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From: Suffolk County New York
St. Jude Donor '10, '14
Try to figure this one out.
Z51 is missing the center piece which is designed to work in conjunction with the rear spoiler.
Base has the corner pieces and the middle piece
Base with the optional installed Z51 spoiler has the corner pieces and the middle piece.
Does this mean that the rear spoiler is unsafe in the non Z51
or that there is no reason to delete the center piece in the Z51
Hope this helped.
Z51 is missing the center piece which is designed to work in conjunction with the rear spoiler.
Base has the corner pieces and the middle piece
Base with the optional installed Z51 spoiler has the corner pieces and the middle piece.
Does this mean that the rear spoiler is unsafe in the non Z51
or that there is no reason to delete the center piece in the Z51
Hope this helped.
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I didn't put the center piece back on mine when I got it back from the factory. If the Z51 runs cooler without it, I figured my non-Z51 would run cooler without it too.
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From: Ocean Springs MS
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From: Papillion NE
I took off all three of them on my car too. Im not a racer and find it hard to believe that there are that many people this concerned about the heat build up due to the part missing. In my case I did it as my driveway is steep and it rubs pretty bad. I'm also hoping that some items on the road will now clear without hitting that piece. It does look a lot cleaner in the front with out it.
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