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Here is our thought process on the 6 inch clearance on the air dam:
Before we added the belly pan the air dam was 2 inches lower(4 inches from ground level) and made from less durable material. I was frequently repairing it when I*hit stuff.
When we added the belly pan we wanted it to be lower than any under body part, totally flat from the tip of the air dam back to where it met the rear*diffuser*and level with the ground. This was done by putting all 4 wheels on 14 inch high plywood boxes and using a 6 foot level taped to a 1x1 square aluminum rod. by the time we got it level and added the framework of 1/8 inch x 2 inch flat aluminum*plus 10mm corplast panels, the belly pan had 6 inches of clearance to the ground.
I read somewhere on ecomodder that if you add a belly pan to your car, the air dam only needs to be as low as the pan. So that's how we ended up with 6 inches of air dam clearance. The added benefit to this height as far as I am concerned is I*haven't had to repair the front dam since. HA!
If you end up using the high density polyethylene, it is 22 inches wide so you can experiment with different*clearances.**
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