Over the last month or so I've acquired a Circuit Sports carbon rear diffuser and also some fibre glass black side steps. I've not had these fitted yet as I'd like to secure a front lip first and get them all done at once (as well as a front bumper respray) so the car has a reasonably balanced look all round. I've narrowed down my lip hunt to the three pictured below, but, as modding of any sort is totally new to me, I'm hoping some of the experienced and knowledgable people here can help me out with some learner questions please.
1) The difference in quality between the carbon and fibre glass is huge, I've seen some lips in urethane, where does this fit on the quality/robustness spectrum? Is there anything that can be applied to the fibre to make it feel a bit stronger?
2) As you can see form the lips I'm looking at I would prefer to have something with ends which taper in and covers the bit of bumper under the grill. I'm not a massive fan of the huge steps which stick out on the corners on some lips. Are there any others which I should consider that aren't below?
3) Can you fit the stillen splitter without the metal support struts on the bumper? I'm not a big fan and I'm doing these mods for the look rather than the aero gains.
4) I've been googling but not had much luck find uk based suppliers, does anyone have any suggestions? I'm a bit too inexperienced to just throw a load of cash at ebay.
I'm sure you're all too familiar with these products to need the photos (I've probably grabbed the wrong ones from google images anyway) but I thought I'd include them for a visual reference to what I mean.
Mines - I really love this, but my wallet says no.
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As ever, thanks for any tips, they're always appreciated.