Just wondering if anyone has reversed the airdam, unbolted it, turned it around, bolted it back up. Mine is starting to bend backwards after scraping on EVERYTHING, and was wondering if anyone has tried flipping them around before. I'm asking because I don't want to crawl around in the rain, plus my car is a pita to get off the ground.

 

I have not tried reversing it, but I have tried bending it back using a heat gun and putting an angle on it like a scoop and I bent it too far causing my car to get hot fast! So I bent it back to flat and it works good.

 

As long as the bolts are solid and the damn itself is not broken it should be working fine. If its scraping on everything, try and alleviate situations where you find it scraping/being more careful so it doesn't scrape.

if it's still scraping on bumps, it could be an indicator of worn shocks/springs.

I've lowered my 84 2" and I hardly hit anything unless I'm going over a speed bump or pull to close to a curb when parking. Also occasinally if there is a bump in the road that's too steep, I'll bottom out on the nose then occasionally.

For jacking, do you have a low-profile jack? If not, get one from Sears, there is a craftsman version that starts only 2" off the ground making it easy to get under to the frame rails. Makes jacking our cars much, much easier.

 

My suspension is HEAVILY worn, it's factory equipment as far as I can tell, but I'm not going to replace shocks and struts until I can afford something good.

 

Mine was bending backwards so me and my dad took L brackets and bolted it to spot where the bolts normally go and then drilled two holes in the air dam for each bracket and put bolts into them, its very rigid now and i like it a lot, to make sure it blended in I gave it a shot of black spray paint.

 

Then again, you could break down and spend a few bux on a new one.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/82-83-84-92-...sories&vxp=mtr

 

To my eye, the air dam should be leaning slightly forward at the bottom edge like a cow catcher on the front of a train. When I noticed it was bent not just straight down, but slightly rearward at the bottom edge, this is how I fixed it:

First, I stiffened the soft plastic by screwing a thin flat piece of wood on each of the back flat sides of the air dam. Then, I mechanic wired the air dam forward slightly to two existing body bolts that are sitting right there. You might call this a Mickey Mouse repair, but it was free and it's barely noticable. It's crashed into several driveway bumps and it's been good for over 2 years.

 

I whipped this up out of a piece of conveyer belting,it works so well I haven't got around to getting a "correct" one

 

I've always thought it would be more efficient if it was angled more towards the front of the car as well. I think I'm going to try putting 2 or 3 bolts in the air dam and running wire from there to some other bolts, I'll let you guys know what the final product is.