to make a long fiberglass piece.. sand awayyypaint. idk how well it hold up tho. car was taken to scrap yard the next week.

hmm. sounds like a good idea. except for the cutting the neighbors windows and all. i just dont get why everyone hates it having any wood in it. you wont even be able to tell when im done. it will just be a little heavier. but it will be alot stronger too. just my opinion though...

[bersh240]

wood comes from trees. trees come from a forest. i peed in the forest. wood on your car is like having pee on your car.

[S13_love]

i just dont get why everyone hates it having any wood in it.

I don't get it either.

[zenki-S13]

i think you did a great jobif the front followed the lines more it would look niceand i dont see whats wrong with wood either.

[Coeur de lion]

I think the side looks good. The front could stand to be a bit more subtle.

Can't wait to see how the final product will come out.

[mrgreeneyes]

less splitters, more slamming

altho the sides look awesome.

front needs canards to offset the undersplitter

[S14toRPS13]

Damn you got the same idea as me only I wanted to put it onto a stock body. Also I needed the side length and no one wanted to measure their side for me, since I my car isnt' here with me.

[kc240guy]

the lip on the s2000 is available on ebay. it's flexible plastic and 3m doubleside tape. I thought about doing it to my maxima, but I bought a pignose lip for my 240 instead.

[Darkness and Light]

Wood is used on ship hulls, ultralight aircraft and prop planes, actual racecars, the floorboards on the Corvette Z06, and a wood pulp ice aircraft carrier was manufactured in Canda during WWII. If you feel wood doesn't belong on a car well you're entitled to your opinion.

[bersh240]

Wood is used on ship hulls, ultralight aircraft and prop planes, actual racecars, the floorboards on the Corvette Z06, and a wood pulp ice aircraft carrier was manufactured in Canda during WWII. If you feel wood doesn't belong on a car well you're entitled to your opinion.

and yet these wer all designed like that.no 240sx was designed to have plywood attachments.then again.. the 240sx was never designed for ANYTHING we do with them..

[car nut]

Grassroots Motorsports new LeGrand sports a plywood front splitter. Looks good and protects the front end from cones. If it's good enough for them, it should be good enough for most people (besides the ones with the deep pockets).

I think your car looks great, and if you like it, keep it.

[breaker77]

and yet these wer all designed like that.no 240sx was designed to have plywood attachments.then again.. the 240sx was never designed for ANYTHING we do with them..

bro, a design is just a plan someone made. this dude designed the splitter to use wood. shabang!

wood is light, strong, and cheap. he covered it in fiberglass. its now waterproof.

so he designed a splitter that is cheap, strong, light, and waterproof.

what could you possibly see wrong with that?

[AZhitman]

I'm with mrgreeneyes - Less splitters, more slammage.

However, I look at it this way (and maybe the rest of you should as well):

ANY time spent out in the garage, working on your car, learning to fabricate, and building something with your hands, is time well-spent.

I don't begrudge anyone the effort, even if it never amounts to a finished product - the journey is what's important.

Keep at it, Folkert.

[laxands13]

wood comes from trees. trees come from a forest. i peed in the forest. wood on your car is like having pee on your car.

hahaha signature worthy

[FolkertSX]

less splitters, more slamming

altho the sides look awesome.

front needs canards to offset the undersplitter

canards might make it look better, but i dont like it anyway, im going to do the lip like the s2000.

I'm with mrgreeneyes - Less splitters, more slammage.

However, I look at it this way (and maybe the rest of you should as well):

ANY time spent out in the garage, working on your car, learning to fabricate, and building something with your hands, is time well-spent.

I don't begrudge anyone the effort, even if it never amounts to a finished product - the journey is what's important.

Keep at it, Folkert.

and this is really why i tried it. i just bought myself a router to cut some nice circles and make rounded edges to make speaker rings for my upcoming audio project. i also bought a nice palm sander and some fiberglass mat/resin for the audio project too. but i didnt have my amps,subs,or speakers left so i figured id have som fun and learn by trying to make some lips. and did. so yes these are a complete waste as i wont be using either of them(making new ones) but i enjoyed making them anyway. btw my last names Folkerts everyone thinks its Folkert because of SX being 240sx. but really i did that because my name ends in S. haha just puttin that out there.thanks guys! ill post up my new one wrapped in cf pretty soon hopefully

[wrightme43]

I think they are cool man. Good job. Looking forward to seeing it when you get done.

[bersh240]

let me clarify whats going thru my little brain.daily driven car. out in elements. holes where its mounted at will soak up water. if it was a track car that needed them id say ok go for it cause track cars get stuff replaced all the time anyway.

untill then... this is the only wooden car i like.http://gizmodo.com/282423/wood...32000

but cf might look good.