Chin spoiler scrapes...
 

I'm leaning quickly that it doesn't take much to scrape the chin spoiler...

Anyone have a problem with it breaking, getting scratched up badly, etc?

High curbs, dips in the road, and speed bumps are going to be very challenging for this low hanging spoiler.

Mine has scraped maybe 10 times already, while I am sad, I am just glad it is that piece and not something that is painted. I can always buy another chin spoiler down the road if I want also.

I've not even looked at it to see if it's painted - lol.

I just heard it scrape once pulling out of a McDonalds (yeah, I know, not the classiest place that this car deserves to be seen at!), and once again pulling out of a car wash (spray-n-wash to get the bugs off)

I knew I'd bump on the mcdonalds, but the spray-n-wash surprised me a bit - not much angle...

I live in the suburbs and one of the main roads I have to travel to get anywhere (and in and out of most places near me) was re-done in the last year. Though instead of tearing it up and fixing all the problems, they just poured black top on the top layer and raised the road by one to two inches. Now none of the entrances line up and you have a nice drop then a high incline into most shops around here. I either have to go at extreme angles to get in or just know the best entrance to get in without scraping. Also, my car is not lowered at all which has me worried if I ever change things out.

That's why I wondwer why people on here are talking about lowering their 370z.

I mean, I can understand the desire for the "slammed" look, but, it's a sports-car, not a pimp-mobile.

++++1 :icon18::iagree:

The driver's side corner of my front spoiler is a little messed up from hitting it kind of hard on my parent's driveway. One of these days I am going to fix it... probably when I pull the front bumper for the Stillen G3 install.

Lowering the car lowers the center of gravity which improves handling. If your roads are not screwed up like ours here in texas, it can be a nice handling and styling boost to lower your Z. For me I only have 3/4" clearance at stock ride height getting out of my own driveway, so the best I can do is get coilovers and drop it a tiny bit.

Anyone obsessed with their chin spoiler? I'm selling mine... brand new :-)

^PM sent.

Ditto on why people lower... for many/most of us, it is about performance.... especially those who take their cars to the track... e.g., you think this cup car is lowered for the pimp factor?

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You almost have to view that lower spoiler as a wear item. I scrape mine around town daily on stock height.

Same. I've come to terms that this piece of plastic is going to have to be replaced down the road.

I actually prefer not having one at all. Now I don't have to hear it scrape all over the place and when I lower the car it won't get completely ripped off.

x2. I got a brand new one sitting in my attic. I guess it's for sale since I will not need it in Jersey Roads :shakes head:

Agreed. I replaced the one on my Vette at around 30k miles. I've already had my 370z to the shop to have a rivet drilled out and a new, larger one put back in because I took the corner off going over a deeply "V'd" driveway at an angle.

i cared when i first bought it
i scraped it during one of the canyon runs now i dont care anymore
besides sooner or later itll be replace by a lip kit a or a full front bumper
so no worries here

The guy who drove my Z from being prepped to the showroom for delivery parked it too far in to the curb and scraped that chin spoiler. The dealership replaced it and let me keep the original one. I'm sure spoiler scraping is going to be a common annoyance.

Yeah, but you can't really lower the car without changing a number of aspects of how it handles (in a bad way) - IMO, leave it stock... It already handles better than 99% of cars on the road...what more do you need?

Don't worry too much about scraping the chin spoiler.
Have fun with the car and enjoy with your normal driving.
It is only rubber/plastic and the scraping does not harm the car.
Furethermore, it can be replaced easily and it only costs $160.
I plan to replace mine every two years or when a new version come out on the next year model.

^^^ agreed, dont worry about it! Its a simple plastic piece and should almost be considered a wear item.

A well designed coilover system will not change handling in a bad way at all. Assuming you get the appropriate adjustable suspension pieces that are recommended for lowering (camber and toe mainly) and align and corner-balance the car you will be amazed at how much better the car is at handling everything from normal daily driving to track.

The car does handle incredibly well from the factory, but that doesn't mean it can't be improved.

after the first week of scrapping on everything i believe i have scraped enough off of it that it no longer hits stuff becuase i am doing quite well haha.

First i was freaking out then i realized it was just platic now i am over it. Scrape all it wants.

The guys at my dealership said don't even bother putting it on given the roads here in LA, it'll just get torn up and you'll hear it all the time.

So mine is brand new in the back of my car too.

Forrest, broke it in, don't call it a chin spoiler..it's the chin scraper

I don't have the Sport Package and thus don't have the Chin Spoiler, but even so, my wind deflectors scrape things all the time! Both the center one and the wheel ones. But they're rubber, so whatever. I just can't imagine having that Chin Spoiler if even my wind deflectors scrape all the time....