So whilst I was waiting the 9 months for my Cali to arrive I was struggling to make a decision on what front splitter to fit, at the end of the day it's a camper so did not want anything to in your face but also wanted something to make it less like a bog standard camper.
Options were:
LV, not personally keen on the look, and a bit much for a camper van
Raceline, nice subtle lip to match the LV side bars
ABT, good quality but pretty expensive
Initially went for the Raceline and was quoted about £300 supply only (I live hundreds of miles from them), phoned up to order and they changed their minds on the quote I had from them originally and decided I'd have to pay the fully fitted price even though I'd fit myself, terrible customer service and refused to give them my business so walked away.
So my next option was the ABT, great quality but at 1k + painting not a cheap option, VW wanted over 2k to supply and fit which is just too much so fitted myself this weekend. It was not the easiest thing to fit but I'm sure if you did week in week out would be a piece of cake, with the many curves it was very hard to get in the right position to allow all of them to sit flush, and as its bonded on you have to rely on masking tape take to hold in place whilst it cures (for 24hrs) and you only have 10 mins fitting time, if it used 3M tape as well as adhesive it would be much easier as would instant grab in place.
Anyway, its on and I'm over the moon with how its looks, the front is just how I imagined it.
Options were:
LV, not personally keen on the look, and a bit much for a camper van
Raceline, nice subtle lip to match the LV side bars
ABT, good quality but pretty expensive
Initially went for the Raceline and was quoted about £300 supply only (I live hundreds of miles from them), phoned up to order and they changed their minds on the quote I had from them originally and decided I'd have to pay the fully fitted price even though I'd fit myself, terrible customer service and refused to give them my business so walked away.
So my next option was the ABT, great quality but at 1k + painting not a cheap option, VW wanted over 2k to supply and fit which is just too much so fitted myself this weekend. It was not the easiest thing to fit but I'm sure if you did week in week out would be a piece of cake, with the many curves it was very hard to get in the right position to allow all of them to sit flush, and as its bonded on you have to rely on masking tape take to hold in place whilst it cures (for 24hrs) and you only have 10 mins fitting time, if it used 3M tape as well as adhesive it would be much easier as would instant grab in place.
Anyway, its on and I'm over the moon with how its looks, the front is just how I imagined it.
