Front spoiler in the works

Website · Post by **coyote1980** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 5:35 pm

Is that just light reflecting weirdly, or is the spoiler quite bumpy near your front left wheel? For the rest it looks very nice, not vulgair or anything

aibast · Post by **aibast** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 8:21 pm

its the light reflecting. Not the thing it self. The spoiler does have some weird spots. But just holding it on to see where some craks might come out. And where it would be weak.

98kellrs · Post by **98kellrs** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 2:33 am

I'm not sure how low down yours is compared to mine, but make sure the leading edge is well reinforced as mine is constantly grounding on speed bumps, uneven road surfaces etc etc. Luckily we built it thick and sturdy at the front so it just scrapes the under side as opposed to smashing it off! All other areas should be fine as far as ground clearance goes!

aibast · Post by **aibast** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 8:24 am

planning on some lowering springs so it gets lower. At the moment its as low as the cars bottom itself. And the front is 3 layers of fiberglass, thick layers and behind it I left the Fome I used for a mold and behing that is another 2 layers of fiberglass. I hope it holds

98kellrs · Post by **98kellrs** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 4:24 pm

Wow, I'm sure that'll be more than enough! I've only got 3 layers on my leading edge and it's more than enough! I don't think you'll have a problem, you just have to be careful how fast you go over speed bumps etc etc.

aibast · Post by **aibast** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 9:24 am

I still don't like how it looks and I think gona redo it. Now I got myself a another front bumper. So I might get it a bit better this time. Last time I had to make the mold on the car. This time it might be a bit better.

98kellrs · Post by **98kellrs** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 9:22 pm

Yeh it's much easier, I moulded mine onto an old '89 ES bumper I had in the garage to get the shape right and help visualise what I wanted, then chopped it off, and stuck it on the real bumper. Pain in the arse getting it sprayed the same colour though, cost me around Â£70, when I'd made the spoiler for free using offcuts from dad's workplace

Ettore Bugatti · Post by **Ettore Bugatti** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 12:18 pm

Could you post a photo from the side off the car?
Just curious how it looks from the profile.

aibast · Post by **aibast** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 10:41 am

New one is now ready for another winter test run. It started snowing again so a free snowblow in the evening.

The car has a nice happy face now

NB!!!! Should I paint the grill black or leave it silver

Big Brother · Post by **Big Brother** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 11:28 am

I think it looks good in silver, done a really good job there

Dan the 480 Man · Post by **Dan the 480 Man** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 7:19 pm

I'm not really into big bumper holes with mesh, but that looks quite nice-would look really nice with a nice alloy intercooler behind it...

POE · Post by **POE** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 8:25 pm

very nice ,any other mods in mind?and yes it does look very happy

aibast · Post by **aibast** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 9:57 pm

Dan the 480 Man wrote:I'm not really into big bumper holes with mesh, but that looks quite nice-would look really nice with a nice alloy intercooler behind it...

This mesh just covers up a hole size of the egggrate and lover part under it

POE wrote:very nice ,any other mods in mind?and yes it does look very happy

not at the moment. And painted the mesh black so that it wouldn't stick out that much. Silver was to boyracer.

aibast · Post by **aibast** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 6:22 am

Car at my workplace. As you can see I work for a firm that makes all kinds of stuff from concrete. And she realy needs a wash. But that is soon to come cos we have over 0 C in here temp. Yeah, the spring is coming along.

PS: My car looks small compared to Toyota Yaris

Now that is strange.

JohnTurbo · Post by **JohnTurbo** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 8:11 am

Virtually nothing is lower than a lowered 480. - Especially modern hatches...they're like towers.

aibast · Post by **aibast** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 10:49 am

Cool, the car turns head. Most cos they don't know what it is

DaKyy · Post by **DaKyy** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 12:58 pm

I'm always amazed how low the 480 rides. I'm always struggling to wash my Peugeot 406 roof because I'm not too tall. I can easily reach my 480's roof though

aibast · Post by **aibast** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 1:56 pm

I'm 1,88 m tall. So no problem with washing the roof.

Ettore Bugatti · Post by **Ettore Bugatti** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 11:24 pm

The new spoiler looks very good!

Hhhmmm, how would it look if you painted in white Volvo on the mesh?

aibast · Post by **aibast** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 8:39 am

Ettore Bugatti wrote:The new spoiler looks very good!

Hhhmmm, how would it look if you painted in white Volvo on the mesh?

Mesh is made from polished aluminium so the paint doesn't want to stick to it. So the black paint is coming off agin