$3 DIY DIFFUSER with a CHOPPING BOARD! (seriously)
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After upgrading my exhaust, I wanted a rear diffuser for the car to match the look. Trouble is, there aren't many available for the Passat CC, and it's hard to find one for any car for less than $300. I set out to build one for 1% of that price, and as you'll see in this video, it worked!
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Thank you so much for your time and labor on this video. It seems like an inexpensive way of doing but it looks great when secured properly and painted. Thanks for sharing your ingenuity and skill.
Was looking up diffuser videos and ran into yours. Amazing job, I love the finished look.
This was really nicely done! Love the design you came up with too.
Excellent idea !!! Great video. Thanks for sharing, definitely my next project !!😁😁👍🏻
Well done buddy, I love to see people use a bit of imagination and get the results they wanted! How is it holding up? Did the paint stay on long term?
@StezAU
2 жыл бұрын
Honestly still looks just as fresh, I was expecting to have to repaint by now but it still looks perfect!
Have to say that’s a great idea and looks good. Love the way all Done by hand. Great video
I've used nylon twine to cut PVC pipe, I'd imagine it would cut that as well.
Great idea and nice work!
Such a sick tutorial man, thanks!
Nice video man, literally was looking for a jetta mod lol, can't wait to try
I'll be damned. That looks better than I thought it would. Good job.
Kudos man! Looks awesome, thanks for the idea! I soon will be applying your idea to my 14 cc R, subbed!
@StezAU
2 жыл бұрын
CC gang 💪 thanks legend!
Looks sick bruv! Good job and vid, subd 💪🏿
Very Nice! If u use a Rubber U Channel on the exhaust cut looks way better, and you can spray paint all in black! Here in brazil every body do this cuts and use rubber as finishing!
Definitely a great DIY. Looks good too! I have a 2009 Mini Clubman this would look great on, EXCEPT, My rear bumper is 'squared' off at the bottom so in order to do this I would either have to cut and rebuild the lower center of my bumper cover, or find one from another model of Mini (which ain't cheap so that's out of the question..lol). I already have lower side skirts (complete with 'wings') I made myself using styrene house baseboards from Home Depot, and built a front splitter from an old abs sheet I got from someone for nothing. ;)
@StezAU
2 жыл бұрын
Mate that's the way to do it 👌
Great idea Im definitely trying it
Well done bro, I am gonna try do this actually now
Looks clean 👌👌
Thanks for sharing 👍 brilliant idea which I gonna copy on my ride.
I was looking for this, thanks
You did great.
Nice vid, excellent idea
That was legit man!
great idea
Nice 👍, Gunna do something very similar to my charger, but with aluminum, no way I'm paying for that crap that's mass produced. Great job dude
@StezAU
2 жыл бұрын
Aluminium will be nice, if you’re painting it let me know how it goes as painting aluminium can be fiddly
@williamh6547
Жыл бұрын
@@StezAU painting aluminum is tricky ONLY because people do not properly prep it, if you clean it with metal cleaner, then sand the surface, clean again, then prime with self etching aluminum primer, THEN you paint. I have yet to have any of my aluminum projects chip, or peal. PREPARATION is the key. 👍
Man!! As someone who isn't in love with the available diffusers for my car ...this video is on point!!! Thanks for the inspiration ...
so fu*cking creative!!
Nice job..
Thanks bro
Hello my friend, how are you? Good work my friend, please, I want the exact sizes
Awesome job .. new sub
Excellent job man 👏 Did you just use regular screws? Has it been ok on the car after all this time?
@StezAU
2 жыл бұрын
Just some basic sheet metal screws from memory, I'm going to do a 1 year update video in the next couple weeks
Well done, bro! This was always in my mind when I had a modified VW Vento GT (Jetta III in the US), but never actually DID it Now that I have a Passat CC 1.8 TSI myself, I'm interested in this vid. :-) Did the black under-bumper part came off easily ? I did noticed there are a lot of plastic clips... Thanx in forward!
