Japanparts = WOOSAH... ARC splitters for Prodrive lip

[silverF4turbo]

I got this Prodrive lip the day after Prodrive USA announced it was closing.

Prodrive has always been one of the cleanest looking front lips... and that's why I've wanted it for so long... even though I wanted clean I was getting concerned it wasn't aggressive enough... like it needed something else

ARC makes a bunch of front wing lip splitters for Honda, Nissan and Mitsubishi... but NO SUBARU wtf


The closest fit I could find is the Evo 6 GSR. The ARC splitters are universal enough but it would look stupid if you got one that ended up being twice as long as the bumper or too short.

The Evo 6 GSR and Impreza WRX have similar wheelbases of 98.8" and 99.4" making them easy to compare. I used Photoshop to overlay two side view photos of the cars lined up at the hubs - and the bumper size ended up being damn near identical


Finally I ordered these from Japan Parts - and within ONE WEEK of when I ordered they showed up from Tokyo







They were out of stock at JapanParts in Tokyo and the website said it would be a 2-3 week wait. I actually ordered the Evo 5 (cp9a) ones by mistake and had to email them my corrected order of the Evo 6 GSR's (cp9a"m"). They had to run down the street to the ARC factory in Japan to pick them up

Unwrapping them was the longest 2 minutes of my life but they FIT PERFECTLY on the stock wrx bumper.

I also liked the Evo 6 because the sides ended before reaching the front splitter part so it could be trimmed drown if it ended up too long - but not even necessary!


Installed pics coming in a week or so I'm hoping!

[djerickd]

I'm on the fence, I'd have to see them painted and mounted... I was thinking one big under splitter I didn't ralize there were two!

[DohcVtec]

mine fit fit pretty well.

[silverF4turbo]

well it all depends if you want the spitter to stick out in the front or not...

here's the R33 ones on a bug... it's actually a splitter


The Evo 6 GSR should give a nice lip in the front too, since the bumper is the same size

It really just comes down to personal tastes

[Blamecanada999]

Another ARC Splitter-equipped STi spotted up here at the NE Dragway.



Strikingly similar to DohcVtec's car, actually. Same vehicle?

[bugeyesubie]

that gunna look good. pics of the install?
i want to do the prodrive lip with the APR carbonfibre splitter.

[Koji]

Seriously dude, post pics when you're done. I also have the Prodrive lip but have been thinking about adding something else to make it look just a bit more aggressive. This would be a good addition. What did these cost you anyway? Link to the parts page?

[Texas Money]

yup, thats the same car. thats pretty badass

[SG02WRX]

Originally Posted by silverF4turbo

well it all depends if you want the spitter to stick out in the front or not...

here's the R33 ones on a bug... it's actually a splitter


The Evo 6 GSR should give a nice lip in the front too, since the bumper is the same size

It really just comes down to personal tastes

More pics please

[silverF4turbo]

Price for ARC "Front wing lip splitter" with shipping was 28,085 Yen to Washington DC

http://www.japanparts.com/db/partsli...er=100&volkey=

So like $280-ish maybe? Usually the conversion is knock the last 2 digits off but with the economy doing how it does you might want to double check the latest rate

Prodrive definitely could benefit from something more... DIY lip and Trackdogracing lip were the other two I considered. My friend RIP EP3 got the Track Dog lip and it looks sick

[D Money]

mine come in tomorrow. I will mount them up and see how they fit on the JUN bumper, but it looks like the skyline ones are the longest from front to back. Yours are really nice, but they are really long from side to side and would past that part in the middle of the jun bumper where it slants up kinda. lol

I ordered the dc2 ones which seemed to be the biggest, but yours are definately bigger.

oh and john, since you're a japanparts guru, do they have jdm headlights and sti carbon side markers still?

[Koji]

Originally Posted by silverF4turbo

Prodrive definitely could benefit from something more... DIY lip and Trackdogracing lip were the other two I considered. My friend RIP EP3 got the Track Dog lip and it looks sick

That was the other one I was thinking about. Have any pics of your buddies setup? Thanks man, this is helpful.

[silverF4turbo]

Originally Posted by Koji

That was the other one I was thinking about. Have any pics of your buddies setup? Thanks man, this is helpful.

Sure
http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/show....php?t=1527819

I'm sure DC2 will be sick on JUN - you can always trim these to be shorter... it's just making them longer thats the issue (or having to shortening them further than the side piece allow)

Japanparts has everything Subaru of Japan offers at dealership parts counters so I believe so... I just needed these with the quickness so I can get my lip put on!

[IIdiceII]

i want those ****ing mirrors so bad!

my bug might look really similar to that soon

[jason.g]

damn...everybody and they mom have these now

at least I'm in good company. everyone who has them seems to have good taste

[silverF4turbo]

Hah yeah I thought I was gonna be the first

But then SookSook posted his blue bugeye on the same day as I was gonna post this... and now all these other cars coming out of the woodworks lol

Can't beat the look tho for sure

[Snig]

Originally Posted by DohcVtec

mine fit fit pretty well.

Which model splitter did you go with? Running the V-limited lip too? Looks like it fits great!

[RwIrCx]

sick!

[D Money]

Originally Posted by silverF4turbo

Sure
http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/show....php?t=1527819

I'm sure DC2 will be sick on JUN - you can always trim these to be shorter... it's just making them longer thats the issue (or having to shortening them further than the side piece allow)

Japanparts has everything Subaru of Japan offers at dealership parts counters so I believe so... I just needed these with the quickness so I can get my lip put on!

i just went through the entire arc thread on honda tech, hopefully these fit good. If not, I may get the ones you have and trim them down, not sure.

The r33 ones are sick because they have that little tab that comes off the back to reach from the front of the bumper to the back near the wheel. See the ones I got are big, but im not sure if they will stick out in the front and still reach the back of the front bumper. We'll find out tomorrow, otherwise ill sell them on HT and order another set. These definately are sick ass hell and protect the bumper from getting ****ed up.

[DohcVtec]

Originally Posted by Snig

Which model splitter did you go with? Running the V-limited lip too? Looks like it fits great!

dc2 version. i actually hit them on the ground alot LOL and they've taken a beating since the snow started melting. rims are for sale as of tonight!

[08EJ25]

Nice lip

[silverF4turbo]

The R33's were the first one's I was planning on getting cuz well... they're for the GT-R But I wanted that clean look like the Voltex CF pieces.

The R33's rather than flow with the prodrive clean lines create their own aggressive (yet hot) style... spear-fishing look

I'm sure the DC2 again will be fine esp after seeing the second pic of them... but if you end up going with these, measure how much longer the JUN bumper is than stock one - because Evo 6 GSR exactly fit stock. Of the others, S14 has a longer bumper too iirc... I can look up some other lengths for comparos

[Young Griffs]

if you could check some lengths for me, that would be sick man! I tried, but found nothing.

-D Money

[D Money]

ok i test fitted mine on the JUN and they fit ****ing awesome! Lines up in the front, same shape as the bumper, and stick out nice on the sides. The only thing is they dont reach all the way to the back of the bumper, but most don't from the ones im looking at. There is probably a good 2" but thats fine. They reach half way through the grill opening on the side, which follows the lines of the bumper and looks really good.

[Sooksook]

^ Less talk moar pics