Anyone know the cost for a set?

 

Majestic has them for $11.45 a piece.

 

yep keep them on!

 

you got me laughing with your response

 

When Regan was President he kept a notepad in the desk in the oval office.
The following words appeared across the top of each sheet of note paper:

"Don't let the turkey's get you down."

No matter what one thinks of Ronald Regan, that's good advice.

 

Because my car is lowered, my front strakes tend to get pretty beat up. There is less than 2 inches between the bottom of the strakes and the road, so they'll often scrap on speed bumps, and hitting a pylon can tear the strakes right off the car. I replace my front strakes regularly (at least once a year), whenever they start looking ratty. If you want to keep the car "near new" for a long time, you've got to stay on top of the small $$hit.

The front strakes are made of flexable material because Honda knew they'd take lots of impacts. They are also designed to break away cleanly without damaging any other parts of the car, should they take a heavy impact (like running over a large pylon). Additionally, they're designed to be trivial to replace, and they're cheap to buy, so IMO they sould be considered a maintainence item, and should be replaced periodically, as a part of the normal upkeep of the car.

 

I don't know if I'd call sparrow a turkey. I can think of a few more descriptive words for him, but turkey isn't one of them


j/k Anthony

 

cool thanks for the responses guys..
but heres a question for you guys..
if lets say, the front strake is roughly 1 and a half inches long which means it covers the tires 1 and a half inches more than the front bumper does, if i lower my car 1 and a half inches, does this mean by removing the front strakes, basically i would have the same advantage of having the strakes on there at stock height? of course if i keep the strakes on there if my car is lowered there would be a greater advantage of reducing lift but if i remove them at least it would be equal to stock?

of course there are going to be guys on here that are stuck on the mentality of just keep them on regardless but in this situation what do you guys think? i could be completely wrong, so bare with me..

 

 

that sounds reasonable to me in a quick & dirty sort of way. doesn't mean its right, but its a start.

to get a slightly better (but still quick & dirty) idea, look under the car. if you picture streamlines of air and see how they'd be pushed around, that will tell you something of the effects. if there appears to be an airflow path that would be screwed up by removing them, then keep that in mind. if it doesn't look like it will mess anything up, you could try it--after alignment, add and remove them and tell us if it's different enough to feel any effect.

that certainly wouldn't be conclusive, but at least it would be a voice of experience, and it would be worth a lot more than my guess from behind the keyboard.