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Old 05-06-2012, 07:58 PM   #48 (permalink)
woodstock74
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Originally Posted by BamZipPow View Post
Haven't gotten any to play with yet...but it is on my horizon at some point in time as my Coroplast side skirts will be at the point of no return some day.

Knowing me...I'll probably stack it on top of the side skirts I have now.

I would believe the belt doesn't have the same sort of "stiffness" as Coroplast does so you'll need to add in some support to keep it flexing over at the wrong point/place...
I'll leave the 2" deep CF "L" support angle and just replace the 1" CF extension with the belt. Thus only 1" worth of belt will stick beyond the L angle. Will that be in need of support?

I still have to figure out extending the airdam. Going to investigate tonight and take the outer "diffuser" panels off and see what's underneath to see if there are any suitable mounting points for more support angles. Might be nixing the idea of moving the airdam forward to the bumper return; don't really feel like undoing what I've already done. And thinking of using the conveyor belt's flexibility to my advantage and create a extension from the current airdam, extending it infront of the tires.

Which reminds me...I have a really dumb problem. As this is a budget project and for now I haven't budgeted chassis stands to raise the car up while I'm working on the front, how are you guys doing any drilling under the car? My electric drill is too tall! I chucked my drill bit into my dremel and even that has way too much height for me to drill perpendicular into the underside of the car. I can remove my CF infill panel and drill off the car, but with my intention to extend the airdam I'm going to have to drill "in situ" utilizing hardpoints that are existing or that I bond/mount to the underside of the car...any thoughts?
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