Air Dam Removal
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Burning Brakes
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Air Dam Removal
Just wondering what the downside to removing the air dam would be. It scrapes every time I back out of my driveway and its starting to drive me nuts. Have any of you done this?
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The air flow to your radiator will be disrupted. The air dams are relatively easy and inexpensive to replace. I would leave it on and once it gets to looking really crummy, just replace it.
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Originally Posted by JDs00PewterCoupe
The air flow to your radiator will be disrupted. The air dams are relatively easy and inexpensive to replace. I would leave it on and once it gets to looking really crummy, just replace it.
It also lowers your coefficent of drag. It is designed to scrape,
the center section pivots to fold back if need be, and they are
inexpensive to replace.
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Originally Posted by DirteeDave
Just wondering what the downside to removing the air dam would be. It scrapes every time I back out of my driveway and its starting to drive me nuts. Have any of you done this?
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Here is a picture of the install with frame Savers as well , thanks
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water
Originally Posted by Shylor
Yes if you really want to remove your front air dam then I would install the big mouth.
Drifting
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Not at all , its completely the oppssite effect ! The Big Mouth seals that area off from picking up road trash or water and because of its shape and position ( there is no terbulance ). Plus now its 1.5 feet away from the front tires ( no splash ).
Last edited by golfman2008; Aug 7, 2004 at 09:24 AM.
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Originally Posted by tT-REXXX
I would be afraid of ingesting water into the engine from a small puddle. Thats another funtion of the airdam ya think!
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yes , yes ! it looks very clean
Originally Posted by golfman2008
Not at all , its completely the oppssite effect ! The Big Mouth seals that area off from picking up road trash or water and because of its shape and position ( there is no terbulance ). Plus now its 1.5 feet away from the front tires ( no splash ).
