 SSIII Splitter not fitting right -- Help Needed |
 May 24, 2009 - 9:32 PM
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Enthusiast  Joined Jun 25, '05 From Fort Wayne, IN Currently Offline Reputation: 14 (100%)  |
 It's not sitting flush. I know the alignment of the nose changed ever so slightly after the accident, so there's not a lot to do there. It will easily push into place, but it won't stay. Tacky tape didn't even keep it in place. So how can I get it to stay put, nice and flush. If I'd have thought about it I'd have had it cut and molded in while the body work was happening. *edit* Forgot to mention that I am going to pull it tomorrow and open the bolt holes up for a little bit of adjustment. This post has been edited by Fastbird: May 24, 2009 - 10:12 PM --------------------  |
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May 25, 2009 - 1:21 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Feb 3, '06 From Czech Republic (Europe) Currently Offline Reputation: 56 (100%) |
I found one of my old pictures with SS-III replicas in it describing fitment solutions... does this help anyhow?
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May 25, 2009 - 1:27 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Feb 24, '07 From Oahu, Hawaii Currently Offline Reputation: 23 (100%) |
dunno how the ss3 looks front underneath but could you widen the hole on the mounting tabs? maybe you can widen it and move the lip closer.
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May 25, 2009 - 9:05 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Jun 25, '05 From Fort Wayne, IN Currently Offline Reputation: 14 (100%) |
QUOTE (malpaso @ May 25, 2009 - 1:21 AM)  I found one of my old pictures with SS-III replicas in it describing fitment solutions... does this help anyhow? That is amusing. It's EXACTLY what I was thinking of doing on both sides. Would be a permanent solution and with the right hardware (stainless cap screw and speed nut) would look good too. QUOTE (808celica @ May 25, 2009 - 1:27 AM) dunno how the ss3 looks front underneath but could you widen the hole on the mounting tabs? maybe you can widen it and move the lip closer. I mentioned I was going to do that in my original post. Don't know how much it would help though. -------------------- |
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May 25, 2009 - 7:01 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Aug 2, '05 From Guam Currently Offline Reputation: 15 (100%) |
looks like you have to sand that corner to get a more right angle or if thats not the case you would have to widen your bracket holes so you can push it in more. After thats corrected, to get it to hug to the body, you can use some type of filler such as fiberglass or that foam and flatten it out on the back of the splitters so that way, you can apply doublesided tape. To explain this more, the replicas, cave in on the backside and does not support the doublesided tape border/edge as OEM.
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May 25, 2009 - 7:04 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Feb 24, '07 From Oahu, Hawaii Currently Offline Reputation: 23 (100%) |
DONT SCRATCH YOUR PAINT!!
 good luck man 
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May 25, 2009 - 7:30 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Jun 25, '05 From Fort Wayne, IN Currently Offline Reputation: 14 (100%) |
Didn't get to it today.....yet. I might go back out there later tonight.
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