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Sep 30, 2008 | 09:06 PM

Mad Dog Peter

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Side spoiler savers?

Has anyone bought these and do they work?

http://www.corvetteamerica.com/cf/di...poiler%20saver

Sep 30, 2008 | 09:14 PM

RedLS1GTO

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I've absolutely blasted my front spoiler a few times and never had a problem... seems like a waste of money to me. Have you actually had a problem before?

Sep 30, 2008 | 09:15 PM

Mad Dog Peter

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The original air dams are on my 99 vert and they are beginning to fray and one is cracked along the bottom. I ordered replacements from Gene Culley here, and I saw these brackets and wondered if they might be a good addition, since I'm ripping off the old ones anyway....

Sep 30, 2008 | 09:55 PM

Stickman81

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St. Jude Donor '05-'06-'07-'08-'09-'10

Instead of tearing the spoiler away, would a reinforcement on the back side of the bumper cover just end up tearing the bumper cover away instead?

Sep 30, 2008 | 10:10 PM

Mad Dog Peter

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Possibly. Ouch. I wonder if these help with the sagging of those air dams. Maybe that is the true purpose?

Sep 30, 2008 | 10:16 PM

bumble-z

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Just say no!

Don't need em. Put your mod money elswhere.

Sep 30, 2008 | 10:37 PM

KCJeff

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If you side spoilers are sagging, these WILL help. They don't look like much, but they work to close the gap between the sagging side and the front fascia. I have installed them on my car, so I'm not just hip shooting here. Just my .02.

Sep 30, 2008 | 10:46 PM

C5SCCA

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I am not a rich guy so dont take this the wrong way, but they are under 20 dollars. If you buy them and dont like them for whatever reason, you can throw them away without too much worry.

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Sep 30, 2008 | 11:11 PM

0TheRadioFlyer97

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St. Jude Donor '08

I have them and i think they work best for backing out of driveways. For some reason Both vettes in the family scrape backing out, but not going in. I also replaced the standard 10mm bolts with zonc coated ones and large washers.

Sep 30, 2008 | 11:21 PM

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Mad Dog Peter

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Hey, radioflyer do you remember the washer sizes and where you got them? That sounds like an excellent fix, too.

Sep 30, 2008 | 11:25 PM

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napacruzerc5

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Installed the left side and felt stupid so never installed the right side. Both side still look the same to me. Perhaps they work as well as that tube that diverts coolant from the throttle body

Sep 30, 2008 | 11:33 PM

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0TheRadioFlyer97

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St. Jude Donor '08

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Originally Posted by napacruzerc5

Installed the left side and felt stupid so never installed the right side. Both side still look the same to me. Perhaps they work as well as that tube that diverts coolant from the throttle body

But it does !!!! Actually it serves a truely awesome purpose of not leaking collant all over the place when you want to remove the intake manifold.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mad Dog Peter

Hey, radioflyer do you remember the washer sizes and where you got them? That sounds like an excellent fix, too.

I only remembered the head size went from 10mm to 11mm with the new bolts

Sep 30, 2008 | 11:46 PM

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dobewillie

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not to keen on this mod

Oct 2, 2008 | 02:26 PM

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KCJeff

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This is not a mod.

It's a repair for sagging side spoilers.

Oct 2, 2008 | 04:55 PM

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chrisj

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St. Jude Donor '12

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Originally Posted by KCJeff

I've been eyeing them for just that purpose. After almost 7 years, my baby's sagging a little. Don't really need new pieces, just a little lift!

chris

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