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Idiots guide to fitting skoda splitter?
- Thread starter PP200t
- Start date
Cut the little raised tabs off the ends,
drill or poke some pilot holes in the splitter for the self tappers,
jack the car up,
start in the middle with the first screw, then work your way to the edges,
cut excess off with a stanley knife or razor blade.
Done.
drill or poke some pilot holes in the splitter for the self tappers,
jack the car up,
start in the middle with the first screw, then work your way to the edges,
cut excess off with a stanley knife or razor blade.
Done.
Rob
ClioSport Moderator
Scissors are easier.
Neither did I, but it will sit flatter when screwing in if you do.
182
In just the splitter or would you drill pilot holes in the bumper too?
Can you not just screw the self-tappers straight through both without pilot holes?
Megane Diesel / 172
Pilot holes in both! Makes it so much easier!
Yeah you can just go at it without any, but I just found easier to screw them in if I had pilot holes to begin with,
it just meant I didn't have to screw through the splitter first to get to the bumper.
I did want to drill pilot holes in the bumper aswell, but I couldn't get the car high enough for the drill I was using.
it just meant I didn't have to screw through the splitter first to get to the bumper.
I did want to drill pilot holes in the bumper aswell, but I couldn't get the car high enough for the drill I was using.
182
That's gonna be my problem.
I didn't even raise the car, took me a while to do it with just a screwdriver but got there eventually!
CursedTitanium 182FF
The way I did it was
Tools
1. Small stubby phillips screw driver.
2. Handfull of small self tappers.
1. Cut the raised tabs off with a fresh Stanley blade.
2. Find the middle of the splitter and screw a self tapper smack in the middle so the tip just pokes through, then leaving an even gap to each side work your way out screwing self tappers, as before screw till the tips poke through.
3. Find the middle of the bumper and put a mark where it is, then screw the middle screw in splitter to it. Then offer up the next bit to screw, hold it in place with your free hand and then screw it in with the other. (Repeat till end)
4. Using the Stanley knife cut off the bits that stick out into the wheel arch. (If you make a clean enough cut, you could glue the end back on if you trim it down)
5. Stand back and admire your work.
Tools
1. Small stubby phillips screw driver.
2. Handfull of small self tappers.
1. Cut the raised tabs off with a fresh Stanley blade.
2. Find the middle of the splitter and screw a self tapper smack in the middle so the tip just pokes through, then leaving an even gap to each side work your way out screwing self tappers, as before screw till the tips poke through.
3. Find the middle of the bumper and put a mark where it is, then screw the middle screw in splitter to it. Then offer up the next bit to screw, hold it in place with your free hand and then screw it in with the other. (Repeat till end)
4. Using the Stanley knife cut off the bits that stick out into the wheel arch. (If you make a clean enough cut, you could glue the end back on if you trim it down)
5. Stand back and admire your work.
275 Trophy
Cut tabs off with wire cutters.
Put car on axle stands as high as possible.
Using a battery drill with a m8 bolt in the chuck, start at the middle and screw self drilling self tappers through both parts.
Trim overhanging edges with junior hacksaw & clean with a file.
Job done in 10 minutes.
Put car on axle stands as high as possible.
Using a battery drill with a m8 bolt in the chuck, start at the middle and screw self drilling self tappers through both parts.
Trim overhanging edges with junior hacksaw & clean with a file.
Job done in 10 minutes.
What happens when it gets all scuffed up and you need a new one?
Pot rivets aren't easy to remove iirc.
jenic
ClioSport Club Member
should have said Jordi17 and not jenic!! got confused
Was about to say, what have I done lol
Non Sport Megane
i didnt cut the tabs off mine, it gave it a slight leaned forward stance, which i thought looked great! pilot drilled through every other tab, then just used about 12 into the bottom of the bumper to hold it, used a knife/hack-saw to cut the excess off, then some fine sandpaper to clean the ends up
Yeah um, sorry about that lol.