@StezAU
Жыл бұрын
Nice car - the clips do come off with some persuasion, they’re not that difficult to unhook but there’s just a lot of them. Hardest part is re-aligning them all when refitting. You can just do the mod on the car but much easier once it’s off. From memory there are a couple Torx screws as well, don’t rip it off until they’re out 😅 good luck mate
I will be going for this you are genius and it looks clean as hell on the video. But its a shame that you skipped one important part at the beggining. Do you have any tips how to cut the cardboard so it fits car nicely? Or you were trying over and over again untill you got satisfying fitment?
@StezAU
2 жыл бұрын
Pretty much just trial and error yes, cut the contour gradually and hold it up against the bumper to check fitment. Hold it with as little pressure as possible to make sure the cardboard isn’t flexing as this will reduce accuracy, and you can shine a torch from the other side and look for gaps where light is shining through to get it perfect. Hope that helps 👍
Wow I rate you!!!! 👍
what is this material bro??😮
In the future you should use RIT Dye instead of painting them, that way even if they get nicked up it will always be black
@StezAU
Жыл бұрын
That’s interesting I’ll look into that
Bro, tell me, how did you go about getting the template ?
@StezAU
2 жыл бұрын
Just started with some cardboard pieces that I thought looked decent, tweaked size and shape until I liked how they looked, and then fine tuned the edge that sits against the car to make sure they were flush. You'll want 2 templates, one for the inner pair and one for the outer pair, as they sit slightly differently on the car. Very easy, just use some thick cardboard and play around a bit
what downforce will this add to my 90s honda civic
@StezAU
3 жыл бұрын
should add at least 40hp of downforce bro
@barabasiistvan1709
2 жыл бұрын
@@StezAU lol!
@barabasiistvan1709
2 жыл бұрын
It's a difuser of the wind from underneath the car! Helps in turned
@carlmollnowii340
2 жыл бұрын
It will add no downforce. Purely cosmetic. This is added to the rear valence, which is not a diffuser.
Can i know the material of chopping board because i cant find it
@StezAU
Жыл бұрын
Plastic type is HDPE, a lot of chopping boards are made from it
Siiick
Nice jop
This is actually bonkers, such a good idea, i have just finished doing this on my Audi A3 8P, looks pretty decent concidering it cost me like £5 and if i decide i dont like it in the future i can just buy a diffuser for £80. Cheap mods like this make me happy. I sanded my fins to 800 grit and i they where completely smooth, everything was pretty easy to do, the only thing that was kinda hard was getting rid of the texture, that was a pain... other than that im well chuffed :)
@danblades5893
2 жыл бұрын
Is yours facelift 8p. Mins has the grey diffuser factory and it’s so hard to get the cardboard shapes
@ToximGV
2 жыл бұрын
No mines the pre face lift so its smooth at the back, i actually wanted the facelift back but they arent interchangeable, it would however look really cool with these fins on, you should persevere and get them to fit, use cardboard and just keep making tempaltes till they fit nicely
How did you get your template
@StezAU
2 жыл бұрын
Just trial and error with cardboard
You could have bought black cutting boards
@StezAU
2 жыл бұрын
Where's the fun in that? 😜 also makes it a little harder to demonstrate shaping on camera
hello there
I think it’s time to call out the elephant in the room. You did not add a rear diffuser to your car. Your car came with a rear diffuser. What do you did was take off the rear diffuser that was supplied with the vehicle, screw some fins to that diffuser, and put that same diffuser back on… now with fins. Which ultimately serve no purpose. Fins add no downforce above a diffuser without fins, and are completely pointless.
@StezAU
Жыл бұрын
Correct, it’s a visual mod🗿a functional diffuser is not required on a daily driven Passat that averages 27kph
@jvinsnes
9 ай бұрын
lol this comment