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Old Aug 30, 2015 | 12:10 AM
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One hour into our three hour drive home with my wife's new ZO6. She hit a piece of metal in the road. It tore the lower deflector halfway off. We stopped at an O'Reillys and I bought some tools to remove it. Do I need to replace it? Our driveway has a slight incline and her '08 C6 narrow body and '12 gs vert always dragged the lower deflector. It woud be nice to not have the whole neighborhood hear that dragging noise when she backs into the driveway.
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Our C& Z06 with Z07 package sits extremely high off the ground. It doesn't rub where the ZR1 does.

I would 100% recommend getting a new lower deflector back on the car asap.
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Old Aug 30, 2015 | 11:49 AM
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Originally Posted by EDBLU
One hour into our three hour drive home with my wife's new ZO6. She hit a piece of metal in the road. It tore the lower deflector halfway off. We stopped at an O'Reillys and I bought some tools to remove it. Do I need to replace it? Our driveway has a slight incline and her '08 C6 narrow body and '12 gs vert always dragged the lower deflector. It woud be nice to not have the whole neighborhood hear that dragging noise when she backs into the driveway.
Replace what? Your wife???
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Old Aug 31, 2015 | 06:15 PM
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Thanks. Not replacing the wife. Its taken me 26 years to almost get her like I want her. And the Z06 is her car so she would take it with her.
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Pics will be nice to ensure that we all speak about the same thing... 😊
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Old Aug 31, 2015 | 09:57 PM
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Aero... put it back on and trim it shorter to clear your driveway if you absolutely need. Those effect the air movement under the car and as I see help channel air to the steering rack area.
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