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PostSubject: 1/8 plastic or aluminum?   1/8 plastic or aluminum? Icon_minitimeJuly 21st 2008, 6:00 pm

Does any one know where I could get my hands on a sheet of 1/8 (or just a bit thinner)plastic or aluminum that is atleast 60inchesX14inches? I'm looking to make a splitter for the front of my car, and so far I haven't been able to find anything thinner than 1/8 to be sturdy enough(I don't want it flopping around at highway speeds, or a bit faster)
Price is also an issue, so the cheaper the better. I've already tried Home Depo, CMS, and Co-Op only has 8 foot sections of puck board and I don't think it is thick enough. Thanks
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PostSubject: Re: 1/8 plastic or aluminum?   1/8 plastic or aluminum? Icon_minitimeJuly 21st 2008, 6:32 pm

make one out of fiberglass.

easy.
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PostSubject: Re: 1/8 plastic or aluminum?   1/8 plastic or aluminum? Icon_minitimeJuly 21st 2008, 6:50 pm

fiberglass won't be sturdy enough. Fiberglass cracks easily, and sags over time. That material wouldn't be a very durably material for this type of application.
Thanks though
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PostSubject: Re: 1/8 plastic or aluminum?   1/8 plastic or aluminum? Icon_minitimeJuly 22nd 2008, 12:09 am

sags over time?

well id hope you bolt it to your bumper and not just attach it at the ends.

you take a skinny piece of wood. fit it. fiberglass it. finish it. then bolt it up.

then in the end, if it does get fucked up by speedbumps, you wont cry because it only cost you $40.
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PostSubject: Re: 1/8 plastic or aluminum?   1/8 plastic or aluminum? Icon_minitimeJuly 22nd 2008, 7:56 pm

well I thought about doing it the way that I saw in a Modified magazine, but I figured that that might be a little too heavy. But everyone I've seen that people have DIY'd is made out of aluminium, I jsut don't know where they manage to get it from.
When you said fiberglass, I assumed you meant just lay some resin and make it entend from my front air-dam. but If all else fails, I might just have to.
It would be alot harder and more labour intensive than just a nice piece of aluminium.
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PostSubject: Re: 1/8 plastic or aluminum?   1/8 plastic or aluminum? Icon_minitimeJuly 22nd 2008, 8:29 pm

true, ive been wanting to make one for a few years now but i never got around to it.

if your worried about it sagging, apr sells the supports rods for $75 a pair, and they range from 5-10" iirc.

you could also source some carbon fiber/honeycomb metal but thats the more expensive route.

but if your looking for all possibilities, then i might just have to add that street signs are the perfect material for making a splitter. Im not saying go steal one.

but in the end a piece of plywood covered in fiberglass is the easiest to source, cheapest to build, and cheapest to repair.
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PostSubject: Re: 1/8 plastic or aluminum?   1/8 plastic or aluminum? Icon_minitimeJuly 22nd 2008, 9:10 pm

well co-op sells an 4footX8foot section of puck board(stuff they use in hockey rinks) for $45. That makes alot of splitters. I'm jsut not sure if it'll be sturdy enough. I just would hate to do al the labour associated with fiberglass. getting the wood to shape, then laying the resin, then sanding it smooth. Then painting.
I'll keep doing some research and see what I come up with. A splitter would be reidiculously easy to make, I'll post up pictures when I do it.
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PostSubject: Re: 1/8 plastic or aluminum?   1/8 plastic or aluminum? Icon_minitimeJuly 22nd 2008, 9:25 pm

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PostSubject: Re: 1/8 plastic or aluminum?   1/8 plastic or aluminum? Icon_minitimeJuly 23rd 2008, 6:18 pm

that is exactly what I had in mind! now I'll just have to hit up the yellow pages I guess
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PostSubject: Re: 1/8 plastic or aluminum?   1/8 plastic or aluminum? Icon_minitimeJuly 23rd 2008, 11:59 pm

Shift_Now wrote:
that is exactly what I had in mind! now I'll just have to hit up the yellow pages I guess

hahaha,

well i wouldve posted that as well.

but i figured your wouldve tried :

"how to front spliiter" in google.

keep us updated on if/where you find materials and possibly a how-to.
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PostSubject: Re: 1/8 plastic or aluminum?   1/8 plastic or aluminum? Icon_minitimeJuly 24th 2008, 12:16 am

me and chauchi did one on his civic back in the day out of lexan but try maljohn plastics on dewdney I think there's a few of those shops in town there's also one beside cws that deal with sheets of plastic all the time.
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PostSubject: Re: 1/8 plastic or aluminum?   1/8 plastic or aluminum? Icon_minitimeJuly 24th 2008, 5:57 pm

k, sweet thanks. I looked up both those palces in the yellowpages yesterday actually. I'll be hitting them up tomorrow.
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PostSubject: Re: 1/8 plastic or aluminum?   1/8 plastic or aluminum? Icon_minitimeJuly 25th 2008, 5:02 pm

so I went to maljohn plastics and got 1/4 inch black plasic(60"X14") for $19. I strongly recomend going there. So tonight I'm going to cut it out and hopefully mount it, I already ahve it drawn out
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PostSubject: Re: 1/8 plastic or aluminum?   1/8 plastic or aluminum? Icon_minitimeJuly 25th 2008, 7:05 pm

Shift_Now wrote:
so I went to maljohn plastics and got 1/4 inch black plasic(60"X14") for $19. I strongly recomend going there. So tonight I'm going to cut it out and hopefully mount it, I already ahve it drawn out
NIce! Please document it with pictures.
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PostSubject: Re: 1/8 plastic or aluminum?   1/8 plastic or aluminum? Icon_minitimeJuly 26th 2008, 2:39 am

well I made it and cut it out. its mounted on the car right now. It is byfar my favorite thing... I just wish I added an extra 2 inches all around to my starting piece of plastic, it would have made it easier to design. If I can convince Jason to take pictures again, you will see.
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PostSubject: Re: 1/8 plastic or aluminum?   1/8 plastic or aluminum? Icon_minitimeJuly 26th 2008, 3:57 pm

was trying to get a glimpse of it last night but i didnt see it on.

on a side note

whoever has those yellow lights, srsly, brighter then hids aimed to the sky. not cool.

what were the cops talking to you guys about?
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PostSubject: Re: 1/8 plastic or aluminum?   1/8 plastic or aluminum? Icon_minitimeJuly 26th 2008, 6:11 pm

yellow lights=Jason
They pulled us over becasue I was only dloing like 30km/h in the park. They were checking our "sobriety"
And yea, the splitter was on last night, but its hard to notice in the dark I assume
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