Home Depot Air Dam - Fuel Economy, Hypermiling, EcoModding News and Forum

moorecomp · 07-25-2010, 02:00 AM

Finally got around to installing the HD air dam today. No ABA testing planned, as it would be a pain to r/r. I think it turned out pretty good. Sorry for the crappy cell phone pic.

cfg83 · 07-25-2010, 02:19 AM

moorecomp -

I think it looks good too. Very OEM-ish.

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Monark · 07-25-2010, 02:24 AM

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Originally Posted by moorecomp

Finally got around to installing the HD air dam today. No ABA testing planned, as it would be a pain to r/r. I think it turned out pretty good. Sorry for the crappy cell phone pic.

What material did you use to make it?

Tygen1 · 07-25-2010, 06:03 PM

Wow! Very nice installation. Could you post some detail photos of how you attached it?

I think you will see some nice benefits from this!

Patrick · 07-25-2010, 06:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Monark

What material did you use to make it?

It looks like lawn edging: Suncast Corporation 5 In. Landscape Lawn Edging, 20 Ft. - PCE2090 at The Home Depot

aburk4 · 07-25-2010, 09:29 PM

Looks good!

Is that a permanent install? Or just a cold weather modification?

moorecomp · 07-25-2010, 10:02 PM

Yes, lawn edging from HD. $7 and change for 20 feet. There is no need for detailed mounting pics, as it is simply screwed in place with sheet metal pan head screws. The nice thing about this edging is it has a lip on the edge that covers the screws installed. Simply held in place and drilled through the edging and plastic bumper. Installed screw under the lip of the lawn edging and the mounting is quite secure. At the wheel well openings, just cut the top and bottom where the lip and round part are and fold it around the edge of the opening. You can push the bottom in or out to get the look you want, then screw in place. I may add a brace in the center, as it does have a slight curve there but I am hoping the sun will straighten it out. Another pic.

aburk4 · 07-25-2010, 10:10 PM

I see. I see. Those tires are looking pretty damn good too.

moorecomp · 07-25-2010, 10:12 PM

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Originally Posted by aburk4

Looks good!

Is that a permanent install? Or just a cold weather modification?

It is held on by sheet metal screws, and can be removed in 10 minutes or less. It would be permanent, unless the deep snow causes problems, then I will remove it in winter.

wagonman76 · 07-25-2010, 11:42 PM

Hey you finally did it, looks good man!

Considering my results of using it on my 6000 wagon all last winter, I think yours will hold up just fine. Only thing I did differently was mounted it upside down from what you did. The 6000 is not as round as yours on the bottom and when I tried it like you did, the corners wanted to kink. So I mounted it upside down from what you did and no kinks. Plus that put the screws through 2 layers of material instead of one. I just used drywall screws on mine, going through the existing lower lip piece that was cracked in a few places already, so I used a lot of screws.

I've pushed through a lot of hardened snow chunks with no problems. I've parked up against snow protrusions on the snowbank at work for 9 hours, and yes it did deform pretty bad but after a few hours it went back to the shape it was supposed to be. Right now as it sits it looks as good as the day I put it on. Extremely resilient stuff.

I bet you will see an improvement. I got a 2 mpg improvement with the airdam on my Celeb. When I get a chance I will replace it with this stuff too because the metal one is really getting beat to crap. I picked up a bunch from spring cleanup piles and I have enough left to do the Celeb.