A1EK

I made a simple lip spoiler from polypropylene to stop it catching on low curbs and for looks ! I then added a rubber trim to finish the look and had it on my car for about 5 years, but the splitter was completely ripped off when we had some flooding back in winter and got washed away sadly.

I recently found some off cuts of the plastic sheet I used left over in my garage, but as they were not the full length could not do the same lip spoiler again sadly, so instead opted for a corner style splitter. My first pieces looked too wide I thought, so took them off and shortened them.

Can I ask what your thoughts are?

First images is the original spoiler I made that got rippe off with and without the rubber trim, then the wider splitters and finaly after a cut them down.

sick430

Love the original, the new one reminds me of the splitter in the bumper of the Ferrari 458. I personally think its a bit aggressive. However, nicely executed, so its only personal taste now. Do you have a link to the material or any info? thickness? Also, how did you attach it?

A1EK

I agree, im not settled on the new ones either, I like the sharp angels but not sure its too much?
However I watched the new UK Top Gear last night and they were testing the new Dodge Viper at Top Gun and its front splitter was very retro, so after that changed my mind to liking my own again.

The material is polypropylene, black shiny on one side and textured underneath. To decide on the shape I offer up the basic sheet to the underside of the car with box support etc, stand back and squint to see how it looks ! I use masking tape and imagination to mask off areas that I want to cut !

Once decided, mark the two points under the car for a datum, drill clearance holes in the polyprop sheet and then use self tapping capped screws through the polyprop sheet into the underside of the car bumper. I also made a small metal Z-section support where there was not enough purchase underneath.

That’s it.

burgca

I agree the original is timeless; however, change can be good and the new look is unique and gives the car an aggressive race car look. Dual exhaust in the rear would complete the look.

Shadwell

2 weeks ago i made an entire front end engine undercover from scratch for the father in laws 1997 CLK.. it had lost both front side undercovers and only had the center sump cover but even that doesn't extend to the rear of the front skirt..
3mm black ABS...
A lot of fiddling around, marking cutting re-checking, then heat moulding to mate onto the inner wing liners.. screw fixing using the factory mounts wherever possible and a few extra ones to the inner wing liners..
3hrs start to finish.. cost 50 pounds or $100AUD.
His feedback.. the car is so much quieter.. i imagine the engine bay runs cooler now too and his fuel consumption will have improved..
in summary it was well worth doing....

james clk430

To be honest it's very unique different and I like it you won't see it everyday something new great job btw

A1EK

To be honest I took the inspiration from a calender hanging on my kitchen wall, specificaly the Nobel super car...

Williams707

Looks good. Reminds me of CLKMAN/CLKFANs splitter.

Williams707

A1EK

Hi Williams707, havn't talked to you for ages !!

You are correct, CLKFAN was the entire basis of my car and where I originally copied the front lip from, I just went a bit further and added the rubber edge.

For me CLKFAN car was the best example of a CLK i've seen.

Williams707

Yeah man, didn't seem like anyone was interested in my custom work so I stopped posting. It also does not seem like anyone is doing any custom work which was the real reason why I kept checking back to see what the latest custom / one-off was.

Speaking of rubber edge. I was just looking at this

http://www.ezlip.jp/

Have you ever seen that before?

james clk430

I've had a few customers who got this it looks OK but if you don't do it right very ricer looking

A1EK

Yes this is the stuff I was going to use. There is a nice shinier version on ebay that has the carbon graphite look ...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rubber-Fro...4AAOSwfQRXMUvc

When I did my previous lip I just used rubber trim and pushed it over the edge and it clamped on, same idea but I think the stick on version may look neater. If I were to do it, I would just add it to my the edge spolier lips as I think this would make a more interesting bottom line.

Williams707

Good info, now that you mention it I can see how it could look ricer.


Wow, that CF looks nice.

james clk430

I also think it might depend on where you live cause I live in Co so we get very bipolar weather well have all seasons in one day haha so the stickiness and texture ect doesn't really stand a chance out here

Amir_AMG

great work! good to see members do custom jobs and share with the community