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Old 08-12-2013, 07:47 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Angled air dams/ grill block?

Ok picture time! I have attached pictures of my car and my dilemma. First I attached a pic of the car at the start of my joining this site a couple weeks ago. The rear spoiler has been removed and it works as a good profile shot for me to play with the template stuff a little more. You can see in that pic and the ones that follow that the nose comes to a point on both axes. A grill block could be slapped onto the front using double sided tape or RTV, I think. If I were to make no changes to the nose and try to mount an air dam using the lower portion as support, the rake looks even more extreme.

But my question would be: Does the rake matter when making an air dam??? Do they need to be vertical for best results??

Thanks in advance.

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2007 Ford Focus ZX5 - 91k - SGII, pending upper and lower grill bocks - auto trans
1987 Monte Carlo SS - 5.3/4L80E swap - 13.67 @ 106
2007 Ford Focus Estate - 230k - 33mpg - Retired 4/2018
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