How important is it?
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Le Mans Master
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From: Bonney Lake Washington
How important is it?
Sorry if this is repeating: had our driveway replaced and now an additional dip causes the brief "scritching" noise of the plastic spoiler underneath. I understand it must have the function of aiding a smoother airflow....how valuable is it? Could I remove it without noticeable change?
Racer
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From: Orlando Florida
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It is not a must for cooling there are people that take them off. Steve (fixed roof) doesn't has it on his car 2 low and just scraped everywhere and hasn't had a problem in over a year. This is sitting in orlando traffic aswell as a trip to kentucky.
chris
chris
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From: ~The DARKSIDE Group~
The scraping will not hurt the air dam, it is designed to flex. Occasionaly you'll see strings of the air dam material dangling, just pull it, it comes off easily. This common on all C5's.
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Yep, scraping the front airdam is part of the charm of owning a C5! 
Leave it alone......
Leave it alone......
