AddisonD

Where can you get the front splitter for the GS for $125?
I do mean the splitter. I know the air dam that hangs on the GS, under the car, is offered several places for less than $100.

My splitter routinely is pulled away from the bumper and gets slightly folded under due to my driveway. It has scrapes quite visible on its top edge, against the cars fascia "bumper", as a result.

This can also happen in parking lots if you go in to a space too far and contact a curb. I gotten good at not doing that.

JimmyLee

Interesting idea. I'm curious in terms of how Plasti-dip would wear, i.e., would it shred or peel in that application?

Johnathon59

Rules to drive by !!!!!!

Greg00Coupe

Back into parking spaces w curbs. Thats half the battle.

Johnathon59

I don't give curbs a thought anymore since I installed "Curb Alert" just makes pulling into a parking spot a lot easier, **

AddisonD

I really do want to get some input on where to buy the GS splitter for $125. Thanks to anyone that can suggest the vendor(s).

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ncvette_1FUNRIDE

I think it would be around $225 including shipping.

JimmyLee

Look around at other wide body C6's. Your "damage" is probably nothing compared to others. I've seen some really bent-up splitters, and I'm convinced that owners allow their spouse (of either sex) to drive their Corvette, lol.

gwalsh88

Thanks for all of the responses, I really appreciate it. While I do understand I will probably scrape it again I made it 22,000 miles before I really scraped it this first time so even though it is my daily driver I’m pretty careful and have been successful so far.

FYI at the at the GM parts house the on-line price is 159.00 for a new one.

So there were a couple of great suggestions. Fine sandpaper (how fine?), the sanding blocks and 0000 steel wool. Thanks for taking the time for the advice. I suppose I will give these a shot. I have one more problem which is the very middle clip seems to have warped as I now have a slight gap at the screw. I was able to remove the screw and reinstall it but even tightened down there is a gap. Perhaps I need a new clip. If so the clip slide on or does it just sit on the back side of the painted fascia?

Thanks again!

bluez06ny

You do not have to sand. I hit a curb head-on, the splitter bent under and had deep scratches. Take a chrome plated 1/4" drive deep socket out of your socket set. Rub the scratched area with the side of the socket. The damage can be formed out by using varying pressure/ back and forth speed. To get final color coat with tire/plastic shine.

AddisonD

First - thanks, I will investigate the one for $159.

Second - like you, I have the gap and the somewhat out-of-place, out-of-aligment, clip. I also have scrapes that are visible to me on the top of the splitter, dine while ti is getting folded under on my driveway ramp. I have tried but not figured out how to fix it, and i know it will just get knocked again on the next drive.

As you and others have written, I am now really darn good at not doing splitter damage; except I do really have to get out of the drive, and I don't have a crane to just lift it onto the street.
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ncvette_1FUNRIDE

Kevin at Partstaxi has it for 157.70, but that price doesn't include the $70 shipping charge. I suspect GMPartsHouse will be at least that much, if not more.

Thus my previous estimate of approximately $225 shipped.

gwalsh88

Wow I have never heard of this. Thanks for the info!

gwalsh88

You mean you don't have a crane next to your Master Blaster in the garage?

LS WON

This device won't work if you have a front end mask on Corvette.

andy82

Get over it

Bill Dearborn

Use sandpaper or steel wool to rub the scratch out. If the splitter has broken vertical pieces where the air vents for the brake cooling are located use some glue or seam sealer to mend it and then use Black Trim Paint from a rattle can to make it look good.

Bill

JoesC5

I taped of the painted nose of my car just above the splitter, and sanded it with the pads, course to fine and finished it with 2000 paper. Then I did the entire splitter with the stuff I use to blacken the black plastic wheel liners, etc.

While there are still some deep gouges remaining, they can't be seen unless you are on your knees eyeballing the splitter.

The splitter retails for ~$229. I purchased a replacement(in case I scrape my original one again and it's not worth the trouble to sand down).

Got it from SDPC(forum vender) that is a GM dealer in Lubbock, TX for $149 including shipping. And it was shipped in a large box to protect it from the UPS driver.

BadgeZ28

I did a little damage to another part recently. I lightly sanded the area and stabilized the loose glass fibers with a coat of resin. I let that dry and filled the remaining crack with a light body filler. Sanded, primed with a rattle can primer. My car is Cyber Gray and I didn't find a touch up for it, so found a company on the net that matches colors and puts it in a rattle can. I bought the base color and gloss clear coat. It turned out to be a excellent match.

JoesC5

My Z06 is five years old. I scraped it very bad at three years old. I sanded it and it looks 95% as good as new. In the past two years(10,000 miles), I haven't scraped in again (other then on the bottom when I enter/exit my driveway). Ever so often I use a 12 inch bastard mill file to knock the fuzzy's off the bottom of the splitter. Also use it on the bottom of the dam that is directly in front of the front tires. I have not damaged the face of my splitter since I did two years ago.

I do have a new replacement splitter in my basement(for the past two years) in case I do scrape the original splitter again and it's bad enough not to try and repair.

Just because it's fairly easy to damage the splitter, doesn't meant you have to drive around with a crappy looking splitter.