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Old 01-18-2013, 11:16 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Front air dam

This weeks project a front air dam made from garden edging

First I measured the lowest piece under the truck
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Then I measured the front bumper clearance
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So it looks like I need about 4-5 inches
Here is the garden edging I had in the garage collecting dust
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Not as wide as I need but I should be able to at least see how the install will work and if I see some improvement I will be willing to buy wider edging

So here is the truck
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And here is the front
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Here are the tools I used
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Here I put the truck on ramps and chalked the back wheels (safety first)
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At first I just screwed the edging up with out trimming off the extra fins
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But it looked horrid so I trimmed all but the last fin
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And this is the results I got
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After a little Duct Tape work
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You will notice I also dammed those bottom vents as I feel they are not needed at all
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