Urethane Mirko Splitter

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I wrote Mirko Racing asking if they would make the Splitter in a Urethane form that way it would be able to take alot more beating without breaking and wrote back saying the following :
----- Original Message -----
From: BhaktaAkash@aol.com
To: mirkocar@garlic.com
Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 11:26 PM
Subject: Re: SVT Splitter

To whom it may concern,
I know you make the fiberglass splitter for the SVT. I was just wondering is there a possibility to make that splitter in a urethane form like unbreakable almost? The fiberglass one chips alot easily.

BhaktaAkash@aol.com

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Subj: Re: SVT Splitter
Date: 3/18/2003 12:13:45 PM Central Standard Time
From: mirkocar@garlic.com
To: BhaktaAkash@aol.com
Sent from the Internet (Details)

We need 10 orders for us to get our mfg going. thanks, rosi

----- Original Message -----
From: BhaktaAkash@aol.com
To: mirkocar@garlic.com
Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2003 11:26 PM
Subject: Re: SVT Splitter

To whom it may concern,
I know you make the fiberglass splitter for the SVT. I was just wondering is there a possibility to make that splitter in a urethane form like unbreakable almost? The fiberglass one chips alot easily.

BhaktaAkash@aol.com

interesting...i'll be watching this.

Interested depending on cost, is this for a se or svt also?

depending on cost, i'm in

I need a splitter before may. I am in depending on what it looks like and cost!

Originally posted by tekken4:
I need a splitter before may. I am in depending on what it looks like and cost!

It sounds like it's exactly the same as the present SVT splitter, just a different material...

is urethane more flexible then fiberglass, seeing how i have pre 98 bumper the bottoms arent the same, anyone who has michas bumper knows what i;m talking about,

WOW.......
I'd be interested in this.... Please ask them for a price..... I will be buying one soon! I'd love to have a stronger one!

I have sent another email to Mirko inquiring about getting some of these made.....

I've been putting off buying a splitter because my car is very low, and i'd hate to buy one just to have it broken.....I live in an area where trucks rule the roads, and potholes reproduce like rabbits.

Post any interest here!

I am interested, depending on price of course.

certain urethanes gets very brittle in cold weather, it all depends on the materials brittle to ductile temp. Potentially a urethane material could be much weaker than a fiberglass material in the cold weather months, especially up here in MI. You would want the Ductile to Brittle temp to be well below -10 F to have a saftey margin. Depending on the D to B temp I would be interested.

I am interested in it. Just let us know how much it will cost....

interested... depending on price as well

If you can find out the price and if its near the price of the existing fiberglass one I'd be interested

i might be in, depending on price

This is the same material the front bumper cover is made of right? If so I am definately down for one.

I have been waiting because I don't want to pay all that money to have it break on a steep driveway or something.

Depending on price I am DEF in

You have my attention....Price and availability will help

i'm in...just waiting on info like the rest...thanks

Im in for sure. Just tell me when.

Originally posted by Thinkmoto:
You have my attention....Price and availability will help

Ditto.

I dont have an svt front bumper, but if i did i would jump in on this offer. Urethane is a very strong material and usually fairly expensive. If you can get a good deal I would highly recommend it. My friends body kit is made of urethane and is virtually unbreakable

Sounds like a winner count me inner

I might be, depends on price.

Bad news everyone...... I know I was not the user who originally started this post..... but for the time being, Mirko shot us down on this idea.

Here is the E-Mail I recieved after numerous inquiries:

Quote:

Hi Jason,

At this time, unfortunately we're just not financially able to embark on the R&D for the urethane splitter...

Thanks for your interest though...
----- Original Message -----

Subj: Re: SVT Splitter in Urethane
Date: 3/25/2003 10:35:25 AM Central Standard Time
From: BhaktaAkash
To: mirkocar@garlic.com

Hello Rosi,
I had posted the letters I wrote you in the forums : group buy section of the web site for contours. www.CONTOUR.ORG And found out alot of people are interested you can go check the interest of other people at that site. What mostly everyone was asking for was a price? I had wrote that there would have to be a minimum of ten orders. Is there a way you can give me a estimate cost for this project so I can post it at the site and then see the interst of people after knowing the price. And also somebody asked what the Ductile to Brittle temp would be on the urethane used to make the splitter?

Thanks,
BhaktaAkash@aol.com

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Subj: Re: SVT Splitter in Urethane
Date: 3/25/2003 12:16:33 PM Central Standard Time
From: mirkocar@garlic.com
To: BhaktaAkash@aol.com

Actually since the first time we wrote you we found out that we will need more like a hundred orders to make it financially feasible for us and I just don't think that will happen soon enough...We just don't have the resources o nany new products right now. We're sorry.

If things change we certainly will let you know, and in the meantime, if you want to see if there are 100 orders out there, we appreciate it!

thanks, rosi mirko