Originally Posted by mikeyc6

My base C6 scrapes a lot more than my Z51 C5 did! I drove my C5 for years without ever hearing a scrape and when I got my C6, it was so bad that I ended up trimming off about an inch of the air dam all the way across. It's still there but now it isn't as close to the ground. There haven't been any adverse affects on the car, but then again, I haven't been up to 185 MPH yet. ;-)

I'd rather my top speed be reduced from 186 MPH down to 183 MPH than scrape every entrance in town. It gets pretty annoying when everyone in parking lots looks to see who just ran over an orange traffic cone. There's a big variance in ride height amongst the C6's too. My car (base suspension) is an inch lower than most, meaning that my air dam was 2.5 inches from the ground! And no, when it's that low, hitting the entrances/exits at an angle only changes the volume of the scrape slightly, not much more. I've been driving sports cars for 20 years so I know about the angle of attack.

Based on my investigation of varying ride heights in these cars, I'd say if your air dam is 3.5 inches from the ground, leave it alone. If your car is like mine (it seems only a few are) and it came "slammed" right off the showroom floor (or if you've lowered it yourself) and it is at 2.5 inches ride height or less from the air dam to the ground, I'd say trim an inch off with scissors.

IMO, YMMV, and all the rest...

Mike

Originally Posted by slowtrak

Mike that is the best answer I have heard ! Trim the damn thing ! That works for me . I will check my height from the ground .

Originally Posted by slowtrak

What is with the front spoiler ? It makes the car too low to the ground ! Everytime I go out of my driveway and sometimes even making a turn it scrapes on the asphalt ! Has anyone taken their spoiler off ? Does it really make any difference in the handling ?