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Old 04-14-2011, 11:06 AM   #9 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by ngrimm View Post
My two concerns are: 1. Is the curved transition from the air dam to the belly pan a bad thing? 2. Is having the air dam and pan 9" from the ground too high to be effective? Incidentally the bed liner is the same width as the front bumper so it can wrap around the sided but the tires will stick out about 3" on each side. I'll try to get some pics tomorrow before I start wacking it up.
I assume your plan is to make the vertical cab-side part of the bed liner serve as the air dam? If so, the curve would be minimal, not enough to worry about. Great idea!! As for ground clearance, if the bottom is smooth, more can be a good thing. Think Aptera or Sunracer.
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