After a brief discussion with @
eric6, we decided I should share my experience with everyone else. I do not feel that their product "failed" or didn't perform... in fact their street splitter performs too good in certain instances
I've yet to have any problems, or complaints and I'm still planning to purchase their race upgrade once it is available.
We all knew there would be one. Someone who takes the street splitter to a failure point. I feel that the rivet nuts are a great method to mount the splitter, and never had any doubt that it was secure. I have had it 100+ several times. I've had it to 115 a couple times. For some reason, I had a wild hair and pushed further. Around 125mph the splitter let go. The front 4 rivet nuts pulled through the facia/bumper cover and along with a rapid shift in airflow, the front edge of the splitter was dragging/skipping along the pavement. I gradually slowed, not wanting to decelerate rapidly and make it scrape worse, and stopped to inspect the damage. I initally thought that it pulled the bumper loose from some of the mounts and the entire nose of the car was dragging, because the splitter is pretty secure once mounted, but one look cleared up what happened. I got home, removed the splitter, took some pics and PM'ed Eric on here. I inquired about new rivet nuts (so I can repair and reattach my splitter), and explained what happened, provided pics, discussed a few things etc. One of our ideas is the possibility of installing washers on the rivet nuts before tightening them so its spreads the load over a larger area than just the "X" from the rivet nut. Also, I'm impressed with the material. It didn't chip, crack, break, or have any damage other than shaving down as it rubbed against the pavement.
Here are some pics. Notice that the middle of the splitter is worn down from dragging on the pavement until I could slow down enough that it wasn't deflecting into the pavement. Also, the middle holes appear to have been pulled straight down and tore in a bit of an X pattern. The outer holes both tore the facia/bumper cover slightly as they pulled through.
To make a long story short... I'm the guy who pushed the street splitter to a failure of mounting points. I don't consider it a failure of their product, and if anything it proves just how well it WORKS (guys have said they can stand on the splitter and it stays...). If you're into freeway runs, or prolonged runs at high speed, then wait for the race upgrade. It functions perfectly at normal speeds, and until I get new hardware... I'll be missing mine
