My new splitters
02-21-2010, 12:11 PM
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My Ride: 2007 550i, Mystic Blue over Auburn, 6-Manual, Sports, Premium, Cold Weather, Logic 7, Nav, Sirius, MTec Front & Sides with M5 rear apron, VIS Penta carbon fiber vented hood, OEM M166s, (or Style 101M with winter 19 Blizzaks), BMW Blue Calipers, Custom Quad Exhaust and M5 side grills, trunk finisher and spoiler. Rogue Octane SSK/WSR and Zeckhausen CDV, BMW illuminated shift knob, Delivered 4/26/06 - Ordered 3/18/06 from Otto's (the Best) BMW Dealership.
Well I had a few hours to kill this weekend so I fabbed some splitters to see what they would look like. I've been back and forth and I wanted something small and relatively unobtrusive that wouldn't kill my ground clearance. So I fabbed these and I think I like them. I started with plexiglass and polyester resin and cloth, and gave up and went to a wood core with fiberglass cloth and resins. The leading edges are about 3/4 inch high and nicely rounded and shaped. Ignore the rough center sections- they are underneath the stock apron so you can't see it and I couldn't justify another hour finishing it perfectly... The tail is tapered and it disappears into the front fender well before the wheel edge (no "wings"). It's certainly simple enough.
To mount I used 4 bolts; three in an 8" x 2" piece of steel that I welded nuts onto so that with washer head bolts I could sandwich the MTec apron between the splitters and the mount.
The fourth fastener was for the trailing "tail" and I used a #25 TORX screw into a stock BMW clip to keep everything tight. It actually looks better underneath than the photo shows (I used a rubberized undercoating on the bottom and the pic looks ratty).
And the whole thing comes togetehr to look like this. Excuse the pics- I was in shadows and using my wife's camera but I'm actually pleased with the conservative look and it cost about $2 for the hardware. Maybe it will even protect my MTec apron by being sacrificial when I inevitably bottom out or hit a parking curb...
To mount I used 4 bolts; three in an 8" x 2" piece of steel that I welded nuts onto so that with washer head bolts I could sandwich the MTec apron between the splitters and the mount.
The fourth fastener was for the trailing "tail" and I used a #25 TORX screw into a stock BMW clip to keep everything tight. It actually looks better underneath than the photo shows (I used a rubberized undercoating on the bottom and the pic looks ratty).
And the whole thing comes togetehr to look like this. Excuse the pics- I was in shadows and using my wife's camera but I'm actually pleased with the conservative look and it cost about $2 for the hardware. Maybe it will even protect my MTec apron by being sacrificial when I inevitably bottom out or hit a parking curb...
02-21-2010, 12:23 PM
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Looks pretty good man. Ever thought about having the splitter reach the end of the bumper/fender so it fits the whole corner? it would complete it even better.
02-21-2010, 01:06 PM
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My Ride: 2007 550i, Mystic Blue over Auburn, 6-Manual, Sports, Premium, Cold Weather, Logic 7, Nav, Sirius, MTec Front & Sides with M5 rear apron, VIS Penta carbon fiber vented hood, OEM M166s, (or Style 101M with winter 19 Blizzaks), BMW Blue Calipers, Custom Quad Exhaust and M5 side grills, trunk finisher and spoiler. Rogue Octane SSK/WSR and Zeckhausen CDV, BMW illuminated shift knob, Delivered 4/26/06 - Ordered 3/18/06 from Otto's (the Best) BMW Dealership.
For someone who wants a more aggressive look I bet it would be pretty cool-
02-21-2010, 01:44 PM
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My Ride: 2007 550i, Mystic Blue over Auburn, 6-Manual, Sports, Premium, Cold Weather, Logic 7, Nav, Sirius, MTec Front & Sides with M5 rear apron, VIS Penta carbon fiber vented hood, OEM M166s, (or Style 101M with winter 19 Blizzaks), BMW Blue Calipers, Custom Quad Exhaust and M5 side grills, trunk finisher and spoiler. Rogue Octane SSK/WSR and Zeckhausen CDV, BMW illuminated shift knob, Delivered 4/26/06 - Ordered 3/18/06 from Otto's (the Best) BMW Dealership.
02-21-2010, 02:26 PM
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Looks good whats with the M emblemb? did it accidently stick on there while driving?
02-21-2010, 03:11 PM
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My Ride: 2007 550i, Mystic Blue over Auburn, 6-Manual, Sports, Premium, Cold Weather, Logic 7, Nav, Sirius, MTec Front & Sides with M5 rear apron, VIS Penta carbon fiber vented hood, OEM M166s, (or Style 101M with winter 19 Blizzaks), BMW Blue Calipers, Custom Quad Exhaust and M5 side grills, trunk finisher and spoiler. Rogue Octane SSK/WSR and Zeckhausen CDV, BMW illuminated shift knob, Delivered 4/26/06 - Ordered 3/18/06 from Otto's (the Best) BMW Dealership.
But with >$5k of M and MTec stuff I figure it's OK- no other badging of any sort so I ain't posing...
02-21-2010, 03:23 PM
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I think it looks absolutely great, nice job!!
