Finally installed the splitter!
- Thread starter Ralpher
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Hi Monty, it was like most things VW, a pain in the butt to fit. There were the usual crap installation instructions so you have to make it up as you go along.
Firstly DON'T DRILL THROUGH THE WIRING LOOM! This cleverly runs along the very place where you might want to drill through while installing your splitter.
Secondly, jack the front of the van up and put it on stands, also make sure handbrake is on and in gear, put some blocks behind the rear wheels, safety first!
I used a small torch wedged between the engine sump guard and the bottom lip of the existing front fender/cowl/whatever and you can then see the route of the loom.
Two people is necessary (IMO) in order to get the thing roughly sited. I used tape (non stretchy type) to roughly hold the spliiter in position. I'd worked out the centre of the splitter and marked it (using masking take to draw on, NOT straight onto the new plastic) and then marked in the same way, the centre of the front on grille (middle of the VW badge if you have one).
Then I used a spirit level to "eye in" the two marks, Once you're happy with this, get you bitch... erm, assistant to hold the spiltter steady while you drill a small hole (1.5mm or so) for the first fixing in the CENTRE of the splitter but on the back edge (it's away from the loom and you can hold both bits of plastic together this way).
Now once the first screw is in place you can walk round and check you have it correctly central, the most important thing. More take can be added to hold things where you want them.
Once you're happy with the position, work your way out from the middle towards the end of the splitter, working along the back edge (the inside edge). I used a fixing about every 200mm (8 inches).
Repeat on the other side.
After you've done this, remove the screws one at a time and re-drill the holes to 6mm, to allow the M5 bolts to be used in place of the screws. I also uses a small flat washer and a lock washer after that and just to make sure, plus I used Blue Loctite on the bolt threads. (this process may seem like a faff but it's much easier to do it like this, as it only takes another 5 minutes to do the whole thing, if you make a mistake, a small hole is much less worrysome than a big hole!
When you have done this, use the liberated screws to fix the front part of the splitter (THIS IS WHERE THE WIRING LOOM IS) again working from the centre outwards towards the end of the splitter.
The reason for this, is that you cannot access this section internally, so it's not possible to use set-screws (bolts & nuts).
repeat this process until you have secured the splitter all the way across on both sides.
Remove masking take & polish - Ta da! All done.
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