Frank -
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Originally Posted by Frank Lee
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From a durability POV it's a spectacular success. It's been on for maybe a year(?) without problems. I don't have to de-install it when I take the car for service. If the zip tie fails the air dam just swings back out of the way and waits for me to re-zip it when I park. I think that's happened once.
From an MPG POV I don't know, so I don't talk about it much. I've given up aero MPG testing because I think it's
El Mirage or nothing, especially in LA.
It's also not "finished" in the sense that I would like to do something about the sides. It could be a set of side pieces that fish-scale behind the first two. It could be a "connecting spongy" piece under the side of the bumper that closes the gap between the wheel and the bending side pieces when the air dam is fully deployed. The side pieces could also be cut off and reconnected in a "spring+hinge" configuration, but I am almost positive that would be unstable at transition speeds and would therefore be vulnerable to self-destruction.
Maybe I'll get my act together and film it in action.
CarloSW2