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Various pads on the car body are very popular with motorists. The main argument for their installation is to improve the appearance. But few people think that all
Do you know what the trim under the front bumper or, in common people, the “lip” is for? And how many types of the same aprons are there? And what are they for, anyway, other than to make the car look more aggressive? Well, let’s try to explain everything briefly point by point. And most importantly, find out what threatens the installation of a fashion accessory.
So, among the pads for the front bumper, there are three main ones: a rubber pad, a plastic “lip” and a splitter. What are they designed for? Let’s start with the splitter. This mouthpiece belongs to an aerodynamic body kit for sports, which improves the downward force and reduces the air resistance. The splitter literally cuts off the incoming airflows and directs them up and to the sides. This improves the dynamic properties of the car.
The plastic cover is designed to protect the bumper. Their contribution to improving the aerodynamics of the car is minimal. Often these liners are installed by the car manufacturers themselves.
The rubber “lip”, although it looks like a splitter, is more like a plastic overlay in performance. That is, it has no practical advantage in terms of car aerodynamics. But looks nice.
Well, and perhaps most importantly, all of these garage tuning liners are made from materials that are far from perfect, heavy, and even unsafe. In motorsport, these are light metals or carbon fiber. Before attaching such a “lip” to a sports car, of course, it undergoes a number of tests, so that the effect of its use is maximum. And who experiences all this “collective farm”? That’s right, nobody! Hence the disadvantages in the form of a deterioration in acoustic comfort, an increase in fuel consumption and the inability to park normally where, before installing such a trim, you never hit the curb with a bumper.
There are drawbacks to each individual apron. For example, splitters are quite fragile, they break quickly even on a slightly icy snowdrift. What can we say about the concrete curb or “speed bump”, which is formed in our country, as they say, from the free – from different heights, steepness of the arrival and departure. And if you hit an obstacle, such a splitter will almost certainly also try to break the bumper.
The plastic overlay, in addition to the above minuses, is also quite stiff. And if your yard has not been cleared for a long time and a rut has formed, then with a 99% chance such an overlay will crumble and fall off, hitting the ice grooves in the center of the rut.
The rubber pad is not only a dummy in every way, but also reduces ground clearance, increases weight and the risk of rubbing against the curb. Neither to improve the aerodynamics nor as protection it is not suitable! The goal is just to slightly improve the look of the car, making the bumper a little more aggressive.
To place a “lip” or not, and which one to choose? If you are not a racer, and your car does not have or resembles an athlete character, then based on the above drawbacks, it is better not to install all these props. In addition to the deterioration of aerodynamics, the very first outage out of town requires repair of the liner, or even the entire bumper. Do you need it, especially in the context of a worldwide shortage of spare parts and their high cost?
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Do you know what the trim under the front bumper or, in common people, the “lip” is for? And how many types of the same aprons are there? And what are they for, anyway, other than to make the car look more aggressive? Well, let’s try to explain everything briefly point by point. And most importantly, find out what threatens the installation of a fashion accessory.
So, among the pads for the front bumper, there are three main ones: a rubber pad, a plastic “lip” and a splitter. What are they designed for? Let’s start with the splitter. This mouthpiece belongs to an aerodynamic body kit for sports, which improves the downward force and reduces the air resistance. The splitter literally cuts off the incoming airflows and directs them up and to the sides. This improves the dynamic properties of the car.
The plastic cover is designed to protect the bumper. Their contribution to improving the aerodynamics of the car is minimal. Often these liners are installed by the car manufacturers themselves.
The rubber “lip”, although it looks like a splitter, is more like a plastic overlay in performance. That is, it has no practical advantage in terms of car aerodynamics. But looks nice.
Well, and perhaps most importantly, all of these garage tuning liners are made from materials that are far from perfect, heavy, and even unsafe. In motorsport, these are light metals or carbon fiber. Before attaching such a “lip” to a sports car, of course, it undergoes a number of tests, so that the effect of its use is maximum. And who experiences all this “collective farm”? That’s right, nobody! Hence the disadvantages in the form of a deterioration in acoustic comfort, an increase in fuel consumption and the inability to park normally where, before installing such a trim, you never hit the curb with a bumper.
There are drawbacks to each individual apron. For example, splitters are quite fragile, they break quickly even on a slightly icy snowdrift. What can we say about the concrete curb or “speed bump”, which is formed in our country, as they say, from the free – from different heights, steepness of the arrival and departure. And if you hit an obstacle, such a splitter will almost certainly also try to break the bumper.
The plastic overlay, in addition to the above minuses, is also quite stiff. And if your yard has not been cleared for a long time and a rut has formed, then with a 99% chance such an overlay will crumble and fall off, hitting the ice grooves in the center of the rut.
The rubber pad is not only a dummy in every way, but also reduces ground clearance, increases weight and the risk of rubbing against the curb. Neither to improve the aerodynamics nor as protection it is not suitable! The goal is just to slightly improve the look of the car, making the bumper a little more aggressive.
To place a “lip” or not, and which one to choose? If you are not a racer, and your car does not have or resembles an athlete character, then based on the above drawbacks, it is better not to install all these props. In addition to the deterioration of aerodynamics, the very first outage out of town requires repair of the liner, or even the entire bumper. Do you need it, especially in the context of a worldwide shortage of spare parts and their high cost?
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