Refurbing / Cleaning up a LCR splitter

[Mo Arif]

My LCR splitter on my LC has taken a beating, it's scuffed, scratched and grazed

I was wondering is there anything I can do to tidy it up? I've used ultra fine grit sand paper in the past on my Evo's splitter but that left it looking misty, and always required bumper gel / shine to make it look presentable

Is there a method to removed scratches etc as above from plastic splitters, i.e. specific grit sand paper in order to get the best finish ?

Or should I just buy another one.

 

[JamJay]

If you have a heat gun then that might well work, it works on interior plastics but obviously just wave it across and don't melt things.

 

[Mo Arif]

Hmmm never thought of that, I do have a heat gun, its quiet powerful as well, I'll look into it.

 

[Applemobile]

Be warned that if you melt it, the result will be irepairable.

 

[SalSheikh]

Mo, mine was buggered to so i sanded it down and painted it gloss black - jobs a good un

 

[rsmith]

Can you not just buy a new One? Plastic is a bitch to rework. Hey has any one carbon rapped one of these yet?

 

[Mo Arif]

due to laziness I might just end up buying another one.

 

[MATTCR]

tyrer has carbon wrapped his.... and a quality job he has done too

 

[SalSheikh]

you can carbon wrap it but then it will look pants once you scuff it. Mo a nw one will set you back around £34 or more...

 

[GJF47]

Where is the best place to get a new one? Everywhere I've looked seems to be around £50

 

[JamJay]

That's the going rate now that the bell ends in Clio 182s & MGZR's buy them in bulk making SEAT realise that they can make a quick buck.

 

[MATTCR]

They were £22 last year from Seat

as Jay says, Saxo's, corsas, clios.... pretty much frigging any car now has one so they're pushed the price up.

 

[scarface]

I paid £38 from a dealer about a month ago. If its looking faded i used to use tyre shine spray, works really well.

 

[rsmith]

Same in Ireland, ever dude has put one on his VW car, i think its getting to the stage over here where people actually think its an OEM part for passats, golf's, shoda's, audi etc.... the price has nearly doubled.

 

[t32er]

tyler carbon skinned his with real carbon fiber so wont be as easy to scuff, i dont thing the normal wrap will stick to it unless you flatted it first any ways

 

[Mo Arif]

true...... yet they diss seat leon's....... i personally think out of all the mk4 golf platform car's the mk1 seat leon is the best looking, the golf looks meh and the a3 is more meh ......

anyway I'm just going to buy another one.....

 

[MATTCR]

should have stocked up whilst they were cheap last yr

leons are the best hatch of that period definatly... and most of this period too... SEAT got it right with the MK1

 

[seantdi]

Same in Ireland, ever dude has put one on his VW car, i think its getting to the stage over here where people actually think its an OEM part for passats, golf's, shoda's, audi etc.... the price has nearly doubled.

i got two off the local dealer 2 months ago for 60 quid!! when he said they were 30 each on the phone i had to get them.. they were after going around that time

 

[auq]

Guys give David @ Sere motors a call, he will get the best price around!

 

[tyrer]

As posted I had a massive crack in mine so decided instead of paying £40 for the new one I'd get the carbon mods skinning kit for £50 and have some thing different.

Pics of process in my R/R - takes 2/3 days with good weather and ALOT of patience.

Also no scuffing and I have hit things!

Just changed mine up abit for the summer though... Will be updating soon