I don't know that I would trust self tapping screws at 150 mph. It may hold up but it would worry me.

 

woah - can't wait to see it.
just wondering if you found a place that sold it locally.
it would be a great alternative to purchasing it through the interwebs.

 

They're stronger than plastic clips, and he's using rods too.

I guess for super strength you could use wellnuts

 

hey uscbryan, could you point me in the direction of where you purchased the sheets?? I am in socal as well and I wanna do something similiar for my 9. thanks!

 

It's called signmart in Orange off Cypress St. You need a resellers license to buy from them though.

 

My plan is to run a piece of 6061 flat aluminum bar along the bottom of the bumper and run the bolts or maybe Dzus quick release fasteners through the splitter, through the bumper and through the aluminum bar and put a nut on top.

I haven't figured out what I'm going to do for the rear part of the splitter yet. I need to remove the plastic and see what's there that's solid.

Also 4 support rods. I'm going for over kill so it's not something I have to worry about. I could only imagine the damage it would cause coming off at those speeds. Especially if it came all the way of. Not only to my car but more importantly the person behind me.

 

Try any plastics supply place. A lot of them have scrap piles of alumilite too, like a few bucks a sheet.

 

 

People actually screw that stuff up underneath their cars....Interesting

 

What do you mean?

 

Just what I said really. I find it interesting that folks essentially screw sign material underneath their cars.

I think ill go signless

 

Would you care to elaborate on why you think alumilite is "crap"?

 

I meant crap as a general term here. Just thought the idea of screwing a sign underneath ones car was interesting and well silly.

Ill edit my original post.

 

Some class regulations prohibit splitters from being bolted to the chasis. FYI.

 

I wasn't sure if you were talking about actually screwing the panel in or the act of attaching that type of panel to the car.

But because it's used to make signs you don't think it's good for a splitter? I wouldn't be surprise if high dollar teams use it. I heard some use plywood. I know of a top Redline time attack team that made a flat underbody and diffusor out of it.

Splitters are basically a consumable item. If you are using it for it's intended purpose and mounting it the way it should be mounted (as close to the ground as possible) then it's going to wear out.

If somebody is looking to hard park at their local meet, maybe a pretty carbon one will be better. Although I kind of like the thinness of the dibond/Alumilite panels. I'm actually replacing my carbon side splitters with Dibond.