Tee2Green

Hi All,

Recently I test drove a 2009 ZR1. The looks and power were awesome however the front spoiler/air dam scraped on the ground during a few grade changes. Is there a modification available to change the front spoiler/air dam for more clearance? I would only be using the car as a daily driver on the street.

Cheers

ufaj26

When possible, it helps to slow down as much as you can safely and approach them at an angle rather than head on. However, that's not always possible. You could remove it and use the Z06 type spoiler up front or go with a cheaper fiberglass type. If you know for a fact you'll be using it where it's going to scrape a lot it's a shame just to tear up the carbon fiber piece plus they are expensive to replace. You could also just remove it completely if you dont mind the different look.

gkzr1

Its very possible that the car was lowered on stock bolts by the previous owner. I have around 5k miles on my car an I have only lightly scraped maybe as many times as i can count on one hand.

ace32x

this ^ before i lowered mine on the stock bolts it rarely scraped. and when it did it was just the lower plastic air damns

mirage2991

It's called learn to drive the car! Lol

K B Vettin

my first zr1 was lowered on stock bolts and i scrapped a lot and now on my second zr1 it's at stock height and i don't scrape at all. you should see if it's at stock height and adjust accordinly

RPO_Z06

2700 miles on my stock one and I've never scraped it, but I came from a lowered Z06 so I know all the "tricks" - most of which are paying attention and not driving it like a truck.

NytmereZ

Pull in on an angle, meaning one tire at a time, it works on any low car.

05dsom

Also, it may be just scraping on the underside of the splitter and not the front, clear-coated (visible) portion. Mine has done this a few times and unless you lay on the ground looking up at the underside, you cannot tell any difference. I would just check to see if it's visible, drive slow at an angle up inclines and enjoy that bad boy

PHPD7102

Don't mistake the plastic air dam scraping for the splitter, look under the chin for marks.

TWS Racing

This ^

Both of mine are lowered on stock bolts and I do not scrape the splitter, just occasionally touch the plastic air dam underneath the car. Of course, I remain aware of what I am driving and take parking lot humps and angled driveways very carefully.

ZR1Cat

I am not so sure that a ZR1 makes for the best daily driver. You should reconsider that notion.

My daily driver is a 2013 Subaru Outback 3.6 Limited. I love its practicality, AWD, relative fuel economy, storage space, etc.

P.S. it has considerable ground clearance and never scrapes anything.