Parked up on the mother in laws driveway today for the first time, and when I reversed back off it, it caught the front splitter Not happy as you can imagine. I was halfway between driving back up it, or carrying on... Hmm rock and a hard place?!

 

Ouch
I allways carry 2 chicks in my boot for such occasions

 

Sry this iPhone keeps giving me type "0"
That was chocks

 

Scrapping was the norm in my 206, had a ground clearance of 3cm at the bumper, useless at the best of times

Gutted for you though mate, if you fancy selling the splitter though, fell free to PM me

 

ouch yep that happened to me , p1 splitters smashe or snapped in 2 as i reversed off the road jumped up. all i could think was it could be worse....... could of been better to.

 

I like the idea of 2 spare chicks in the boot, doubt the wife would be happy about it tho.
G

 

ive hit mine on a speed bump dented it :@ good excuse to get a carbon one now tho

 

 

You have first dibs when it comes off...just gotta find another. Wonder how it looks without one....

 

they look rubbish without one! looks very odd seeing one without

 

Gutted for you, this happened on my BMW a couple of years ago, but reversing off my own drive the day it was fitted

 

Mine didn't break as bad as that but I repaired mine only last night with fibreglass.......not absolutely perfect obviously but if you didn't know you wouldn't see it.....saved me taking it off seen as i can't afford another one right now

 

Welcome to the club, I've done this twice.

 

You drove onto the drive without scraping it? If so, you may have reversed off too quick and the suspension compressed slightly.

JohnD

 

Know the problem, i have a little route that I've worked out that involves me using the ramped/sloped part of the pavement and then turning on full lock when the front wheels make contact with the road, that gives me the nano-millimetre I need to avoid scraping my front splitter, reversing back on I go real slow. An effort I know!

 

Perfect timing to repair the stone chips

 

You've just spoilt it for me, i had a picure in my mind of 2 fat chicks in the back of your car to lower the rear and raise the front.

 

Have my own blob in the paintshop this week getting the very same thing fixed....i fitted a chargespeed type splitter last year and broke it after one week lol....told the body man to not be too fussy when fixing it as it will most probably happen again!!

The joys of lowered cars i suppose.

 

Yep..should have taken more care!

I thought the stone chips looked bad, but it's ash from neighbours fire!! Git! Lol might just fibreglass it for time being and fix new one in the new year, with all the other bits I have planned

 

Get a new mother in law with a flat drive, double garage and inspection pit.

 

For ages I've wondered why it's called a splitter....

Now I know!

But I sympathise with your disappointment.

 

HT Autos one? me too, they do seem to be rather fragile/brittle against anything other than flies...

 

Not sure to be honest pal. Was on the car already.

Anyone know how many clips to take it clean off and where? Gonna take it off tomorrow but in the evening so will be dark!

 

Bad luck, Done mine twice. Once while pulling into a parking space and second while road mapping it...

Now been removed for any future problems

 

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How does it look, any pics?

 

If its an HT Autos one, which it looks like it is, if not either way it'll probably be bolted on, theres about 5-6 bolts underneath, and a couple of screws at the corners.

 

Cheers matey

 

Someone needs to design a huge rubber strip like a bumper car!

 

what does your wife think about this or haven't you told her yet ???

 

Merry Xmas to me ha