These are going to be the 2 CF splitters.
Thought about making them in 1 piece, but stepped away from that idea.
The splitters I going to make, will look a bit different then the original. On the inside, there going to flow out a bit further. You'll see what we mean further on.
This is what he uses as base.
The aim is now that we put some layers of fiberglass polyester at the bottom.


The reason why I made this twice, is because I were afraid that he couldn't get to the inside that good.


One of the main problems of this big bumper project was the license plate.
What I didn't want for sure is a big plate would come before the middle whole of the bumper.
The plate we're going to make for the license plate will be 28*8cm
This plate of fiberglass of 4mm thick, will be my plate. You can see that this plate has the same rounding then the bumper. So lets cut 28*8 out of it.
Once I has this, I puts the piece back on the bumper and pull with some filler the edges nice around the plate. So we will get an original and fine finish of the license plate
What the cops will say... I DON'T CARE !!

 

Used some more fiberglass clothing for the bottom of the carbon splitters.
Made them big enough, so I could get the disc into that and see what will be a nice splitter.


You see here I got much more material on the inside, so I going to let the splitters flow much more further then they are originally.


This will be the license plate holder eventually.


Put some little screws on the back, so I can secure it from behind, and I doesn't have visible screws at the front.

Where the plate will be, I painted the bumper in black.

If I puts the grey plate on there, it's more obvious to see if the plate is hanging leveled.
I hate it if a license plate is hanging tilt.
Here you can see how I planted the plateholder onto the bumper.

 

Worked some more on the splitters.
The model will stay like this, but there's a little more difference, tomorrow we sort that out.











As you can see, I made them a bit longer, towards the middle.

 

This oilcooler is going into the center piece of the bumper.
When I bought the car 2 years ago, this was one thing (of the many) I had to have for sure.
That there will be lovers & haters, works just fine for me.




Here you see that I spread the fabric nicely, to get a nice connection.

Added a layer of polyester/fiberglass



Once removed, I edited the upside immediately with the disc.
I grinded the top from in between.
Then I put in between, a piece of aluminium 2mm thick. Now it’s all strong enough.



Here it’s all grinded properly.




These 2 pieces of MDF I made First.
They will be the front of the hole.
In the lower hole, will be the oilcooler, and the slot if just an airslot.




Then I started to rubb the fiberglass piece so it fitted nicely into the bumper.
That’s not so hard. You just pull a line with a pen on tape, then you push the piece into it, and once it’s dry, you have the same line on your filler.
Then it all comes to rubbing it just towards the line. SIMPLE



This is the result of the fiberglass piece, and it will be covered in carbon




Then I bought a piece of aluminum of 15mm thick

 

O yeah, almost forgot, had a large block of aluminum lying aroud the place, 15mm thick.
First I covered it with my mold I, that is made of MDF wood, and drew out what to remove.
I sawed it out with the line saw. I’ve done a lot in my live, but there are many cooler things to do then this, pfff


Once this was done, it was time for precision work.
Here you can see 2 fine rubber O-rings laying next to the copy-cutter.
First I put on the thick ring, so I couldn’t cut too much out.


Here you can see better what I mean with that O-ring.
You can see clearly there’s about 1.5mm of material away from the mold.
Also you see that the cutter had here best time, time for a new one…look at those slaches.
You also see that in the lines of the aluminum.


This done, put on the smaller, finer O-ring, and did it all again.
Now it was till 0.5mm perfect.
Mounted a new cutter, who attend to tidy it all, and by using lots of WD40 I got a nice finish and result.


At this picture, you really can see the difference.



Here, the piece still with the MDF mold taped on it.



Then, I rounded the outer sides.
Harnessed the cutter, and did all that had to be done


Once this was done, the “dangereous” work turned out well, and I thank jesus fort hat

 

In the meanwhile, I rubbed the aluminum piece firmly with the block. Again, it took a lot of time, cause aluminum is a bit harder then MDF.
Then I was lucky it doesn’t need to get polished, I’m going to brush it.
Here the result


One this was done, I threaded the backside. This I was sure I wanted, but I couldn’t chose with size of windows, so I took 2 sizes at home with me, to see what would be the best. This is the largest of the two…






This thread is then again, a bit smaller








Personally I fin dit better with the big holes, cause you see the oil-cooler more.
But I think it would be best to decide when it’s all painted…

 

The two splitters who will be mounted on the underside of the bumper I covered with a layer of CF.
Then I rubbed it firmly






To be sure, I went and tried them on again.Here you can see that the bumper is set with a layer of epoxy basecoat.This basecoat will stay on a week or so, before being abdraded.So I’m sure it’ll harden enough.Then I’ll a spray another layer on top.






The Carbon piece that’ll go in the middle, I’m not making It now.With all the basecoat, and paint on top, I’m much to scared it won’t fit 100% anymore.So this piece I’m going to carbonize the lastest.

 

The carbon piece that comes in the middle of the bumper is ready


The grille that’s in now, is one with big holes, and I sprayed it dark grey.

 

The f**ing front bumper is ready and mounted.
I took some good pics immediately.

 

How it looks from up above.

The license plate-holder




The alu-frame of 5mm that comes under de carbon splitters. These go up till the end of the bumper.