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kach22i · 07-01-2011, 11:40 PM

Interesting project, thank you for sharing the setbacks as well as the triumphs.

Back in 1982 I installed a large sheet metal chin spoiler under the front wood bumper of my 1976 Ford van. I used a rubber garage door seal along the bottom edge. It worked and looked great.

The drunk who lived next door decided to back into it one night and bent the heck out of the spoiler. I was 20 something years old and mad, I kicked in his doors when I saw what happened. My parents were very concerned and told me what I did was illegal - my response; SO IS DRUNK DRIVING!

Don't ever do what I did, just saying.

Others are using conveyor belt material from places like Tractor Supply for the chin spoiler material. It's kind of heavy but wears gradually.

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kach22i Master EcoModder Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan Posts: 4,183 Thanks: 128 Thanked 2,804 Times in 1,969 Posts	Interesting project, thank you for sharing the setbacks as well as the triumphs. Back in 1982 I installed a large sheet metal chin spoiler under the front wood bumper of my 1976 Ford van. I used a rubber garage door seal along the bottom edge. It worked and looked great. The drunk who lived next door decided to back into it one night and bent the heck out of the spoiler. I was 20 something years old and mad, I kicked in his doors when I saw what happened. My parents were very concerned and told me what I did was illegal - my response; SO IS DRUNK DRIVING! Don't ever do what I did, just saying. Others are using conveyor belt material from places like Tractor Supply for the chin spoiler material. It's kind of heavy but wears gradually. __________________ George Architect, Artist and Designer of Objects 2012 Infiniti G37X Coupe 1977 Porsche 911s Targa 1998 Chevy S-10 Pick-Up truck 1989 Scat II HP Hovercraft You cannot sell aerodynamics in a can............