personally attest to kevin phans big goofy wooden splitter not looking the least bit big or goofy when the car is driving. I didn't even know it was there.
will also testify to its merit on and off the racetrack. car has been three-wheel dirt-dropped, and bombed clear off track, and that bumper is mint.
it works so well, that after I realized what I was looking at, I felt stupid at how simple of an answer it was all this time.
here are some cell phone pictures I took of his car driving because it was just so damn hot
have run aluminium skid plates, and stolen street-sign skid plates, none of them hold up at all and are way more expensive.