Question for the lowered s2000s out there
 

Hey guys quick (noob) question. I'm hopefully picking up a set of coilovers whenever my tax return decides to finally show up, and after watching my roommate pull my car into a driveway the other day, I realized I'm going to have to do something about the small flaps in front of the front wheels.

After doing some research, they apparently exist to create a low pressure zone in front of the front tires, which reduces drag on the underside of the car (I'm no engineer, somebody would have explain whether that's right or wrong). Will the net performance gain of lowering the car outweigh the loss of removing/clipping these flaps? What did everybody who lowered their car do to remove them? I assume people take them off/trim them, as they can scrape on things even at stock ride height.

I took mine off and never noticed a difference

i never took mine off and they sat maybe an inch off the ground, they just rubbed a little.....just leave em

this pic was taken after i raised it a little, it was maybe a 1/4 inch lower the day before this pic
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a3...5/IMG_0907.jpg

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.s2k...1bd993846f.png


Just scrape it off! :D

I took mine off and didn't notice a difference.

They look like ass IMO.

mine fell off somewhere along the way

Took mine off, have not noticed a difference. Gained 5HP

haha, i remember seeing that picture on honda tech like years ago. guess its not big deal to take them off so thats what ill do. now to figure out which ones im buying!

This has been discussed many times on this forum.

You won't notice a difference unless you are traveling at a high rate of speed (100mph+). They have been shown to impact air flow at those speeds.

True that! removed mine before the streets of AZ did 4 me haha