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Endgame 05-17-2010 05:12 PM

Do I Really Need those 'Air Dam Flaps'
 
Hey All!

I added the TS front lip to my car and lowered it amoung other things. The front air dam was taken off, but the smaller air dam flaps remain. They occasionally scrape speedbumps and low surfaces on the road. I want to take them off but am not sure what they do.

What do those do? Is it really neccesary for me to keep those??

azn370z 05-17-2010 05:16 PM

Take them off unless you like scrapping them.
It adds 200lbs of downforce. Its just an aerodynamic piece, took mine off a long time ago.

Endgame 05-17-2010 05:33 PM

I was wondering if you had...... I feel like I would not loose too much down force since I do have my TS front lip anyway. THX!!

azn370z 05-17-2010 05:56 PM

Ha ha I was joking about the downforce. But I'm sure lowering the z improves the aerodynamics so those things are no big loss.

Endgame 05-17-2010 06:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by azn370z (Post 541284)
Ha ha I was joking about the downforce. But I'm sure lowering the z improves the aerodynamics so those things are no big loss.

Dangit.. you got me!! I thought that sounded off.....

fairladyZ34 05-17-2010 10:39 PM

or leave them on so you know your only scraping those and not your front lip

SkyZ 05-17-2010 10:53 PM

or add a piece of material under it like a piece of rubber, so u know if anything scrapes its that.

Endgame 05-18-2010 06:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fairladyZ34 (Post 541680)
or leave them on so you know your only scraping those and not your front lip

That was the only reason i had left them on to date....

370Zsteve 05-18-2010 07:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Endgame (Post 541233)
Hey All!

I added the TS front lip to my car and lowered it amoung other things. The front air dam was taken off, but the smaller air dam flaps remain. They occasionally scrape speedbumps and low surfaces on the road. I want to take them off but am not sure what they do.

What do those do? Is it really neccesary for me to keep those??

What do thy do? Well your own experience shows you that they let you know how close to the ground you are. Take them off and start scraping your TS front lip, your choice, your money, go for it.

Endgame 05-20-2010 06:07 PM

yeah.. i read your post a couple days ago, thought about it and will leave them.. not that big of a deal..... Thx All!!

azn370z 05-20-2010 06:21 PM

The flaps won't prevent you from scrapping your lip because the flaps are right infront of the wheels. You will scrap your lip before the flaps. I prefer not having the flaps because if I scrap going over a speedbump I want to know if it's my lip so I know to avoid that speedbump again. So far I've only scrapped the black lip a few times on driveways.

g96818 05-21-2010 04:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fairladyZ34 (Post 541680)
or leave them on so you know your only scraping those and not your front lip

but then u wont realize it when u do scrap the lip

kenchan 05-21-2010 04:57 PM

if i added a lip id probably remove them especially if i was lowered and scraping all the time.


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