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C4S front splitter on 996 Turbo

Rioja996TT

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Having just cracked another turbo front splitter, I am balking at paying out £280 for a strip of polyurethane. I note that the C4S splitter has a higher centre section and would thus be far more urban friendly at considerably lower cost. Any downsides to such a replacement? Thanks.
 
Only from an anoraks point of view.
The reality is you will still probably bash the c4s part!
 
kas750 said:
Only from an anoraks point of view.
The reality is you will still probably bash the c4s part!

Sooo true :nooo:
 
The anorak in me also worries that the turbo one is different shaped for a reason, maybe to counteract lift from the bigger rear wing.

I have found that having graunched mine on a steep driveway, sanding it down with fine sandpaper then a coat of plastic conditioner got it looking much, much better.
 
Robertb said:
The anorak in me also worries that the turbo one is different shaped for a reason, maybe to counteract lift from the bigger rear wing.

I believe that is true, but unless you regularly drive at 120+ on the Autobahn I really doubt you'll notice the difference. I do recall reading that the C4S one was so shaped so as to reduce front lift reduction to match the non turbo rear wing.
 
I was going through about two a year, so fitted the C4S splitter.
Don't seem to ground it as often as turbo one.
Car seems planted at 140.
 
I changed mine to the C4s splitter purely because I think it looks nicer.

You will not notice a difference.
 

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