Front Spoiler clearance?
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From: Los Angeles CA
my spoiler ht is 4.5 inches, I could cut 1 or so inches off, and it would look sleeker, my car is stock height, I like the ground clearance.
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From: PA
What you ordered there from Zip looks like the Z-51 spoiler to me. It looks the same as mine. When I was trying to figure out what middle section I needed I seen lots of pictures in lots of Corvette catalogs and remember these pictures. So this is why I'm saying what you ordered looks like the Z-51 spoiler.
Being your car is lower than normal I think you're going to have to trim this new spoiler down (in height).
Being your car is lower than normal I think you're going to have to trim this new spoiler down (in height).
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From: Indianapolis IN
What you ordered there from Zip looks like the Z-51 spoiler to me. It looks the same as mine. When I was trying to figure out what middle section I needed I seen lots of pictures in lots of Corvette catalogs and remember these pictures. So this is why I'm saying what you ordered looks like the Z-51 spoiler.
Being your car is lower than normal I think you're going to have to trim this new spoiler down (in height).
Being your car is lower than normal I think you're going to have to trim this new spoiler down (in height).
The link does not menteiond Z51 etc...
http://www.zip-corvette.com/Zip/prod...737E157E1FD02C
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From: PA
The older Mid Americas, Ecklers, Zip and so one used to list both along with their measurments. I think what's happening is these places just sell the Z-51 style now. I could be wrong on that. Yesterday I looked in 3 latest catalogs and these 3 catalogs only listed 1 front spoiler and were very vauge in their descriptions.
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Hi I'm dropping the front of my 93 corvette 1 1/2" I was planing on cutting the front spoiler 3/4" to 1" shorter in front. this will give me a little more clearance and also get rid of a lot of damage my spoiler has already. It's damaged now so I don't have any thing to lose by tring to shorten it. I plan on repainting it semi gloss black with flex-agent when done.
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From: PA
A little story here. A friend of mine in Texas had an 84 Z-51. A couple years back he parked the front of his car over top of one of those cement blocks in a parking lot. That broke his middle section of spoiler pretty good. He took the middle section off with the intensions or replacing it, but never did. He continued driving his 84 to work and claimed he had no change in water temperature. This was hard for me to believe, but that's what he told me.
Hey LD85, maybe make an experiment without your Prowler for a few days. See if your temperature goes higher. If it doesn't then you can trim your new spoiler for cosmetic looks and maybe not be so concerned with how much to trim off.
I forgot, he drove his 84 everyday for the next year and a half without the middle section, then sold his 84 last fall.
Hey LD85, maybe make an experiment without your Prowler for a few days. See if your temperature goes higher. If it doesn't then you can trim your new spoiler for cosmetic looks and maybe not be so concerned with how much to trim off.
I forgot, he drove his 84 everyday for the next year and a half without the middle section, then sold his 84 last fall.
Last edited by 65747785; May 20, 2009 at 08:24 AM.
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From: Kempner Texas
I never realized how low mine was until today. I think it is stock (86 coupe-early, not Z51); but where I parked today I backed into a spot and walking away, the car was kind of 'above' me on a hill and I could see under the front of the car. My spoiler is a mess! The center section looks pretty jayed up and the right side looks like it is crooked. It scrapes pulling into my drive and into the lot at work. I think I will look into the aftermarket skid plates when I replace it and get the car painted.
Just grab a sheet of heavy grit sandpaper (120 or so) and have at it. Only takes a few and makes it look a whole lot better. I hit mine occasionally.
If you want to go that extra mile, mask off the painted parts and spray the spolier with some flat black. I use trim paint.
Jake
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Last edited by JAKE; May 20, 2009 at 01:27 PM.
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From: Indianapolis IN
Thanks Jake, some have been measuring the spoiler width and I was not sure which of the measurements were from the ground up or spoiler mount surface to the spoiler bottom.
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From: Brookfield CT NCM#522998
Thanks for the heads up! The prowler can not be trimmed, no way... so if I have to trim this one, thats OK.
The link does not menteiond Z51 etc...
http://www.zip-corvette.com/Zip/prod...737E157E1FD02C
The link does not menteiond Z51 etc...
http://www.zip-corvette.com/Zip/prod...737E157E1FD02C
