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Side Skirts and front air dams

Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 7:22 am
by dragansj
I wonder if these would fit the aussie ES ?

https://www.globalmitsubishiparts.com/p ... at3=144387

Dragan

Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 7:32 am
by LZY_EYE
They will fit, but you will probably find them cheaper from x-factor :)

Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 7:34 am
by Chubb
Pretty sure that would fit mate because the US model lancer has the same styling as ours just a different name. As far as I know the DS is the US's name for our ES.

Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 7:35 am
by Chubb
bet me Shane.

Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 3:49 pm
by Dire
I heard someone mention VRX's have slightly different suspension/height to VR's (and ES's by extension I suppose)?
Is this true?

Ie is their absolutely any issues with putting VRX airdams onto a VR?

Am I gonna scrape them ever? :P
I've scraped the little plastic things infront of the wheels, are the airdams likely to hit curbs?
The xfactor ones are pretty heavy (2.5kg), would the mitsu ones be lighter or are they meant to be heavy?

Just don't want to make a bad buy.

Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 4:06 pm
by Graham
Mez (Adrian) has these on his VR, they look good and he got them from x-factor our club sponsor

you shouldn't scrape them but maybe Adrian could give you a bit more info on how they've been :)

Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 4:10 pm
by tadz0rz
Ive just ordered a set of front air dams off shadows. The parts dont weigh 2.5 kg. thats the entire shipping box.

You wont be disapointed with the quality of the x-factor front air dams. They are manufactured in accordance of OEM specs from mitsubishi. Shadows has a very strict quality control and if anything happens hes more than happy to help

Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 4:15 pm
by LZY_EYE
I will tell you now you are going to scrape them. Everyone does including people with a VRX. You just learn to live with it ;)

The airdams are pretty light. I reckon the 2 are probably 1kg total.

Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 4:21 pm
by SIR-VRX
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Stock VRX Height ;)

They way I see it, they are sacrificial, a cheap replacement, and they save the actual bumper getting damaged you see.

Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 4:26 pm
by Graham
those air dams look pretty banged up :shock:
But then again my lip is in pretty bad condition and so is part of my bumper before I had the lip :(

From normal view though you will usually never see the under-damage :)

Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 4:27 pm
by SIR-VRX
That's it. You don't see them from above ;)

Have to get on the ground to see it

Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 4:54 pm
by LZY_EYE
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not airdams but basically sit as low.

This was when the car is lowered. My airdams were no where near as bad, and they came off the car at the same time...

Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 5:15 pm
by blade888
My car's a VR and I have the Front Air Dams on mine. I have scraped both of them twice each side just from general driveways. And I am at stock height.

Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 6:12 pm
by Dire
SIR-VRX wrote:Image


I have hit those plastic rectangle things twice already.
Are they higher/lower/similar to the air dams? Would very much like to know.
While I'm asking, what are they even for?

I need to get onto box curbs sometimes to park and if the air dams are GOING to scrape then its not really an option, I'll forget about them until I don't have to park their anymore.

My first car was a lowered + evo VI kit lancer and hitting that beautiful front bumper on curbs was the worst feeling, and I'd hate it more in my new lancer.
They might be 'cheap' buts its not really cheap to me right now, so I'll spend on something that'll be safe. 8)

Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 6:15 pm
by Graham
A cheap option could be something like an under-car-bra or some black vinyl underneath the car.

Perhaps try the front bumper blackout mod and also do a line around the front bottom end end of the car in vinyl, you could even take it the whole way around the car :P

Just a cheaper option I thought of just then though :)