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Originally Posted by derekbrz24
What rear spats are on the car?
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I believe Daniel runs our rear spats.
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Originally Posted by Brink
Can you confirm your splitter requires the support rods to be installed on a 2017 BRZ? Yours was a product I liked the looks of (particularly with the added endplates), and I liked for previous model years that there was the option of installing without support rods for <90 MPH, or with rods for greater speeds. It seems due to changes to the front end of the 2017 model year the mounting points now require the support rods for all installations. Is this true? I don't like the idea of drilling into the front crash beam to install this if that is the case, so I'll probably end up going in a different direction. Right now the APR front air dam (and other aero kit) is at the top of my list but I'm waiting a bit longer to see if anything else becomes available since there isn't much for 2017+ yet.
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The front support rods are necessary on the 2017+ GT86 and BRZ due to the forces the front splitter sees at anything above 80ish MPH. The previous generations were able to have mounting on the bumper further forward which could handle the forces up to 100MPH. The newer generations have mounting very far rearward, the support rods allow the front splitter to handle the load.
Hope that helps make sense of everything. The drilling is minimal and 100's of people have done it so far. If you want a front splitter that produces reasonable amounts of downforce, you'll need to figure out a way to connect the splitter (any brand) to a support structure on the front of the vehicle (crash beam, rad support, etc).
Thanks,
Eric