Spring Install Day
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Originally Posted by 2poor2mod,Apr 6 2009, 10:48 AM
It may not be the tire rubbing unless you can see where the tire actually rubbed. Check the little plastic flap in front of the front tire. It looks like an air diffusor of some sort. I thought my lip was scraping and my tire was rubbing but upon further investigation i found it to be this little plastic flap.
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Originally Posted by mjschrage,Apr 6 2009, 01:15 PM
Yup this is the piece that I am talking about removing, nothing to do with the wheel hitting (Yet). Can I remove this piece, what the hell is it?
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Originally Posted by mjschrage,Apr 6 2009, 12:15 PM
Yup this is the piece that I am talking about removing, nothing to do with the wheel hitting (Yet). Can I remove this piece, what the hell is it?
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Those flaps in front of the wheel are not the same material as the wheel well liners, they're more of a rubbery plastic composition. Don't worry about them rubbing, the bend and flex very easily, and will eventually shave down to a more acceptable level 
Definitely DO NOT remove them, as Jeremy said, they're there for higher speed aero. They help keep air from hitting the front of the tires and going underneath. From what I've heard, without them the steering could get noticeably lighter at speed.
Definitely DO NOT remove them, as Jeremy said, they're there for higher speed aero. They help keep air from hitting the front of the tires and going underneath. From what I've heard, without them the steering could get noticeably lighter at speed.
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Originally Posted by mjschrage,Apr 6 2009, 10:42 AM
Damn mine went down low as $hit already, there is only a one finger gap in most spots and thats if I give it a good wiggle. The flanges that hang down before the front tires that seem to be made out of the same material as the wheel liners scrape now and then. At first I thought it was my front lip, but there is no way. Are these important? I'm planning to remove them.
Handling had improved. Going into work today there is this one corner that usually causes some decent body roll, and I kept pushing it with no role action!!! Loved it.
Handling had improved. Going into work today there is this one corner that usually causes some decent body roll, and I kept pushing it with no role action!!! Loved it.
