a splitter with brake air guides would work better... why do you need to have this big ass lip?! answer: for looks/aesthetics and too try and be different... i'm not trying to bash you or the OPs decision... juuuuuust sayin -kanye west

 

 

Are you realizing you are telling the guy who built the time attack car he made that lip like that because for looks after he told you it is a splitter?



Golden.

 

do you realize i am talking about a splitter/underpanel that runs the full length of the front bumper under the car? like the one that comes stock on the evo with brake air guides built into it.

in the real world theres a difference in a carbon fiber front lip that pulls a little downforce and a splitter/ undertray that creates alot of downforce and aids in aerodynamics/ cooling of the engine and brakes...

anything else to add?

what i would like to see is the underbody of the car not just the outside of the lip... if it DOES run under the car it would be nice to have a pic, not a drawing.

 

The Time Attack DID have a splitter, as well as side sills, in addition to this fascia extension. See:

 

i'm talking about the OP's tho maven. does his have the same attachments or just the lip? which will make my argument more than valid.

 

That's for looks.

 

thats what i was saying...

you must have overlooked what i said

 

No, its pretty obvious the OPs car doesnt have the splitter as well.

 

i knew it didnt have the splitter, i was wondering if he had added any type of underbody paneling to help with the functionality of this lip.

it seems i am typing in chinese tonight lmao

 

Looks sweet!!

 

No youre not typing in Chinese. I was just posting what I thought was obvious, the fact that he doesnt have a splitter, I thought you would make the same assumption I did that he doesnthave any additional aero mods. I dont know of anyone that currently runs any underbody aero.

 

nah i was just wondering why he didnt just go with a splitter and such if he was going for function. steddy just misread what i was asking.

oh well.

 

I do have a splitter in the back of my garage

 

do you even track your car? i have a CF lip also, but i take that thing off when i hit the track... those ***** are too damn expensive.

 

I'm going to start,starting to gain interest in going around and not just a straight line.

 

hey john, you cant get the koni/conti lip can you? loljk can afford it now neway

 

not digging it, it looks out of place, glad you like it

 

john, I think my point has been proven. Though it may be the same lip that was on the time attack cobalt, it's not being used in the same manner. It doesn't seem to me that there is anything else attached to it, and so I seriously doubt that those 2 little holes near the center of the lip are doing anything.

Now the actual front of the time attack cobalt, looks like it's actually a working setup. But the OP's car looks like it's for "looks" only. And I think alot of us will agree that it doesn't look very good at all, looks kind of rediculous with it being so big on an otherwise stock car.

 

im with ralli on this one.

 

I think you can pass comment on it ugly or not, the OP likes it and so do many folks.
Technically you are wrong.

The stock Cobalt has some lift at the front at speed, this attachment kills lift. Technically, up to 3 inches of splitter lead off the front bumper meaured horizontally from a vertical fall off the bumper will generate about 100- 125 lbs downforce.

The slots in the front are for brake ducts which the OP has not installed. If the OP blanks the brake duct openings off, there will be more downforce generated.

If the OP fits the undertray that is installed on the Time Attack car and removes his under car air dam, (which would have to be done) the car will overheat unless there is a radiator shroud installed.

The Time Attack used the OEM urethane front bumper for attachment in 100% the same way as the OP. Only thing, the oem styrofoam on the time attack car was missing as an alloy Redline front crash bar was grafted on to save weight.

The OP has a stock crash bar on it and styrofoam so its quite adequate to support the 100 lbs of downforce generated.

So Ralli. Chill. You dont like it? Fine. But dont call the OP's parts out technically, you just dont know enough to say...

 

Still pretty ugly....

 

ugly? meh I think it looks bad ass, but Im more into racing and function than 99% of you fashion freaks on the site.

 

not my cup of tea at all...

 

looks great! and too the bashers, to each their own