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when you bottom out with a metal one, the dam will bend/crumple and not bend back. Neither of the two shown here would be sturdy enough that they would damage the car if they were hit.
Isn't that the reason they were engineered with flexible plastic? I would have to replace a metal one every week.
anyone post up a stock one and a aftermarket one (one you made) i'm looking to make my own but i don't know what would be best, galvanized sheet metal or another based metal. Also dimensions would help too! because i dont want to make it to long and it starts hitting everything, lol.
I really like the solution in this link! It handles the cooling, structural enhancing for the chin spoiler, and provides brake ducting!! I really wish this was a production piece, don't think I have the skills or resources for this. may attempt something when time permits.
very nice, sadly i could only do a third of that since the rest of it has to do with alot of folding and riveting... dont know the dimensions that well.
I really like the solution in this link! It handles the cooling, structural enhancing for the chin spoiler, and provides brake ducting!! I really wish this was a production piece, don't think I have the skills or resources for this. may attempt something when time permits.
Does anyone know who made that? Maybe he could throw some instuructions our way, or just make some so we could buy em? He could make some $$$ off of that
I think if you made it in 2 pieces and had a spring loader to connect the pieces you might get by if you hit something it would spring back when you went over a bump or hit something it would spring and then spring back i am going to look into some parts to make it do that. I will prompt you all when i find some parts. and if you all feel froggy enough to fab one since i am in the middle of a transmission swap its the least of my worries right now.
Here I found it. Perfect. Check this out for all those that think it will scrape. http://www.guden.com/ItemDisplay/Ite...e%20select%20- just find where you want to make it a two piece and bolt it right on. I might even after i am done with my camaro fab one up just to show you all. Even sounds like they can make a design to. Maybe better than the first on in the pic. Get 2 of those i would think this whole air dam fab would work. http://www.guden.com/Static.aspx?pag...ring_Hinge.asp
this is the same place. This is for Stronger ones if you think it might be to weak on the first link to use.
even to just bolt the hinge on the frame and then put a foil in the front to make it where it dont' spring all the way back and just stops at the angle you need so when it springs it will spring back to the position you had before.
If it's too strong it would damage your lower rad brace.
Here's Mine (there's still body shop dust over everything)
See in the picture where he had to bend the metal. Well dont have to just get a nice solid straight piece. Put the hinges on the frame and then on the metal. and in the front of it put some sort of stopper foil whatever u want to call it. so it dont' spring all the way up. This is possible. they might even be able to make angle ones so you don't have to put nothing in the front. Just one thing make sure the spring is tough. Because don't want the wind to sheer it up. Just strong enough where it holds wind and light duty enough to fold up if you scrape.
I wish I'd seen this thread long ago, I've had a few issues with these airdams. The first issue, I ripped one off, driving through a canyon, because of a small rock slide. I was out in BFE, so I had to do something at the Ace hardware store in the next little town, it was overheating. I had them cut me a length of 1" by 1" angle iron, then they rented me a drill for an hour. Once I got that on, I had them cut me 2 lengths of thin wood to make it 3.5" deep. I installed one, and saved the other for when the first one broke. Took about 2 months to break it, I was trying to keep from breaking it. I can't recommend this, but it got me home.
I plan on making mine like a C5 vette airdam. I will add a 1" vertical flange under the radiator support, with 4 drilled holes. Each pair of holes will have a small diameter steel cable looped thru it and a thick rubber flat airdam. on the backside of the flange, connecting the ends of the cable (completeing each the loop) will be a fairly stout spring. I will probably use actual OEM corvette pieces, as they work pretty good.
The one on my 97 GTP was spring loaded to allow for it to take the occasional hit without damage. I wish I had some pictures to show how everything was installed, but the car left last week. I would say use a couple of hinges that put the pivot point behind the dam and a 2-4 springs that pull the dam forward would result in a similar setup. You could even use the stock air dam if you're creative enough
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since i am in the middle of a transmission swap its the least of my worries right now. 
